"Taketomi" redirects here. For the town, see Taketomi, Okinawa.
Taketomi Island
Native name:
Taketomi-jima (竹富島)
Taketomi Island is located to the southwest of Ishigaki Island
Taketomi Island
Geography
Location
Pacific Ocean
Archipelago
Ryukyu Islands (Yaeyama Islands)
Area
5.42 km2 (2.09 sq mi)
Length
3.4 km (2.11 mi)
Width
2.7 km (1.68 mi)
Highest elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Administration
Japan
Prefecture
Okinawa Prefecture
District
Yaeyama District
Town
Taketomi
Demographics
Population
323 (January 2012)
Ethnic groups
Ryukyuan, Japanese
Additional information
Official website
http://www.taketomi-islands.jp/
Ishigaki viewed from TaketomiStreet on Taketomi Island
Taketomi Island (竹富島, Taketomi-jima, Yaeyama: Takidun; Taketomi dialect: Teedun; Okinawan: Dakidun) is an island in the town of Taketomi, within Yaeyama District of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Taketomi is one of the Yaeyama Islands.[1][2][3] The population of Taketomi Island was 323 as of January 2012.[4]
^"Taketomijima". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^"竹富島" [Taketomi Island]. Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^"竹富島" [Taketomi Island]. Nihon Rekishi Chimei Taikei (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 173191044. dlc 2009238904. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
^"竹富町地区別人口動態票（平成24年１月末）" [Population of the Town of Taketomi by Area (End of January, 2012)] (PDF). Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture: Town of Taketomi. 2012. Retrieved Oct 19, 2012.
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endemic to the two islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands. Aerial view of Ishigaki island, Taketomi and Kohama island, 2014 Kabira Bay...
Kyoto opened in Arashiyama in 2009. Hoshinoya Taketomi, the first and currently only resort in TaketomiIsland, opened in 2012, followed by Hoshinoya Fuji...
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of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island has an area of 7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi), with...
Island (Kuroshima) Sotobanari Island (Sotobanari-jima) (officially uninhabited) TaketomiIsland (Taketomi-jima) Yubu Island (Yubu-jima) Hatoma Island...
Ōhara Port (大原港) on the southeast coast. Administratively, the island belongs to Taketomi Town, Okinawa Prefecture. Its infrastructure is limited to a single...
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Kingdom of Ryukyu. (WHS), Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Traditional Ryukyuan Houses in TaketomiIsland Groups of Traditional Buildings...
Hateruma Island, Hanasuku and Gumaara Villages and Shinzato Villages of TaketomiIsland. These villages were abandoned around the time of the conquest by the...
each island, but primarily Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, and TaketomiIsland. Yonaguni, spoken on Yonaguni Island, is phonologically distinct but lexically...
Taiwan (Hualien and Yilan Counties). Okinawa Prefecture's largest island, Okinawa Island, is the home to a majority of Okinawa's population. Okinawa's indigenous...
encompasses most of the island. After the Pacific War, in 1947, people who migrated from TaketomiIsland and Kuroshima Island to Iriomote Island, established a...
Ishigaki Island, sami (サミ) on TaketomiIsland and sa'nin (サニン) on Iriomote Island. It is known as souka (ソウカ) on Chichijima in the Bonin Islands and sōka...
Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The lyrics to Asadoya Yunta originated from a story where a beautiful lady from TaketomiIsland, known as...
of Taketomi] (in Japanese). Taketomi Town. Retrieved 9 June 2012. "竹富町内7島で「のろし」リレー 350年以上前の情報伝達を再現" [Beacon Relay across Seven Islands of Taketomi Town:...
significant role are widespread throughout the Ryūkyū Islands. The Tanetori Festival on TaketomiIsland, for example, "centers on the sowing of seeds and...
indirectly perform photosynthesis. The type locality is Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. A frontal picture of a Costasiella kuroshimae. Costasiella...
Hatuma) is a small island of the Yaeyama Islands, approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) in diameter. It is under the administration of Taketomi District, Okinawa...
Perico was captured by the ROC Navy at 25°31'N 123°48'E, north of TaketomiIsland. By 7 December 1952, Captain Robert Adam was also killed by machine...
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