is an island in the

Amakusa , which means "Heaven's Grass," is a series of islands off the west coast of Kyushu, the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan. Geography The largest island of the Amakusa group is Shimoshima, which is 26.5 miles long and 13.5 mil ...

islands, south of Shimoshima Island. Its coasts are washed by Yatsuhiro Sea, Hachimannoseto strait and

East China Sea The East China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. China names the body of water along its eastern coast as "East Sea" (, ) due to direction, the name of "East China Sea" is otherwise ...

. Nagashima Island, together with Shishi-jima, and islands, has been administered as part of

Nagashima was a series of fortresses and fortifications controlled by the Ikkō-ikki, a sect of warrior monks in Japan's Sengoku period who opposed samurai rule. It was attacked and destroyed by Oda Nobunaga in the 1570s. This, combined with the surrender ...

town since 2006. The island's highest peak is Mount Dainaka-dake , although Mount Yatake is only slightly lower at

Transportation

Nagashima Island is connected to the

Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan's Japanese archipelago, four main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands (i.e. excluding Okinawa Island, Okinawa and the other Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Ryukyu Islands, Islands ...

mainland by the bridge (completed in 1974) over 400-meter wide strait.　It is also connected to Ikara Island by since 1990 and to 　since 1966. The national roads serving the island is Route 389. A ferry line also connects Nagashima Island to the Shimoshima island.

History

Nagashima is believed to be the place where

Tangerine The tangerine is a type of citrus fruit that is orange in colour, that is considered either a variety of the mandarin orange (''Citrus reticulata''), or a closely related species, under the name ''Citrus tangerina'', or yet as a hybrid (''Citr ...

(

Citrus unshiu ''Citrus unshiu'' is a semi-seedless and easy-peeling citrus species, also known as the satsuma mandarin or Japanese mandarin. During the Edo period of Japan, kishu mikans were more popular because there was a popular superstition that eating ' ...

) was introduced to Japan in the early

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 Sengok ...

. Later in the

the island was notable for its fruit gardens and horse grazing meadows. Modern Nagashima is concentrated on the food industry, in particular on alcoholic beverages,Nagashima city site - industries
/ref> garments, shoes, and electronics manufacture.

Climate

Nagashima Island is located in the

humid subtropical climate A humid subtropical climate is a subtropical -temperate climate type, characterized by long and hot summers, and cool to mild winters. These climates normally lie on the southeast side of all continents (except Antarctica), generally between ...

zone (

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''Cfa''), with four distinct seasons. The island never sees snowfall during the winter. Spring in ''Shimoshima Island'' starts off mild, but ends up being hot and humid. The summer tends to be Shimoshima's wettest season, with the — the rainy season — occurring between early June (average:Jun.7) to late July (average:Jul.21). The island's weather is affected by the nearby while being shielded from the warm

Kuroshio Current The , also known as the Black Current or is a north-flowing, warm ocean current on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean basin. It was named for the deep blue appearance of its waters. Similar to the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic, the Ku ...

by the

island, resulting in wetter and colder climate than should be expected at lower 30`s latitudes.

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References

*This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 長島 (鹿児島県), accessed 23 August 2017 {{Authority control Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture Islands of the East China Sea

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