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Fukue Island 福江島

Area 326.45 km² (126.0 mi²)Nagasaki Prefecture
Fukue Island
Fukue Island (福江島)Photo: User:Akanemoto — Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Island groupGotō Islands
PrefectureNagasaki
RegionKyushu
MunicipalityGoto
Area326.45 km² (126.0 mi²)
Highest point461 m
Coordinates32.68333° N, 128.75° 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.

Except for the men and women's islands away south, they're located at the southwest end of the Five Island Islands. The island's area is 326.43 kilometers, the largest of the five islands and 11th in Japan. As of December 2021, the population is 33,088.

Geographic terrain

In the Southwest, you'll find them in the remotest and east quarters, and in the FukuE, they'll be on the Rissian coast and have complicated coastlines. Sea-feeding cliffs develop a lot in areas facing the western Ocean Ocean. The bays include the Gulf, the Bay of Yanoura, the Gulf of Inahu, and the Peninsula, as well as the Shizushima Islands and Mishima. And there are beaches on every island and are used as water baths. In the middle of the island is a mountain basin made up of granite and offshore lakes, surrounded by an altitude of 200 to 400 meters, formed from the new Third Cenchreae, the five - and streamed rocks. The highest peak is the father of 461 meters in the west. Each one has a basalt volcano and lava platform. These mountains are carved by rivers such as Fukugawa, One River, Aurao, Ogawa, Ogawa, and Nakataka. In the northeast, there are many islands, such as Hisaka Island, in the northeast, in the east, in the island of Kigi, in the island's top, in the island's roof, in the east, in the east, in the islands of Himeshima, in the south, in the islands of Himeshima, in the west.

Weather and biology

It's also a tropical climate of mild rain. In other plants, it's the northernmost area in the north of the wild, such as the kews and the pepper trees, as well as the fabrics of rare Samis and the hammocks in the land of Kyushu. Other animals are known as relays across a species of hawks. Some insects are unique because they are separated from other areas. But the mild climate has caused the Tywan squirrel to invade as an alien species and become a problem. Also, the Kushusuke, who lived on the island of Mount Fuji in Onoura, has invaded the bridge and has invaded Fukue Island and has spread the distribution. The wild boars that were thought to have been extinct before the Pacific War began to be seen in 2009. It may have swam across from Hisaka Island and Nakadōri Island, and it has been eliminated.

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Seaward

On the southeast side of the island is the Bay of Fukue, which is the center of sea traffic connecting Nagasaki and the islands of the Five Islands. The port of Nagasaki has about 85 minutes in a jet foils and about 3 hours and 30 minutes in a ferry. There's also a ferry route from the port of Hakata.

Airway

There is also Fukue Airport, southwest of Fukue, and you can use air traffic from Nagasaki and Fukuoka airports. At one time, during the summer months, it was possible to use direct flights from Kansai International Airport, but today (2026) has been done away with.

Landward

On the island, a route bus or regular tourist bus is being driven by a five-shima car.

The castle formation

Ikita. Tokui Shoe. (Only Egawa Castle.)

The temple

- In an open - sea temple, some of them can be seen chasing the spirit world around Shikoku, Shikoku. - The oldest wooden structure of Akishima. It's famous that the main building was built with just a moustache. Oyshima. Iseshima Hotel.

The church

In Fukue Island, it is said that Father Domingos, chief during a procession investigation, was born and has been named by a Catholic priest. Fukue Church 3-6). (Sauramura 2019). (Singing) I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. - It has the oldest and largest Lourdes in Japan. The old church was the oldest brick church in the Five Island area, but it was resurrected by a typhoon of 62 years ago.

A trade relationship with China

Fukue Island was once a port for voyages with China, and was the last island to be hosted by a ship that sailed across the East China Sea from the Five Islands. Akira - a trading merchant from Akira, came in 1540 - will be the site of the site where he wished for the safety of the voyage. - The well he dug using the light method in his home. There's a lot of hospitality and a place. - The last stop in Japan was made by a customer in the park. The stela of Regiment - a symbol of the feeling of seeing the last land in Japan.

Nature's best places

The Fukue volcano population - is designated as a active volcano. There hasn't been any record volcanic activity since history. The latest activity is 2,000 years ago. It's not like we're going to have to do something about it. It belongs to the fire castle, the castle, the millet. It's a typical mountain of Fukue Island. It's also close to the city. It's known. The top of the mountain is covered with grass, and the tear of the volcano is shed. Osezaki's Clashes - one of the westernmost cliffs of Fukue Island. I was chosen for the sunset in Japan. The Nieto Lighthouse is the lightest lighthouse in Japan and has been selected for 50 Japanese lamps. It's like a rock beach that bursts and lava flows into the sea. There's a Bissiter Center. It's the largest waterfall on the Gotshima chain.

Hot springs

It's in the Kingdom of Five Island Concana. Water is brown because it contains iron. - Pools and training rooms have been added. The hot springs of Shiragawa.

The beach bath

There are many white shell beaches and good water quality. It was also adopted as the site for a gravia shooting in Hanzawa China at Young Magazine 27. (Six degrees) The beach bath. Sea baths - such as the natural saltworking plant and the Fukushima factory - are next to each other. The beach beach baths - Marin sports are at their peak. Torishima Beach - an artificial beach adjacent to Tokushima Beach. The beach beach bath area - the area of Fukuoka São Paulo camp. (The white beach) The beach bathhouse. The beach baths - the remote sand beaches next to the south of the coves like the beach. When the tide goes down, the flat beach spreads out for hundreds of meters. The beach beach bathhouse - it's steeper than the dump, and it's continuous in the meadow. In Japan, I've chosen 100 cups and 100 baths in fresh water. - You can find it in the Gulf of Yanoura, experience it. You're drifting tropical fish and so on. Man-made beach.

He's from a different country

Governor Nagasaki, former senator. (The Councillor of Guagawa). (The Council of the Council of Christs). President of the 64th Defense Department, former senator. Mayor Nagasaki Tagomi. Mayor Nakajima. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. President Fujihara, former President of Roson and former Fangkel. (Heroist actor, movie director) Father Augusto Domingos. Mizunaka. I'm going to take care of you. Toyoshi Tokui.

Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 福江島, 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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