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Toshima 利島村 | |
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Village | |
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 Location of Toshima inTokyo Metropolis | |
  Toshima Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates:34°31′17″N139°16′48″E / 34.52139°N 139.28000°E /34.52139; 139.28000 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo Metropolis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kazuhisa Umeda |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.12 km2 (1.59 sq mi) |
| Population (October 1 2020) | |
• Total | 327 |
| • Density | 79.4/km2 (206/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+09:00 (JST) |
| City hall address | 248, Toshima-mura, Tōkyō-to 100-0301 |
| Website | www |
Toshima (利島村,Toshima-mura) is avillage located inŌshima Subprefecture,Tokyo Metropolis,Japan. The village comprises the whole of Toshima Island.
The island, at 4.12 square kilometres (1.59 square miles), is one of the smallest inhabited islands in theIzu Island chain. Approximately 330 people live on the island. Eighty per cent of the island is covered bycamellia forests. From November to March, much of the island is red from the camellia flowers. The island is also home to theSaku lily (Lilium auratum var.platyphyllum), the largest lily in the world.
The island is betweenIzu Ōshima, the largest of theIzu Islands, andNii-jima. Ferries that sail toNii-jima make a brief stop at Toshima. Toshima is also accessible (weather permitting) by helicopter departing from Ōshima island, from Ōshima airport it is a 10-minute flight to Toshima.
The main industry on Toshima is fishing. There is some small-scale farming and tourism.
To-shima (利島), avolcanicisland in theIzu Islands,[1] is administered by theTōkyō Metropolitan government. It lies south of Tōkyō and east of theIzu Peninsula,Shizuoka Prefecture. Toshima forms part of theFuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. The island has been recognised as anImportant Bird Area (IBA) byBirdLife International because it supports populations ofJapanese wood pigeons,Pleske's grasshopper warblers,Ijima's leaf-warblers andIzu thrushes.[2]
Per Japanese census data,[3] the population of Toshima has remained relatively steady in recent decades.
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1980 | 278 | — |
| 1990 | 315 | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 302 | −4.1% |
| 2010 | 341 | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 327 | −4.1% |
There is a single combined elementary and junior high school, Toshima Elementary and Junior High School (利島村立利島小中学校).[4]
For high school students may attend schools on other islands operated by theTokyo Metropolitan Board of Education.
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