Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
This aerial view of Ōjima shows that it is quite circlular in shape and rather heavily populated.
The island is a well-formed oval, 410 feet (125 meters) long from north to south and about
200 feet (60 meters) wide from east to west. Immediately after entering the gate, Adji's cause-
way, which is its driveway, splits into two, right and left, and becomes a ring road encircling
the island. A branch of the ring road veers up the little hill towards the center of the island
and the residence. The island is private and not open to the public. What little can be seen
from the shore or from the sea reveals a quite substantial home and several other buildings.
It may be a family compound. There is also a dock on the ocean side. If you like islands, or
you like privacy, this may well be your kind of place. I know that it's my kind of place. Now,
if only that lottery ticket I bought would pay off!
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ŌJIMA
奥武島
From the causeway at Ādjijima, then back to the coast road (Route 331), it's 4 miles (6 kilo-
meters) west and just a little south to the next island, Ōjima (
奥武島
; Ō-jima). If you're com-
ing directly from the port at Azama, it's the same road southwest about 7 miles (12 kilomet-
ers) along the Chinen Peninsula's eastern shore. Here, we'll visit the final, most southern east
coast Okinawa islet, Ōjima. There's a short bridge, maybe 260 feet (80 meters) long, connect-
ing it to the mainland. It's a tiny island, quite circular in shape, and around 985 feet (300
meters) in diameter. That converts to less than 0.027 of a square mile (1/10th of a square kilo-
meter). The islet has a good-sized harbor, a large baseball sports field, a couple of hundred
homes and one apartment building. There is a ring road surrounding the island, a decent
beach and one very good
soba
restaurant just on the left as you come over the bridge.
