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Imari

(Encyclopedia)Imari ēmäˈrē [key], city, Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Imari Bay. It is a fishin...

Isahaya

(Encyclopedia)Isahaya ēsäˈhäyä [key], city, Nagasaki prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan. An agricultural center ...

Kanoya

(Encyclopedia)Kanoya känōˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 77,655), Kagoshima prefecture, S Kyushu, Japan, on the Osumi Peninsula. It is an agricultural market for cereals and sweet potatoes, and it has a small weavin...

Izuka

(Encyclopedia)Izuka ēˈzo͝okä [key], city, Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan, on the Onga River. Forme...

Nichinan

(Encyclopedia)Nichinan nēchēnänˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 49,178), Miyazaki prefecture, SE Kyushu, Japan, on the Pacific Ocean. It is an important fishing port, agricultural center, and manufacturing center for p...

Nobeoka

(Encyclopedia)Nobeoka nōbāōˈkä [key], city (1990 pop. 130,624), Miyazaki prefecture, E Kyushu, Japan, on the mouth of the Gokase River. It is a commercial and fishing port and a production center for chemicals...

Yatsushiro

(Encyclopedia)Yatsushiro yätso͞oˈshĭrō [key], city (1990 pop. 108,135), Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Yatsushiro Bay and the Kuma River estuary. It is a major commercial center and fishing port prod...

Kurume

(Encyclopedia)Kurume ko͞oro͞oˈmā [key], city (1990 pop. 228,347), Fukuoka prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on the Chikugo Plain. It is a commercial and agricultural center and manufactures rubber and cotton goods. ...

Karatsu

(Encyclopedia)Karatsu käräˈtso͞o [key], city (1990 pop. 79,207), Saga prefecture, NW Kyushu, Japan, on Karatsu Bay. It is a summer resort and fishing port important historically as Japan's ancient communication...

Goto-retto

(Encyclopedia)Goto-retto gōtōˈ-rĕtˈtō [key], group of more than 125 islands, 249 sq mi (645 sq km), Nagasaki prefecture, in the East China Sea, off W Kyushu, Japan. Fukue is the largest island. Whaling and fi...

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