Kanoya

Kanoya is a metropolis in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It is located inside the southeastern Kyushu place within the important a part of Osumi Peninsula. Kanoya is the most populous city in Japan with none connection to railway offerings, after the abolition of the Osumi Line in 1987. Kanoya is located approximately on the coronary heart of Osumi Peninsula with its metropolis limits strolling approximately 20 kilometres east and west and 41 kilometres north and south.

The Takakuma Mountains stretch out into the northwestern a part of the metropolis and the Kimotsuki Mountains within the southeast. Between each mountain tiers lie the Kasanohara and Kanoyahara plateaus. The Kimotsuki Plains unfold via the alluvial plains of the Kimotsuki River that runs via critical Kanoya. In the western a part of the metropolis is Kinko Bay which runs down the coast line. In 2006, the authentic metropolis of Kanoya changed into accelerated following the merger of the 2 cities of Aira and Kushira in Kimotsuki District, and Kihoku in Soo District. The authentic Kanoya City became set up as a municipality on May 27, 1941 Navy Memorial Day.