{"id":660713,"date":"2025-06-07T12:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/660713\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T12:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T12:52:10","slug":"gas-mask-island-japans-fuming-miyake-jima-%f0%9f%98%b7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/660713\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas-Mask Island \u2013 Japan\u2019s Fuming Miyake-jima \ud83d\ude37"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Gas-Mask Island \u2013 Japan\u2019s Fuming Miyake-jima \ud83d\ude37\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJT4ZUNtJxc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nGas-Mask Island \u2013 Japan\u2019s Fuming Miyake-jima \ud83d\ude37<br \/>\n<br \/>\ndid you know there&#8217;s an island where residents keep gas masks hanging by the door because a volcano leaks toxic fumes 24\/7 south of Tokyo Miyakima sits on an active magma chamber that burped out 17,000 tons of sulfur dioxide a day after its 2000 eruption an air raid siren still howls when gas spikes locals slip on masks before grabbing groceries and visitors must sign a waiver on the ferry yet black sand beaches circle cobalt water dolphins cruise the caldera coast and at night the Milky Way glitters above steaming vents beauty and danger in one breath join Iggy the island gecko on hidden island secrets for more epic destinations follow so you don&#8217;t miss the next island adventure<br \/>\n<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude37\ud83c\udf0b Live where gas masks are everyday gear! Japan\u2019s Miyake-jima was evacuated for five years after its 2000 blast. Today locals carry masks for sulfur spikes, sirens still sound, yet tourists dive with dolphins in crystal bays and hike moon-like lava fields. Sign the waiver, pack a mask\u2014would you brave Gas-Mask Island?<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udd8e Join Iggy the Island Gecko on Hidden Island Secrets for more epic destinations\u2014follow so you don\u2019t miss the next island adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas-Mask Island \u2013 Japan\u2019s Fuming Miyake-jima \ud83d\ude37 did you know there&#8217;s an island where residents keep gas m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144716],"tags":[94904,229018,377210,377211,32,62128,235878,54017,63,30067,151712,27,91046,4141,12987,144498,144801],"class_list":{"0":"post-660713","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tokyo","8":"tag-islandlife","9":"tag-bucketlist","10":"tag-gasmaskisland","11":"tag-hiddenislandsecrets","12":"tag-japan","13":"tag-miyakejima","14":"tag-mystery","15":"tag-offthebeatenpath","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-wanderlust","18":"tag-151712","19":"tag-27","20":"tag-91046","21":"tag-4141","22":"tag-12987","23":"tag-144498","24":"tag-144801"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}