Airport on Ogasawara?
J and partner have heard that there is an air service to Ogasawara (the Bonin Islands) -- described in my book Insider's Tokyo (2001) as "Tokyo furthest flung outpost."
Somewhat aghast that the islanders might have changed their mind about saying no to any kind of airport in order to maintain the unique quality and diversity of wildlife in this beautiful part of the world (technically part of the metropolitan area despite being 1000 km south of the capital), I called Ogasawara's village office at 3-7-9 8F Shibaura, Minato-ku (03-3451 5171).
Its official Web site (in Japanese only) can be found on www.ogasawarakaiun.co.jp
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