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4 unusual facts about Ōmura Bay


Kushima Castle

Kushima castle is built on a peninsula extending into Ōmura Bay.

Ōmura Bay

Another special inhabitant – sometimes characterised as a living fossil – is the horseshoe crab species Tachypleus tridentatus.

Opposite Ōmura city lies the largest island of the bay: Mishima (箕島), where Nagasaki Airport is located.

Seihi, Nagasaki

Seihi was a long, narrow town running along the west side of Ōmura Bay; it occupies most of the northeastern part of the Nishisonogi Peninsula.



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