Hachijō-jima

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)

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.

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

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  3. ↑ "Adjacent waters of Hachijo Island | Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas [MOE]". www.env.go.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
  4. ↑ "Wildlife of Hachijojima Island｜Natural parks in Tokyo". www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  5. ↑ "Hachijo-jima – Floral Paradise". Hiragana Times. Japan. Feb 2010. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 平成17年度道路交通センサス 一般交通量調査 休日調査表 Archived 2013-01-24 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), 2000; page 6. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  7. ↑ 八丈島 II Archived 2018-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  8. ↑ 再評価結果（平成１８年度事業継続箇所 一般都道神湊八重根港線（大 Archived 2013-02-02 at the Wayback Machine (PDF), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  9. ↑ Shibatani, Masayoshi (1990). The Languages of Japan. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-521-36918-3.
  10. ↑ "UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger - Hachijō". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  11. ↑ Heinrich, Patrick (2012). The Making of Monolingual Japan: Language Ideology and Japanese Modernity. Bristol: Multilingual Matters. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-84769-659-5.
  12. ↑ "History of Hachijojima Island｜Natural parks in Tokyo". www.kankyo.metro.tokyo.lg.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-31.

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