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Anbō, Yakushima
, also spelled Ambō, is a port town and the major settlement of the island of Yakushima, in Japan. It is part of the municipality (with List of towns in Japan, town status) of Yakushima, Kagoshima, Yakushima, Kagoshima Prefecture. History Originally part of the municipality of Kamiyaku, Kagoshima, Kamiyaku, on October 1, 2007, it merged the municipality of Yaku, Kagoshima, Yaku (including Miyanoura) to create the current municipality of Yakushima. Geography Anbō is a coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, east of the island of Yakushima, below the mountains and crossed in the middle by Anbō River. It is 19 km southeast of the town of Miyanoura, and 13 km northeast of the village of Hiranai, Yakushima, Hiranai. A 13 km mountain road links it to the touristic natural areas Arakawa Waterfalls and Yakusugi Land. Transport The port of Anbō has passenger services to Kuchinoerabu-jima, Kuchinoerabu, Nishinoomote, Kagoshima, Nishinoomote (on Tanegashima island), Miyanoura and Kagoshima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The Japanese archipelago consists of four major islands—Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu—and List of islands of Japan, thousands of smaller islands, covering . Japan has a population of over 123 million as of 2025, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh-most populous country. The capital of Japan and List of cities in Japan, its largest city is Tokyo; the Greater Tokyo Area is the List of largest cities, largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 37 million inhabitants as of 2024. Japan is divided into 47 Prefectures of Japan, administrative prefectures and List of regions of Japan, eight traditional regions. About three-quarters of Geography of Japan, the countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
