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Our guide
The Kujūku Islands are scattered along the west coast of the Kitamatsuura Peninsula in Nagasaki. The name means “ninety-nine islands”, but the official count is 208. They dot about 25 km of saw-toothed coast between the cities of Sasebo and Hirado, which share them, and the whole area is part of Saikai National Park.
Our source mentions ferries from Ainoura harbour in the north of Sasebo to the two largest islands, Kuro-shima and Taka-shima, but we have not checked them, so look for local information before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- Kujukushima Islands November 2011 01 — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kujukushima Islands November 2011 02 — STA3816 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Sasebo Kujukushima Islands 2010-08 — At by At · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 kujyukushima Nagasaki - panoramio — full moon69 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 Kujukushima Islands - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 Kujukushima (Ninety-nine Islands) - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 Ninety-nine Islands - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 Kujukushima Islands - panoramio (1) — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 九十九島 Kujiku Islands - panoramio — lienyuan lee · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kujūku Islands (九十九島, Kujūku-shima) is a group of islands ranging in the west coast of Kitamatsuura Peninsula, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. The name Kujūku-shima translates to "ninety-nine islands", though the total number of the islands is formally considered to be two hundred and eight. The whole area is designated as part of Saikai National Park. The islands are shared between the city of Sasebo and the city of Hirado, as they dot the 25 kilometres (16 mi) long saw-toothed coastline stretching between the two cities. The two biggest islands, Kuro-shima and Taka-shima, are easily accessible by ferry from the harbour of Ainoura in the north of Sasebo three times a day.
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