| 1．Ōzukumi-jima |
| Ōzukumi-jima (大築海島) is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. Ōzukumi-jima is mentioned in the Heian period Wamyō Ruijushō . Archaeologists have found shell middens and the remains mid-Yayoi period pit houses and ceramics on the islands, indicating that it was inhabited in antiquity, but the island is not known to have been inhabited in historic times. |
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| 2．Kami-shima |
| Kami-shima (神島) is an inhabited island at the mouth of Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered by the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. The name for Kami-shima has alternatively been written as Kameshima (亀島) or Kajima (歌島). The current name Kami-shima, or “God island,” refers to a Shinto shrine on the island called Yatsushiro shrine. Archaeologists have found hundreds of ceremonial artifacts on the island, ranging from ancient mirrors to ceramics dating from the Kofun period through the Muromachi period. During the Edo period, the island was used as a prison by Toba Domain, with the sobriquet “Shima-Hachijo” in reference to the prison island of Hachijō-jima used by the Tokugawa shogunate. |
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| 3．Kozukumi Island |
| Kozukumi-jima (小築海島) is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. Kozukumi-jima is uninhabited. It has been regarded as a sacred island to the Shinto religion since ancient times, and commercial fishing in its adjacent waters is prohibited. Archaeologists have found the remains of stone sanctuaries, which has been designated as a Hachiman Shrine by local fishermen, who hold a ceremony on the island annually on July 11.[1] Other than this occasion, landing on the island is forbidden. |
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| 4．Sakatejima |
| Sakatejima (坂手島) also known as Sakate Sima, Sakate-jima, or Sakate-shima,[1] is an island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the smallest of the four inhabited islands of Toba, and is the closest of the four islands to the mainland. Landmarks in the area include Toba-kō and Nakanogō-eki. Time zone is Asia/Tokyo.[2] |
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| 5．Tōshijima |
| Tōshijima (答志島) is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the largest of the outlying islands of Toba. The name of Tōshijima appears in early documents, such as the Man'yōshū and Wamyō Ruijushō, and was a base for pirates led by Kuki Yoshitaka in the Sengoku period. |
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| 6．Mikimoto Pearl Island |
| Mikimoto Pearl Island (ミキモト真珠島, Mikimoto-Shinju-Jima) is a small island in Ise Bay, offshore Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The island is known as the birthplace of cultured pearl aquaculture. The island is owned by Mikimoto Pearl Museum Co., Ltd. (株式会社ミキモト真珠島, Kabushiki-Gaisha-Mikimoto-Shinju-Jima), which operates the island as a tourist attraction, exhibiting pearls and pearl craft goods, and holding shows featuring ama divers. |
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| 7．Kashiko Island |
| Kashiko Island (賢島, Kashiko-jima) is an island in Ago Bay. It is in the city of Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The island was uninhabited until the 1920s when a railway built by Shima Electric Railway (now known as the Shima Line) was constructed to serve as the endpoint of the line. This railway sparked the creation of a tourism industry that still thrives. Kintetsu runs limited express trains from Osaka and Nagoya directly to this island and has many business enterprises there. |
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| 8．Sugashima |
| Sugashima (菅島) is an inhabited island located in Ise Bay off the east coast of central Honshu, Japan. It is administered as part of the city of Toba in Mie Prefecture. It is the second largest of the outlying islands of Toba. Historically, it was noted for its Ama divers. Remains of human settlement from the Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods have been found on Sugashima, and the name "Sugashima" appears in early documents, such as the Man'yōshū and Wamyō Ruijushō, and was mentioned in Kamakura period poetry by Saigyō Hōshi and Emperor Juntoku. The area prospered as a fishing village, and transshipment point for the Toba Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate in the Edo period. Following the Meiji restoration, Sugashima Lighthouse was built on the island in 1873, with its inauguration attended by Saigō Takamori and other leaders of the Meiji government. In 1919, the Sugashima Marine Biological Laboratory of Nagoya University was established on the island. |
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