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    municipality on the island is the town of Hachijō, which encompasses both Hachijō-jima and the neighbouring Hachijō-kojima, though no one lives on the latter...
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    Ryukyuan, and Southern Ryukyuan). Hachijō is currently spoken on two of the Izu Islands south of Tokyo (Hachijō-jima and the smaller Aogashima) as well...
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    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...
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    kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago, Japan. Administratively the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan. Oriented in...
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    volcanic eruption.[citation needed] During the Edo period, Nii-jima, Miyake-jima, and Hachijō-jima served as places of exile for criminals. The subtropical...
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  • Jima or JIMA may refer to: Jima of Silla Jima, Nepal Jima, Kenya Jima, a Japanese word for "island", as in Iwo Jima or Hachijō-jima An alternative spelling...
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    of Nii-jima, there was a colony on Udone-shima. Although on a different island, in the past a saltwater crocodile has appeared on Hachijō-jima. The island...
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    kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijō-jima. The island is administered by the village of Aogashima, which is subordinate to the Hachijō Subprefecture, which itself...
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    Ieyasu in the Battle of Sekigahara he was exiled to the island prison of Hachijō-jima, where he died. Hideie's father Ukita Naoie was daimyō of Bizen province...
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    Taiko (redirect from Hachijo taiko)
    mainland. Hachijō-daiko (八丈太鼓, trans. "Hachijō-style taiko") is a taiko tradition originating on the island of Hachijō-jima. Two styles of Hachijō-daiko emerged...
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