Itoman

Itoman is a city placed in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The town sits at the southern tip of Okinawa Island. As of April 2013, the city has an estimated populace of 59,605 and a populace density of 1,335.53 men and women according to km². The general vicinity is 46.63 km². Itoman has a long records as a fishing port. In the pre-cutting-edge length its fisherman ventured as far because the Indian Ocean. Records imply that the fisherman made contact with Australia and New Guinea. By 1908 the village of Itoman numbered 8,000 residents, almost all involved inside the fishing enterprise.

Men of Itoman labored on fishing boats, and ladies labored on the shipping and sale of fish inside the prefectural capitol of Naha. In 1918 Naha and Itoman have been connected by a horse-drawn tram. The line spanned 12 kilometres. The Okinawa Prefectural Railways Itoman Line became set up in 1924, and operated till 1945 Fishing stays the number one enterprise of the town of Itoman. Japan National Route 331, which connects Naha and Ogimi alongside the japanese coast of Okinawa Island, runs via Itoman and connects the metropolis to other municipalities in Okinawa