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The 2011 disaster destroyed Kameyama’s old lift, leaving the summit without that ride for 15 years. On July 19, 2026, a new monorail and 360° terrace opened at the top.
On March 12, 2011, tsunami-driven burning wreckage and boats reached Oshima and ignited Kameyama’s forest. The fire burned about 117 hectares before it was extinguished on March 17.
In early summer, cold seawater helps turn warm, moist air into sea fog. When the cool yamase wind pushes it over Kameyama, the 235-m summit can rise above a cloudlike white sea.
From Kameyama, the open Pacific and the calmer strait, dotted with oyster rafts, appear together in the 360° panorama—a striking view of the different sides of Oshima’s ria coastline.
After dark, fishing lights sparkle across the water below Kameyama while stars spread overhead. The island’s 235-m summit makes this a memorable sea-to-sky view.
Kameyama’s spring display includes around 1,000 cherry trees on its western slope—and about 10 Gyoiko, a rare variety whose blossoms are pale green rather than the familiar pink.
At mid-slope Oshima Shrine, a huge natural rock is revered as a sacred object. Island legend says a tanishi snail climbed it in rice-planting season and glowed blue each night.
Oshima-born poet Fuji Mizukami praised his home as a “green pearl” and wished it would remain one forever. From Kameyama, you can look out over the island he celebrated.
