Hatsushima

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The island Hatsushima (Japanese初 岛) is located in the Sagami Bay, in Shizuoka Prefecture. It is with a diameter of 4 km and an area of ​​44 acres is not very large, but the only inhabited island in the prefecture. 2006 there were 243 people on it. By speedboat, it is about 30 minutes from Atami, the closest mainland port to which it belongs administratively. The island is fully developed for tourism. Although it has no sandy beach but you can 4 km hike around the island on sites developed way, as well as diving, fishing, etc.

The supply of the island is problematic as electricity and water are acquired using an underground conduit from the Izu Peninsula. For residents there is no hospital in an emergency, must come a helicopter. There is a school.

The island is also home to a branch of the Japan Agency for Marine - Earth Science Technology ( JAMSTEC ) with a small museum.