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  • only in Japan.

  • Welcome to the Pacific Ocean.

  • This is Togusa Juana called the Boning Islands.

  • This island, in particular, is teaching Jima and all around me, surrounded around this boat is the Pacific Ocean.

  • The sea way have so much beautiful marine life underneath the ocean.

  • Here.

  • This is called the Galapagos of the East for reason.

  • There's so many unique species just indigenous to this area.

  • I'm really excited to see what's underneath the sea here.

  • I've never done an episode like this, so I'm pretty excited to stuff.

  • Let's go diving.

  • Ogasawara is a scuba diving jewell in the Pacific.

  • It's a 24 hour ferry ride 1000 kilometers from central Tokyo.

  • Fairy is the only way to get there.

  • No flights, so you have to be committed to staying for a week.

  • It makes all trips to Ogasawara very special.

  • There are dozens of dive sites around Chichi Jima, the main island.

  • Almost all dives depart from yoga, so in a village, the main town, the island histories international tied with wailing.

  • But since it was returned to Japan in 1968 it's become a sanctuary for wildlife, and it shows with the incredible diving under the Pacific.

  • I left with dive company Fish Eye in the morning.

  • They have a pension available for stay and die packages.

  • Prices air typically high in Japan operators often overly conservative in practice.

  • But all have a passion for exploring the seas below, and that makes it easy to connect with them.

  • They're 78 known dive sites on the map here.

  • Summer World War two.

  • Wrecks like a first dive in for Tommy Bank, Our dive master gives us an overview of our first time.

  • The dive site floor depth is 33 meters, or 108 feet.

  • It's a Japanese submarine chaser.

  • Number.

  • 50 cent was built by Hitachi Zosen in November 1943 sunk by Allied forces less than a year later, in July 20th 1944.

  • The number 50 sub chaser has been residing on the bottom of Tommy Bay ever since.

  • Safety check mask regulator.

  • Let's dive.

  • Descend slowly and equalize the pressure by swallowing or pinching your nose.

  • Visibility is good, but it gets a little tougher to senior the bottom where the wreck rests.

  • An old World War two helmet.

  • The ship has been taken over by the sea.

  • I believe this metal object usedto lower rescue boats into the sea.

  • The ship funnel is now home to a lot of marine life.

  • The bomb seriously destroyed the deck penetration.

  • Diving is impossible here.

  • It's mostly twisted metal and thrown cables.

  • Now at peace.

  • Theo, 76.2 millimeter gun is the most notable feature standing tall like it did.

  • One was built more than 75 years ago.

  • Wreck diving is one of the most fascinating reasons to explore under the seas.

  • Beyond the funnel, I could see something rather large circling towards the bow.

  • It looked three meters long, almost 10 feet.

  • It's a sand tiger shark shit'll wanting in Japanese.

  • Now they say they're harmless to divers.

  • But I see a shark.

  • I try to get out of the way, but I've lost sight of that.

  • They could be anywhere down here 25 meters below the surface.

  • Do you see them?

  • They're nowhere near that side of the boat nor on deck.

  • Never panic when scuba diving.

  • Eventually they'll reappear.

  • Close call too close sand.

  • Tiger sharks are often here in late summer, you know, hanging around the rec yard seems like a place you'd find a shark.

  • They move slow in and out of the silk between the metal on the rack.

  • Maybe it's time to surface their shirts down there.

  • That is incredible.

  • We were down there for almost Savoy dye job.

  • I was a dangerous at all.

  • We saw they were not one, not two, but three sharks down there.

  • Very big ones.

  • And they're gonna be here for just a couple more weeks.

  • They're here and Monday Sign make.

  • We're gonna get, you know, uh, yeah, charge is gonna be here for just another couple weeks.

  • They're actually pregnant.

  • So they come here to give birth, which made me think that you might want to protect their baby.

  • So there was a little bit of freaking out down there because it's not every day that you get within.

  • I think it was like, 15 centimeters or, like six inches of it just came right by me.

  • I was somewhat nervous.

  • They had big teeth.

  • Did you see the big teeth?

  • But as I reflect back on my own life, there's still a lot that I want to do.

  • So maybe let's just not do that again.

  • But it was still pretty cool.

  • 10 minutes later, I was still pretty impressed.

  • That was just awesome.

  • I just awesome.

  • The beauty of this island is not just below the seat.

  • The deep blue color of the Pacific here is called bone in blue.

  • It's so clear in the shallow parts it's a blue that we see in our dreams with white, sandy beaches.

  • It's very easy to fall in love with the Ogasawara Islands.

  • Nature has expressed its love with the hard rock on the south side of Chica Jima.

  • Do you see it?

  • The captain was taking us around to an island sanctuary accessible on Lee with a licensed guide.

  • This'll Southern island is called Minami Jima.

  • It's where sea turtles go to lay their eggs and a wildlife preserve for birds.

  • That's been on my team.

  • I spoke too big to go in there.

  • We gotta start filling that.

  • Let's go in the way in is under the rock arch.

  • The water here is a warm 27 degrees Celsius.

  • 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

  • Uh huh.

  • Well, okay, so we snorkeled into here.

  • This is Minami Jima and its famous for that.

  • And it's also famous because this beach in front of me is where a lot of the turtles will lay their eggs and when they hatch, there'll be a lot of these little baby turtles making their way into the protected.

  • See through the tunnel over there, and it's just amazing sight to see.

  • We won't get to see that today, but with their guide, we can scout around the island for about 30 minutes.

  • Center of the island is sandy like a little desert perfect for laying eggs.

  • If I were a sea turtle way, didn't see one little guy make his way into the sea.

  • It's important not to disturb the wildlife in anyway, so we cheered him on.

  • It's not easy to swim through the waves to the open sea with those little arms, but with a lot of effort.

  • He made it and we saw him leave us heading north.

  • Happy travels, Little guy.

  • The captain knows a spot to see one of Odessa.

  • Wanda's friendliest visitors way traveled 30 minutes to the north.

  • Do you see their fins above the water?

  • One jump so high that I thought she was trying to fly Theo Dolphins here enjoy their stopover around the Ogasawara Islands playing in the delightful bone in blue waters.

  • A few came right up to us that seemed like an invitation to join them for the party down below.

  • I jumped in most ungraceful e.

  • The trio, not impressed, fled to other parts.

  • If you want to make friends with our seafaring mammal brother ins, making I content and swimming gracefully is recommended.

  • Just like that, they know you'll never be able to swim, is nice or is fast, but are happy to circle you a couple of times a little dance before heading off on their journey.

  • And we were off to daring necessary surface intervals while diving.

  • It's possible to find a cove, eat lunch, then snorkel.

  • The water's so clear it looks like an aquarium.

  • The safe, shallow waters here have a beautiful society of fish.

  • You don't mind swimming with human visitors.

  • Uh, uh.

  • The residents of Cici Jim are quite protective of nature and wildlife, and some have made close friendships with them, like the stingray that come to the docks in town.

  • At night, they will come up to be hand fed by friendly hands and faces who have welcomed them for years It's a funny sight to see one look you back in the eye.

  • Coming starting date.

  • I enjoyed coming here every night to see who came to visit us.

  • This is Sac Iota Beach, a few minutes by motorbike from town and in the center is wreck Henkel Modern, sunk by a torpedo during the Pacific War in 1944 it's rusted frame, slowly disintegrating into an outline on the shallow sea floor.

  • Huh?

  • Diving the Ogasawara is is a once in a lifetime experience for most formally known as the Boning Islands.

  • The animals and marine life are very friendly, not scared of humans like in the Galapagos, which is why this place is called the Galapagos of the East.

  • Underwater, you can see so many familiar faces from around the Pacific Rim as well as some unique breeds.

  • This moray eel is a giant.

  • Let's not disturb him or he'll just cruise away like that.

  • This small, white tipped reef shark is patrolling the neighborhood.

  • Ah, look at that beautiful sea turtle swimming majestically in the waters above.

  • The beauty of scuba diving is that you can feel like you're flying around just like the marine life most parts of the sea here have incredible visibility, even a deeper recreational diving deaths.

  • On one die, we encountered a school of manta rays on their way somewhere else.

  • Here's one.

  • We often see a sushi Margo, but this time he's the one looking for a meal.

  • Trumpet fish shadows, another fish looking for a good meal.

  • It's an odd couple way.

  • Have to remember that we're just visitors in the fish world down here.

  • Once we encountered a mature tiger shark, the non friendly kind.

  • It's rare to see such large ones in the area, and he took off when he saw the odd looking scuba divers good news for us.

  • Advanced divers here often explore the cames I do.

  • You can find a lot of unique marine life, like lobsters hanging out in the cracks.

  • These lobsters came out to welcome us or shoo us away.

  • It's a fun, peaceful world 25 meters under the sea.

  • Shall we call it a day?

  • Let's do a safety stop three minutes at five meters before ascending.

  • Yeah, Japan has some of the world's most amazing dive spots.

  • Ogasawara being my favorite.

  • Any time you see water, this beautiful you know there's going to be an adventure in the seas below.

  • To me, it's worth the 24 hour ferry ride and one week's day, if you ask me one week isn't enough.

  • If you'd like to know more about Ogasawara, front on land view, check out my Tokyo's Paradise Island far in the Pacific episode and see there.

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