Tokunoshima, Kagoshima

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Tokunoshima (徳之島町; -chou) is a town located in Oshima District, Kagoshima, Japan.

As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 13,150 and the density of 125.39 persons per km². The total area is 104.87 km².

Tokunoshima is an island in southwest Japan with three towns: Tokunoshima, Isen, and Amagi. It is about halfway between Kagoshima on the southern end of Kyūshū and Okinawa's main island. It is home to a deadly snake known as the habu (which exists on several other islands), a rare and prehistoric black rabbit, and a unique form of bullfighting called togyu, in which the bulls fight each other. There are several small ports on the island, and one small airport. Hiking is discouraged because of the snake, but the mountain trails are exotic and beautiful to those not from the islands. The beaches are also quite stunning, and there is a strange shore on the island's north in which the open sea crashes again massive flat stone slabs.

The island produces sugar cane products and is not well-known inside Japan.