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is a volcanic island in the 
冠島・沓島（かんむりじま・くつじま）京都府舞鶴市
/ref> and was the famous hermits prayer location during the late 19th century.
Sea of Japan
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, 2.5 km from the coast of the Kyoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...
in Japan
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. Kutsujima Island is administered as part of Maizuru
is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 78,644 in 34,817 households and a population density of 230 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Maizuru is located in northern Kyoto Prefectu ...
city. The island consist of two islets - the smaller northern (where highest elevation rocks are located) is or and larger southern is or Kutsujima has been recognised as an Important Bird Area
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IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
(IBA) by BirdLife International
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because it supports populations of black-tailed gull
The black-tailed gull (''Larus crassirostris'') is a gull native to shorelines of East Asia.
Description
The black-tailed gull is medium-sized (46 cm) (19 Inches), with a wingspan of 126–128 cm (49.6 - 50.3 Inches). It has yellow leg ...
s, Japanese murrelet
The Japanese murrelet or crested murrelet (''Synthliboramphus wumizusume'') is a small seabird in the auk family that occurs along the remote rocky coasts and in the offshore waters of Japan, and may also be found after the breeding season as far ...
s and Swinhoe's storm petrels. Currently, the islets are designated as the Kanmurijima-Kutsujima Wildlife Protection Area, and any landing is prohibited.
History
According to inscriptions on Tango no kuni fudoki, theKanmurijima
is an island in the Sea of Japan administered under Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture. It is about 2 km from Kutsujima, a similar smaller island. is located just midway between islands. A breeding ground for streaked shearwaters, the island wa ...
and Kutsujima are the remains of the much larger island which submerged following an earthquake in 701 A.D. The topography
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Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sci ...
of seafloor seems to support the claim, as the steep 60-meter cliff is located underwater off eastern coast of Kanmurijima
is an island in the Sea of Japan administered under Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture. It is about 2 km from Kutsujima, a similar smaller island. is located just midway between islands. A breeding ground for streaked shearwaters, the island wa ...
and Kutsujuma, indicating a recent crustal fault. The northern islet is inaccessible without rock-climbing equipment,/ref> and was the famous hermits prayer location during the late 19th century.
Sacred site
In theOomoto
file:Chouseiden.jpg, 200px, ''Chōseiden'' (長生殿) in Ayabe, Kyoto, Ayabe
, also known as , is a religion founded in the 1890s by Nao Deguchi, Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and Onisaburo Deguchi, Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948). Oomoto is typ ...
religion, Kutsujima is considered sacred to the ''kami
are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...
'' Ushitora no Konjin (艮の金神).
See also
* This article incorporates material from Japanese Wikipedia page 沓島, accessed 5 January 2017 *Kanmurijima
is an island in the Sea of Japan administered under Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture. It is about 2 km from Kutsujima, a similar smaller island. is located just midway between islands. A breeding ground for streaked shearwaters, the island wa ...
* Desert island
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* List of islands
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References
Islands of Kyoto Prefecture Islands of the Sea of Japan Uninhabited islands of Japan Important Bird Areas of Japan Seabird colonies Sacred islands Oomoto {{Kyoto-geo-stub