Mishima, Kagoshima

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This article is about the village in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. There is a Japanese city with this name, see Mishima, Shizuoka. For other uses, see Mishima.

Mishima (三島村, Mishima-mura^?) is a village located in Kagoshima District, Kagoshima, Japan. The village office is located at Kagoshima City outside the village.

As of 2003, the village has an estimated population of 461 and the density of 14.70 persons per km². The total area is 31.36 km².

Mishima means three islands: Iōjima, Kuroshima, and Takeshima.

[edit] History

The ten islands comprising the village were a part of the former Ryūkyū Kingdom and became territory of the Shimazu Family (a vassal of Tokugawa family) in 1609. After the Meiji Restoration, these islands were allotted to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province, then transferred to Oshima District of Osumi Province in 1897. Jitto Village was established as a municipality in 1908.

In 1946, the southern seven of the ten islands were put under the administration of the United States and isolated from Japan, so that the remaining three islands formed a tentative Mishima Village. In 1952, when the seven islands were returned to Japan, Jitto Village was officially divided into Toshima Village and Mishima Village. In 1973, two villages were transferred to Kagoshima District.