Maeshima

What it is

• A small island covering less than half a square kilometer south of Naru Island
• Home to a small community of thirty-one residents living in fifteen households
• A testing site for new unmanned logistics infrastructure technology

What to see

• A gravel bar ten meters wide connecting the island to Suetsu Island
• The four hundred meter long sandbar appearing above the water during low tide

When to go

• Visit during low tide to see and walk across the connecting sandbar

Getting there

• Take the municipal ferry from Naru Island to reach the island

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.