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- Ai-land Center: Goshinka Onsen
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- Tokyo, Oshima cho, Motomachi Naka no Hara 1-8
- This is a day trip hot spring facility that is a short walk from Motomachi Port, Oshima, Tokyo, with a landmark large red roof. Inside the building there is a bathroom where one can enjoy a jacuzzi, water cascade and sauna and a hot spring pool for swimsuit wear, which is always crowded with locals and tourists who want to shrug off the fatigue of a boat ride. The facility is equipped with a comfortable tatami rest room and food corner. Limited to days when the overnight boat arrives, it is open early morning from 6:30 am.
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- Ogasawara National Park
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- Tokyo Ogasawara village
- It is a national park designated in the October of 1972. It consists of subtropical islands located about 1,000 kilometers south of the Japanese archipelago. You can see such terrain and geology that is unusual worldwide as pillow lava formed by the activities of submarine volcanos, boninite, and submerged karst, as well as rare animals and plants that have evolved independently on the oceanic island. You can enjoy whale watching, snorkeling, scuba diving in the beautiful sea with coral reefs. There are tourist associations on Chichi-jima Island and Haha-jima Island introducing various guided tours, also offering guidebooks and brochures.
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- Miyake Island (Miyakejima)
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- Miyake Village, Miyakejima, Tokyo
- "Miyake Island (Miyakejima) can be reached by taking a roughly 50-minute flight in a small passenger aircraft from Chofu Airport, or by taking a large passenger ship on an overnight voyage from Takeshiba Pier in Tokyo that takes around six hours and 30 minutes. The island is located around 180 kilometers south of Tokyo, and is roughly the size of the part of central Tokyo that is encircled by the Yamanote Line. Miyake Island (Miyakejima) has warm weather all year round, and is a great place to enjoy both marine activities such as scuba diving and swimming with dolphins, and on-land leisure activities. The island's landscape, which has been created by volcanic activity, is spectacular; it is almost as if one can feel the Earth ""breathing."""
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- Hahajima Island
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- Ogasawara Village, Tokyo Mother Island
- Hahajima Island is one of the Ogasawara Islands, located around 50 kilo meters to the south of Chichijima Island; there is a scheduled boat service to Hahajima Island from Chichijima Island's Futami Port, with the journey taking around two hours. Hahajima Island is a verdant island covered with sub-tropical primary forest. Mt. Chibusa, the highest peak on the island at 463 meters, has a rich ecosystem that includes endemic plants such as Melastoma pentapetalum and Dendrocacalia, as well as wild bird species such as the endemic Bonin white-eye. Marine leisure activities such as scuba diving, boat cruising and whale-watching are popular here. There are also guided tours that take visitors to see the habitats of Hahajima Island's precious endemic species.
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- Hachijo Island (Hachijojima)
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- Hachijo-jima Hachijo-machi, Tokyo
- "Hachijo Island (Hachijojima) can be reached by air from Haneda Airport in around 55 minutes, or by taking a large passenger ship on an overnight voyage from Takeshiba Pier in Tokyo that takes around 10 hours and 20 minutes. The island has been described as ""the closest tropical paradise to Tokyo."" The waters around the island, which are a unique aquamarine color known as ""Hachijo Blue,"" are very clear, and are a popular scuba diving destination because of the high likelihood of being able to see sea turtles. There are many things to see on the island itself, including Uramigataki Waterfall (where visitors can walk behind the curtain of water), and Mt. Hachijo-Fuji, where it is possible to enjoy spectacular, 360-degree panoramic views. In spring, the annual Freesia Festival is held, during which time around 350,000 freesias are in bloom in the foothills of Mt. Hachijo-Fuji."
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- Chichijima Island
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- Tokyo Ogasawarashotouogasawaramura
- "Chichijima Island is a sub-tropical island in the Pacific Ocean that lies approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. There are regular sailings to Chichijima Island by the vessel Ogasawara-maru, departing from Takeshiba Pier in Tokyo; the journey takes around 25 and a half hours. Chichijima Island is the largest island in the Ogasawara Islands (also known as the Bonin Islands), which have been designated as a natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Visitors can enjoy marine leisure activities such as scuba diving or swimming with wild dolphins in the sea, which is a deep blue color known as ""Bonin Blue,"" or enjoy a range of on-land activities including cycling, star-gazing and eco-tours. Between February and April, visitors can see whales from Weather Station Observatory."
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- Mt. Mihara
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- Oshima cho, Tokyo
- "Mt. Mihara is a 758-meter high volcano situated roughly in the middle of Izu Oshima Island. Originally created by a volcanic eruption in 1777, Mt. Mihara has continued to erupt on a fairly regular basis since then, giving it the appearance that it has today. The most recent major eruption was in 1986; the ""Godzilla Rock"" that emerged during that eruption is a popular tourist attraction. There are hiking trails on and around the mountain; visitors can choose the route that best suits their interests and their state of physical fitness. The mouth of the volcano, at the summit, is a shaft-like crater that is roughly 300 meters wide and over 200 meters deep; because of the absence of any obstructions, there are superb views from the summit."
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- Ogasawara Islands
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- Tokyo Ogasawara Village
- A group of islands in the Pacific Ocean 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo. Consisting of more than 30 islands of varying sizes including Iwo Jima and Okinotorishima, the Ogasawara Islands have been designated a World Heritage Site in recognition of the endemic plants and animals and precious natural environment of the area. The islands are administered as a part of Tokyo, but reaching them requires a 24 -hour ride on a scheduled ship which leaves from Takeshiba Pier once every six days (more frequent trips may be scheduled depending on the season).
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- Kobohama Beach
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- Motomachi, Oshima-machi, Tokyo
- A swimming beach on the west side of the island of Izu Oshima in Moto-machi, Oshima Town, Tokyo. Located close to Motomachi Harbor, the island's entranceway, Kobohama Beach is the busiest beach on the island. In addition to showers, changing rooms, and beachside clubhouses, there's also a free pool at the beach.
