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It is part of the town of Matsumae in Oshima Subprefecture in Hokkaido, Japan. To distinguish Ōshima from other islands with the same name, it is sometimes known as Oshima Ōshima (渡島大島) or Matsumae Ōshima (松前大島). At 9.73 square kilometers (3.76 sq mi), Ōshima is the largest uninhabited island under Japanese sovereignty.
Oshima (Hokkaido), an island in the Sea of Japan belonging to Matsumae, Hokkaidō; Oshima (渡島, Oshima): Oshima Province, former province located in Hokkaidō; Oshima Subprefecture, a subprefecture of Hokkaidō; Oshima Peninsula, the geographical area on which the subprefecture is located
The devastating eruption of Oshima–Ōshima began on 18 August 1741 and ended on 1 May the next year. [4] Eleven days into the eruption, the Kampo tsunami (Japanese: 寛保津波, Hepburn : Kampo tsunami ) with estimated maximum heights of over 90 m (300 ft) swept across neighboring islands in Japan and the Korean Peninsula .
Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚, Ōshima Nagisa, March 31, 1932 – January 15, 2013) was a Japanese filmmaker, writer, and left-wing activist who is best known for his fiction films, of which he directed 23 features in a career spanning from 1959 to 1999.
Oshima (渡島総合振興局, Oshima-sōgō-shinkō-kyoku) is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 456,621 and an area of 3,715.38 km 2 . Hakodate Airport is located in the City of Hakodate .
The Oshima Peninsula (渡島 半島 Oshima-hantō) is the southernmost part of Hokkaidō, the northernmost of the Japanese islands. [1] Where the peninsula starts is open to interpretation. A more generous interpretation is to draw a line southeast from Ishikari Bay across the Ishikari Plain to Yūfutsu District, Hokkaido .
Ōshima is located in the north of Ehime prefecture, and has an area of 41.89 square kilometres (16.17 sq mi). Administratively, it was formerly divided between the towns of Yoshiumi and Miyakubo of Ochi District, Ehime; however, in January 16, 2005 both towns were absorbed into the city of Imabari.
Since 9 July 2021, Ōshima Airport has been called Tokyo Oshima Camellia Airport (東京大島カメリア空港, Tōkyō Ōshima Kacmeria Kūkō) as nickname. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Airlines and destinations