Useful Links and Information of Ogasawara Islands / Bonin Islands
About Ogasawara Islands / Bonin Islands
Summary of Ogasawara Islands
The creature of the Ogasawara Islands accomplishes original evolution. Because Ogasawara Islands were separated from it since the formation all the time from the continent.
- The Ogasawara Islands located some 1,000 km directly south of Tokyo, Japan.
- About 30 islands
- The only inhabited islands of the Ogasawara Islands(小笠原諸島) are Chichi-jima(父島) and Haha-jima (母島).
- Annual average temperature : 23 degrees
- Subtropical climate
- National park
- Giant squid – roughly 25 feet (8 meters)
Map ⇒ Map of Ogasawara Islands
Map of Chichijima Island Streetview
Access to Ogasawara Islands ※No Airway
- Liner Ogasawara kaiun [Tokyo ⇔ Ogasawara Islands]
- Cruise (Irregular service)
※Please refer to a travel agency for the details.- Pacific Venus (Japanese)
- Nippon maru (Japanese)
- Asuka (Japanese)
- Ishikari – Kiso – Kitakami
Travel ⇒ Ogasawara islands travel
Activities
- Whale watching
- Dolphin Swimming
- Scuba diving
- Sport Fishing
- Trekking
- Sea Kayaking
- Outrigger Canoeing
- Surfing
Guide
- Grace Ocean Tour (グレース・オーシャンツアー)[translation]
hotel
Hotels ⇒ Hotels in Ogasawara Islands
Special product (Food)
- Passion Fruit(パッションフルーツ) – Passiflora edulis
- Rum(ラム酒)
- Sushi(島寿司) – Shimazushi is sushi dipped in soy sauce.
- Honey(島ハチミツ)
- Salt(塩)
- Turtle(亀)
Useful Links
- Ogasawara Village Tourist Association http://www.ogasawaramura.com/en/
- Ogasawara Village Tourism Bureau http://www.visitogasawara.com/
- Ogasawara Islands – UNESCO World Heritage Centre http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5095/
- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogasawara_Islands
- Wikitravel http://wikitravel.org/en/Ogasawara_Islands
- World Heritage Ogasawara Islands – World Heritage sites