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...

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...

kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago. Administratively, the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan. Oriented in the...

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...

volcanic eruption.[citation needed] During the Edo period, Nii-jima, Miyake-jima, and Hachijō-jima served as places of exile for criminals. The subtropical...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Pearl Island Ōshima Taijima Izu Islands Aogashima Hachijō Izu Ōshima Kōzu Miyake-jima Mikura-jima Nii-jima Shikine Toshima Tori-shima Udonejima Ogasawara...

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...

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...

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...

Hachijō Subprefecture (八丈支庁, Hachijō-shichō) is a subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The organization of government belongs to the Tokyo Metropolitan...

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...

western features not found in other eastern dialects. The Hachijō language, spoken on Hachijō-jima and the Daitō Islands, including Aogashima, is highly divergent...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Freshly grilled kusaya on Hachijō-jima island...

family comprises Japanese, spoken in the main islands of Japan; Hachijō, spoken on Hachijō-jima, Aogashima, and the Daitō Islands; and the Ryukyuan languages...

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...

Kansai International Airport Hub Itami Airport Hub Japan (Kantō region) Hachijō-jima Hachijojima Airport Passenger Miyakejima Miyakejima Airport Terminated...

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...

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...

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...