Matsushima
Matsushima is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands covered in pines – hence the name – and it is considered to be one of the Three Views of Japan.Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ivan Mlinaric, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Matsushima Gunto”, “Matsushima Islands”, “Matsushima-guntō”, and “Matsushima-shotō”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fukuura Island and Godaidō Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matsushima and Matsushima.
Matsushima
Matsushima is a small town in Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. The town faces Matsushima Bay, famous for some 260 tiny islands covered in pines — hence the name — and ranked as one of Japan's Three Great Views.
Shiogama Fishing Port
Locality
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shiogama Fishing Port is a locality, which is situated 4 km southwest of Matsushima.
Matsushima
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Miyagi, Tohoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Matsushima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Matsushima” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Matsuşima adaları”
- Azerbaijani: “Matsuşima”
- Basque: “Matsushima”
- Belarusian: “Астравы Мацусіма”
- Belarusian: “Мацусіма”
- Catalan: “Matsushima”
- Cebuano: “Matsushima Guntō”
- Chinese: “松岛”
- Chinese: “松島”
- Czech: “Macušima”
- Dutch: “Matsushima”
- French: “îles de pins”
- French: “Matsu-shima”
- French: “Matsushima”
- Hebrew: “מאטסושימה”
- Hebrew: “מצושימה”
- Hungarian: “Macusima”
- Indonesian: “Matsushima”
- Japanese: “まつしまぐんとう”
- Japanese: “マツシマグントウ”
- Japanese: “奥松島”
- Japanese: “松島”
- Japanese: “松島群島”
- Korean: “마쓰시마 만”
- Korean: “마쓰시마섬”
- Lithuanian: “Macušima”
- Polish: “Matsushima”
- Portuguese: “Matsushima”
- Russian: “Мацусима”
- Slovak: “Macušima”
- Slovenian: “Macušima”
- Slovenian: “Matsushima”
- Spanish: “Matsushima”
- Sundanese: “Matsushima”
- Turkish: “Matsushima”
- Ukrainian: “Мацусіма”
- Ukrainian: “Мацушіма”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bishamon Jima and Tokuura-jima.
Miyagi: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Sendai, Ishinomaki, Kesennuma, and Matsushima.
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