Nishinoomote

Nishinoomote is a metropolis located on the island of Tanegashima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. As of June 2013, the city has an anticipated population of 16,418 and a population density of 79.8 men and women in step with km². The total location is 205.75 km² Kitatane Village became established on April 1, 1889. It become extended to city repute on April 1, 1926 and renamed Nishinoomote. Towards the quit of World War II, the town became garrisoned with the aid of a 12,000-guy pressure from the Imperial Japanese Army and became for that reason subjected to bombing by using the US Navy in 1945.

It changed into increased to city reputation on October 1, 1958. Nishinoomote Port is a nearby transportation hub, with common ferry carrier to Kagoshima, Tokyo, Kobe, and Osaka, as well as Okinawa and the other Osumi islands. Nishinoomote, placed on the northern part of Tanegashima, is bordered with the aid of the East China Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east, and through the Osumi Strait isolating Tanegashima from the Kyushu mainland.