Nagasaki Prefecture

Nagasaki Prefecture (長崎県, Nagasaki-ken) is a prefecture in Japan on the island of Kyūshū. The capital city is Nagasaki. History Nagasaki Prefecture was created by merging the western half of the old provinces of Hizen Province with the islands of Tsushima Province and Iki Province. Geography Nagasaki is on the western coast of the island of Kyūshū. The southwest coastline faces the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. Saga Prefecture is on its eastern border. The prefecture has 505 islands with no people living on them. Cities National Parks National Parks are established in about 18% of the total land area of the prefecture. Shrines and Temples Chiriku Hachiman-gū, Amanotanagoa jinja and Kaijin jinja are the chief Shinto shrines (ichinomiya) in the prefecture. Related pages Provinces of Japan Prefectures of Japan List of regions of Japan List of islands of Japan References Other websites Media related to Nagasaki prefecture at Wikimedia Commons http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/en/ Archived 2006-12-10 at the Wayback Machine; (in Japanese)