GOTO ISLANDS  [GoTo RETTO, GoTT0I, a

group of islands belonging to Japan, lying west of Kiushiu, in 330 N., 129° E . The southern of the two principal islands, Fukae-shima, measures 17 M. by 132; the northern, Nakaori-shima, measures 23 M. by 72 . These islands lie almost in the direct route of steamers plying between Nagasaki and Shanghai, and are distant some 5o M. from Nagasaki . Some dome-shaped hills command the old castle-town of Fukae . The islands are highly cultivated; deer and other game abound, and trout are plentiful in the mountain streams . A majority of the inhabitants are Christians .