Kozameto

Kozameto 芳港特別市
Kozameto Special Municipality

Kozameto (Omemi: 芳港 Kozamēto [kozameːto]), historically known as Cosamêto in Portuguese sources, is a city in Omemi, on the island of Tonesshama. Initially a fortress-port leased to the Portuguese as a trading hub in 1577, it was eventually fully-administered by the Portuguese with the establishment of the Cidade de Cosamêto in 1633, while nominally under the control of the Omemi government. In 1866, the Omemi government ceded sovereignty of the port over to Portugal in a bid to secure international allies against the enroaching Japanese Empire, but this was not successful, as the rest of Omemi fell under the control of the Japanese Empire in 1872, leaving Cosamêto surrounded.

In World War 2, Cosamêto became neutral territory for people fleeing persecution from the Japanese Empire, boosting the cities population from 120,000 to 730,000 by the spring of 1941. The city thus suffered from extreme shortages, relying on smuggling and black market trade with mainland Japanese yakuza to feed the population.

Kozameto

History

In 1682, Pope Innocent XI created the Diocese of Cosamêto, which emcompassed the entirety of the Ryukyus.