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Hachijō
八丈町
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Hachijōjima as viewed from Noboryu peak
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Location of Hachijō in Tokyo Metropolis
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  Hachijō
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| Coordinates: 33°06′34.2″N 139°47′27.2″E / 33.109500°N 139.790889°E / 33.109500; 139.790889 | |
| Country | Japan |
| Region | Kantō |
| Prefecture | Tokyo Metropolis |
| First official recorded | 1156 AD |
| Town settled | April 1, 1955 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Tomonari Yamashita (from November 2011) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.24 km2 (27.89 sq mi) |
| Population
(December 2022)
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| • Total | 7,056 |
| • Density | 97.7/km2 (253/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+9 (Japan Standard Time) |
| Phone number | 04996-2-1121 |
| Address | 2551-2, Ōkagō, Hachijō-machi, Tōkyō-to 100-1498 |
| Climate | Cfa |
| Website | www |
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| Bird | Izu thrush |
| Fish | Flying fish |
| Flower | Strelitzia |
| Tree | Pygmy date palm |
Hachijō (八丈町, Hachijō-machi) is a town located in Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. As of 1 December 2022[update], the town had an estimated population of 7,056, and a population density of 97.7 persons per km2. Its total area is 72.24 square kilometres (27.89 sq mi). Electric power for the town is provided by a geothermal power station and by a wind farm.
Hachijō covers the islands of Hachijō-jima and Hachijō-kojima, two of the islands in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, 228 kilometres (142 mi) south of central Tokyo. Warmed by the Kuroshio Current, the town has a warmer and wetter climate than central Tokyo. All of the town's residents live on the island of Hachijō-jima.
| Climate data for Hachijō-jima (1991−2020 normals, extremes 1906−present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
27.4 (81.3) |
30.4 (86.7) |
34.2 (93.6) |
34.8 (94.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
31.0 (87.8) |
26.3 (79.3) |
24.6 (76.3) |
34.8 (94.6) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.9 (66.0) |
21.8 (71.2) |
24.1 (75.4) |
27.7 (81.9) |
29.6 (85.3) |
27.6 (81.7) |
23.8 (74.8) |
20.0 (68.0) |
15.6 (60.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) |
10.4 (50.7) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.8 (60.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.2 (77.4) |
26.5 (79.7) |
24.5 (76.1) |
21.0 (69.8) |
16.9 (62.4) |
12.7 (54.9) |
18.0 (64.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
9.3 (48.7) |
12.9 (55.2) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
22.3 (72.1) |
18.7 (65.7) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.9 (49.8) |
15.5 (59.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.8 (28.8) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
0.0 (32.0) |
4.5 (40.1) |
8.3 (46.9) |
11.5 (52.7) |
15.6 (60.1) |
16.7 (62.1) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.4 (50.7) |
5.9 (42.6) |
0.3 (32.5) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 201.7 (7.94) |
205.5 (8.09) |
296.5 (11.67) |
215.2 (8.47) |
256.7 (10.11) |
390.3 (15.37) |
254.1 (10.00) |
169.5 (6.67) |
360.5 (14.19) |
479.1 (18.86) |
277.4 (10.92) |
200.2 (7.88) |
3,306.7 (130.17) |
| Average rainy days | 14.1 | 13.7 | 16.3 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 15.3 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 14.0 | 14.3 | 166.1 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68 | 69 | 71 | 77 | 84 | 91 | 92 | 87 | 86 | 82 | 74 | 69 | 79 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 84.9 | 87.8 | 124.5 | 139.4 | 148.5 | 87.1 | 137.3 | 185.9 | 139.6 | 107.1 | 102.6 | 100.4 | 1,445.1 |
| Source 1: JMA[1] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: JMA[2] | |||||||||||||
The population of Hachijō as of 2020[update] was 7,042, down from 7,613 in 2015.[3][4]
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| Comparison of Population Distribution between Hachijō-jima and Japanese National Average | Population Distribution by Age and Sex in Hachijō-jima | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015 Census, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications - Statistics Department | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During the Edo period, Hachijōjima was known as a place of exile for convicts. This practice ended in the Meiji period, and the island residents developed an economy based on fishing, sericulture, and agriculture. Hachijō Subprefecture was organized on April 1, 1908, and included the villages of Mitsune, Nakanogo, Kashitate, Sueyoshi and Ōkago. The villages of Toruchi and Utsuki on Hachijōkojima were organized on May 3, 1947. The five villages of Hachijōjima merged on October 1, 1954, to form the village of Hachijō. On April 1, 1955, the two villages of Hachijōkojima also merged with the village of Hachijō, which was promoted to town status. However, in March 1966, the residents of Hachijōkojima voted to abandon their island, citing the inaccessibility of basic public services and economic difficulties, and Hachijōkojima became a deserted island from June 1969.
Fishing and tourism are the mainstays of the economy of Hachijō.
The town government operates three public elementary and three public junior high schools.[5]
Junior high schools:
Elementary schools:
The Tōkyō Metropolitan Government Board of Education operates Hachijō High School [ja].[6]
Hachijōjima is accessible both by aircraft and by ferry. A pedestrian ferry leaves Tōkyō once every day at 10 p.m., and arrives at Hachijōjima at 9:00 a.m. the following day. Air travel to Hachijojima Airport takes 45 minutes from Tōkyō International Airport (Haneda).
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