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Izu Ōshima

Volcanic island of Japan located in the Philippine sea

Field	Value
name	Izu Ōshima
image_name	Landsat IzuOshima Island.jpg
image_caption
image_map	Map of Izu Islands.png
native_name	伊豆大島
location	Izu Islands
pushpin_map	Japan#Japan Kanto
pushpin_relief	1
pushpin_label_position
pushpin_map_caption
coordinates
area_km2	91.06
coastline_km	52
elevation_m	764
country
country_admin_divisions_title	Prefecture
country_admin_divisions	Tokyo
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Subprefecture
country_admin_divisions_1	Ōshima Subprefecture
country_admin_divisions_title_2	Town
country_admin_divisions_2	Ōshima
population	8,179
population_as_of	October 2015
density_km2	89.81
ethnic_groups	Japanese

Izu Ōshima is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago and borders Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, 22 km east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Izu Ōshima, at 91.06 km2 is the largest and closest of Tokyo's outlying islands, which also include the Ogasawara Islands.

Geography

The island is a stratovolcano with a basaltic composite cone, dating from the late Pleistocene period, between 10,000 and 15,000 years ago. It rises from an ocean floor with a depth of between 300 and. The island has a roughly circular coastline of approximately 52 km in length. The highest elevation, Mount Mihara, is an active volcano with a height of 758 m. The mountain has been recorded to have erupted numerous times through history and is mentioned as far back as Nara period written records.

Major eruptions occurred in 1965 and 1986, each forcing a temporary evacuation of the inhabitants. The last recorded eruption was in 1990.

Important Bird Area

The island has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of Japanese wood pigeons, Ijima's leaf-warblers, Izu thrushes and Pleske's grasshopper warblers.

Climate

Izu Ōshima has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification Cfa) with warm summers and cool winters. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year, but is somewhat lower in winter than the rest of the year.

Administration

The island is administered by the Ōshima subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan government. Ōshima Town serves as the local government of the island.

Ōshima Town consists of the six traditional hamlets of Okata (岡田), Motomachi (元町), Senzu (泉津), Nomashi (野増), Sashikiji (差木地) and Habuminato (波浮港), with Motomachi as the administrative center.

Access

Izu Ōshima is a popular site for tourists from both Tokyo and Shizuoka due to its close proximity to the mainland. There are a number of ferries which leave from Takeshiba Pier, near Hamamatsuchō, Tokyo to Motomachi Port. Ferries also leave from Atami in Shizuoka to Motomachi Port. Both lanes are operated by Tōkai Kisen

There are several flights per day from Ōshima Airport to Chōfu Airport in Chōfu.

In popular culture

Mount Mihara and Izu Ōshima featured prominently in The Return of Godzilla, as the location in which the JSDF successfully trapped Godzilla after luring him to the crater, whereupon charges were detonated, sending him falling into the magma-filled volcano. Mt. Mihara appeared again in the direct sequel, Godzilla vs. Biollante, in which Godzilla was released when the volcano erupted.

Mt. Mihara and Izu Ōshima were also featured in Koji Suzuki's Ring and its film adaptation as pivotal locations for the story.

In the Pokémon franchise, Cinnabar Island is based on Izu Ōshima.

In the anime Vividred Operation, Izu Ōshima is the home of several protagonists.

The island has a peripheral role in The Dancing Girl of Izu by Yasunari Kawabata subsequently adapted for film multiple times.

Disturbance in the Wake, a time travel novel by S.A. Ison, takes place on Ōshima Island in the 14th century.

Gallery

File:Izu-Oshima-IMG 4759.jpg|Mt. Mihara with azaleas in the foreground File:MiharaMountainTop.JPG|Summit crater File:Izu Oshima Volcano Museum.jpg|Izu Oshima Volcano Museum, Motomachi, Ōshima, Tokyo

Notes

References

Hammer, Joshua. (2006). Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. (cloth)

References

(2019-11-28). "Tokyo's Oshima Island - Tokyo".
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. (2021). ["Oshima island"](http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/oshima-island-iba-japan). *BirdLife International*.
Tokyo Islands [http://tokyoislands.jp/category/tokyo-islands/oshima "Oshima island"] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-05-20)
[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54487547-disturbance-in-the-wake S.A. Ison, (2020) ''Disturbance in the Wake'' ]

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