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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.
Hachijō-jima (八丈島) is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea.It is about 287 km (178 mi) south of the special wards of Tokyo.It is part of the Izu archipelago and within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
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 ...
As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. [2] Izu Ōshima, at 91.06 km 2 (35.16 sq mi) is the largest and closest of Tokyo's outlying islands, which also include the Ogasawara Islands.
Hachijō-kojima (八丈小島) is a small volcanic deserted Japanese island in the Philippine Sea approximately 287 kilometres (178 mi) south of Tokyo, and 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago.
Izu Peninsula is served by numerous expressways. By car, it is 103.3 km (64.2 mi) from the Yōga Interchange (用賀インター Yōga Intā) on the Tokyo end of the Tōmei Expressway to Numazu. To get to the eastern side, a branch at Atsugi leads to the Odawara-Atsugi Road, which continues past Odawara to Yugawara, Atami, and Shimoda.
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 .
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.