{"id":135621,"date":"2020-10-27T07:38:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=itoshimanow&p=135621&lang=en"},"modified":"2020-10-27T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:38:40","slug":"himeshima-princess-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/himeshima-princess-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Himeshima – Princess Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mention Itoshima and people unfamiliar with the area might assume you\u2019re referring to an island called \u201cIto.\u201d While that\u2019s not the case, there are some islands within Itoshima and Himeshima (Princess Island) is the biggest. Currently just 175 people live there and most earn a living from fishing. The island measures 3.8 kilometers in circumference and there\u2019s a paved path around about two-thirds of it. You can continue to walk along the rocky shoreline but be careful of the tide! What\u2019s there to do and see? If you\u2019re an angler, then fish! There is at least one minshuku (inn) offering overnight accommodation, but otherwise Himeshima is just a nice place to putter around and enjoy the view of Itoshima from afar. Another attraction is the cabin in which the poet Botoni Nomura was exiled to in the late Edo period. She was exiled there for her political activity, but was rescued within a year by supporters. The other attraction on the island is the cats! The island is filled with friendly furry felines, and it\u2019s just a matter of time until cat-loving tourists discover them. Photographing the cats is fine, but please do not feed them! Himeshima is just a 16-minute ride on a comfortable boat from Kishi Port. Stand outside on the boat\u2019s stern and catch some sea spray and magnificent views!<\/p>\n

\u2022 Boat service between Kishi Port<\/a> and Himeshima Port<\/a>. Four voyages\/day.
\n\u2022 Adult: \u00a5470 Child: \u00a5240
\n\u2022 Kishi Port is 20 min. away from JR Chikuzen-Maebaru Station by Showa Bus<\/p>\n

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Mention Itoshima and people unfamiliar with the area might assume you\u2019re referring to an island called \u201cIto.\u201d While that\u2019s not the case, there are some islands within Itoshima and Himeshima (Princess Island) is the biggest…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":135622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=itoshimanow&p=135621&lang=en","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5233,4912],"tags":[5184,5183,5193,5185],"class_list":["post-135621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itoshimanow","category-places","tag-itoshima","tag-itoshimanow","tag-itoshimatrip","tag-5185","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/himeshima-fukuoka-now.com_.jpg?fit=1400%2C1050&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}