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Oita Hovercraft
Oita Hovercraft is a hovercraft service operating a 33-kilometre route between the city centre of Oita city and Oita airport scheduled to resume in 2024. The route is expected to become one of the two regular hovercraft services in the world, the other being the service between the Isle of Wight and Southsea in England. Overview The route was served by the Oita Hover Ferry company from 1971 to 2009, which operated hovercraft on the airport route as well as other tourist routes. When it ceased operations in 2009, its fleet consisted of four hovercraft built by Mitsui E&S. Financial difficulties were the primary reason the hovercraft service had to be withdrawn. However, the bus route that replaced the service took more than one hour to get to the city centre from the airport, while hovercraft could connect these two places in just 25 minutes. This led the Governor of Oita, Katsusada Hirose, to decide on the resumption of the hover service in 2020. As Mitsui E&S, the only J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oita Prefecture
Oita often refers to: * Ōita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan *Ōita (city), the capital of the prefecture Oita or Ōita may also refer to: Places * Ōita District, Ōita, a former district in Ōita Prefecture, Japan *Ōita Stadium, a multi-use stadium in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan * Oița River, a tributary of the Bistriţa River in Romania * Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, a diocese in the city of Ōita in the Ecclesiastical province of Nagasaki, Japan *Mount Oeta Mount Oeta (; , polytonic , ''Oiti'', also transcribed as ''Oite'') is a mountain in Central Greece. A southeastern offshoot of the Pindus range, it is high. Since 1966, the core area of the mountain is a national park, and much of the rest has ... (also "Oita" or "Oiti"), a mountain in Central Greece Education * Oita Junior College, a private junior college in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan * Oita Prefectural College of Arts and Culture, a private junior college in Ōita, Ōita Prefecture, Japan * Oita University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hovercraft
A hovercraft (: hovercraft), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the Hull (watercraft), hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference between the higher-pressure air below the hull and lower pressure ambient air above it produces lift, which causes the hull to float above the running surface. For stability reasons, the air is typically blown through slots or holes around the outside of a disk- or oval-shaped platform, giving most hovercraft a characteristic rounded-rectangle shape. The first practical design for hovercraft was derived from a British invention in the 1950s. They are now used throughout the world as specialised transports in disaster relief, coastguard, military and survey applications, as well as for sport or passenger service. Very large version ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōita (city)
file:Oita City Hall.jpg, Ōita City Hall is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Ōita Prefecture, located on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 474,804 in 230,867 households, and a population density of 950 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Geography Ōita city is located in east-central Ōita Prefecture, facing Beppu Bay on the Seto Inland Sea. The Ōno River flows from the south to the east, and the Ōita River flows from the west to the west, with the main urban center on the west side of the mouth of the Ōita River, with the Ōita Plain consisting of deltas and alluvial plains formed by the Ōita River and the Ōno River, and surrounding hills. The Takashima area in of the city is within the borders of the Seto Inland Sea National Park. Neighboring municipalities Ōita Prefecture *Beppu, Ōita, Beppu to the northwest *Bungo-Ōno, Ōita, Bungo-Ōno to the south *Taketa, Ōita, Taketa to the southwest *Usuki, Ōita, Usu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oita Airport
is an international airport in Kunisaki City, Ōita Prefecture Japan, northeast of Ōita City. Oita Airport is an offshore airport built on reclaimed coastal waters off the Kunisaki Peninsula. It opened as New Oita Airport in 1971 as a replacement for the old Oita Airport within Oita City. In 2018, the airport had 2.1 million passengers. The airport is accessible by bus but not by train. Hovercraft service to Oita City was available until it was suspended in 2009, the last hovercraft service to operate in Japan. However, in 2020, Oita Prefecture announced it would reintroduce hovercraft service to Oita city with three new hovercraft. They are scheduled to being service as early as 2025. In 2021, Virgin Orbit announced plans to use Oita Airport for its launch site. However, the company went bankrupt in 2023. Oita Prefecture plans to continue developing Oita Airport as Japan's first spaceport. On March 17, 2025, it was announced that Oita Airport would be temporarily re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Wight
The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. The county is bordered by Hampshire across the Solent strait to the north, and is otherwise surrounded by the English Channel. Its largest settlement is Ryde, and the administrative centre is Newport, Isle of Wight, Newport. Wight has a land area of and had a population of 140,794 in 2022, making it the List of islands of England#Largest islands, largest and List of islands of England#Most populous islands, second-most populous English island. The island is largely rural, with the largest settlements primarily on the coast. These include Ryde in the north-east, Shanklin and Sandown in the south-east, and the large villages of Totland and Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Freshwater in the west. Newport is located inland at the point at which the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southsea
Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles (2.8 km) to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre. Southsea began as a fashionable 19th-century Victorian era, Victorian seaside resort named ''Croxton Town'', after a Mr Croxton who owned the land. As the resort grew, it adopted the name of nearby Southsea Castle, a seafront fort constructed in 1544 to help defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour. In 1879, South Parade Pier was opened by Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar in Southsea. The pier began operating a passenger steamer service across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. This service gave rise to the idea of linking Southsea and its pier to Portsmouth Direct Line, Portsmouth's railway line, and for tourists to bypass the busy town of Portsmouth and its crowded harbour. East Southsea railway station, along with the Southsea Railway and Fratton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding
() is a Japanese heavy industries company. Despite its name, it no longer builds ships and now focuses mainly on production of high-value ship equipment such as Marine propulsion, engines and automated gantry cranes. Mitsui E&S is the largest supplier of gantry cranes in Japan with a market share of nearly 90 per cent, and its products are used at major ports such as Port of Long Beach, Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Port of Mombasa, Mombasa, Saigon Port, Ho Chi Minh, and Port Klang, Klang. History Mitsui E&S was established in 1917 as the Shipbuilding Division of Mitsui & Co. with the first shipyard at Tamano, Okayama, Tamano. It built the first Japan-built diesel-propelled merchant ship, ''Akagisan Maru'' (:ja:赤城山丸, 赤城山丸) in 1924. With its success, it began manufacturing diesel engines under a license agreement with Burmeister & Wain in Denmark. In 1937, the shipyards became a separate entity within the Mitsui zaibatsu, Tama Shipyard. The com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsusada Hirose
is a former governor of Ōita Prefecture in Japan, first elected in 2003. A native of Hita, Ōita and graduate of the University of Tokyo, he had worked at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry The was a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industri ... since 1966 before elected governor. In March 2024, he was appointed Honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), for services to UK-Japan Relations. References * External links * Ooita Prefecture OfficeJapanese) Governors of Ōita 1942 births Living people People from Hita, Ōita University of Tokyo alumni Honorary members of the Order of the British Empire Politicians from Ōita Prefecture {{Japan-politician-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nikkei
''The Nikkei'', also known as , is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies. The Nikkei 225, a stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, has been calculated by the newspaper since 1950. It is one of the four national newspapers in Japan; the other three are ''The Asahi Shimbun'', the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' and the '' Mainichi Shimbun''. History The roots of the Nikkei started with an in-house newspaper department of Mitsui & Company in 1876 when it started publication of ''Chugai Bukka Shimpo'' (literally ''Domestic and Foreign Commodity Price Newspaper''), a weekly market-quotation bulletin. The department was spun out as the ''Shokyosha'' in 1882. The paper became daily (except Sunday) in 1885 and was renamed ''Chugai Shōgyō Shimpo'' in 1889. It was merged with ''Nikkan Kōgyō'' and ''Keizai Jiji'' and renamed ''Nihon Sangyō Keizai Shimbun'' in 1942. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Griffon Hoverwork
Griffon Hoverwork Ltd (GHL) is a British hovercraft designer and manufacturer. It was originally founded as Griffon Hovercraft Ltd in 1976, based in Southampton. The firm set about the development of its own product range, launching its first diesel-powered hovercraft, the 1000TD, in 1983. During 2008, Griffon Hovercraft was acquired by the Bland Group; in the following year, it was merged with two other hovercraft specialists, Hoverwork Ltd and Hovercraft Consultants Ltd; the combined entity was branded Griffon Hoverwork Ltd."Griffon Hoverwork Ltd (U.K.) – Company Overview." ''Bland Group''. Retrieved 22 March 2010. The company's primary facility is based along the River Itch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edo Period
The , also known as the , is the period between 1600 or 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when the country was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and some 300 regional ''daimyo'', or feudal lords. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterized by prolonged peace and stability, urbanization and economic growth, strict social order, Isolationism, isolationist foreign policies, and popular enjoyment of Japanese art, arts and Culture of Japan, culture. In 1600, Tokugawa Ieyasu prevailed at the Battle of Sekigahara and established hegemony over most of Japan, and in 1603 was given the title ''shogun'' by Emperor Go-Yōzei. Ieyasu resigned two years later in favor of his son Tokugawa Hidetada, Hidetada, but maintained power, and defeated the primary rival to his authority, Toyotomi Hideyori, at the Siege of Osaka in 1615 before his death the next year. Peace generally prevailed from this point on, making samurai largely redundant. Tokugawa sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
