32526 ／ にしのしまちょう
Shimane Prefecture 隠岐郡A 257m cliff, sheer as a knife cut.
Matengai, Kuniga Coast01 ／ Takuhi Shrine
The main hall, connecting hall, and worship hall stand built into rock on the mountainside. The main hall dates to 1732, raised in an unusual way: Osaka carpenters shaped the timbers in Osaka, then carpenters from Yonago assembled them on site. It was named a National Important Cultural Property in 1992.
02 ／ The squid of Yurahime Shrine
Yurahime Shrine, said to be Oki Province's ichinomiya, is named in the Engishiki shrine registry. From the Meiji and Taisho eras into the 1950s, squid reportedly swarmed ashore on the beach before the shrine almost every year. That has become rare, but in 2006 a shoal reportedly reached the beach again after more than ten years.
03 ／ The Kuroki Gosho site
In 1332, Emperor Go-Daigo, after his plot against the Kamakura shogunate failed, was exiled to Oki and is said to have lived on high ground in Beppu for about a year. The site was named a prefectural historic site in 1958, described as the traditional residence of Emperor Go-Daigo. The adjoining Hekifukan hall displays materials and a portrait related to him.
Living here
Nishinoshima Town occupies Nishinoshima Island in the Dozen group of the Oki Islands. Funabiki Canal, cut through the island's narrow waist in 1915, links the inner sea to the outer sea. With an area of 55.96 km² and about 1,662mm of rain a year, the mild climate supports fishing, tourism, and livestock — and each Obon, districts still send off Shara-bune spirit boats.
−7.9% since 2015
4,048 → 2,788
5.84km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
17.9 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 隠岐汽船公式サイトの時刻表（www.oki-kisen.co.jp/timetable/、day=2026-09-26〈土〉と day=2026-09-28〈月〉の2日分を取得し同一の時刻であることを確認）。フェリー・高速船とも『七類（松江市）』『境港（境港市）』の欄が本土側の起点として明記され、町内の唯一の港『別府（西ノ島町）』の到着・出発が別欄で示される (checked 2026-09-26). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
12.9km
See the town as it is now.
Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)
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