Aogashima (Tokyo)

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Aogashima-mura
青 ヶ 島村
Aogashima
Geographical location in Japan
Aogashima (Tokyo) (Japan)
Red pog.svg
Region : Kanto
Prefecture : Tokyo
Coordinates : 32 ° 28 '  N , 139 ° 46'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 27 '59 "  N , 139 ° 45' 48"  E
Basic data
Surface: 5.98 km²
Residents : 175
(October 1, 2019)
Population density : 29 inhabitants per km²
Community key : 13402-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Flag / coat of arms of Aogashima
Tree : Machilus thunbergii
Flower : Lilium platyphyllum
Bird : Columba janthina janthina
town hall
Address : Aogashima Village Hall Aogashima -mura Tōkyō 100-1701


 
Website URL: www.vill.aogashima.tokyo.jp
Location of Aogashimas in Tokyo Prefecture
Location of Aogashimas in the prefecture

Aogashima ( Japanese 青 ヶ 島村 , - mura ) is a village on the island of the same name in the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo .

geography

Like the other island communities of Tokyo, the village is not assigned to a district ( gun ), but to a sub-prefecture, here the sub-prefecture Hachijō . Aogashima is the smallest community in Japan in terms of population. It is 358 km south of Tokyo . The settlement is located in the northern part of the island and is divided by the inhabitants into two hamlets: Nishigō ( 西 郷 , "western hamlet") in the west and Yasundogō ( 休 戸 郷 ) in the east. In the crater that characterizes the southern part of the island, there is a campsite and other economic buildings.

traffic

Sampo port

From the port of Aogashima ( 青 ヶ 島 港 , -kō ), also called Sampō-port ( 三宝 港 , -kō ), the passenger ship Kanjū-maru ( 還 住 丸 ) runs through the Yaene fishing port ( 八 重 根 漁港 , Yaene- gyokō ) in Hachijō on the island of the same name . Every Saturday the cargo ship Kuroshio-maru ( 黒 潮 丸 ) also calls at Sokodo port ( 底 土 港 , -kō ) on Hachijō-jima from this port . In 1995, the Ōchiyo port ( 大 千代 港 , -kō ) was completed as a supplement, but its access road became impassable after a landslide.

The Tōkyō Ai-Land Shuttle ( 東京 愛 ら ん ど シ ャ ト ル , ~ Shatoru ) serves daily flights to Hachijō-jima from a heliport . From there, flights to the Mikura-jima heliport on Mikura-jima , to Ōshima airport on Ōshima and to Tokyo-Haneda airport take place.

economy

Specialties of the island are Hingya salt ( ひ ん ぎ ゃ の 塩 , Hingya no shio ), which is made from seawater that is pumped up and evaporated using volcanic heat, and a potato shōchū called Aochū ( 青 酎 ).

education

Due to the small population there is only one school on the islands, the Aogashima elementary and middle school ( 青 ヶ 島村 立 青 ヶ 島 小 中 学校 , Aogashima sonritsu Aogashima shō-chū gakkō ).

Personalities

  • Yukari Iijima (* 1964), Japanese politician and former Aogashima school councilor

Sons and daughters of the village

Remarks

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  2. ↑ on the island called kuro-bato , but usually karasu-bato Wild life of Hachijojima: 030 鳥 Archives

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 大 千代 港 . In: 八丈 支 庁 港湾 課 . Tokyo Prefecture General Affairs Authority, accessed July 26, 2016 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 路線 ・ 時刻表 . Tōhō Kōkū, accessed August 10, 2012 (Japanese).