, also spelt as Ōyanojima It is administered as part of the city of
Kami-Amakusa
is a Cities of Japan, city located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
The modern city of Kami-Amakusa was established on March 31, 2004, from the merger of the towns of Himedo, Kumamoto, Himedo, Matsushima, Kumamoto, Matsushima, Ōyano, Kumamoto, ...
. It is connected to the Japanese mainland since 1966 by
Five Bridges of Amakusa.
Amakusa Gokyo (Five Bridges)
/ref> The Japan National Route 266 passes through the island. The island primary industry is aquaculture of fish and shrimps. Large part of island belongs to Unzen-Amakusa National Park.
Geography
Ōyano-jima is an irregular shape, with a ragged, elongated outline oriented at north-south axis. The highest mount is which stands at 229 m. Ōyano-jima is the third largest island in the Amakusa group lying west of Kyushu
is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surroun ...
, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It is a northernmost island in the archipelago and serves as a gateway to entire Amakusa.
Climate
Ōyano-jima has a humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a zone of climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between latitudes 25° and 40° ...
( Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') with very warm summers and mild winters. Precipitation is significant throughout the year; The summer tends to be Ōyano-jima's wettest season, with the tsuyu (梅雨 tsuyu, "plum rain") — the rainy season — occurring between early June (average:Jun.7) to late July (average:Jul.21).
Notable people
* Amakusa Shirō (leader of Shimabara rebellion
The , also known as the or , was an uprising that occurred in the Shimabara Domain of the Tokugawa Shogunate in Japan from 17 December 1637 to 15 April 1638.
Matsukura Katsuie, the ''daimyō'' of the Shimabara Domain, enforced unpopular polic ...
)
External links
Photo gallery of Ōyano-jima at tripadvisor.ie
References
*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 大矢野島, accessed 20 September 2018
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Islands of Kumamoto Prefecture