Chichijima is the largest and most populous of the Bonin Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2 in size, the island is home to about 2,120 people. Connected to the mainland on
An old bunker on Chichijima
Futami Port, Chichijima. Right of center, at the edge of the port, is the settlement of Oku (or Okumura), site of the initial Oubeikei settlement.
A baby sea turtle at the restoration facility
Ogasawara Village is a village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan, that governs the Bonin Islands, Volcano Islands, and three remote islands.
Chichijima
…Connected to the mainland only by a day-long ferry that runs a few times a month, the island is nonetheless organized administratively as the seat of Ogasawara Village in the coterminous Ogasawara Subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Together with the Volcano and Izu Islands, it makes up Japan's Nanpō…
The main settlement on Chichijima
Ogasawara Elementary and Junior High School