Tairajima
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, is one of the Tokara Islands, a sub-group of the Satsunan Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 2.08 km² in area, has a population of 89 persons. The island can only be reached by boat as it has no airport; there is a ferry service twice per week to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland and Naze in Amami Oshima. Travel time is about 9 hours to Kagoshima and 6 to Amami Oshima. The islanders are dependent mainly on fishing, seasonal tourism, and agriculture.
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- Part of
- Tokara Islands
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Toshima
- Population
- 84
- Area
- 2.08
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- East China Sea
- Image
- Taira-Jima Tokara Island Aerial Photograph.jpg
- Width
- 1.0
- Length
- 1.5
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- name in kana
- たいらじま
- Commons category
- Tairajima
- located in/on physical feature
- Pacific Ocean
- postal code
- 891-5202
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, is one of the Tokara Islands, a sub-group of the Satsunan Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 2.08 km² in area, has a population of 89 persons. The island can only be reached by boat as it has no airport; there is a ferry service twice per week to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland and Naze in Amami Oshima. Travel time is about 9 hours to Kagoshima and 6 to Amami Oshima. The islanders are dependent mainly on fishing, seasonal tourism, and agriculture.
==Geography== Tairajima is located southwest of Nakanoshima, and is the second smallest inhabited islands in the archipelago. The island has an area of approximately with a length of about and a width of . The highest elevation on the island is above sea level. Its climate is classified as subtropical, with a rainy season from May through September. The island has one onsen, a post office, and a community center.
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