Miyake Island (Miyakejima)

"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."""