Omura (大村市 Ōmura Shi) is a city in Nagasaki on the eastern shore of Ōmura Bay, at the western foot of the Tara mountain range.
Understand
[edit]It is home to about 96,000 people (census in Japan, 1 March 2021) 
Get in
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Map of Omura
- 1 Omura Station (大村駅).
- Nagasaki Airport is located offshore in Ōmura Bay.
- Nagasaki Expressway E34, National Route 34, and National Route 444 run through the city.
Get around
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[edit]- 1 Kushima Castle (玖島城). Founded on a peninsula extending into Ōmura Bay in the Kamakura period (1185–1333), the remains and reconstructed parts of the castle are set in beautiful gardens.
- 2 Kyuenyuji Garden (旧円融寺庭園).
- 3 Sumitadashiseki Park (大村純忠史跡公園).
- 4 Old Kusumoto Masataka Residence (旧楠本正隆屋敷). A former samurai's residence.
- 5 Tenshō Embassy Statues (天正遺欧少年使節像). Statues commemorating the first Japanese emissary to Europe.
