Ojika Town

Rocks pile like a torii behind the hall.

Oeishi, Okinokojima Shrine

Photo by Tepo401 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Funamori Village Ruins

Terraced fields with stone walls were madeby human and ox power alone.

舟森集落跡2.JPG — Photo by Indiana jo (CC BY-SA 4.0)

At the southern tip of Nozaki Island lie the ruins of Funamori (舟森), a village. Stone-walled field terraces on steep slopes remain; the tourism site describes countless terraced fields made by human and ox power alone. The Nozaki Island village ruins, Funamori included, are a component of a World Cultural Heritage site.

3 villages: Nozaki, Nokubi, Funamori
Human and ox power alone
World Cultural Heritage component

02 ／ Madarajima Pothole

A round stone at the bottom of the holeturns in the seawater, deepening it.

On the coast of Madarajima (斑島) is a pothole locally called "Tamaishi-sama" (玉石様). It is 3 m deep, 90 cm across at the top and 60 cm at the bottom. A perfectly round stone sits at the bottom and turns as seawater enters, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs writes that the pothole's formation can be observed. It was designated a national Natural Monument in 1958.

3 m deep
90 cm across at top, 60 cm at bottom
1958: national Natural Monument

03 ／ Ushi no To

Ojika Island, once two islands,was joined by land reclamation.

The tourism site writes that Ojika Island was originally two islands, and that the Ushi no To (牛の塔, Tower of the Cows) honors the cows that died in the work of reclaiming the narrow strait between them. The tower stands on the Funase (船瀬) coast in Nakamura (中村郷), and is a town-designated cultural property. The paddies made then are called Kenmu Shinden (建武新田).

Funase coast, Nakamura
Ojika town-designated cultural property
Long, narrow paddies of Kenmu Shinden

Living here

A town reached by boat, 90 minutes from Sasebo.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

Ojika has no railway; the town's gateway is Ojika Port. Kyushu Shosen high-speed boats take as little as 1 hour 30 minutes from Sasebo, and the overnight Nomo Shosen ferry Taiko takes about 4 hours 55 minutes from Hakata. Town-run boats cross to Nozaki Island.

People living here: 2,288people
Area: 25.5km²
Households: 1,126households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Ojika Town in Japan33.191°N 129.059°E

to SaseboKyushu Shosen90min
to HakataNomo Shosen295min

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。町内の玄関口の港へ乗り換えなしで着く船の起点を都市名に、事業者名だけを mode に。上島町〈愛媛・38356〉と同じ）。①九州商船（佐世保→小値賀）：事業者公式の運航ダイヤ（www.kyusho.co.jp/schedule?start=日付&shuppatsu=sasebo&touchaku=ojika）を2026-10-01〜2026-11-28の14日分で読むと、高速船は8:35→10:40（125分）・12:05→13:35（90分）・15:50→17:40（110分）の3便、フェリーは10:40→13:55（195分）・17:05→19:40（155分）の2便（11/21のみフェリー16:40→19:15〈155分〉の1便）。事業者公式『航路・所要時間』（www.kyusho.co.jp/routes）の佐世保→小値賀は『高速船最短 1時間30分／フェリー最短 2時間35分』で、12:05→13:35の90分と一致する。②野母商船（博多→小値賀）：事業者公式『時刻表』（www.nomo.co.jp/taiko/timetable.html）の下り便は博多23:45発→宇久3:55着・4:05発→小値賀4:40着（295分）。観光公式『アクセス』（ojikajima.jp/access）の『博多発 23:45→小値賀着 4:40 所要4:55』と一致。 (checked 2026-09-30). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Ojika Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.9km

Ojika Town isthis kind of town.

01Okinokojima Shrine (沖ノ神嶋神社) on Nozaki Island is an old shrine said to have been enshrined separately from Jinokojima Shrine (地ノ神島神社) on Ojika Island, with a 24 m boulder, Oeishi (王位石), behind its hall
02The Nozaki Island village ruins are a World Cultural Heritage component; the brick Former Nokubi Church, completed in 1908 in a village of 17 households, finished a major repair in 2025
03The Cultural Landscape of the Ojika Islands, shaped by movement between islands, is a national Important Cultural Landscape; the merchant Oda family's house and garden on Ojika Island are town-designated

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ojika Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗