[UPCOMING] Koji, JI1LET will be active from Chichijima, Ogasawara as JD1BOI during March 9-24, 2023. QRV on 160-6m CW, SSB, FT4/FT8 & RTTY. QSL via home call direct only.

Chichijima is the largest and most populous island in the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km (150 mi) north of Iwo Jima. 23.5 km2 (9.1 sq mi) in size, the island is home to about 2120 people (2021). Connected to the mainland only by a day-long ferry that runs a few times a month, the island is nonetheless organized administratively as the seat of Ogasawara Village in the coterminous Ogasawara Subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Together with the Volcano and Izu Islands, it makes up Japan’s Nanpō Islands.