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    Is this Tokyo? Unknow hidden Island in Tokyo “Aogashima Island”

    2019/02/28
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    • Aogashima Island
    • Wonderful starlit sky
    • Spot Information
    • Access

    Aogashima Island

    Aogashima Island(青ヶ島) is a solitary island in the far-off sea located about 358km south from Tokyo. It’s a volcanic island, a part of  Izu Islands, approximately 9km in circumference. Surprisingly it’s a villege belonging to Tokyo.

    20150608-387-5photo by Aogashima Village

    Aogashima Island consists of dual calderas caused by repeated volcanic activiies, which is rare terrain to have both outer and inner rim. There is a paved trail at the ridge of Mt.Maruyama, an inner rim, so that visitors may enjoy the short walk on a trail looking down the magnificent view on the mountain.

    20150608-387-3photo by flickr/Charly W. Karl

    The symbol of this Island is Mt.Maruyama, an inner rim, created a huge eruption in 1785. Asplenium antiquums (Ootaniwatari), a fern of the group known as bird’s-nest ferns, is clustered mainly in this area. It seems decorated the surface of the mountain with a striped pattern.

    20150608-387-7photo by Aogashima Village

    20150608-387-4photo by wiki/Soica2001

    Aogashima Island belongs to Tokyo, but the estimated population as of January 1, 2014 is only 170. That is the smallest population in all villages of Japan! Without a detailed address, no one have house numbers. The village is quiet and tranquil, and surrouded by a lot of beautiful nature.

    20150608-387-11photo by Aogashima Village

    20150608-387-9photo by Aogashima Village

    20150608-387-8photo by Aogashima Village

    You go to Aogashima Island via Hachijojima by helicopter or ferry. It takes about 50 mitutes from Haneda to Hachijojima by air and about 20 mitutes from Hachijojima to Aogashima Island by helicopter. Although its no direct access to Aogashima Island at this moment, it takes about 2 hours to reach this hidden Island from Tokyo mainland.

    20150608-387-13photo by Aogashima Village

    Wonderful starlit sky

    Another attraction of Aogashima Island is amazing starlit sky as far as you see. No excessive lights enter in the bottom of the caldera which is surrunded between inner and outer montains, and the visibility is also good enough to see as far as the horizon, so that you will enjoy a 360-degree view of sparkling sky. It’s breathtakingly beautiful! You may have a chance to see the Milky way in summer and the star Canopus (symbol of happiness and long life according to Chinese myth) in winter.

    20150608-387-1©Toshihiko Igawa

    20150608-387-2©Toshihiko Igawa

    It is suprising that this Island is really a village in Japan and that belongs to Tokyo! Aogashima Island is a beautiful Island worth visiting once in a lifetime.

    Spot Information

    Name Aogashima Island(青ヶ島)
    Address Aogashima village, Tokyo, Japan
    Hours –
    Closed –
    Fees –
    Website http://www.vill.aogashima.tokyo.jp

     

    Access

    en-map-icon0   Route1
    Take a flight from Haneda Airport (50 minutes) or get on a ferry (11 hours) from Takeshiba port to get to Hachijojima, and then board a helicopter (20 minutes) or get on a ferry (2.5 hours) to reach Aogahsima.
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