Tokara Islands

The Tokara Islands (吐噶喇群島 or トカラ群島, Tokara guntō, or 吐噶喇列島, Tokara rettō) is a group of islands in part of the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Archipelago. The whole island group belongs to Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Main islands

The crater on the highest peak (Otake) in Nakanoshima. The stripe of the right of this photograph is ruin of the sulfur mining facilities.

• Kuchinoshima
• Nakanoshima
• Gajajima （unpopulated）
• Kogajajima （unpopulated）
• Tairajima
• Suwanosejima
• Akusekijima
• Kojima （unpopulated）
• Kodakarajima
• Takarajima
• Kaminonejima （unpopulated）
• Yokoatejima （unpopulated）

The Tokara Islands were traditionally known as the Seven (七島, Shichitō).

See also

• Tokara Pony
• Wadaiko Tokara taiko drum performance troupe in Japan

External links

• Tokara Islands travel guide from Wikitravel