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.[1][2][3] Several types of animals live on this island.[4]

Hachijō-jima
Native name:
八丈島
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 is located in Japan
Hachijō-jima
Hachijō-jima
Geography
LocationIzu Islands
Coordinates33°06′34″N 139°47′29″E / 33.10944°N 139.79139°E / 33.10944; 139.79139
ArchipelagoIzu Islands
Area62.52 km2 (24.14 sq mi)
Length14 km (8.7 mi)
Width7.5 km (4.66 mi)
Coastline58.91 km (36.605 mi)
Highest elevation854.3 m (2802.8 ft)
Administration
Japan
PrefectureTokyo
SubprefectureHachijō Subprefecture
TownHachijō
Demographics
Population7522 (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).[5] 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),[6][7] 216 (都道216号神湊八重根港線, 8.3 km),[6][8] and 217 (東京都道217号汐間洞輪沢港線).[6]

Language

The Hachijō language is the most different form of Japanese; it is the only surviving descendant of Eastern Old Japanese.[9] The number of people who speak this language is not known. It is on UNESCO's list of endangered languages,[10] It may be gone by the year 2050.[11]

History

People have lived on this island since 14,000 b.c.e.[12]

References

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