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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