Ogasawara: An amazing island getaway…without leaving Tokyo

One thousand kilometers south of Tokyo Bay are about 30 small rocky islands, the product of undersea volcano eruptions and geologic upthrust as the Pacific Plate is subducted under the Philippine Sea Plate. These are the Ogasawara Islands and they are technically part of the Tokyo metropolitan district. The islands…

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