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13364 ／こうづしまむら

Kozushima Village

Wet sand on a stone, said to be left at a torii.

Awanomikoto Shrine, Nagahama

Photo by Saigen Jiro (CC0)

01 ／ Bonito-fishing ritual

Three bamboo boats circle a shrine,its grounds a fishing ground.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs explains this as a rite offered at the grand festival of Monoiminanomikoto Shrine. Young men treat the grounds as a fishing ground and act out bonito pole fishing. Three bamboo boats, about 4 m long, are made.

Three boats
Green bamboo, about 4 m long
National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property (designated 1999)

02 ／ Kozu Hyaku Kannon

Islanders copied the 33 Saigoku Kannononto a sanctuary against a cliff.

Cultural Heritage Online says the Kannon sanctuary was built by islanders as a copy of the Saigoku 33 Kannon pilgrimage, with a hall set against a cliff. The tourist association introduces 100 stone pagodas at the Anya, Chichibu and Kannon halls.

5 village-designated sanctuaries (Anya, Chichibu, Takanesan, Tsuzuki, Kannon)
100 stone pagodas (tourist association)
Kannon sanctuary copies the Saigoku 33

03 ／ Kozushima obsidian

Obsidian from Kozushima turned upin a site over 100 km away.

Numazu City says that obsidian at the Idemaruyama site, where tools came from a layer about 37,000 years old, included Kozushima stone. Researchers write that a band of obsidian runs through the sea cliff at Sanukazaki on the east coast.

Layer about 37,000 years old (Numazu City)
Over 100 km from the site
Village museum calls it an obsidian source

Kozushima Village from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot January 2013)Shot 1974–78

Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

The island is reached by ship from Takeshiba in Tokyo and elsewhere.

about 2,000 people

The village website lists sea routes to Kozushima from Takeshiba in Tokyo, Atami and Shimoda. It is one village with one settlement: about 2,000 people and 850 households live on about 4 km2, and the main industries are fishing, farming and tourism.

People living here: 1,855people
Area: 18.58km²
Households: 808households
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.

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Where you can go from here.

Kozushima Village in Japan34.206°N 139.135°E

to TokyoTokai Kisen720min

Travel times follow 東海汽船公式『時刻表』（https://www.tokaikisen.co.jp/boarding/timetable/）の『10/29～2027/1/31』のページ（HTML の表）を 2026-10-22 に読んだ。 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Kozushima Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.

North to south

33.6km

Kozushima Village isthis kind of town.

01Awanomikoto Shrine stands at Nagahama and is a Tokyo-designated historic site. The tourist association says that at its April 15 festival, wet sand is set on a flat stone from Nagahama beach and left under the torii
02The village says the island's name comes from "Kamitsushima", where the god Kotoshironushi gathered the gods to plan the Izu islands. It also tells a "water-sharing legend" of a meeting on Mt. Tenjo
03One village, one settlement: about 2,000 people and 850 households on about 4 km2. Fishing has long been strong, with splendid alfonsino and spiny lobster caught by season

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Kozushima Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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