Nozaki Island
野崎島
A nearly uninhabited UNESCO World Heritage island featuring a historic brick church, ancient shrine, and hundreds of wild deer.
What it is
- A six kilometer long island in the northeastern Goto Islands of Nagasaki.
- Part of a UNESCO World Heritage site settled by Hidden Christians around 1800.
- An island that became uninhabited in the 1990s with only one resident in 2020.
- Home to the Okinokojima Shrine which was founded in the year 704.
What to see
- The historic Nokubi Church constructed of brick in 1908.
- Approximately 400 wild deer that live across the island landscape.
- A subsea pipeline used to supply irrigation water to nearby Ojika Island.
- The ancient grounds and structures of the Okinokojima Shrine.
Getting there
- A regular ferry connects Fuefuki Port to Nozaki Port.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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