Okinoshima
Okinoshima is a town located on Dōgo, in Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2013, the town had an estimated population of 14,849 and a population density of 61.1 persons per km2. The total area was 242.95 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 15,200 residents
- Description: town in Oki district, Shimane prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Okinoshima Cho”, “Okinoshima-chō”, and “Okinoshima, Shimane”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Oki Islands and Oki Kyōdo-kan Museum.
Oki Islands
Photo: Yuvalr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Oki Islands is an archipelago in the Sea of Japan, the islands of which are administratively part of Oki District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. The islands have a total area of 346.1 square kilometres.
Oki Kyōdo-kan Museum
Museum
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Oki Kyōdo-kan Museum is situated 4 km northwest of Okinoshima.
Mizuwakasu Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Saigen Jiro, CC0.
Mizuwakasu Shrine is a Japanese Shinto shrine located in Okinoshima, Oki District, Shimane Prefecture. It is a Myojin Taisha. It is the Ichinomiya Oki Province or the highest ranked shrine in the province. Mizuwakasu Shrine is situated 4 km northwest of Okinoshima.
Okinoshima
- Category: town of Japan
- Location: Oki District, Shimane, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Okinoshima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوكينوشيما”
- Asturian: “Okinoshima”
- Burmese: “အိုခိနိုရှိမမြို့၊ ရှိမနဲ”
- Cebuano: “Okinoshima Chō”
- Chinese: “隐岐之岛町”
- Chinese: “隱岐之島町”
- Czech: “Okinošima”
- Danish: “Okinoshima”
- Dutch: “Okinoshima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوكينوشيما”
- French: “Okinoshima”
- German: “Okinoshima”
- Hungarian: “Okinosima”
- Indonesian: “Okinoshima, Shimane”
- Irish: “Okinoshima”
- Italian: “Okinoshima”
- Japanese: “おきのしまちょう”
- Japanese: “オキノシマチョウ”
- Japanese: “隠岐の島町”
- Korean: “오키노시마정”
- Malay: “Okinoshima, Shimane”
- Persian: “اوکینوشیما، شیمانه”
- Polish: “Okinoshima”
- Portuguese: “Okinoshima”
- Russian: “Окиносима”
- Slovenian: “Okinošima”
- Spanish: “Okinoshima”
- Swedish: “Okinoshima, Shimane”
- Swedish: “Okinoshima”
- Tagalog: “Okinoshima, Shimane”
- Tagalog: “Okinoshima”
- Thai: “โอกิโนชิมะ”
- Turkish: “Okinoshima”
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