Okinoshima Town

A nun planted a cedar, vowing to return.

Yaosugi

Photo by ChiefHira (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ The Oki Residence and Ekirei Bell

Head priests of Oki's chief shrinelive in a house with a sacred room.

The Oki family has served as hereditary priests of Tamawakasu Shrine. Their house is one of Oki's grandest folk residences, with a room for the household altar and a purification room. Its Ekirei bell (medieval) and Oki storehouse seal (Nara period) were both named Important Cultural Properties in 1935.

02 ／ Candle Island

When sunset aligns with its tip,it looks like a giant lit candle.

Candle Island, a roughly 20m sea stack off Fuse, looks like a giant lit candle when the sunset lines up with its tip. Cruises run April 1 through October 31, leaving Fukuura Quay at Omosu Port at sunset.

03 ／ Dangyo Falls

Before bullfights and sumo,wrestlers purify themselves with this water.

Dangyo Falls, on the upper Nagu River, has male and female cascades about 40m high beside Dangyo Shrine. Its spring water was named one of Japan's Top 100 Waters in 1985. Competitors in the Hassaku bullfighting and Oki classical sumo tournaments still draw this water the night before to purify themselves.

Living here

Giant cedars and cliffs define this town.

about 10,000 people
Rural district town

On Dogo, the largest island of the Oki archipelago, cultural properties are scattered across its former villages: Mizuwakasu Shrine's main hall, the Sasaki family residence, the Rengemai dance at Oki Kokubunji, and the Chichibusa cedar of Iwakura in Tsuma.

People living here: 13,433people
Area: 242.62km²
Households: 5,962households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 13 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —10 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.

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Where you can go from here.

Okinoshima Town in Japan36.209°N 133.322°E

to MatsueOki Kisen69min
to SakaiminatoOki Kisen265min

Travel times follow 隠岐汽船公式サイトの時刻表（oki-kisen.co.jp/timetable/。表のHTML構造を直接読み、列を突き合わせて確認。2026-09-26と、日付パラメータを変えた複数日で同一の値を確認した）。**七類（松江市）発**：フェリー「おき」9:00発→西郷11:25着（直行・145分）と、高速船レインボージェット15:45発→西郷16:54着（直行・69分）の1日各1便。便数が1対1で並ぶため、**共通の基準（本数が同数なら所要の短いもの）により高速船・69分を採った**。**境港（境港市）発**：フェリー「しらしま」14:10発→西郷18:35着（来居・別府を経由、乗り換えなし、265分）の1日1便のみで、これを採った。境港発の高速船は運航していない (checked 2026-09-26). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Okinoshima Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

25.5km

Okinoshima Town isthis kind of town.

01Yaosugi, a giant cedar said to be over 2,000 years old, stands at the approach to Tamawakasu Shrine. A nun who never aged is said to have planted it, vowing to return in 800 years, which gave it its name. It was named a national Natural Monument in 1929.
02Next door, the Oki family residence has housed hereditary priests of Tamawakasu Shrine for generations (an Important Cultural Property since 1992). Its treasure hall holds an Ekirei bell (medieval) and an Oki storehouse seal (Nara period).
03Off Fuse, Candle Island looks like a giant lit candle when the sunset aligns with its tip. On the Nagu River, Dangyo Falls' spring water is one of Japan's Top 100 Waters; bullfighting and sumo competitors purify themselves with it the night before.

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Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

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