Hachijō-jima

is a volcanic Japanese island that is in the Philippine Sea and the Pacific Ocean. This island is also part of Tokyo. Several types of animals live on this island.
Transportation.
People go to Hachijō-jima by airplane or by a ferry. In 2010 a pedestrian ferry would leave Tōkyō once every day at 10:30 pm, and then it would get to at Hachijō-jima at 8:50 am the next day. Air travel to Hachijojima Airport takes around 45 minutes from Tōkyō International Airport (Haneda). In the year 2000, there were three metropolitan roads on Hachijō-jima: 215 (formally, 東京都道215号八丈循環線), 216 (都道216号神湊八重根港線, 8.3 km), and 217 (東京都道217号汐間洞輪沢港線).
Language.
The Hachijō language is the most different form of Japanese; it is the only surviving descendant of Eastern Old Japanese. The number of people who speak this language is not known. It is on UNESCO's list of endangered languages, It may be gone by the year 2050.
History.
People have lived on this island since 14,000 b.c.e.