Located in Hakata Bay, Nokonoshima Island is a delightful place for visitors to camp, swim or admire the island’s colorful flowers. It has undisturbed nature, camp site, beachs, flower park, trekking trail for begginer. The island is about 3.93km² and has a popilation of 800 people.
It takes only 10 mins to get there by ferry [...]

The Amami Islands are a group of tropical islands in Kagoshima Prefecture about 300 km north of Okinawa and about 380 km south of Kyushu. The island’s climate is tropical with an average year-round temperature is 21°C. Sugar cane, bananas, rice, sweet potato, guava and mangos are all cultivated on the island. The island marks [...]

Hahajima is the second-largest island of the Ogasawara Islands. It is about 21 km² in area and has a population of only 440.
Covered with subtropical tall trees, this lush, tranquil island is a natural treasury. Among precious species of animals there is Hahajimameguro, a bird found only in Hahajima.
The island can be reached by ferry [...]

Chichijima, the largest island in the Ogasawara archipelago, it can only be reached by taking a 25-hour boat trip from Tokyo. There are currently around 2000 people living on the island, and the island’s area is around 24 km².
The island is a tropical paradise with diverse attractions. The most popular ecotourism attraction in Chichijima is [...]

Aogashima is  a subtropic paradise with a mild, humid climate under the influence of the Kuroshio warm current, and home for many different wild birds. It is 358.4km south of mainland Tokyo and the most southern island of the Izu Islands.
Hachijojima-Aogashima by boat
Mon.-Sat.: departs Hachijojima at 10:30 and arrive at Aogashima at around 13:00, departs [...]

Hachijōjima is popular with surfers, with three reef breaks and consistently warmer water than mainland Japan because of a warm water current called the Kuroshio. Due to the fact Hachijōjima is a volcanic island there are a few black sandy beaches. The main one is next to the main harbour of Sokodo. There are various [...]

Mikurashima is located about 200 kilometers from Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean. It is best known for dolphin watching and a place where people live in harmony with nature.The island is surrounded by vertical cliffs eroded by waves. This peculiar terrain and the rain-drenched, mild climate have made the island a treasure house of precious [...]

Miyakejina lies 180km south of Tokyo. Like other islands in the Izu Island group, Miyakejima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Today many tourists visit the island for fishing, diving and bird watching.
The island is famous for its traditional taiko performances, known as kamitsuki kiyari taiko. It is also home to an unusually rich flora [...]

Kozushima has many hiking courses around its volcano, Tenjo-san, which dominates the island and is also a great place for swimming and diving. Its white sandy beaches make it an excellent place to swim in summer, since it receives considerably fewer visitors than the other islands in the chain.
One of the island’s best scenic sites [...]

Niijimas heighlights are beautiful white sand beaches where people can enjoy different marine sports! For eample the Habushiura Beach (6.5-kilometer beach) is a world-famous Mecca for surfing with waves as big as those at North Shore in Hawaii. A number of surfing competitions, including some international competitions for professional surfers, are held at this beach [...]