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Miyakejima

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miyakejima

View from Kōzushima
Elevation 815 metres (2,674 feet)
Location Izu Islands, Japan
Coordinates 34.079° N 139.529° E
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption 2006
Miyake Village
三宅村
Location of Miyake Village
Miyake Village's location in Tokyo (Miyake), Japan.
Location
Country Japan
Region Kantō
Prefecture Tokyo (Miyake)
District None
Physical characteristics
Area 55.50 km² (21.43 sq mi)
Population (as of May 2008)
     Total 2,406
     Density 43.4 /km² (112 /sq mi)
Location 34.079° N 139.529° E
Symbols
Flower Hydrangea
Symbol of Miyake Village
Flag
Miyake Village Government Office
Mayor Sukeyasu Hirano
Address 100-1211
1774, Tsubota, Miyake-mura, Tōkyō-to [1]
Phone number 04994-6-1111
Official website: Miyake Village

Miyakejima (三宅島?) is an island in the Izu group, southeast of Honshū, Japan, administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan government, with an area of 55.50km². The island, 180km south of Tokyo, is located at 34.5N and 139.34E. As of January 1st, 2006, the population of the island is 2884. Like other islands in the Izu Island group, Miyakejima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Miyake Village (三宅村 Miyake-mura?) serves as the local government of the island.

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[edit] Mt. Oyama

The island is a granitic composite cone in origin, and the main volcano, Mount Oyama, has erupted several times in recent history. A lava flow in 1940 killed 11 people, and other eruptions occurred in 1962 and 1983. [1] On July 14, 2000, Mount Oyama began another series of eruptions, and by September, the island was completely evacuated. After a four-year period of volcanic emissions, residents were allowed to return permanently on February 1, 2005. After the eruption, there has been a constant flow of sulfuric gas coming from Mount Oyama (see link).

[edit] Culture and tourism

Miyakejima is famous for its traditional taiko performances, known as kamitsuki kiyari taiko, as well as being home to the rare endemic Izu Thrush (akakokko). [2] The island is home to an unusually rich flora and fauna with several rare species of birds and animals, although its natural habitats are constantly under threat from human and volcanic activity. Underwater, the island is valued by divers for its coral reefs and marine fauna (including the dolphin population outside nearby Mikurajima).

The island was used as a penal colony during the Edo Period.

[edit] Access

The island is accessible by over-night ferry, the Sarubia Maru or the Camellia, which is operated by Tōkai Kisen. The ferry departs from Takeshiba Sanbashi Pier, near Hammatsuchō, Tokyo at 22:30 and arrives at Miyakejima at 5:00. There are also two helicopter flights operated by Tokyo Island Shuttle which originate in Aogashima and Izu Ōshima and fly to Toshima, Miyakejima, Mikurajima, Hachijōjima and Aogashima. In the past, there were flights from Haneda Airport with an approximate flying time of 50 minutes. However, the area is a high sulfuric gas volume area and flights have been suspended since before the July 14, 2000 eruption. Flights have again resumed during April 2008, after sulfuric gases in the air have dropped to levels below 0.2ppm.[2] There is also a helicopter that arrives via Izu Ōshima.

[edit] Jack Moyer

In years past, foreign visitors were often greeted by locals with the query: "Jack friend?" During the Korean War, the U.S. airforce was using Onoharajima, a small rocky outcrop near Miyakejima, as a practice bombing range. U.S. serviceman Jack Moyer wrote a letter to an associate of President Truman to stop the bombing in order to save a rare seabird, the Japanese Murrelet, that breeds on Onoharajima (also known as Sanbondake). The bombing was stopped. Jack Moyer moved to the island and became a part of the island community for over 50 years. Moyer eventually attained his doctorate in marine ecology from the University of Tokyo. In 1996, he was awarded the Asahi Shimbun prize for his work on ocean ecology and the education of young children.

Moyer split his time between Miyakejima and Tokyo, where he taught a course entitled "Japan Lands And People" (JLAP) at the American School in Japan (ASIJ). Moyer was an extremely popular teacher at the school. A highlight of the JLAP course was the annual week-long trip to Miyakejima for the 7th grade ASIJ class, where they would stay in Moyer's modest island home while studying local fisheries and farming.

Jack Moyer was an ornithologist, marine biologist and naturalist who focused on the Izu islands and promoted the need for preservation of the islands' unique ecology. Having spent many years on Miyakejima he was aware of the changes that came with modernization. Construction of public roads and harbors claimed increasing amounts of previously untouched mountain forest areas of the islands, and increasing car traffic and sea pollution were important concerns of his as well.

Along with the other residents of the island, Moyer was forced to flee the island following the eruptions of Mount Oyama in 2000. Later, he was asked by the Tokyo Metropolitan government to survey the island. He concluded that the island's ecology was recovering. Dr. Moyer committed suicide in his Tokyo home in 2004[3].

[edit] Education

The village operates its public elementary and junior high schools.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government operates Miyake High School [3].

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Due to the 2000 eruption, they currently use the temporal office at 497, Ako, Miyake-mura, Tōkyō-to.
  2. ^ http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20080426-OYT1T00501.htm
  3. ^ Famed conservationist Jack Moyer commits suicide in Tokyo. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

[edit] External links


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