A map of the Ogasawara Islands south of Japan

The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島, Ogasawara Shotō^?) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1,000 km directly south of central Tokyo, Japan. Administratively they form one of the villages of Tokyo. The islands are also known as the Bonin Islands, and the southernmost (uninhabited) group is known as the Volcano Islands. Still 700 km further south is Okino Torishima, and 1,900 km further east is Minami Torishima. These two remote islands are not geographically part of the Ogasawara but belong to it administratively. The total area of the islands is 84 km². Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1011x798, 260 KB) Map of Ogasawara Islands. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1011x798, 260 KB) Map of Ogasawara Islands. ... The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ... Okino Torishima (沖ノ鳥島), formerly called Parece Vela (Spanish for it looks like a sail) is the southernmost island of Japan, at 22°49′ N 136°07′ E, 1 740 km south of Tokyo, or 534 km Southeast of Oki Daito, the closest Japanese island, or 567 km WSE of Minami I... Aerial photo from 1987 Minamitori-shima (南鳥島) or Marcus Island is an isolated island in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located at . ...

The only inhabited islands are Chichi-jima (父島) and Haha-jima (母島). These islands form the Ogasawara Village. Chichi-jima (父島, lit. ... Haha-jima (母島, lit. ...

Island subgroups

The Ogasawara Islands consists of four subgroups, including the Volcano Islands, which are listed along with their main islands:

• Mukojima Group (聟島列島 Mukojima Rettō) - formerly Parry Group
  • Mukojima (聟島, literally: Bridegroom Island)
  • Yomejima (嫁島, literally: Bride Island)
  • Nakoudo-jima or Nakadachijima (媒島, literally: Go-between Island)
  • Kitanojima (北ノ島, literally: Northern Island)
• Chichijima Group (父島列島 Chichijima Rettō) - formerly Beechey Group
  • Chichijima (父島, literally: Father Island),
  • Anijima (兄島, literally: Elder Brother Island)
  • Otōtojima (弟島, literally: Younger Brother Island)
• Hahajima Group (母島列島 Hahajima Rettō) - formerly Baily Group
  • Hahajima (母島, literally: Mother Island)
  • Anejima (姉島, literally: Elder Sister Island)
  • Imōtojima (妹島, literally: Younger Sister Island)
• Volcano Group (火山列島 Kazan Rettō)
  • Kitaiōjima (北硫黄島 Kitaiōjima, literally: North Sulphur Island)
  • Iwojima (硫黄島 Iōjima, literally: Sulphur Island)
  • Minamiiōjima (南硫黄島 Minamiiōjima, literally: South Sulphur Island)
• Single Isolated Island, west of Hahajima Group and North of Volcano Group:
  • Nishino shima (西之島, literally: Western Island, also: Rosario Island)
• Isolated Remote Islands, not geographically but administratively part of Ogasawara Islands
  • Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島, literally: Remote Bird Island)
  • Minamitorishima (南鳥島, literally: Southern Bird Island, also: Marcus Island)

Chichi-jima (父島, lit. ... Haha-jima (母島, lit. ... For other uses, see Iwo Jima (disambiguation). ... Okino Torishima (沖ノ鳥島), formerly called Parece Vela (Spanish for it looks like a sail) is the southernmost island of Japan, at 22°49′ N 136°07′ E, 1 740 km south of Tokyo, or 534 km Southeast of Oki Daito, the closest Japanese island, or 567 km WSE of Minami I... Aerial photo from 1987 Minamitori-shima (南鳥島) or Marcus Island is an isolated island in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located at . ...

Transportation

One can get from the main Japanese islands to Chichijima by way of the Ogasawara Maru liner, run by Ogasawara Marine Transportation. The boat leaves from Takeshiba port in Tokyo Bay, and the trip takes around 25.5 hours (in good weather). There are four or five crossings each month. The Ogasawara Maru is a 6700 ton vessel, 131m long, with a capacity of 1031 passengers.

The world's first TSL, the Super Liner Ogasawara (which was to be commissioned in 2006), with a maximum speed of 70 km/h, 14,500 tons gross tonnage, was expected to shorten the voyage to Ogasawara to about 17 hours carrying up to 740 passengers. However, Ogasawara Marine Transport, which receives subsidies from to help it cover estimated annual deficit of some ¥1 billion^{[citation needed]}, announced the cancellation of the TSL's development in August 2005. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

There are no commercial passenger flights to the islands.

To get to Hahajima, one has to get to Chichijima, and then cross via the liner Hahajima Maru.

Because a trip from the main Japanese islands to the Ogasawaras is very difficult, when people get severely ill or otherwise have an emergency situation, word is conveyed to Iwo Jima Japan Maritime Self Defense Force post, and a helicopter is sent to the islands. Emergencies can also be handled from the main Japanese islands by airplanes of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, or the Maritime Self Defense Force base in Iwakuni can convey evacuees to the main islands by a seaplane, the ShinMaywa US-1. This seaplane is also used to transport the governor of Tokyo and other VIPs. For other uses, see Iwo Jima (disambiguation). ... The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ), or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan and formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II.[1] The force is based strictly on defensive armament, largely lacking... Link title For other uses, see Helicopter (disambiguation). ... The Japan Air Self-Defense Force ), or JASDF, is the aviation branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces responsible for the defense of Japanese airspace and other aerospace operations. ... Iwakuni, including the Kintai Bridge Iwakuni (岩国市; -shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi, Japan. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery. ... The ShinMaywa PS-1 and US-1 (Japanese: 新明和 PS-1, US-1) are large STOL aircraft designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and air-sea rescue (SAR) work respectively. ...

Even today, the emergency service takes several hours, and help does not necessarily arrive in time.

Ogasawara Village operates a bus service on Chichijima and elderly passengers may use a "silver pass". There is also a sightseeing taxi service, a rental car company, motorized scooter rental services and a bike rental service, as well as other amenities. Bringing one's own automobile onto the island is extremely difficult and costly.

Ogasawara Airport construction issue

The Ogasawara Islands have no airport and there is, as of January 2007, no prospect for one being constructed. However, there was talk for several decades of building one^{[citation needed]}. Anijima and Chichijima was both once designated possible construction sites, but because there are numerous valuable, rare or endangered plant species forming a unique ecosystem in the vicinity of the proposed sites, issues of nature conservation were raised. Although construction of an airport was desired by some, a desire to keep the natural beauty of the islands untouched created a movement to block it. The airport issue was quite controversial on the islands^{[citation needed]}.

The island of Iwo Jima (硫黄島 Iōjima), is a part of the Volcano Islands. It is occupied by a Japanese military base and access requires special permission.

Geology

The Ogasawara islands are a part of an island arc known geologically as a fore arc. They lie above a subduction zone between the Pacific Plate and the Philippine Plate. The Pacific Plate is subducting under the Philippine Plate, which creates an oceanic trench to the east of the islands. The crust of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands was formed by volcanic activity when subduction began 45–50 million years ago, and is composed mostly of an andesitic volcanic rock called boninite, which is rich in magnesium oxide, chromium, and silicon dioxide. The Ogasawara Islands may represent the exposed parts of an ophiolite that has not yet been emplaced on oceanic crust. The rocks of the Volcano Islands are much younger; Iwo Jima is a dormant volcano characterized by rapid uplift and several hot springs. An island arc is a type of archipelago formed by plate tectonics as one oceanic tectonic plate subducts under another and produces magma. ... The Juan de Fuca plate sinks below the North America plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. ...  The Pacific plate, shown in pale yellow The Pacific Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean. ...  The Philippine plate, shown in dull red The Philippine Plate is an oceanic tectonic plate beneath the Pacific Ocean to the east of the Philippines. ... The Juan de Fuca plate sinks below the North America plate at the Cascadia subduction zone. ... The oceanic trenches are hemispheric-scale long but narrow topographic depressions of the sea floor. ... A sample of andesite (dark groundmass) with amygdaloidal vesicules filled with zeolite. ... Boninite is a high magnesium mafic extrusive rock formed in back-arc environments, typically in seafloor spreading centres but also in terrestrial back-arc spreading centres. ... Magnesium oxide Magnesium oxide, or magnesia, is a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium. ... General Name, Symbol, Number chromium, Cr, 24 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 6, 4, d Appearance silvery metallic Standard atomic weight 51. ... R-phrases R42 R43 R49 S-phrases S22 S36 S37 S45 S53 Flash point non-flammable Supplementary data page Structure and properties n, εr, etc. ... Ophiolites are sections of oceanic lithosphere that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks. ... For other uses, see Iwo Jima (disambiguation). ... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57°F or...

Most of the islands have steep shorelines, often with sea cliffs ranging from 50 to 100 meters in height, but the islands are also fringed with coral reefs and have many beaches. Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef. ...

History

The first European discovery of the islands took place in 1543, by the Spanish explorer Bernardo de la Torre.^[1] The voyage of the Japanese samurai Ogasawara Sadayori in 1593, whence the name Ogasawara Islands, is an apocryphal one.

Outside of American and British shipyards set up for whaling in 1820-30, the first recorded settlement of the islands was by a number of Hawaiians in 1830, and the descendants of these settlers live on the island today. Ogasawara was claimed by Japan from the British in 1875 and became part of Tokyo prefecture in 1880. The name "Bonin Islands" arose around this time, deriving from their uninhabited status and the Japanese word mu-jin (無人: peopleless hence uninhabited). Motto: Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono Anthem: HawaiÊ»i PonoÊ»i Kingdom of Hawaii Capital Lahaina (until 1845) Honolulu (from 1845) Language(s) Hawaiian, English Government Constitutional monarchy Monarch  - 1795–1819 Kamehameha I  - 1891–1893 LiliuÊ»okalani Provisional Government  - 1893-1894 Committee of Safety History... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ...

In World War II, most of the inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland. There was a Japanese military base on Chichijima, whose officer in charge, Major Matoba, was known for performing sadistic acts (including cannibalism) on prisoners of war, and was executed for his crimes after the war. However, other officers on the island disagreed with his methods. Future President George H. W. Bush's plane crashed in the ocean near Chichijima, but he was rescued by Americans. The Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the fiercest battles of World War II, was fought here in 1945. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article is about consuming ones own species. ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Holland Smith Tadamichi Kuribayashi â€  Strength 110,000 22,000 Casualties 6,825 killed in action,[1] 1,401 died of wounds,[1] 19,189 wounded,[1] 494 missing[1] Total: 27,909 20,703 dead,[1] 216 captured[1] Total: 20,919 The... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The islands were occupied by the U.S. Navy from 1945, at which point the inhabitants who were western in descent were allowed back on the island. The islands were returned to Japan in 1968, when the Japanese evacuees were finally allowed to return. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ...

Now, nearly all of the inhabitants, including those of Western ancestry, are Japanese citizens and the Japanese language is used. During the nineteenth century, research points to the existence of an English-lexified pidgin/creole on the islands. During the twentieth century, islanders of Western descent increasingly mixed Japanese with island English, resulting in a "Mixed Language" which can still be heard among these islanders today. Younger speakers are monolingual in variety of Japanese closely resembling the Tokyo standard. A bilingual dictionary, Talking Dictionary of the Bonin Islands Language (with CD-ROM), edited by Daniel Long and Naoyuki Hashimoto, was published in 2005. Japanese  ) is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and Japanese emigrant communities around the world. ... A pidgin, or contact language, is the name given to any language created, usually spontaneously, out of two or more languages as a means of communication between speakers of different tongues, and usually a simplified form of one of the languages. ... A creole language, or simply a creole, is stable language that originated from a non-trivial combination of two or more languages, typically with many features that are not inherited from any parent. ...

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists ^[2] suggests that Iwo Jima and Chichijima may have been used as rearming ports for Regulus missile submarines. This weapon was a turbojet-powered nuclear cruise missile (bear in mind that the buzz bomb—the German V1 missile—was also a cruise missile) with a very short range (around 500 miles) and small payload in the beginning of the nuclear standoff between the US and the USSR. The strategy may have been to protect the Japanese Islands from attack by the Soviet Union. Most of the submarines involved were diesel-electric and so required refueling bases close to their patrol area.^{[citation needed]}

Ogasawara subtropical moist forests

The Ogasawara Islands form a distinct subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion, with a high degree of biodiversity and endemism. The islands are home to about 500 plant species, of which 43% are endemic. The forests are of three main types: Tropic wet forests in the World Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, also known as tropical wet forests, are a tropical and subtropical forest biome. ... An ecoregion, sometimes called a bioregion, is a relatively large area of land or water that contains a geographically distinct assemblage of natural communities. ... Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity is the variation of taxonomic life forms within a given ecosystem, biome or for the entire Earth. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ...

• Type I: Elaeocarpus-Ardisia mesic forest is found in the moist lowland areas with deep soils. The forests have a closed canopy with a height of about 15 meters, dominated by Ardisia sieboldii. Elaeocarpus photiniaefolius, Pisonia umbellifera, and Pouteria obovata are other important canopy species. These forests were almost completely destroyed by clearing for agriculture before 1945.
• Type II: Distylium-Raphiolepis-Schima dry forest is found in drier lowland and upland sites with shallower soils. It is also a closed-canopy forest, with a 4 to 8 meter canopy comprised mostly of Distylium lepidotum, Rhaphiolepis integerrima, Schima mertensiana, Pouteria obovata, and Syzygium buxifolium. The Type II forests can be further subdivided into:
  • Type IIa: Distylium-Schima dry forest occurs in cloudy upland areas with fine-textured soils. These forests contain many rare and endemic species, with Pandanus boninensis and Syzygium buxifolium as the predominant trees.
  • Type IIb: Raphiolepsis-Livistona dry forest is found in upland areas with few clouds and rocky soils. Rhaphiolepis integerrima is the dominant tree species, along with the fan palm Livistona chinensis var. bonensis, Pandanus boninensis and Ochrosia nakaiana.
• Type III: Distylium-Pouteria scrub forest is found on windy and dry mountain ridges and exposed sea cliffs. These forests have the highest species diversity on the islands. Distylium lepidotum and Pouteria obovata are the dominant species, growing from 0.5 to 1.5 meters tall. Other common shrubs are Myrsine okabeana, Symplocos kawakamii, and Pittosporum parvifolium.

Several bird species are endemic to the islands, including the Japanese Woodpigeon (Columba janthina) and the Vulnerable Bonin White-eye (Apalopteron familiare), formerly known as the Bonin honeyeater. Species see text Elaeocarpus is a genus of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees and shrubs. ... Type Species Ardisia tinifolia Sw - Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 48. ... Species Pisonia grandis Pisonia umbellifera and others Pisonia is a genus of plants. ... Species Species include: Pouteria campechiana Pouteria is a genus of plant, belonging to the family Sapotaceae. ... Species See text Distylium (Winter-hazel) is a genus of about 18 species of evergreen shrubs and trees in the witch hazel family Hamamelidaceae, native to eastern and southeastern Asia. ... Species About 15 species, including: Rhaphiolepis ferruginea Rhaphiolepis fragrans Rhaphiolepis indica Rhaphiolepis integerrima Rhaphiolepis kerrii Rhaphiolepis lanceolata Rhaphiolepis major Rhaphiolepis salicifolia Rhaphiolepis umbellata Rhaphiolepis (syn. ... Species See text Pandanus is a large genus of between 600-700 species of tree- or shrub-like flowering plants in the family Pandanaceae. ... Species About 500; see text Syzygium is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the myrtle family Myrtaceae. ... Species See text The genus Livistona is a genus of 28 species of palms (family Arecaceae), native to southern Asia and Australasia. ... Fan palm as a descriptive term can refer to any of several different kinds of palms in various genera with leaves that are palmately (rather than pinnately) compound. ... Species See text The genus Livistona is a genus of 28 species of palms (family Arecaceae), native to southern Asia and Australasia. ... Species = Matipo (or Māpou in Māori) are New Zealand native members of the Myrsine genus. ... Genera Symplocos Symplocaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Ericales, including only one genus, Symplocos, with about 250 species native to Asia, Australia and the Americas. ... Species Many species, including Pittosporum angustifolium Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bracteolatum Pittosporum coriaceum Pittosporum crassifolium Pittosporum erioloma Pittosporum ferrugineum Pittosporum lancifolium Pittosporum ligustrifolium Pittosporum moluccanum Pittosporum multiflorum Pittosporum oreillyanum Pittosporum nativitatis Pittosporum phillyreoides Pittosporum resiniferum Pittosporum revolutum Pittosporum rhombifolium Pittosporum rubiginosum Pittosporum spinescens Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tobira Pittosporum trilobum Pittosporum undulatum... Binomial name Apalopteron familiare (Kittlitz, 1830) The Bonin White-eye Apalopteron familiare is a small yellow and grey bird endemic to the Ogasawara Islands (formerly Bonin Islands) of Japan. ...

Trivia

Factual

• The giant squid (genus Architeuthis) was filmed off the Ogasawara Islands for the first time in the wild on September 27, 2005.
• Only two of the islands are inhabited.
• Formed about 48 million years ago.
• Flora has evolved differently on each of the islands. The Ogasawara Islands are sometimes referred^{[attribution needed]} to as the Galapagos of the Orient.^{[citation needed]}
• Japan’s Ministry of the Environment and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries are preparing to seek a World Heritage Site listing for the Ogasawara Islands on the premise that the islands meet the three listing criteria for geology, ecosystems, and biodiversity.^{[citation needed]}
• A 25m-diameter radio telescope is located in Chichijima, which is one of the stations of the VERA (VLBI Exploration of Radio Astrometry) project, operated by the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan.

Species Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857 ?Architeuthis hartingii Verrill, 1875 ?Architeuthis japonica Pfeffer, 1912 ?Architeuthis kirkii Robson, 1887 ?Architeuthis martensi (Hilgendorf, 1880) ?Architeuthis physeteris (Joubin, 1900) ?Architeuthis sanctipauli (Velain, 1877) ?Architeuthis stockii (Kirk, 1882) Synonyms Architeuthus Steenstrup, 1857 Dinoteuthis More, 1875 Dubioteuthis Joubin, 1900 Megaloteuthis Kent, 1874 Megateuthis Hilgendorf in Carus... The Ministry of the Environment (環境省; Kankyō-shō) of Japan was formed in 2001 from the 1971-established Environmental Agency. ... The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (農林水産省; Nōrin-suisan-shō) is one of ministries of the Japanese government. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Vera can mean: a placename: Vera, Oklahoma, United States of America Vera, Santa Fe, Argentina Vera, Almería, Spain a work of art: Vera (novel), a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim Vera; or, The Nihilists, a play by Oscar Wilde Vera (song), a song on the Pink Floyd album The... National Astronomical Observatory of Japan is an astronomical observatory comprised of several facilities sponsored jointly by the United States and Japan located in both Hawaii and in the Japanese archipelago. ...

References in Fiction

• The Sevii Islands from Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green are based on the Bonin Islands.
• In Godzilla films Monster Island is sometimes located in the chain. In an English-dubbed version, it is referred to as "Ogasawara Island" as if it were a lone island of that name.
• A fictional island in the chain, South Ataria Island (which would have laid at the southernmost position in the chain, surpassing Minami Iwo Jima), is the landing site of the SDF-1 Macross in the TV series The Super Dimension Fortress Macross.^[3]

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See also

• Chichijima
• Hahajima

Chichi-jima (父島, lit. ... Haha-jima (母島, lit. ...

External links

• Bonin Information Service
• The Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands Language and Culture Site
• Ogasawara Village (Japanese)
• Ogasawara Channel (Japanese)
• Ogasawara subtropical moist forests (World Wildlife Fund)

References

• Kublin, Hyman. “The Bonin Islands, 1543–1875,” PhD thesis, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1947
• Muroga, Nobuo. “Geographical exploration by the Japanese” in Friis, Herman R. (ed.) The Pacific Basin: A history of its geographical exploration. New York, 1967
• Welsch, Bernhard. “Was Marcus Island Discovered by Bernardo de la Torre in 1543?” (pp. 109–122) in The Journal of Pacific History, Vol. 39, No. 1. Canberra, 2004.

Notes

1. ^ Welsch, 2004, pp. 115–117
2. ^ http://www.thebulletin.org/article.php?art_ofn=jf00norris
3. ^ Macross Compendium Atlas Listing

	Tokyo Metropolis
Wards: Adachi | Arakawa | Bunkyō | Chiyoda | Chūō | Edogawa | Itabashi | Katsushika | Kita | Kōtō | Meguro | Minato | Nakano | Nerima | Ōta | Setagaya | Shibuya | Shinagawa | Shinjuku | Suginami | Sumida | Toshima | Taitō
Cities: Akiruno | Akishima | Chōfu | Fuchū | Fussa | Hachiōji | Hamura | Higashikurume | Higashimurayama | Higashiyamato | Hino | Inagi | Kiyose | Kodaira | Koganei | Kokubunji | Komae | Kunitachi | Machida | Mitaka | Musashimurayama | Musashino | Nishi-Tōkyō | Ōme | Tachikawa | Tama
Districts and Subprefectures: Nishitama District | Hachijō Subprefecture | Miyake Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture

Coordinates: 26°59′53″N, 142°13′05″E Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is a unique subnational administrative region of Japan with characteristics of both a prefecture and a city. ... The 23 special wards (特別区 tokubetsuku) are self-governing, special municipalities in the central and most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. ... Map of Adachi-ku. ... Arakawa (Japanese: 荒川区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Bunkyo-ku in Tokyo. ... National Diet Building, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Yasukuni Shrine, Kudan Kita 3-1-1, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Otemon, the Great Gate of Edo Castle (Kokyo) Chiyoda (千代田区; -ku) is a special ward in central Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Chuo-ku in Tokyo. ... Location of Edogawa-ku in Tokyo. ... Itabashi (板橋区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Katsushika (葛飾区; ku) is a special ward located in northeast Tokyo, Japan. ... Kita (Japanese: 北区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Kōtō-ku in Tokyo. ... Categories: Wards of Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Tokyo Tower and Zojoji by night, Shiba Park Roppongi Hills Rainbow Bridge connecting central Tokyo to Odaiba Minato (港区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... Nakano (中野区 -ku) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Nerima-ku in Tokyo. ... This article is about the Tokyo ward, for other uses, see Ota. ... Location of Setagaya-ku in Tokyo. ... Neon lights in Shibuya Location of Shibuya-ku in Tokyo. ... Shinagawa ) is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Shinjuku-ku in Tokyo. ... Suginami (杉並区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Sumida (Japanese: 墨田区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Toshima (豊島区; -ku) is a special ward located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Taitō-ku in Tokyo. ... Akiruno (Japanese: あきる野市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Akishima (昭島市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Map of Tokyo with Chōfu highlighted Ajinomoto Stadium The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Jindai Botanical Garden in Chōfu is a popular public park. ... Map of Tokyo with Fuchu highlighted FuchÅ« ) is a city in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. ... Fussa (福生市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Hachiōji (八王子市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan, about 40 km west of the center of Tokyo. ... Hamura (羽村市; -shi) is a city located in the western suburbs of Tokyo, Japan. ... Higashikurume (東久留米市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Higashimurayama (東村山市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Higashiyamato (東大和市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Categories: Cities in Tokyo Prefecture | Japan geography stubs ... Inagi (稲城市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Kiyose in Tokyo. ... Kodaira (小平市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Koganei (小金井市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Kokubunji (国分寺市; -shi) is a city in Tokyo, Japan. ... Komae (狛江市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Categories: Cities in Tokyo | Japan geography stubs ... Machida (町田; -shi) is a city located in the western part of the greater metropolis of Tokyo, Japan. ... The Ghibli Museum, in Mitaka, Tokyo Mitaka (三鷹市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Musashimurayama (武蔵村山市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Musashino (武蔵野市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Location of Nishitokyo in Tokyo. ... ÅŒme (青梅市; ÅŒme-shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan off of the JR East Ome Line. ... Tachikawa (立川市; -shi) is a city located in western Tokyo, Japan. ... Tama (多摩市; -shi) is a city located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Nishitama, in Tokyo, Japan, is formed in the following towns and villages. ... Hachijojima (八丈島; Hachijo Island) is a Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean, 300km south of Tokyo. ... View from Kozushima Miyakejima (三宅島) is an island in the Izu group, southeast of Honshu, Japan. ... A map of the Ogasawara Islands south of Japan The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1,000 km directly south of central Tokyo, Japan. ... ÅŒshima Subprefecture (大島支庁) is an administrative subdivision of Tokyo, Japan. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...