- Toshima, Kagoshima
Infobox City Japan
Name= Toshima
JapaneseName= 十島村
Map
Region=Kyūshū
Prefecture= Kagoshima
District= Kagoshima
Area_km2= 101.35
PopDate= January 2008
Population= 648
Density_km2= 6.39
Coords=
LatitudeDegrees= 29
LatitudeMinutes= 36
LatitudeSeconds= 53
LongtitudeDegrees= 129
LongtitudeMinutes= 37
LongtitudeSeconds= 18
Tree= Chinese Fan Palm (Livistona chinensis)
Flower= Marubasatsuki (Rhododendron eriocarpum (Hayata) Nakai)
Bird=Ryukyu Robin
Symbol
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SymbolDescription= Flag
Mayor=Tadaaki Shikine
CityHallPostalCode= 892-0822
CityHallAddress= 14-15 Izumichō, Kagoshima-shi, Kagoshima-ken
CityHallPhone= 099-222-2101
CityHallLink= [http://www.tokara.jp/contents/index.html Toshima Village]nihongo|Toshima|十島村|Toshima-mura is a village located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima,
Japan . The village encompasses the wholeTokara Islands . The village office is located in Kagoshima City outside the village.As of
2008 , the village has an estimatedpopulation of 648 and a density of 6.39 persons per km². The total area is 101.35 km².Toshima means ten islands: nihongo|Iōjima|硫黄島, nihongo|Kuroshima|黒島, nihongo|Takeshima|竹島, nihongo|Kuchinoshima |口之島, nihongo|Nakanoshima|中之島, nihongo|Tairajima |平島, nihongo|Suwanosejima |諏訪之瀬島, nihongo|Akusekijima |悪石島, nihongo|Kotakarajima |小宝島 and nihongo|Takarajima |宝島. The former three were separated as Mishima Village.History
The village is a part of the former nihongo|Jittō Village|十島村|Jittō-son|the same kanji as the current name, but with a different pronunciation.
After the
Meiji Restoration , these islands were allotted to Kawanabe District ofSatsuma Province , then transferred to Ōshima District ofŌsumi Province in 1897. Jittō Village was established as a municipality in 1908.In 1946, the southern seven of the ten islands were put under the administration of the
United States and isolated fromJapan , so that the remaining three islands formedMishima, Kagoshima Village. In 1952, when the seven islands were returned to Japan, Jittō Village was officially divided into Toshima Village and Mishima Village. In 1973, the two villages were transferred to Kagoshima District.External links
* [http://www13.synapse.ne.jp/tokara/ Village website] in Japanese
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