Mishima Village

Kagoshima Prefecture · Village

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Mishima Village consists of three islands in the sea south of the Satsuma Peninsula: Takeshima, Iojima, and Kuroshima. Its village office is in Kagoshima City. Iojima is a volcanic island where hot springs color the sea, and it is also known as an island of the djembe (an African drum). The whole village is part of the Kikai Caldera Geopark.

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Population: 361 1,731st in Japan2025 Census
5-year change: −10.9% 377th in Japanfrom 405 in 2020
Area: 31.39 km² 1,449th in Japan
Population density: 12 people/km² 1,605th in Japan

Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.

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