Toshima (Kagoshima)

Toshima-mura 十 島村
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kyushu
Prefecture :	Kagoshima
Coordinates :	29 ° 23 '  N , 129 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 29 ° 23 '0 "  N , 129 ° 27' 0"  E
Basic data
Surface:	101.35 km²
Residents :	761 (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	8 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	46304-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Livistona chinensis
Flower :	Rhododendron indicum
Bird :	Erithacus komadori
town hall
Address :	Toshima Village Hall 14 - 15 , Izumi-chō Kagoshima -shi Kagoshima  892-0822
Website URL:	www.tokara.jp
Location of Toshimas in Kagoshima Prefecture

Toshima ( Jap. 十島村 , - mura ) is a village in the district of Kagoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan is located and the Tokara Islands includes.

The administration is located in the city of Kagoshima outside the village. As of October 1, 2019, the village had an estimated population of 761 people and a population density of 7.52 people per km².

Toshima means "10 islands" and goes back to the name of the previous municipality Jittō, which was spelled the same but pronounced differently. With 10 islands the inhabited islands Iōjima , Kuroshima , Takeshima , Kuchinoshima , Nakanoshima , Gajajima , Tairajima , Suwanosejima , Akusekijima and Takarajima were meant. The whole area is 101.35 km².

history

Today's village is part of a Jittō community that used to consist of all 10 islands.

After the Meiji Restoration , these islands were the district Kawanabe the province of Satsuma allocated in 1897 then the district Ōshima the Ōsumi Province .

Jittō was established as a community in 1908. In 1946 the southern seven of the 10 islands came under the administration of the USA, the remaining three islands (Iōjima, Kuroshima and Takeshima) formed a separate municipality Mishima ("3 islands"). In 1952 the seven islands came under Japanese sovereignty again, with the Mishima community remaining independent and the new community retaining the spelling to distinguish it from the earlier Jitto, but choosing a different pronunciation with Toshima. In 1973 both parishes were incorporated into the Kagoshima County.

Web links

Commons : Toshima  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files