Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima may refer to:

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Ōshima (Aomori) is a rocky island off the northern coast of Natsudomari Peninsula in Mutsu Bay. The island is a part of Hiranai, Aomori, Hiranai in Aomori Prefecture. The island has of coastline and an area of . It is a part of the prefecture-maintained, Asamush ...

, an island in Hiranai and a part of Asamushi-Natsudomari Prefectural Natural Park **

Nii Ōshima , or sometimes just , is an inhabited island located roughly 1.5 kilometers northeast of the city of Niihama (which it is officially a part of) in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Geography Nii Ōshima is located in the Seto Inland Sea. It has a circ ...

Island, part of Niihama in Ehime Prefecture **

Ōshima (Ehime) is an inhabited island in the Geiyo Islands in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan, lying between the larger islands of Honshū and Shikoku. Overview Ōshima is located in the north of Ehime prefecture, and has an area of . Administratively, it was f ...

, an island connected by the Hakata-Ōshima Bridge and the Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge ** , an island in Genkai Sea of Fukuoka, Japan ** Ōshima, Fukuoka, a former village in Munakata District, which became part of the city of Munakata, Fukuoka in 2005 **

Amami Ōshima , also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami Islands, Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands, all of which belong to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 712.35 ...

in Kagoshima Prefecture **

Ōshima District, Kagoshima is a district located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of the March 20, 2006 merger but with 2003 population statistics, the district has an estimated population of 78,882 and a density of 84.4 persons per km2. The total area is 934.10 ...

Ōshima Subprefecture (Kagoshima) is a subprefecture of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The subprefectural office is located in Amami. It includes the following municipalities on the Amami Islands: *Ōshima Subprefecture ** Amami (city on Amami Ōshima) ** Tatsugō (town on Amami ...

Ōshima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura) was a village located on Azuchi-Oshima Island in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,659 and a density of 106.89 persons per km2. The total area was 15.52 km2. On Oct ...

, former village in Kitamatsura district ** Ōshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi), former town in Nishisonogi district ** Ōshima, Nagasaki (Nishisonogi), town merged in 2005 into Saikai, Nagasaki ** Ōshima, Niigata **

Ōshima Subprefecture (Tokyo) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. It is administered by the Bureau Of General Affairs of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It includes the following towns and villages on the Izu Islands: * Ōshima (town on Izu Ōshima) * Toshi ...

Izu Ōshima is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, east of the Izu Peninsula and southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms ...

, one of the Izu Islands in Tokyo ** Ōshima, Toyama, has a volcano ** Kii Ōshima in Wakayama Prefecture **

Ōshima District, Yamaguchi is a Districts of Japan, district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Population As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 22,070 and a population density, density of 159.86 persons per km2. The total area is 138.06 km2. ...

, which includes: ***

Ōshima, Yamaguchi was a town located in Ōshima District, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 7,072 and a density of 149.55 persons per km2. The total area was 47.29 km2. On October 1, 2004, Ōshima, along with ...

, a former town in Oshima District, Yamaguchi, now part of Suō-Ōshima, Yamaguchi **

Oshima (Hokkaido) is an uninhabited island in the Sea of Japan, west of Matsumae town and therefore the westernmost point of Hokkaido. It is part of the town of Matsumae in Oshima Subprefecture in Hokkaido, Japan. To distinguish Ōshima from other islands with ...

, an island in the Sea of Japan belonging to Matsumae, Hokkaidō *: **

Oshima Province was a short-lived province located in Hokkaidō. It corresponded to the southern part of today's Oshima and Hiyama Subprefectures. History After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido; and regional administrative subdivisio ...

, former province located in Hokkaidō **

Oshima Subprefecture is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 456,621 and an area of 3,715.38 km2. Hakodate Airport is located in the City of Hakodate is a Cities of Japan, city and seaports of Japan, port lo ...

, a subprefecture of Hokkaidō **

Oshima Peninsula The Oshima Peninsula (渡島半島 ''Oshima-hantō'') is the southernmost part of Hokkaidō, the northernmost of the Japanese islands. Where the peninsula starts is open to interpretation. A more generous interpretation is to draw a line southea ...

, the geographical area on which the subprefecture is located

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Ōshima (surname) Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima (written: 大島, 大嶋 lit. "big island") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese sprint canoeist * Hiromi Oshima, model and playmate *Hiroshi Ōshima, Japanese ambassador to ...

Oshima Brothers Oshima Brothers is an American folk-pop duo known for each playing multiple instruments and Loop (music), looping their own Sampling (music), samples on stage to create a complex soundscape as if they were more than two. They share responsibil ...

, an American folk-pop music duo * Japanese gunboat ''Ōshima'' - a warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy *

Ōshima stable was a stable of sumo wrestlers, part of the Tatsunami ''ichimon'' or group of stables. It was set up in 1980 by former '' ōzeki'' Asahikuni, who branched off from Tatsunami stable. The head of Tatsunami stable opposed the setting up of the n ...

, a stable of sumo wrestlers *

Amami Ōshima language The Amami language or languages (, , ), also known as Amami Ōshima or simply Ōshima ('Big Island'), is a Ryukyuan language spoken in the Amami Islands south of Kyūshū. The southern variety of the Setouchi township may be a distinct langua ...

, spoken in the Ryukyu Islands

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