Shimoji-shima
Shimoji-shima（下地島, Miyako: Sïmuzï） is one of the Miyako Islands, a part of the Ryukyu Islands. The island is administered by Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Shimochi-shima”, “Shimoji Island”, “Shimoji Jima”, “Shimojishima”, “Shimuchi”, “Shimuchi-jima”, “Shimuji-shima”, “Simozi Sima”, and “Sïmuzï”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shimojishima Airport and Sawada Beach.
Shimojishima Airport
Aerodrome
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Shimojishima Airport is located on the island of Shimojishima in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has the longest runway of any island in Japan south of the main island of Okinawa.
Sawada Beach
Beach
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Sawada Beach is situated 2½ km north of Shimoji-shima.
Shimoji-shima
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Satellite Map
Discover Shimoji-shima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Shimoji-shima” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Şimoci”
- Cebuano: “Shimoji-shima”
- Central Okinawan: “スムズ”
- Central Okinawan: “下地”
- Chinese: “下地岛”
- Chinese: “下地島”
- Czech: “Šimodžišima”
- Dutch: “Shimoji-shima”
- French: “Shimoji-jima”
- French: “Shimoji-shima”
- German: “Shimoji-jima”
- German: “Shimoji-shima”
- German: “Shimojishima”
- Japanese: “しもじしま”
- Japanese: “下地島”
- Korean: “시모지섬”
- Lithuanian: “Šimodži”
- Russian: “Симодзи”
- Serbian: “Острво Симоџи”
- Slovenian: “Šimodžima”
- Spanish: “Isla Shimoji”
- Spanish: “Shimoji”
- Turkish: “Shimoji Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Сімодзі”
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