Dogo, Shimane
Encyclopedia
Dōgo is the largest of the Oki Islands
in the Sea of Japan
, north of the Shimane peninsula
(Shimane prefecture
). The largest city is Okinoshima
.
offers two flights per day from Itami Airport, located in Osaka
.
Okinoshima Ferry website http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~okikisen/line2.htm *Japanese reading ability required
Oki Islands
are a group of islands in the southwestern part of the Sea of Japan and belong to Japan.-Geography:The Oki Islands are situated between 40 to 80 kilometers north of the coast of Honshū.The islands are of volcanic origin and have a total area of 346,1 km2...
in the Sea of Japan
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific...
, north of the Shimane peninsula
Peninsula
A peninsula is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland. In many Germanic and Celtic languages and also in Baltic, Slavic and Hungarian, peninsulas are called "half-islands"....
(Shimane prefecture
Shimane Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Matsue. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, after its eastern neighbor Tottori. The prefecture has an area elongated from east to west facing the Chūgoku Mountain Range on the south side and to...
). The largest city is Okinoshima
Okinoshima
Okinoshima may refer to:* Okinoshima, Shimane, a town on the Dogo Island.* Okinoshima, Munakata, an Island part of the Munakata city.* A subsequent name of the Russian Baltic Fleet coastal battleship General Admiral Graf Apraksin surrendered to Imperial Japanese Navy after the Battle of Tsushima*...
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By airplane
Japan AirlinesJapan Airlines
is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport , as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport...
offers two flights per day from Itami Airport, located in Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
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External links
JAL website http://www.jal.co.jp/en/Okinoshima Ferry website http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~okikisen/line2.htm *Japanese reading ability required