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Our guide
Kii Ōshima is an inhabited island off the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula, part of the town of Kushimoto, Wakayama. It is about 8 km long from east to west and 2.5 km from north to south, with around 2,000 people.
Kushimoto Turkish Memorial and Museum is about 2.8 km from the point we map. We have not checked how to get to the island or a public-transport route.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Kii oshima zenkei — Opqr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakayama-kushimoto ohashi-xl — reo_nishi_1224 · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Umikongo Feb2010 — 玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Turkish Memorial and Museum Kushimoto Wakayama pref Japan02-b — Original uploader was Los688 at ja.wikipedia (Edited by 663highland ) · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Kushimoto-toruko-ireihi — Si-take. · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Flowers Blossom beside Walkway in Kii Oshima 20100214 — 玄史生 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kushimoto Oshima Post office-01 — Gohachiyasu1214 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Oshima Ryokan-01 — Gohachiyasu1214 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Oshima, Kushimoto Volunteer fire department-01 — Gohachiyasu1214 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kii Ōshima (紀伊大島) is an inhabited island lying off the southern tip of the Kii Peninsula and the southernmost point of Honshū, Japan. It has an estimated population of around 2000, and is administratively part of the town of Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture. The island is approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) in length from east-to-west by 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-to-south.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Island
Getting there
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