Bonin Islands
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The Bonin Islands, also known as the Ogasawara Islands, are a Japanese archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands located around 1,000 kilometers SSE of Tokyo and 1,600 kilometers northwe
A village in the Bonins during the early Shōwa period
A man at a well, alongside buildings with the thatched roofs, weather-beaten unpainted sides and paper partitions and windows, characteristic of the islands before World War II
Kominato beach and Kopepe Beach, Chichi-jima
A Bonin petrel
Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanp
Bonin Islands
…as of 2021. Administratively, Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture also includes the settlements on the Volcano Islands and the Self-Defense Force post on Iwo Jima. The seat of government is Chichijima. Because of the Bonins' isolation, many of their animals and plants have undergone unique evolutionary processes…
Photo of Iwo Jima (Iōtō), c. 2016, with Mount Suribachi in the lower left hand corner
The island's SDF airport control tower (2010)
Aerial view of Iwo Jima in 2014
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima