Japan's various small island groups
Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands,
Japan
Izu Islands 伊豆諸島
The Izu Islands are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshu, Japan. Administratively, the islands are organized into two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo Prefecture. The largest is Izu Oshima, usually called simply Oshima.
Izu Islands - Japan Travel
Oshima 伊豆大島
Oshima History and Folklore Museum
Mihara
Ura-Sabaku Desert
En no Gyoja Cave
Senzu Kiridoshi
Okata port Breakwater Lighthouse
Izu Oshima Lighthouse
Nodahama Buddy's Bell
Toshima 利島
Toshima port west Breakwater Lighthouse
Oishiyama Historic Site
The Tomb of Azusawaki no Mikoto
Niijima 新島
Niijima-mura Museum
The Story of the Moai Statue
Koga stone quarry
Stone Zoo
Habushiura Park
Shikine-jima 式根島
Shikinejima Sight Seeing Information Center
Tojinzu Castle
Hamazu Castle
Kuma-no-i
Shikine Port Jetty Lighthouse
Remains of Ariwara no Narihira salt kiln
Konokuchi Park
Nobuse port wharf Lighthouse
Ruins of Fukinoe
Kozushima 神津島
Kōzushima Tourist Information Center
Akasaki Promenade
Nagumi Bay Trolley Ruins
Mt. Kobe Summit
See-through rock
Meishi Nature Park Observatory
天然記念物次世代太鼓松
津波避難タワー
Miyakejima 三宅島
Miyakejima Tourism Association
Izu Cape Lighthouse
Mirendo Stone Mounds Historic Ruins
Site of Former Ako Elementary & Junior High School
Miyako-Jima Volcano Memorial
Megane-iwa Rock
Miyako-Jima Museum
Volcanic Disaster Preservation Site
Cape Satado Lighthouse
Sea Turtle Observatory
Yunohama Port East Breakwater Lighthouse
Grave of the Rev. Nissho
Mikurajima 御蔵島
Mikurajima Information Center
Old Man of Mikurajima
Dolphin-watching Hill
Nango
Hachijojima 八丈島
Former site of Nagago branch school of Ohgago Elementary School
Okoshihana Lighthouse
Nagatomo Road Monument
Nukefune-no-ba (Site where convicts attempted to escape the island)
Historical ruins of Yaene
Yaene no Mettō Ido Historic Site (Yaene Spiral Well)
Furusato-mura
Ozato's Stone Wall Signpost
Ozato Tamaishi Wall
Monument to the origins of sweet potatoes on Hachijojima
Okago Park
Hachijo Botanical Park
Okago Park
Hachijojima Shin'yo Monument (Kamikaze memorial)
Toko Maru monument (Cargo ship torpedoed by USS Sea Dog)
Monument for Ukita Hideie and Gohime
Monument of Gratitude from Wakayama Prefecture Citizens
Hachijojima Airport
Uramigataki Onsen
Aogashima 青ヶ島
Jiro Sasaki Tayu's Grave
Monument to Headman Sasaki Hatsutaro
Monument to resettlement
Sasaki's monument to the helper
Ichinoe Ninushi Residence
Oyama Prospect Park
One Circle Maruyama Walking Path
Seiho Tunnel
Tori-shima 鳥島
Site of abandoned Japan Meteorological Agency weather observatory
Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands 小笠原諸島
The Ogasawara Islands are situated approximately 800 km south of Japan, along the Pacific approaches to East Asia. The islands were discovered by the Spanish in the 16th century, then vaguely claimed by the United States and Britain, but were then formally annexed by the Japanese in 1876. The islands are normally associated in three groups: Mukojima, Chichijima, and Hahajima.
The Tokyo Prefectural Government officially administers the islands on behalf of the government of Japan along with the Volcano islands.
Ogasawara Islands Tourism Information
Chichijima 父島列島
Former Suzaki Airfield Site
Navy Furiwakeyama Flat-Fire Gun Battery ruins
Ogi Ike
Navy 12 cm Anti-aircraft Gun
Futami port Maruyama Lighthouse
Hinko-maru wreck
Ogasawara Marine Center
Ogasawara Fisheries Center
Ogasawara World Heritage Center
Ogasawara Visitor Center
Ruins of Omura Second Battery
Ruins of Omura Third Battery
Ruins of Omura Fourth Battery
Weather Station Lookout
Daikonyama Park
Mt. Mikazuki Observation Platform
Main observation platform
Mt. Denshin
Remains of Takinoura Whaling Facility
Eboshi Rock
Remains of Omura Elementary School's Ototojima Branch
VERA Ogasawara Station
Hahajima 母島列島
Rose Memorial Museum
Southernmost Point of the Tokyo Metropolitan Highway
Ogasawara Haha-jima Tourism Association
Higashi-minato Searchlight Battery Ruins
Remains of Kitamura Elementary School
Ruins of Searchlight Base
Kazan Retto (Volcano) Islands 火山列島
The Volcano Islands are three small islands south of the Japanese Mainland in the Pacific Ocean, named Kita-Io-to 北硫黄島, Io-to 硫黄島, and Minami-Io-to 南硫黄島. In the United States, these are usually called North Iwo Jima, Iwo Jima, and South Iwo Jima, respectively. Only Iwo Jima is populated.
The islands were unaffiliated until Japanese fishermen and entrepreneurs claimed them in the late 19th century. The islands were formally annexed in 1891. The largest island, formerly called Iwo Jima, was converted into a large military base during the inter-war period and was the scene of bloody fighting between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Imperial Japanese Army during the closing stages of the Second World War.
Although Japan retained sovereignty over the islands following the end of the war the United States administered the islands from 1951 to 1968, when they were returned to Japan. Its name was officially changed to Io-To in 2007. The Tokyo Prefectural Government officially administers the islands on behalf of the government of Japan along with the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands.
Io-to (Iwo Jima)
Mt. Suribachi
Suribachiyama Horizontal Battery
Invasion Beach
Futatsu Rocks
Chidori Gun Emplacement Site
Minamikanon
Iwo Jima War Dead Monument
Reunion monument
Motoyama Airfield #1
Geothermal Fields
LVT wreck
Japanese Searchlight
American Memorial
Tranquility Hill
Awazu Trench
Sendagaoka monument
Higashiyama Memorial Monument
Ginmeisui
Former Army North Airfield Remains
Wreck of an M-4 Sherman Tank
Globemaster Crash Site
US Military North Airfield Remains
Iwojima Peace Memorial Hall
US Military IWO Pub
Osaka Yama cave
Sugarcane Press
Hospital Cave
AA guns
Former IJN HQ
Kuribayashi Army HQ cave
Former US Coast Guard Station
Islanders' Memorial Peace Cemetery Park
Site of Wonsan Airfield
Shipwreck Cluster
Asodai Crater