is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

located in Toyota District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Ōsakikamijima is coterminous with the island of the same name, which is one of the

Geiyo Islands The are a group of islands in the Seto Inland Sea, under the administration of Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture. Some of the largest islands in the archipelago are connected by the Nishiseto Expressway bridge system connecting Honshu an ...

of the

Seto Inland Sea The , sometimes shortened to the Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, three of the four main islands of Japan. It serves as a waterway connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Ba ...

between Hiroshima Prefecture and

Ehime Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Ehime Prefecture has a population of 1,334,841 and a geographic area of 5,676 km2 (2,191 sq mi). Ehime Prefecture borders Kagawa Prefecture to the northeast, Toku ...

. The new town of Ōsakikamijima was formed on 1 April 2003, with the merger of the towns of Ōsaki, Higashino and Kinoe, all from Toyota District. As of 31 March 2024, the town of Ōsakikamijima had an estimated population of 6,744 and a density of 160 persons per km². The total area is 43.24 km².

Transportation

Ōsakikamijima is the largest island in Hiroshima Prefecture, yet has no fixed links to other islands or the mainland. A bridge to the nearby Ōsakishimojima, which is linked with the mainland via the

Akinada Tobishima Kaido The , officially the , is a road connecting Kure, Hiroshima to seven of the Geiyo Islands in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Route The route spans , with a maximum altitude difference of . Along its length are seven bridges with a cumulative lengt ...

, has been planned since 1972 but construction is yet to start. There are ferry services to Ōsakishimojima, Ōmishima Island,

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(Honshu) and

Imabari is a city in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. It is the second largest city in the prefecture. , the city had an estimated population of 152,111 in 75,947 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Th ...

(Shikoku).

Education

Elementary School *Osaki Elementary School *Higashino Elementary School *Kinoe Elementary School

Junior High School Middle school, also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school, is an educational stage between primary school and secondary school. Afghanistan In Afghanistan, middle school includes ...

*Ōsakikamijima Junior High School *Hiroshima Global Academy (Junior high school) High School *Ōsaki Kaisei High School *Hiroshima Global Academy (High school) Technical Junior College *Hiroshima National College of Maritime Technology Recently, with the gradual migration of youth out of Osakikamijima, three of the elementary schools were combined to make Osakikamijima Elementary. All of the junior high schools were combined to make Osakikamijima Junior High. Osakikamijima has lots of schools compared with its population, therefore Osakikamijima is called "The island of education". Hiroshima Global Academy is the newest school in Osakikamijima, it was opened in 2019. It's famous of education of English with IB, across Hiroshima prefecture.

References

External links

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Ōsakikamijima official website
Towns in Hiroshima Prefecture {{Hiroshima-geo-stub