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2 unusual facts about Nagasaki Prefecture


43d Air Division

In the summer of 1957, when the Nagasaki area suffered severe flooding, the 43d assisted Japanese authorities and people by flying numerous airlift missions with helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

Yaichi Tanigawa

A native of Nagasaki and high school graduate he was elected to the Diet for the first time in 2005 after serving in the assembly in Nagasaki Prefecture from 1999 to 2003.


My Lonely Town

Hashima Island, an old deserted mining island in Nagasaki Prefecture which had been recently reopened to visitors after being closed off for 35 years, was used as the location for the filming of the music video.

Ryusaku Yanagimoto

A native of Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, Yanagimoto graduated from the 44th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, placed 21st out of 95 cadets.

Takasu, Hokkaido

Takasu has a domestic school exchange program with Takashima Town in Nagasaki Prefecture.


see also

Gunkanjima

Hashima Island (Japanese: Hashima), Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Hashima

Hashima Island (端島) (nicknamed Gunkanjima, which translates to "Battleship Island"), an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, formerly home to a coal mining facility

Ikitsuki, Nagasaki

Many go to high schools in the surrounding communities (Hirado, Tabira, Shikamachi), while a few venture all the way to more academically rigorous high schools Sasebo and Nagasaki, the two largest cities in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Inasa

Mount Inasa, a hill to the west of Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Sasebo

Sasebo Station, a railway station in the city of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, in Japan