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Himeshima · Kyushu

Himeshima 姫島

Area 6.79 km² (2.62 mi²)Oita Prefecture
Himeshima
Himeshima (姫島)Photo: Olegushka — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Island groupHimeshima
PrefectureOita
RegionKyushu
MunicipalityHimeshima
Area6.79 km² (2.62 mi²)
Highest point267 m
Coordinates33.72389° N, 131.64694° E

Getting there: the article below outlines this island's usual ferry and flight routes. Timetables change with the season and sailings are cancelled in rough weather — always confirm the current schedule with the operator or the municipality before you travel.

Himeshima is an island off the east coast of the east coast of Oita. The whole island is north of the eastern Peninsula and is the northernmost of Oita. It's a village called Iwashima, and it forms a Himeshima village in all the islands. By January 1, 2022, the population was 1,725.

History

(There's also the name "Namoto," which is thought to have been the 12th - largest island in the ancient mythology.) In the book The Japanese Prince's Day, the Princes of Tokoku tried to marry princesses born of white stones, but the princess has been named after the island after the island. In 1950 the whole area was designated as Seto Inland Sea National Park.

Geography

It's located about six kilometers north of the East Peninsula, west of the Inland Sea, and on the border between Zhou and Tohoku. The east side of the mountain, the west side of the mountain, the east side of the mountain, the east side of the mountain, the east side of the mountain, the east side of the mountain, the east side of the mountain. There is a central community of northern, western, southern, and Matsuharas, between the arrows and the hardy plains of the mountain. On the south coast is the Himeshima port. There is also a large breeding ground for car shrimps on the north coast.

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Geological Survey

This is the island that was built by the eruptions of Himeshima volcanoes, all called ZX213X volcano groups. There's a cliff on the northern west side of the island, where the black stone, which is formed from this eruption activity, is exposed. The obsidian dewstone is rare in Japan and is designated as "The Dark Sun of Himeshima" as a national monument on July 26, 2007. Also designated as a natural monument to the Oita, which is seen on the Great Sea Coast of the West.

The weather

I belong to the Inland Sea climate, and it's mild all the year round, and it has low rainfall. Average annual temperature - 7.5°C. The highest month average temperature - 27.3° C. A minimum month average temperature - 7.6° C. Number of rainy days - 126 days. Rainfall per year - 1,107 mm.

Living organisms

There's a swarm of snaves and barnacles, and these plants are the favorite assidalas who stop at Himeshima in the first summer and fall.

Port

There is a regular route between the Himeshima port of Tohoku and the East Peninsula. The time is 20 minutes. All the way from JRW's train station to Immy's port in the east of the country, all the way by car to 40 minutes.

Road

Oita road 606 West ZHimeshima port line across the Himeshima port through the port of Himeshima.

It's a scene theme for Himeshima

The witness--the TV drama in the Security Department's department book. A rough island of stone and fish - Child literature of the first book of the book. The murder of Himeshima - The detective novel by Shinda Inda. In 1997, as the "Things of the Coast Guard Himeshima Murders," it was dramatized in 2008 as the "Things Himeshima Murder." I bet you OitaXX2X213X...3Lportage by Kamita. The face-sized movie of the director of Shinmoto. The 24th Japanese Academy Prize winner.

Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 姫島 (大分県), whose full text was translated into English for this guide by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population, area and location facts from Wikidata (CC0); figures Wikidata does not carry are taken from the Japanese Wikipedia article's data table (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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