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Kurima-jima 来間島

Population 168Area 2.84 km² (1.10 mi²)Okinawa Prefecture
Kurima-jima
Kurima-jima (来間島)Photo: 663highland — Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Island groupMiyako Islands
PrefectureOkinawa
RegionOkinawa
MunicipalityMiyakojima, Shimoji
Population168
Area2.84 km² (1.10 mi²)
Highest point47 m
Coordinates24.72222° N, 125.24694° E

Getting there: the article below outlines this island's usual ferry and flight routes. Timetables change with the season and sailings are cancelled in rough weather — always confirm the current schedule with the operator or the municipality before you travel.

Kurima-jima (beginning) is the island of Miyagi. In the local community, people call it "sunning," "smooth" and "smooth."

Geography

Miyako Island's southwest of the Pacific Ocean area of about a mile and a half is 2.84 km and 90 kilometers around. The population is 158 people, and the population's basic income of 158 people, and January 1, 2022, as of January 1, 2022, it's becoming more and more habitable. Between Miyako Island and ZX190X, it's connected by an all-time bridge of 1,690 meters. This bridge opened in March 1995 and was the longest farm bridge in Japan.

Industrial

Main industries include growing soybeans and tobacco. Except for one colony on the east side of the island, the majority of the island is covered with corn and tobacco fields.

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Education

There is no school on the island. In the past, there were Miyako Island junior high school and junior junior high school, Miyako Island.

Road

There are no national roads or prefectures on the island.

Port

- Local port. Even the visiting port. There used to be a regular ship sailing with the coast's front beach area, but it was abandoned along the opening of the bridge.

Public traffic

The Miyagi's co-operative bus - the 4-form manager - links the Miyako Island center to Kurima-jima. Miyako Island loop bus - has been running a test run since 2020 and has been running a course through Kurima-jima from 2021 to 202X. The flight period is from July 12 to September 5, 2021, to August 28, 2022. The speed of 2023 is still undetermined.

It's a tourist spot

On the other side of the bridge. It's a three-story exhibition hall with the Dalmiya castle as its chief. In front of you, I want to see a presumption beach. Long beach - about a kilometer of sand on the west side of the island. It's also known as sunsets. A short visit - a country's history as one of the early island fires. The limestone is about three meters tall, and the stone is prepared. It's been reinforced by the Army during the war.

Text adapted from the Japanese Wikipedia article 来間島, whose full text was translated into English for this guide by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population, area and location facts from Wikidata (CC0).

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