is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

located in

Shimajiri District is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Modern translation of Shimajiri means "Butt of the island" which may refer to its southerly position on the island of Okinawa. Compare this to Kunigami District, Okinawa. However, there are ...

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 city o ...

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The village consists of

Tonaki Island is a village located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village consists of Tonaki Island and the uninhabited Irisuna Island. As of 2013, the village has an estimated population of 334 and a density of 89 persons per km². ...

and the uninhabited

Irisuna Island , also known as , is an uninhabited island in Tonaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies approximately four kilometres to the west of , the northwest tip of Tonaki Island. Ceramics, including kamui ware and celadons, are evidence of human activi ...

. As of 2013, the village has an estimated

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of 334 and a

density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the substance's mass per unit of volume. The symbol most often used for density is ''ρ'' (the lower case Greek letter rho), although the Latin letter ''D'' can also be used. Mathematical ...

of 89 persons per km². The total area is . The highest point in Tonaki is on Tonaki Island at Tonaki is located approximately northwest of the prefectural capitol of

Naha is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area i ...

. The village is accessible by regular ferry service from

Tomari Port Tomari may refer to: *Tomari, Russia, a town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia ** Tomari (crater), a crater on Mars, named after the town * Tomari, Hokkaido, a village in Japan * Tomari, Tottori, a village in Japan; dissolved in 2004 * Tomari, Okinawa, a n ...

in Naha. Tonaki was once an active center of

bonito Bonitos are a tribe of medium-sized, ray-finned predatory fish in the family Scombridae – a family it shares with the mackerel, tuna, and Spanish mackerel tribes, and also the butterfly kingfish. Also called the tribe Sardini, it consists of ...

fishing, but now the village economy is evenly divided between agriculture and fishing. Tonaki is in a long-term state of

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Tonaki-son official website

Tonaki-son Elementary and Junior High School
Villages in Okinawa Prefecture {{Okinawa-geo-stub

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