Tokyo Stroll Supplement: Miyake Mura

This page is for locations in the Village of Miyake Mura on the island of Miyakejima in the Miyake Subprefecture of Tokyo. This island is not part of my book Tokyo Stroll.

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Some entries on this page may include a note that says "Description to be added soon ." These entries are for items I felt should be listed even if the description is not ready to assist those who wish to plan a trip. When possible I included a link to an official web page, I suggest also doing web searchs for more information.

Miyake Mura (三宅村)

Official pages for each of the towns and villages of Tokyo will have sections of interest to visitors. These will likely be labeled as dealing with culture, tourism, or events.
Miyake Mura official site: https://www.vill.miyake.tokyo.jp
Miyakejima Tourist Association: https://www.miyakejima.gr.jp
NOTE: Given the difficulty of adding many specific location bookmarks to my bookmark files some places on the island may not be listed. Check the local website for more information.

ACCESS:
From Tokyo Takeshiba Pier:
An overnight ferry lasts about six and a half hours.
From Tokyo Chofu Airport: Flights last about: fifty minutes.

Miyakejima is the most active volcanic island of the Izu Islands erupting about every 20 years. This is why the island is mainly composed of basalt and lava fields. At the center of the island is Mount Oyama (elevation 775.1 meters), with a deep crater, the caldera at the summit is believed to have been formed in a massive eruption about 3,000 years ago. In 1983 a dramatic eruption destroyed the Ako onsen area when it was covered in lava, the lava moved slowly so everyone was able to evacuate. The last major eruption was in 2000 and was so heavy the entire island was evacuated to the main part of Tokyo. It was five years before they were allowed to return. Access to parts of the island, mainly close to the crater, is restricted due to volcanic dangers such as toxic sulfur dioxide gas. The island is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and is the third largest of the Izu Islands.
Written mention of the island go back to the Nara Period (710-794). During the Edo Period (1600-1868) the island was one place prisoners were exiled to. Some of the famous prisoners included the yakuza gambler Koganei Kojirō, Takeuchi Shikibu the Japanese classics scholar, the founder of the Misogikyō Shintō sect Inoue Masakane, Hanabusa Itchō the founder of the Hanabusa school of painting, and the most famous being the kabuki actor Ikushima Shingorō from the Ejima-Ikushima Incident. By the early Meiji Period an estimated 2,300 exiles lived on the island. In the Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) the administration of the island was transferred to Tokyo. In 1920 the Ōshima Island Government Office began handling island administration, the name of the office was changed to Ōshima Subprefecture in 1926, in 1943 the Miyake Subprefecture was split off from Ōshima Subprefecture. In the postwar 1940s and the 1950s the villages on the island were merged into the present Miyake Mura.
Things to do on the island include fishing, diving, birdwatching, hiking, rock climbing, soaking in onsen, eating local seafood, and doing not much of anything but relaxing.
POPULATION: The population in 2020 was 2,273
DISTANCE FROM URBAN TOKYO: Located 180 km south of Tokyo center.

ACCOMODATIONS: Small hotels, inns, and minshuku rooms. You may need to provide your own toothbrush and towel as not all supply them. Rooms in may include breakfast and dinner, check when you book. It is also best to book after you have reservations for transit to the island so they canm pick you up on arrival.

LOCAL TRANSIT: There are local buses, they only run about two hours apart. Taxi may be faster. Car and motorbike rental is possible, you will need a license and an international driving permit.

Cape Satado / Satadō misaki (サタドー岬)

Description to be added soon

Chōtarōike (長太郎池)

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Eyeglasses Rock / Megane iwa (メガネ岩)

Description to be added soon

Izumisaki Lighthouse / Izumisaki tōdai (伊豆岬灯台)

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Miyakejima Local History Museum / Miyakejima Kyōdo Shiryōkan (三宅島郷土資料館)

Description to be added soon

Nippana Shinzan (新鼻新山)

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Tairo Pond / Tairo Ike (大路池)

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Volcano Experience Walking Trail / Kazan taiken yūhodō (火山体験遊歩道)

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