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Economy: Major Cities:

Most of the economic sector is focused in Kagoshima Ebino Kushima Nichinan C h
city and the surrounding area, corresponding to the Hyuga Miyakonojo Nobeoka a p
extent of the former Satsuma Province. The eastern t
part of the prefecture is mostly rural. The prefecture Kobayashi Miyazaki (capital) Saito e r
has strong agricultural roots, which are reflected in Economy: N/A
its most well-known exports: green tea, sweet potato,
radish, Pongee rice, Satsuma ware and Berkshire Customs and Heritage:
pork (kurobuta). In addition it produces Japan's larg- -The area of Miyazaki City had been an exclave of
est volume of unagi eels. the Ito clan, Nobeoka han, Obi han, Kagoshima han,

Customs and Heritage: Takanabe han, the Tenryo (Shogunate governed) de-
pending on the time and areas. Therefore, a deserted
-Kagoshima Port: Domestic ferry route to Sa- village of Kamibeppu Mura was chosen as the site of
kurajima, Kikai Island, Tokunoshima, Amami Island, the prefectural building in 1873. It was very lonely,
Tanegashima, Yakushima, Yoron Island, Okinoerabu and it was said that badgers and foxes lived there.
and Naha. The name of the prefecture was from the Miyazaki
-Naze Port Ferry Route: to Osaka, Kobe, Kagoshima, gun of the village.
Yakushima, Tanegashima, Tokunoshima, Naha.
Cuisine: N/A
-Shibushi Port Ferry route: to Osaka, Tokyo, Naha
and Amami Island.

-Tanegashima Port:
-Tokunoshima Port:

-Yakushima Port: OKINAWA

Cuisine: N/A The southernmost prefecture in all of Japan. It con-
sists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain,
which extends southwest from Kyushu (the south-

western most of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan.
Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern

part of Okinawa Island.
MIYAZAKI
Total Area: 2,271.30 km2 (876.95 sq mi)
A prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyu- Total Population: 406,426
shu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki. Miyazaki
first appeared in Japanese documents as one of the Major Islands:
names of 5 guns (sub-prefecture) in Miyazaki. Ac- Okinawa Islands Yaeyama Islands
cording to the History of Miyazaki Prefecture by
Tsugiyoshi Hidaka Miyazaki might be the place Ie-jima Iriomote
where Emperor Jinmu, the mythological first emper- Kume Ishigaki
or, lived.
Kerama Islands Yonaguni
Total Area: 6,684.67 km2 (2,580.97 sq mi)
Miyako Islands
Total Population: 462,326
Miyako-jima

Economy: N/A

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