Japan 's volcanic island of Ojahima
Ojahima Aogashima is a small Japanese island of volcanic activity located in the
Philippine Sea track administratively Tokyo despite being located about 358
kilometers from the nation's capital, the island itself is a giant volcanic
crater, and inside that hole there is a small volcano.
Island Ojahima still considered an active volcano to this day (such as the island of Hawaii), although the last eruption was in 1870, and the eruption that killed more than half the population of the island at the time and forced the rest to flee, and it took 50 years until the population begins to return .
Island Ojahima still considered an active volcano to this day (such as the island of Hawaii), although the last eruption was in 1870, and the eruption that killed more than half the population of the island at the time and forced the rest to flee, and it took 50 years until the population begins to return .
Ojahima a volcano sinking and highlights above the water and is part of the
crater high outer edge it ranges from 200 m to 420 m, and believed that the
island had been formed by overlapping remains of four Caldera (hole volcanic
large) submarine at least, Ojahima consisting of joined internal and external
edges of these giant drilling Southern coast up to be a sharp ridge shape
form part of
the caldera called Ikenosawa with a diameter of 1.5 km,
and fills the caldera cone called secondary Maruyama , who is still
coming out of it geothermal steam emissions around the plant, and not visible.
The highest point on the island 432 meters in height, located on the edge of the volcanic crater.
The highest point on the island 432 meters in height, located on the edge of the volcanic crater.
May come to the minds of some readers now, how to check in / out of the
population of this island? , There are two ways a third for the first two by
boat bearing in mind that there is no port to dock boats, and the second is the
helicopter (helicopter) is licensed to fly from Tokyo.
Before activating the flight service in 1993 was the transfer of passengers and commodities and food products is by boat only, and hardly people know when up the boat, but now the helicopter go there once a day and carry only a maximum of 9 passengers, and in many often the flight is canceled because of fog.
Before activating the flight service in 1993 was the transfer of passengers and commodities and food products is by boat only, and hardly people know when up the boat, but now the helicopter go there once a day and carry only a maximum of 9 passengers, and in many often the flight is canceled because of fog.
There is not much to do in the Ojahima Despite the beauty of the tropical atmosphere. In the center of the island lies sauna due to natural thermal steam rising from the ground, there is a public facility to take advantage of geothermal energy and gas, which people use to cook food. This property is available for free. Fresh vegetables, potatoes and steamed egg and one of advantages Ojahima. The facility also includes a sauna and public bath, and heated pools.
Ojahima is the smallest village in Japan, in 2009 was the island's population
205, mostly Japanese, and is the number has been declining, the island includes
an elementary school with about 25 students. When you reach the age of fifteen
will have to go to high school on the mainland and no one knows when the return
to Ojahima.
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