Tanegashima

E326591

island populated place

Tanegashima is a Japanese island known as the site of Japan’s first contact with European firearms and for hosting the Tanegashima Space Center, one of the country’s main rocket launch facilities.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tanegashima canonical	3
Tanegashima, Japan	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	island ⓘ populated place ⓘ
administeredBy	Minamitane ⓘ Nakatane ⓘ Nishinoomote ⓘ
area	approximately 445 square kilometers ⓘ
climate	hot humid summers ⓘ humid subtropical climate ⓘ warm winters ⓘ
connectedByFerryTo	Kagoshima City NERFINISHED ⓘ Yakushima ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasAirport	Tanegashima Airport ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature	sandy beaches ⓘ sea cliffs ⓘ
hasFacility	Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ
historicalEvent	first recorded arrival of Europeans with firearms in Japan ⓘ
historicalEventDate	1543 ⓘ
historicalFigureAssociated	Tanegashima Tokitaka ⓘ
introducedTechnology	arquebus-type matchlock firearms ⓘ
knownFor	Tanegashima Space Center ⓘ agriculture ⓘ early introduction of firearms to Japan ⓘ sugarcane cultivation ⓘ surfing beaches ⓘ sweet potato cultivation ⓘ traditional Japanese matchlock guns ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
length	approximately 57 kilometers ⓘ
localDialect	Tanegashima dialect ⓘ
locatedIn	Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyushu ⓘ surface form: Kyushu region Ōsumi Islands ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedInSea	Philippine Sea ⓘ
partOf	Satsunan Islands ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ space-related industry ⓘ tourism ⓘ
spaceAgencyOperating	Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ⓘ surface form: JAXA
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
usedFor	rocket launches ⓘ satellite launches ⓘ spacecraft testing ⓘ
UTCOffset	+09:00 ⓘ
width	approximately 12 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kagoshima Prefecture → contains → Tanegashima ⓘ

Kagoshima Airport → connectsToIsland → Tanegashima ⓘ

Tanegashima Space Center → locatedOn → Tanegashima ⓘ

Kaguya (SELENE) lunar orbiter → launchSite → Tanegashima ⓘ

subject surface form: Kaguya (SELENE)

this entity surface form: Tanegashima, Japan