Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Kita Daitōjima (
北大東島
; Kita Daitō-jima), or “North” Daitō Island, is shaped somewhat like
the lower portion of an oval that's been cut in half, that is, straight across at the top and 180
degrees round the bottom. It's a coral island, the smaller of the two inhabited Daitōs, about
3 miles (5 kilometers) from east to west at its northern end and around 1.75 miles (3 kilo-
meters) long from north to south. Its total area is approximately 4.6 square miles (12 square
kilometers) and its circumference is a little over 11 miles (18 kilometers). The island is mostly
flat. Its highest point is on the northwest side, only 243 feet (74 meters) and capped with an
automated lighthouse. Most of Kita is covered in sugar cane fields. There is a very small vil-
lage, which includes the island's only primary and middle school, in the central plain. The
sugar cane mill is there as well. The airport's runway parallels almost the full length of the
island's eastern side.
Aerial view of Kita Daitōjima from the south.
The Hamayū-so Ufu Agari Shima on Kita Daitō offers both Western- and Japanese-style rooms.
