, ( Miyako: ''Sïmuzï'') is one of the

Miyako Islands The (also Miyako Jima group) are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, belonging to the Ryukyu Islands. They are situated between the Okinawa Island and Yaeyama Islands. In the early 1870s, the population of the islands was estim ...

, a part of the

Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yona ...

. The island is administered by Miyakojima,

Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest cit ...

, Japan. The island is connected to Irabu Island via . Shimoji-shima is included within the

Irabu Prefectural Natural Park is a Prefectural Natural Park on and around the islands of Irabu and Shimojishima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The islands, part of the Miyako island group, are adjacent but divided by a narrow channel. The park was established in 1995 and inc ...

and is the main setting for the

anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...

series '' Stratos 4''.

Shimojishima Airport is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has the longest runway of any island in Japan south of the main island of Okinawa. Mitsubishi has built a low cost carrier terminal which ...

is located on the island.

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Miyako Islands Islands of Okinawa Prefecture {{okinawa-geo-stub

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