{"id":989,"date":"2013-10-30T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=989"},"modified":"2020-08-29T06:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T06:32:15","slug":"chichijima-island-ogasawara-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/destinations\/chichijima-island-ogasawara-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Chichijima Island of the Ogasawara Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Have time? Like to take a voyage? The islands of <em>Ogasawara<\/em> (also known as the Bonin Islands) are accessible only by ferry &#8211; and it takes\u00a024 hours!!! Listed as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site in 2011, the Ogasawara archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands is located about 1000 km directly south of Tokyo, and are in fact a part of Tokyo prefecture.\u00a0Most famous for the WWII battles at<em> Iwo-jima<\/em>, the Ogasawara islands have just two inhabited islands &#8211; <em>Chichi-jima<\/em> (\u201cfather island\u201d) and neighboring <em>Haha-jima<\/em> (\u201cmother island\u201d). <em>Haha-jima<\/em>\u00a0is a further\u00a02 hours by ferry.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Until 1830, the Ogasawara Islands were uninhabited and called \u201cMuninjima\u201d (meaning \u201cuninhabited island\u201d) which transformed into the English name of Bonin Islands. Due to the remote location of these islands, the ecosystem is very unique, and since they had been free from human activities until recently, the ecosystem has been well preserved. The Ogasawara Islands are often referred to as the Galapagos of the Orient.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">These islands are great for people who want to explore a truly unique wilderness. For a truly off-the-beaten-path experience, these remote islands are hard to beat if you love hiking, snorkeling, swimming with dolphins, whale watching, scuba diving and fishing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">[put_wpgm id=12]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":993,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[],"class_list":["post-989","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ippei-janine.com\/travel-japan-islands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}