Aoshima Island Surf Report & Forecast

Just to the south of Miyazaki City is a small green island attached to the mainland by a causeway. This is Aoshima-jima, where a traditional Shinto temple has stood for more than 1,000 years. There is nothing on the island except the temple and associated buildings, and it is a very pleasant and peaceful place, even for non-Japanese with no connections to the Shinto religion.

The island is a raised dome of the typical washboard sedimentary rock of this area, and on significant typhoon s... Read more