After checking into our hotel, we headed straight to a handmade ice cream shop near Motomachi Harbor.
This shop is quite famous in Oshima. The shop owner uses only natural ingredients to make ice cream by hand for his many customers.

We went there late in the day, and all the ice cream we wanted was gone....
At least we were able to taste milk ice cream made with fresh Oshima milk.
Here, I chatted for about an hour with a person who traveled alone from Tokyo and liked the island.
Talking with strangers is sometimes the best part of traveling.

One of the joys of island traveling is probably the seafood-filled ryokan meals that you can enjoy at a reasonable price.
In Oshima we stayed at the Hotel Shiraiwa, where we were served a variety of seafood, as well as a specialty of the area, camellia oil.
As a fan of deep-fried crabs, this was one of the best dinners I'd ever had.

Ending the day with a soak in an onsen
Once in the evening and once in the morning, the onsen seems to be the crown jewel of traveling in Japan.

Since it's an island, bus fares are quite expensive.
So if you plan to use the bus more than three times, it's highly recommended to purchase a one-day bus ticket.
You can purchase the bus ticket directly from the bus driver.

Located in the center of Oshima Island, Mount Mihara is a volcanic mountain famous for its trekking course that surrounds the crater at the summit.
When I went up in the morning, it was cloudy, so I could only go halfway. Being located at a high altitude, it's extremely sensitive to changes in weather,
with conditions quickly alternating between good and bad.
Unfortunately, due to heavy fog, I couldn't make it all the way to the top.

After the hike, I had lunch at a restaurant located at the entrance of Mount Mihara
where I tried one of Oshima's specialties, a Tempura bowl made with Angelica keiskei of Ashitaba."

On the opposite side of Oshima is the Izu Peninsula, so I wasn't sure if I would be able to see Mount Fuji, but surprisingly, Mount Fuji is very clearly visible.

The place I visited by bus is Oshima Park. Oshima Park is divided into three main sections: a botanical garden, a zoo, and a camellia museum.
A botanical garden where you can encounter various camellias in their natural state on a vast expanse of land.

I was able to enjoy both the zoo, funded by the profits of Japan's lottery business, and the camellia museum, where various camellia flowers are showcased,
all in one non-stop visit.

Like Doshima, Oshima is also famous for camellias, and you can find camellia creams, camellia oil, camellia shampoos, etc. being sold everywhere.
Camellia oil is already famous in Japan, but I just learned for the first time that it's made here.

And chili, salt, milk, etc. are specialties, so various related products are made, which was fun to explore.

There are flights available from Tokyo to Oshima in addition to the jetfoil.
I was very curious about what the small village's airport would look like and what the airplane from there would be like

Taking the jetfoil would take 1 hour and 45 minutes, but by plane, it's just a quick 20-minute trip to Tokyo!
The smallest airplane I've ever got on, this trip was the most unique experience.