Oshima

What it is

• An uninhabited island located 10.5 kilometers off the coast of Hagi City.
• A volcanic plateau made of andesite lava forming a rare flat-topped terrain.
• Part of the Rokushima archipelago formerly home to tobacco farmers and fishermen.
• A site where all residents relocated to the mainland in October 1973.

What to see

• The rare flat-topped andesite plateau landscape unique to this volcanic island.
• The site of a former branch school that closed in March 1965.
• Former agricultural land once used by residents to cultivate leaf tobacco.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.