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Hatoma (鳩間島, Hatoma-jima; Yaeyama: Patuma; Okinawan: Hatuma) is a small island of the Yaeyama Islands, barely 1 kilometer in diameter. It is under the administration of Taketomi District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In local language, the island's name is pronounced Patuma.

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Geography

Hatoma is located just north of Iriomote. It is a tiny island, with an area of just 0.96 km² (0.37 sq mi), a circumference of 3.9 km (2.4 mi), and a population of about 48.[1]

History

Hatoma has been continuously inhabited for at least several centuries, if not longer. Excavations on the island have shown that until recent times, Hatoma residents subsisted largely on shellfish gathered in the surrounding shallow waters, and vegetables.

Unlike nearby Iriomote, Hatoma was not infested by malaria; hence its long-term settlement.

In the early 1900s, Hatoma flourished as a skipjack tuna fishing port. At that time, the population of the island numbered in the hundreds. In 1968, because of the declining economic viability of skipjack tuna fishing (partly due to decreased consumption of katsuobushi due to the use of MSG in its stead), katsuobushi (dried and smoked skipjack tuna) processing facilities on the island were shut down, but the demographic decline started well before this.

With the decline of its only industry, the population of Hatoma rapidly shrank. When the population of its only school fell to just a handful, the Taketomi authorities attempted to shut it down. The island residents, however, fought to keep the school open, and succeeded by using an innovative program: households take in the children from mainland Japan who, for reasons of stress or mental difficulties, could not attend a local school, and send them to the school on Hatoma. This program, called Kaihin Ryūgaku (海浜留学) (foster homes), still survives to this day, and the school's doors remain open.

Being a small, outlying island, infrastructure was slow to come to Hatoma; the island did not receive electricity until the 1960s.

Education

The Taketomi town authorities maintain a single combined elementary and junior high school on the island: Hatoma Elementary and Junior High School (竹富町立鳩間小中学校).[2]

For public senior high school students may attend schools of the Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education.

Cultural references

Featured in the 2005 Japanese television drama Ruri no Shima (Ruri's Island), by Nippon TV.

References

External links

• Google map

На других языках

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[de] Hatoma

Hatoma (japanisch 鳩間島 .mw-parser-output .Latn{font-family:"Akzidenz Grotesk","Arial","Avant Garde Gothic","Calibri","Futura","Geneva","Gill Sans","Helvetica","Lucida Grande","Lucida Sans Unicode","Lucida Grande","Stone Sans","Tahoma","Trebuchet","Univers","Verdana"}Hatomajima) ist eine japanische Insel. Sie ist die kleinste der Yaeyama-Inselgruppe und misst kaum einen Kilometer im Durchmesser. Administrativ gehört sie zur Gemeinde Taketomi in der Präfektur Okinawa. Im lokalen Dialekt wird der Inselname Patuma ausgesprochen.

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- [en] Hatoma

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[fr] Hatoma-jima

Hatoma-jima (鳩間島?) est une île de l'archipel des Îles Yaeyama au sud-ouest du Japon, faisant partie de l'archipel Sakishima, avec les îles Miyako à l'est et les îles Senkaku plus au nord, et donc des îles Ryūkyū. Administrativement, elle fait partie du bourg de Taketomi dans la préfecture d'Okinawa.

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[ru] Хатома

Хато́ма (яп. 鳩間島 хатома-дзима) — небольшой остров в островной группе Яэяма островов Сакисима архипелага Рюкю. Административно относится к округу Такэтоми уезда Яэяма префектуры Окинава, Япония.

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