Hachijō-Jima: Island in Tokyo, Japan
Hachijō-jima (八丈島) is a volcanic Japanese island that is in the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
This island is also part of Tokyo. Several types of animals live on this island.
Native name: 八丈島 | |
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 A picture of the Island Hachijō-fuji and the smaller island of Hachijō-kojima (left) as seen from the Osaka Tunnel, in the year 2018 | |
  Hachijō-jima | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Izu Islands |
| Coordinates | 33°06′34″N 139°47′29″E / 33.10944°N 139.79139°E |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands |
| Area | 62.52 km2 (24.14 sq mi) |
| Length | 14 km (8.7 mi) |
| Width | 7.5 km (4.66 mi) |
| Coastline | 58.91 km (36.605 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 854.3 m (2802.8 ft) |
| Administration | |
Japan | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Subprefecture | Hachijō Subprefecture |
| Town | Hachijō |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 7522 (March 2018) |
Transportation
People go to Hachijō-jima by airplane or by a ferry. In 2010 a pedestrian ferry would leave Tōkyō once every day at 10:30 pm, and then it would get to at Hachijō-jima at 8:50 am the next day. Air travel to Hachijojima Airport takes around 45 minutes from Tōkyō International Airport (Haneda). In the year 2000, there were three metropolitan roads on Hachijō-jima: 215 (formally, 東京都道215号八丈循環線), 216 (都道216号神湊八重根港線, 8.3 km), and 217 (東京都道217号汐間洞輪沢港線).
Language
The Hachijō language is the most different form of Japanese; it is the only surviving descendant of Eastern Old Japanese. The number of people who speak this language is not known. It is on UNESCO's list of endangered languages, It may be gone by the year 2050.
History
People have lived on this island since 14,000 b.c.e.
References
Other websites
- Hachijojima – Japan Meteorological Agency (in Japanese)
- "Hachijojima: National catalogue of the active volcanoes in Japan" (PDF). Japan Meteorological Agency.
- Hachijo Jima Volcano Group – Geological Survey of Japan
- Hachijojima: Global Volcanism Program – Smithsonian Institution
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