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13362 ／としまむら

Toshima Village

A worshipped mountain, with a custom of entering in order.

Mt. Miyatsuka, 1st to 3rd Gods

01 ／ Camellia Terraces

So camellia seeds do not wash away in rain,the camellia woods are terraced.

The village says Toshima has little water and is poorly suited to rice, and that after much trial and error it arrived at growing camellias. The camellia woods are terraces made so the seeds are not washed away by rain; seed gathering continues until around the end of March.

About 200,000 trees, the village says
Camellia covers 80% of the island's area
Seed gathering until around end of March

02 ／ Bronze Mirrors of Doyama Shrine

Japanese mirrors from the Heian era to mid-Edoare a Tokyo-designated set at Doyama Shrine.

Tokyo's cultural property data say the mirrors of Doyama Shrine were made from the Heian period to the mid-Edo period and are a Tokyo-designated archaeological material. On the Izu Islands such mirrors have been found buried among piled stones or in shrine grounds, and some think these were sites of rites for safe voyages.

Tokyo-designated cultural property (archaeological material)
Made from the Heian to the mid-Edo period
Found buried on the Izu Islands

03 ／ One Village on the Island

On the northern slope of an island with little flat land,there is just one settlement.

The village says Toshima has almost no flat land; only the north side is a gentler slope, and the settlement is there. Every household lives in it, and the port, village office, agricultural cooperative, shops, guesthouses and eateries are all gathered there.

One settlement on the northern slope
Port, village office, shops and guesthouses in one place
Each house has a house name and mark

Toshima 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 2020)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

An island reached by an evening boat from Takeshiba, Tokyo.

about 1,000 people

Toshima has no railway; the gateway is Toshima Port. According to the Tokai Kisen timetable, the large passenger ship leaves Takeshiba in Tokyo at 22:00 and arrives at 7:40 the next morning. The island has no buses or taxis, and the village says a walk around the island of about 8 km takes two to two and a half hours.

People living here: 327people
Area: 4.04km²
Households: 193households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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.

Toshima Village in Japan34.529°N 139.282°E

to TokyoTokai Kisen580min

Travel times follow 東海汽船公式の時刻表ページ（https://www.tokaikisen.co.jp/timetable/ と期間別の 10-9～28・10-1～2027-1-31・2-1～5・2-6～3-22・3-23～4-4）を2026-10-22に読んだ。島しょの決め（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。竹芝は港区なので都市名は『東京』）。 (checked 2026-10-23). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Toshima Village

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

North to south

2.7km

Toshima Village isthis kind of town.

01On Mt. Miyatsuka, rising in the middle of the island, Tokyo's cultural property data say the object of worship is the mountain itself. Visitors first pay respects at the First God, Azusa Wake-no-Mikoto main shrine, then at the Second God, Oyama Koyama Shrine, and the Third God, Ori-Nobori Shrine, is visited in thanks after descending. All three precincts are Tokyo-designated historic sites
02At Azusa Wake-no-Mikoto Shrine the moment the New Year begins, the village writes, a bonfire is lit at a child's cry of "Jikkuwa!" and the Jikkuwa fire song is sung. The village introduces the temple on the east side of the settlement as a branch of Honkaku-ji in Shimoda, built in the Eisho era (1505)
03The village writes that Mt. Miyatsuka is conical and long served as a landmark for people at sea. The mountain has no deer, monkeys, boars or poisonous snakes such as mamushi; saku lilies bloom in the rainy season and streaked shearwaters live there. Each house has its own house name and mark, and calling people by them is still common

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Toshima Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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