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|settlement_type= City |image_skyline= Goto city office.JPG |image_caption= Gotō City hall |image_map= Goto in Nagasaki Prefecture Ja.svg |region= Kyushu |prefecture= Nagasaki Prefecture |district= |area_km2= 420.81 |population_as_of= January 1, 2009 |population= 41,657 |density_km2= 99 |lat_deg= 32 |lat_min= 42 |lat_sec= |lon_deg= 128 |lon_min= 50 |lon_sec= |tree= ''Ficus superba'' |flower= ''Crinum asiaticum'' |bird= Japanese white-eye |image_flag=Flag of Goto, Nagasaki.svg |mayor= Ikuko Nakao (since September 2004) |city_hall_postal_code= 853-8501 |city_hall_address= |website= }} is a city in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It comprises the south-west half of the Gotō Islands in the East China Sea, some 100 kilometers from Nagasaki. The city consists of 11 inhabited and 52 uninhabited islands. The three main islands of the city are Fukue, Hisaka, and Naru. As of January 1, 2009, the city has an estimated population of 41,657 and a population density of 99 persons per km2. The total area is 420.81 km2. ==History== The area now comprising Gotō City was a port of call on the trade route between Japan and Tang Dynasty China in the Nara period. Noted Buddhist prelate Kukai stopped at Gotō in 806. The islands came under the control of the Gotō clan from the Muromachi period and was the location of intense European missionary activity in the late 16th century, which converted most of the population to the ''Kirishitan'' faith. After the start of the Tokugawa bakufu, the area was part of Fukue Domain in the Edo period. Fukue City was established in 1954. Most of the town was destroyed in a fire in 1962. The modern city of Gotō was established on August 1, 2004, from the merger of the city of Fukue with the towns of Kishiku, Miiraku, Naru, Tamanoura and Tomie (all from Minamimatsuura District). The population of the area has declined from over 60,000 inhabitants in 1980 due to economic migration and aging population issues. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gotō, Nagasaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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