Mutsu Province The Meiji Mutsu Province was a region in the northernmost part of the main island that corresponds to today's Aomori Prefecture. At the same time, while the characters of the name were unchanged, the official reading was changed to the "on'yomi" version "Rikuō". Mutsu Province Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the combined area of Mutsu and the neighboring province Dewa which make up the Tōhoku region. Mutsu, on northern Honshū, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi and became
Panayır Island area (archaeological site). But in 2010, Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning ended its SIT status. Now there is an intense discussion on the future of the island Panayır Island Panayır Island () is an Aegean island of Turkey. It was once known as "Ziraat Island" ("Agriculture Island"). It is now also known as "Altın Adası" ("Gold Island"). The island is a part of Didim ilçe (district) of Aydın Province at The area of the island is about . Its distance to main land (Altınkum beach of Didim in Anatolia) is . Currently the island is uninhabited . But there