zu - sh ima , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁northern ▁islands ▁in ▁the ▁I zu ▁arch ip el ago ▁in ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁Sea , ▁ ▁south ▁of ▁central ▁Tokyo . ▁War med ▁by ▁the ▁K uro sh io ▁Current , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁war mer ▁and ▁wet ter ▁climate ▁than ▁central ▁Tokyo . ▁ ▁Ne igh bor ing ▁municipal ities ▁Tokyo ▁Metropol is ▁Ni ij ima , ▁Tokyo ▁Mik ur aj ima , ▁Tokyo ▁ ▁History ▁K ō z ush ima ▁Village ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁I zu ▁islands ▁were ▁administr atively ▁divided ▁into ▁villages ▁and ▁town . ▁ ▁Econom y ▁The ▁village ▁economy ▁is ▁domin ated ▁by ▁commercial ▁fish ing ▁and ▁season al ▁tour ism . ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁some ▁small - scale ▁far ming . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁un success ful ▁attempts ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁develop ▁sil kw orm ▁far ming . ▁Many ▁tour ists ▁come ▁for ▁sports ▁fish ing ▁and ▁sc uba ▁div ing . ▁Its ▁white ▁sand y ▁be aches ▁make ▁it ▁an ▁excellent ▁place ▁to ▁sw im ▁in ▁summer , ▁since ▁it ▁receives ▁consider ably ▁fewer ▁visitors ▁than ▁the ▁other ▁islands ▁in ▁the ▁I zu ▁chain . ▁There ▁are ▁many ▁h ik ing ▁courses ▁around ▁its ▁vol cano , ▁Ten j ō - san , ▁which ▁domin ates ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁island . ▁However , ▁winter ▁vis its ▁are ▁disc ou rag ed , ▁can cellation