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    Kii Ōshima (紀伊大島) is an inhabited island lying off the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula and the southernmost point of Honshū, Japan. It has an estimated...
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  • Ōshima, Oshima, Ooshima or Ohshima may refer to: Ōshima (大島, lit. "big island") (sorted by prefecture): Ōshima (Aomori), an island in Hiranai and a part...
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  • Japan. Kii Ōshima, an island off Shiono Point, the tip of the Kii Peninsula Kii Station, a train station in Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Kii-Arita...
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    Kashinosaki tōdai) is a lighthouse located on the island of Kii Ōshima, off the southwestern coast of Kii Peninsula in the Kansai region of Japan. Administratively...
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    Grace, under Captain William Douglas—stopped for 11 days on Kii Ōshima island, south of the Kii Peninsula. Kendrick was the first known American to have...
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    Ertuğrul drifted towards the dangerous rocks at the eastern coast of Kii Ōshima. As the crew tried just to stop the ship before the rocks by emergency...
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    the vessel hit reefs and fell apart in stormy weather. She sank off Kii Ōshima while only six officers and 63 sailors survived, most of them with injuries...
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  • and Gokayama Hiroshima Peace Memorial Itsukushima Shrine Nara Nikkō Ryukyu Kii Mountain Range Shiretoko Iwami Ginzan Hiraizumi Ogasawara Mount Fuji Tomioka...
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    southernmost tip of Kii Peninsula, with the urban area on the isthmus connecting Cape Shionomisaki with the mainland. The island of Kii Oshima is located on...
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    the American explorer John Kendrick stopped for 11 days on Kii Ōshima island, south of the Kii Peninsula. He is the first American to visit Japan, but there...
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    both the Lady Washington and the Grace (captained by William Douglas) at Kii Ōshima in Kushimoto, Wakayama, in an unsuccessful attempt to sell sea otter pelts...
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  • Douglas sailed into the channel between the mainland and the island of Kii Ōshima, near the fishing villages of Kushimoto and Koza. Both villages immediately...
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  • villagers of Kashino, a poor fishing village on Kushimoto's island of Kii Oshima, rush to the shore. They are confronted with the grisly spectacle of vast...
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    Muture Simia (33°58',5N) to Murasaki Hana (34°01'N) in Honsyû]. On the East (Kii Suidô). A line running from Takura Saki (34°16'N) in Honsyû to Oishi Hana...
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  • 455mm (WH) 1854 1855 1863 1865 1864 1888 sea cadet training ship 13 Sep 1890 sunk by heavy weather off Kii Ōshima, Higashimuro District. 584 lives lost....
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  • Kii Peninsula by the Kuroshio Current. Seeking shelter they entered the channel between the village of Koza on the mainland and the island Kii Ōshima...
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  • frigate that foundered in bad weather and ran aground on the east coast of Kii Ōshima, while returning to Turkey after a voyage of friendship to Japan. USS Greene...
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    the more common front and back close vowels [i] and [u], e.g. Yuwan Amami /kɨɨ/ "tree". Ikema Miyako has a voiceless nasal phoneme /n̥/. Many Ryukyuan languages...
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  • Atsumi Peninsula Bōsō Peninsula Chita Peninsula Ise-Shima Izu Peninsula Kii Peninsula Miura Peninsula Natsudomari Peninsula Noto Peninsula Oga Peninsula...
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    SKE48 (section Team KII)
    are dispatched into three groups, chronologically named "Team S", "Team KII" and "Team E". Kenkyūsei (trainees) is the group of members training to be...
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  • of shipwrecks: 29 September 1924 Ship State Description Shibaura Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground in Kii Ōshima. She was refloated on 5 October....
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  • Kawaei, Ryōka Ōshima Team K: Mariya Nagao, Tomu Muto Team B: Rena Katō, Miori Ichikawa, Miyu Takeuchi SKE48 Team S: Yuria Kizaki SKE48 Team KII: Manatsu Mukaida...
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  • off Lady Elliot Island, Australia and was beached. She was refloated on 13 May. Ryoshu Maru  Japan The cargo ship struck a rock and sank off Kii Ōshima....
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    that they would approach fishing lines with a grin. Also, in Mikonohama, Kii Province, a small animal called the "mokuri kokuri" that resembles a weasel...
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    located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Its name translates to "Bookstore of Kii Province". The company has its headquarters in Meguro, Tokyo. One of the...
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    Shrine, etc. They are parts of the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (WHS). Shingū – Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano River (WHS)...
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  • election. Center: Yūko Ōshima Team A: Haruna Kojima, Mariko Shinoda, Minami Takahashi Team K: Tomomi Itano, Ayaka Umeda, Yūko Ōshima, Minami Minegishi, Sae...
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    Nara Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Chūgoku Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Itsukushima...
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  • K: Jurina Matsui SKE48 Team KII: Aya Shibata, Akari Suda, Akane Takayanagi, Airi Furukawa, Mizuho Yamada SKE48 Team KII / AKB48 Team B: Mina Ōba SKE48...
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    the northern hemisphere temperate zone apart from the Owase region of the Kii Peninsula, receiving an average of around 2.8 metres (110.2 in) of precipitation...
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