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Map of the Izu Islands. The Izu Islands (伊豆諸島, Izu-shotō) are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. [1] Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo Prefecture. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ōshima.
As this name of the Seven Islands of Izu continued to be used even today, the islanders of the islands other than the Seven Islands feel discriminated., [1] and the Aogashima villagers in particular have petitioned not to use it at every opportunity. In connection with this, the affiliated organization of Tokyo, the "Izu Seven Islands Tourism ...
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Izu Ōshima (伊豆大島, Izu-ōshima) is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, 22 km (14 mi) east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km (22 mi) southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. [1]
Izu-Torishima Island seen from the west, 2002 Tori-shima is located in the Philippine Sea approximately 600 km (373 mi) south of Tokyo and 76 km (47 mi) north of Lot's Wife . The roughly circular-shaped island is listed as a Class A active volcano by the Japan Meteorological Agency .
The list encompasses the period from the founding of the first permanent settlement of Westerners on Chichijima (one of the Bonin Islands) in 1830 [3] (under the auspices of the British, which claimed the islands in 1827 [4]), until the return of the islands to Japanese sovereignty in 1968 (following the U.S. occupation after World War II). [5] [6]
A map of the Izu Islands, the centre of the Devil's Sea legend.. The Devil's Sea (Japanese: 魔の海, Hepburn: Ma no Umi), also known as the Devil's triangle, the Dragon's Triangle, the Formosa Triangle and the Pacific Bermuda Triangle, is a region of the Pacific, south of Tokyo.
It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Mikurashima is administratively part of Mikurashima Village under Miyake Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009, the island's population was 351. Mikura-shima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.