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Kyushu

(Encyclopedia)Kyushu kyo͞oˈsho͞o [key], island (1990 pop. 13,064,955), c.13,760 sq mi (35,640 sq km), S Japan. It is the third largest, southernmost, and most densely populated of the major islands of Japan. It ...

Fukuoka

(Encyclopedia)Fukuoka fo͝oko͞oˈōkä [key], city, capital of Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan, on Hakata ...

Hirado

(Encyclopedia)Hirado hēräˈdō [key], town, Nagasaki prefecture, on Hirado island, off NW Kyushu, Japan. ...

Aso-san

(Encyclopedia)Aso-san äˈsō-sän [key] or Mount Aso, volcanic mountain, central Kyushu, Japan. Aso-san is topped by one of the world's largest calderas (circumference 75 mi/121 km) that contains five volcanic con...

Inland Sea

(Encyclopedia)Inland Sea, Jap. Seto-naikai, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.3,670 sq mi (9,510 sq km), S Japan, between Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu islands. It is linked to the Sea of Japan by a narrow channel. The sha...

Aso, Mount

(Encyclopedia)Aso, Mount, Kyushu, Japan: see Aso-san. ...

Hyuga

(Encyclopedia)Hyuga hyo͞oˈgä [key], city, Miyazaki prefecture, E Kyushu, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean. It...

Amagi

(Encyclopedia)Amagi äˌmäˈgē [key], city, Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan. It is an agricultural center and railway terminus. Textiles are produced in the city. ...

Sasebo

(Encyclopedia)Sasebo säsāˈbō [key], city (1990 pop. 244,677), Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. It is a commercial and fishing port and naval base on the East China Sea. ...

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