Ōshima, Nagasaki (Kitamatsuura)

This article is about the village in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. There are other places in Japan with the same name including a town in Nagasaki, see Oshima.

Ōshima (大島村, Ōshima-mura^?) was a village located on an island in Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki, Japan.

On October 1, 2005 Ōshima, along with the towns of Ikitsuki and Tabira, both from Kitamatsuura District, was merged into the expanded city of Hirado.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 1,659 and a density of 106.89 persons per km². The total area was 15.52 km².

Main occupations on the island are fishing, including fish farming, and farming. Crops include tobacco, rice and potatoes. One use of Ōshima's rice is in the brewing of sake. Other occupations include local government and school teachers.

There is a public primary, middle and high school, as well as a nursery school. Some students at the high school are boarders, those who had problems in other schools. The boarders also serve to keep up the student numbers in Ōshima's small population.

Entertainment

Ōshima has a pachinko, a snack tavern (karaoke), as well as two izakaya.

External links

• Ōshima official website in Japanese