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17-710: Usuki is located in east-central Ōita Prefecture, bordered by the prefectural capital at Ōita City to the north. The eastern part faces the Bungo Channel and stretches along Usuki Bay, surrounded by the Saganoseki Peninsula to the north and the Nagame Peninsula to the south. Within the bay are Kuroshima Island and Tsukumi Island. The main urban area is on the plains around the mouth of the Usuki River, which flows into Usuki Bay. The inland area consists of gentle hills in

34-401: Is typically reserved for much larger, wider features of the marine environment. There are exceptions, with straits being called canals; Pearse Canal , for example. Straits are the converse of isthmuses . That is, while a strait lies between two land masses and connects two large areas of ocean, an isthmus lies between two areas of ocean and connects two large land masses. Some straits have

51-462: The Suez Canal . Although rivers and canals often provide passage between two large lakes, and these seem to suit the formal definition of strait, they are not usually referred to as such. Rivers and often canals, generally have a directional flow tied to changes in elevation, whereas straits often are free flowing in either direction or switch direction, maintaining the same elevation. The term strait

68-616: The Bungo Strait is most known as a setting in the 1958 World War II submarine film Run Silent, Run Deep , based upon the best-selling 1955 novel by then-Commander Edward L. Beach Jr. On 9 November 1944, the USS Archerfish sank the Shinano , just nine hours into its maiden voyage in the Bungo strait. Shinano had been built in secret after being converted to a carrier, from a battleship of

85-455: The Yamato class. This Ehime Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Ōita Prefecture location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Strait A strait is a water body connecting two seas or two water basins. While the landform generally constricts the flow, the surface water still flows, for the most part, at

102-729: The cherry blossom blooming period in April, for example at Usuki Castle. Bungo Channel The Bungo Channel ( 豊後水道 , Bungo-suidō ) is a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku . It connects the Philippine Sea and the Seto Inland Sea on the western end of Shikoku. The narrowest part of this channel is the Hōyo Strait . In the English-speaking world ,

119-524: The coast of Bungo, now Usuki City, in April 1600, on the ship "De Liefde", marking the first contact that led to many years of Dutch-Japanese trading partnership. The town of Usuki within Kitaamabe District, Ōita was established on May 1, 1889 with the creation of the modern municipalities system. On July 1, 1907 Usuki annexed the neighboring villages of Hamamura, Shimonantsuru, and Kamiura. On April 1, 1950 Usuki merged with neighboring Umibe village and

136-657: The north and rising to an elevation of 500 to 600 meters in the south. Ōita Prefecture Usuki has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa ) characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Usuki is 15.6 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1759 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 26.1 °C, and lowest in January, at around 6.5 °C. Per Japanese census data,

153-547: The population of Usuki is as shown below The area of Usuki was part of ancient Bungo Province . During the Edo period it was mostly under control of Usuki Domain and was ruled by the Inaba clan , with smaller areas under control of Saiki Domain and Kumamoto Domain until the Meiji restoration . William Adams , Jan Joosten , Jacob Quaeckernaeck and Melchior van Santvoort got stranded on

170-466: The potential to generate significant tidal power using tidal stream turbines . Tides are more predictable than wave power or wind power . The Pentland Firth (a strait) may be capable of generating 10  GW . Cook Strait in New Zealand may be capable of generating 5.6 GW even though the total energy available in the flow is 15 GW. Straits used for international navigation through

187-487: The same elevation on both sides and through the strait in both directions. In some straits there may be a dominant directional current through the strait. Most commonly, it is a narrowing channel that lies between two land masses . Some straits are not navigable, for example because they are either too narrow or too shallow, or because of an unnavigable reef or archipelago . Straits are also known to be loci for sediment accumulation. Usually, sand-size deposits occur on both

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204-401: The shipbuilding industry accounts for 73% of the total output of the city's manufacturing industry. Tourism is also an important contributor to the local economy and Usuki is actively promoting its look and feel of a Japanese jōkamachi . Usuki has 13 public elementary schools and five public junior high schools operated by the city government. The city has two public high schools operated by

221-423: The territorial sea between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone are subject to the legal regime of transit passage ( Strait of Gibraltar , Dover Strait , Strait of Hormuz ). The regime of innocent passage applies in straits used for international navigation (1) that connect a part of high seas or an exclusive economic zone with

238-574: The two opposite strait exits, forming subaqueous fans or deltas . The terms channel , pass , or passage can be synonymous and used interchangeably with strait , although each is sometimes differentiated with varying senses. In Scotland, firth or Kyle are also sometimes used as synonyms for strait. Many straits are economically important. Straits can be important shipping routes and wars have been fought for control of them. Numerous artificial channels, called canals , have been constructed to connect two oceans or seas over land, such as

255-468: The Ōita Prefectural Assembly. In terms of national politics, the city is part of the Ōita 2nd district of the lower house of the Diet of Japan . Primary industries such as agriculture and fishing, shipbuilding, and brewing industries such as soy sauce and miso. The city is well known for its kabosu fruits. Economically, it belongs to the Ōita metropolitan area and has close ties with Ōita City. In particular,

272-728: The Ōita Prefectural Board of Education. The prefecture operates one special education school for the handicapped. [REDACTED] JR Kyushu - Nippō Main Line Ferries travel between Usuki and Yawatahama City in Ehime Prefecture , Shikoku through the two ferry companies Kyūshi Orange Ferry and Uwajima Unyu Ferry . Major festivals in Usuki include the Usuki Gion Matsuri (mid July), Usuki Stone Buddhas Fire Festival (late August), and Usuki Bamboo Lantern Festival (early November). There are also festivities and celebrations during

289-403: Was raised to city status. On March 31, 1954 Usuki expanded by annexing the villages of Sashibu, Shimonoe, Kamikita Tsuru, Shimokita Tsuru, and Minami Tsuru. On January 1, 2005 the town of Notsu (from Ōno District ) was merged into Usuki. Usuki has a mayor-council form of government with a directly elected mayor and a unicameral city council of 18 members. Usuki contributes two members to

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