Ogasawara Islands | Finally set foot on the Minami Islands, a treasure trove of untouched nature!

Since I came to the Ogasawara Islands, I wanted to go to Minamijima! So I went on a tour to Minamijima and go whale watching. Minamijima in the Ogasawara Islands is uninhabited, so it is rich in nature and has an untouched environment. There was a time when entry to the island was restricted for nature conservation and development, but it seems that this has been abolished from 2023. Previously, there was a limited time and the number of people who could land per day was also set, so the hurdle has been lowered a little. Minamijima is known especially as a habitat for marine life, birds, and plants, and endangered species can also be seen. Pre-permission is required to visit, and basically joining a tour is the mainstream. Because I was listening to the guide's explanations, I was able to find plants and creatures that I would have missed on my own. It's strange that snails are a bit creepy when you see them normally, but when you see them in Ogasawara, it's so moving! lol On the way back, we went whale watching. I thought it was just luck, but my desperate search was worth it and I was able to see a beautiful breaching from a very close distance! I'm so touched~♡ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📍Ogasawara Islands Minamijima ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #Domestic travel trip #Minamijima #Ogasawara Islands #Whale watching