Hotojima

What it is

• A small island in the Bungo Channel serving as a base for deep-sea tuna fishing.
• A designated historic cultural asset of fishing located within Nippo Kaigan Quasi-National Park.
• A compact settlement with a circumference of only four kilometers and steep terrain.

What to see

• Three-story concrete buildings standing closely together on the steep coastal slopes.
• Mount Tomi which reaches one hundred and seventy-nine meters above sea level.
• Oita Prefectural Road 612 which narrows to a minimum width of only 1.2 meters.

Getting there

• Regular boats depart from Tsukumi Port for the twenty-five minute journey to the island.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.