municipality on the island is the town of Hachijō, which encompasses both Hachijō-jima and the neighbouring Hachijō-kojima, though no one lives on the latter...
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Ryukyuan, and Southern Ryukyuan). Hachijō is currently spoken on two of the Izu Islands south of Tokyo (Hachijō-jima and the smaller Aogashima) as well...
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by a geothermal power station and a wind farm. Hachijō covers the islands of Hachijō-jima and Hachijō-kojima, two of the islands in the Izu archipelago...
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kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago. Administratively, the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan. Oriented in the...
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volcanic eruption.[citation needed] During the Edo period, Nii-jima, Miyake-jima, and Hachijō-jima served as places of exile for criminals. The subtropical...
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Jima or JIMA may refer to: Jima of Silla Jima, Nepal Jima, Kenya Jima, a Japanese word for "island", as in Iwo Jima or Hachijō-jima An alternative spelling...
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kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijō-jima. The island is administered by the village of Aogashima, which is subordinate to the Hachijō Subprefecture, which itself...
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of Nii-jima, there was a colony on Udone-shima. Although on a different island, in the past a saltwater crocodile has appeared on Hachijō-jima. The island...
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Japanese dialects (section Hachijō Japanese)
of dialects spoken in Hachijō-jima and Aogashima, islands south of Tokyo, as well as the Daitō Islands east of Okinawa. Hachijō dialect is quite divergent...
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closest to Tokyo are Izu Ōshima, Toshima, Nii-jima, Shikine-jima, Kōzu-shima, Miyake-jima, Mikurajima, Hachijō-jima, and Aogashima. The Izu Islands are grouped...
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originate in Aogashima and Izu Ōshima and fly to Toshima, Miyake-jima, Mikura-jima, Hachijō-jima and Aogashima. There are two bus routes on the island. Both...
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Pearl Island Ōshima Taijima Izu Islands Aogashima Hachijō Izu Ōshima Kōzu Miyake-jima Mikura-jima Nii-jima Shikine Toshima Tori-shima Udonejima Ogasawara...
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Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara he was exiled to the island prison of Hachijō-jima, where he died. Hideie's father Ukita Naoie was daimyō of Bizen province...
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Taiko (redirect from Hachijo taiko)
mainland. Hachijō-daiko (八丈太鼓, trans. "Hachijō-style taiko") is a taiko tradition originating on the island of Hachijō-jima. Two styles of Hachijō-daiko emerged...
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tourist sites that dot the region. The farthest point south, the isle of Hachijō-jima, is several hundred kilometers from Mount Fuji. The park includes a variety...
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discovered in 1954 on Hachijō-jima where it is widely found, and decades later was found on multiple islands in Japan. Hachijō-jima island is also home...
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Hachijō Subprefecture (八丈支庁, Hachijō-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization of government belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan...
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western features not found in other eastern dialects. The Hachijō language, spoken on Hachijō-jima and the Daitō Islands, including Aogashima, is highly divergent...
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Islands chain to the south of Kyushu Island, and on Hachijō-jima Island. Nymph specimens from Hachijō-jima Island and Naha, Okinawa responded to photoperiodic...
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the Detective Boys, Dr. Agasa and Kogoro are invited to the resort at Hachijo-jima owned by Sonoko's family. Conan later received information from Subaru...
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prison by Toba Domain, with the sobriquet “Shima-Hachijo” in reference to the prison island of Hachijō-jima used by the Tokugawa shogunate. The economy of...
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Great Rift Valley, Tanzania 2.2 2050 BCE Rungwe pumice 5 Nishiyama, Hachijō-jima Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc 1.2 2050 BCE Mitsune-7 scoria 5 Shiveluch Kamchatka...
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least concern. However, some subpopulations on the Izu islands Miyake-jima, Hachijō-jima and Aogashima have been in decline due to the introduction of Japanese...
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family comprises Japanese, spoken in the main islands of Japan; Hachijō, spoken on Hachijō-jima, Aogashima, and the Daitō Islands; and the Ryukyuan languages...
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687 8,402 101 49. Kumejima Airport Kumejima Okinawa UEO/ROKJ 222,501 5,202 1,609 50. Hachijojima Airport Hachijō-jima Kantō HAC/RJTH 196,608 3,892 1,332...
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Kansai International Airport Hub Itami Airport Hub Japan (Kantō region) Hachijō-jima Hachijojima Airport Passenger Miyakejima Miyakejima Airport Terminated...
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Legazpi. In Japan, the tsunami reached a height of 40 cm (1.3 ft) in Hachijō-jima and 20 cm (0.66 ft) in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, and Tosashimizu...
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1965; 'Italy’s Alcatraz' Ustica, prison from Fascist era until the 1950s Hachijō-jima, prison until the Meiji Restoration Kami-shima, prison during the Edo...
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Edo period. Convict boats on their way to or from Hachijō-jima frequently spotted at Shikine-jima waiting for favorable winds. In the Meiji period, the...
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