Kamijima Town

A giant stone's crack faces due east.

Menhir at Sanshuen

Photo by 上島町観光写真提供サービス (Public domain)

01 ／ Aegirine syenite (エジル石閃長岩)

Three new minerals have beenfound in Iwagi Island's rock.

The prefectural natural monument "aegirine syenite" (エジル石閃長岩) is rock from Iwagi Island. Sugilite (1970s) and katayamalite (1983) were found in it, and murakamiite, approved in 2016, comes from the same island. The photo shows a specimen containing katayamalite.

Prefectural natural monument (designated Mar. 8, 1968)
Sugilite, katayamalite and murakamiite are new minerals
Murakamiite approved as a new species on Oct. 7, 2016

02 ／ Yuge-jima-no-sho site (弓削島荘遺跡)

Trace the estate that sent salt to Tojithrough Yuge Island's salt beds and shrines.

This estate became Toji Temple land in 1239 (Kamakura period) and paid its dues in salt. Designated a national historic site in October 2021, it covers seven places: the Otanabashi (大田林) salt bed, thought to be a medieval salt field; Tosen-ji, Takahama Hachiman Shrine, Ganjo-ji, Yuge Shrine and Joko-ji; and Hyakkanjima with its surrounding waters. The photo shows Hyakkanjima.

Toji Temple land from 1239 (town)
National historic site designated Oct. 11, 2021
Seven places: salt bed, temples and shrines, Hyakkanjima

03 ／ Jokoji Kannon Hall (定光寺観音堂)

A small three-bay hall,its tiles as old as the rest.

Built in 1463 (Kansho 4), it is three bays by two and pyramid-roofed (hogyo-zukuri) with honkawara tiles. The Agency for Cultural Affairs calls it a small three-bay hall with a rare method, its original timber very well preserved, even the tiles still old.

Built in 1463 (Kansho 4)
Important Cultural Property (designated June 27, 1977)
One of the sites of the Yuge-jima-no-sho site

Living here

Cherry blossoms on Mt. Sekizen in spring, green lemons in autumn.

about 7,000 people
Rural district town

More than 3,000 cherry trees grow on Iwagi's Mt. Sekizen, and lemons grown across the island are picked green from autumn to December. On Yuge, laver is farmed from November to about February, and a town ferry runs to Uoshima from Yuge Port. Part of the town road up Mt. Sekizen is closed.

People living here: 6,509people
Area: 30.38km²
Households: 3,207households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 6 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —3 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Kamijima Town in Japan34.258°N 133.204°E

to MiharaHabu Shosen40min

Travel times follow 島の町の決め（駅の無い町のバスの起点と同じ扱い。航路は町内の港へ乗り換えなしで着く船の起点を都市名にする。香川の直島・広島の大崎上島と同じ）。事業者公式・土生商船『高速船：因島・生名島・佐木島・三原』（habushosen.jp/timetable/timetable02）に『土生・立石・因島モール・重井・鷺・三原を1日12便、片道40分！』とあり、『ゆめしま海道のある上島町に渡るには、生名島「立石港」への【因島・生名～三原（高速船）航路】が便利です』と書く。上島町公式『【土生商船】土生港〜立石港〜因島モール〜三原港』（site/access/5638.html）の時刻表で、三原港発→立石港着を全便読むと、6:20→6:59（39分）・7:41→8:21（40）・9:04→9:44（40）・10:24→11:03（39）・12:16→12:56（40）・13:36→14:15（39）・15:28→16:08（40）・16:49→17:30（41）・18:10→18:50（40）・19:31→20:11（40）・20:52→21:32（40）・22:11→22:48（37）で、12便中8便が40分。事業者の『片道40分』と町公式の時刻表が一致する。同じ船が土生港（因島）を経て立石港に着くので乗り換えなし。 (checked 2026-09-30). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Kamijima Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

15.5km

Kamijima Town isthis kind of town.

01On Ikina Island, Sanshuen garden holds a menhir (a standing stone) about 4.5 m above ground and about 7 m in all, wrapped in a sacred rope, with a crack that faces due east.
02Iwagi Island is known for more than 3,000 cherry trees on Mt. Sekizen and green "blue lemons" harvested in autumn, and it has the prefectural natural monument of aegirine syenite.
03On Yuge Island lie the remains of an estate that paid salt to Toji, as the national historic site Yuge-jima-no-sho, and the four islands of Yuge, Sashima, Ikina and Iwagi are linked by bridges (Yumeshima Kaido).

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kamijima Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗