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Himeshima Village
Oita Prefecture · Village
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Himeshima Village consists of Himeshima Island, north of the Kunisaki Peninsula, and is the only village in Oita Prefecture. The island is said to appear in the land-creation myth of the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and has been known for obsidian since the Jomon period. Migrating chestnut tiger butterflies stop on the island, and kuruma prawn farming thrives.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
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National parks in this village
- Setonaikai National ParkTotal park area 673 km²Spans Hyogo, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tokushima, Kagawa, Ehime, Oita
Chosen by overlaying the park boundaries (Ministry of the Environment, Biodiversity Center of Japan, "National Park Areas" GIS data, updated April 28, 2025, combined and simplified by NIPPON ATLAS) with municipal boundaries (National Land Numerical Information, January 2021), keeping overlaps of about 0.5 km² or more (approximate). Areas are the land areas from the Ministry of the Environment, "Overview of National Parks" (April 10, 2026). All national parks
Other municipalities in Oita Prefecture
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