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13381 ／みやけむら

Miyake Village

A crater pond supplied village water.

Tairoike, crater lake

Photo by LT sfm (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Oshaku Shrine Rites

At the annual October 10 festival,a revival of the dances has been attempted.

Oshaku Shrine Rites in Miyake Village — Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY 4.0)

According to the Miyake Branch Office of the Tokyo Board of Education, a grand festival is held every October 10 at Oshaku Shrine in Kamitsuki. Ritual dances and other performing arts have been on hold, with only the Ko-kagura offered. At the 2025 festival, part of the Kannabe dance, one of four central dances, was performed.

Grand festival every October 10
Tokyo Intangible Folk Cultural Property (Feb. 21, 1957)
Part of the Kannabe dance, one of four (2025)

02 ／ Izumisaki Lighthouse

A pure-white, square-pillar lighthousestands on a cape in the Izu district.

The Miyakejima Tourism Association introduces the lighthouse at Izumisaki as a rare pure-white, square-pillar lighthouse built in 1909. With no lights other than the lighthouse's own, the spot is also popular for stargazing.

Built in 1909 (per the tourism association)
Pure-white square pillar
No lights but the lighthouse

03 ／ Toga Shrine Mikoshi Procession

The mikoshi is handed over among 5 districts,circling the whole island in 6 days.

The village website says that at the Toga Shrine festival, held every two years, the mikoshi sets out from Ako and is handed over in formal ceremonies among five districts, including Igaya, Izu, Kamitsuki and Tsubota. Staying one night at each district's shrine, it circles the whole island in six days.

Every two years
Handed over among 5 districts
6 days around the island
Tokyo Intangible Folk Cultural Property (Mar. 21, 2012)

Miyake 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 April 2026)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

Reached overnight by ship from Takeshiba, Tokyo.

about 2,000 people

The village website says Tokai Kisen's large passenger ships leave Takeshiba Passenger Terminal in Tokyo at 22:30 and reach Miyakejima at 5:00 the next morning, about six and a half hours. On the island, public transport is the village bus, and the village office's temporary building is in Ako.

People living here: 2,273people
Area: 55.26km²
Households: 1,377households
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.

Miyake Village in Japan34.080°N 139.559°E

to TokyoTokai Kisen390min

Travel times follow 東海汽船公式の時刻表（https://www.tokaikisen.co.jp/boarding/timetable/ ・2026-10-22 に読んだ。乗船日ごとの5ページ）。10/29〜2027/4/4 の4期間（10/29〜2027/1/31・2/1〜5・2/6〜3/22・3/23〜4/4）すべてで、東京〜三宅島・御蔵島・八丈島航路の大型客船（便コード3400）は『運航日：毎日』、竹芝（東京）22:30発→三宅島翌5:00着（390分）。上りの便コード2400は『毎日』、三宅島13:45発→東京19:50着（365分）。客船配船予定表（2026-10-02 更新・2026/9〜2027/4）の八丈島航路の列は、9月〜2027年3月の行に『運休日』が1つも無い（大島航路には運休日がある） (checked 2026-10-22). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Miyake Village

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

North to south

9.0km

Miyake Village isthis kind of town.

01Tairoike is a crater lake in Tsubota. The tourism association says its shores and slopes are covered in primeval forest of shii trees and more, and it is known as a paradise for small birds. The Akakokko-kan nature center stands at the entrance
02The rites of Oshaku Shrine were designated a Tokyo Intangible Folk Cultural Property on February 21, 1957, and the mikoshi procession of Toga Shrine on March 21, 2012
03With Mount Oyama at its center, Miyakejima is a volcanic island. The village says many wild birds live there, and it is also called a bird island. The tourism association recommends Izumisaki for sunsets, starry skies and birds

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Miyake Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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