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Nature Attractions In Nagasaki Prefecture

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  • 2. Omura Park Omura
    Omura's whale or the dwarf fin whale is a species of rorqual about which very little is known. Before its formal description, it was referred to as a small, dwarf or pygmy form of Bryde's whale by various sources. The common name and specific epithet commemorate Japanese cetologist Hideo Omura.The scientific description of this whale was made in Nature in 2003 by three Japanese scientists. They determined the existence of the species by analysing the morphology and mitochondrial DNA of nine individuals – eight caught by Japanese research vessels in the late 1970s in the Indo-Pacific and an adult female collected in 1998 from Tsunoshima, an island in the Sea of Japan. Later, abundant genetic evidence confirmed Omura's whale as a valid species and revealed it to be an early offshoot from t...
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  • 4. Nagasaki Peace Park Nagasaki
    Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. The city's name, 長崎, means long cape in Japanese. Nagasaki became a centre of colonial Portuguese and Dutch influence in the 16th through 19th centuries, and the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region have been recognized and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Part of Nagasaki was home to a major Imperial Japanese Navy base during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. During World War II, the American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to experience a nuclear attack .As of 1 March 2017, the city has an estimated population of 425,723 and a population density of 1,000 people per km2. The t...
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  • 9. Isahaya Park Isahaya
    Isahaya is a city located in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on September 1, 1940. As of July 1, 2018, the city has an estimated population of 135,546 and a population density of 397 persons per km². The total area is 341.79 km2 . On March 1, 2005, the towns of Tarami, Moriyama, Iimori, Takaki and Konagai were merged to create the new and expanded city of Isahaya. The city was once part of Kitatakaki District, but due to this merger, the district has no more municipalities left and the district was officially dissolved as a result of this merger.
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