The regional unit also includes the southernmost island of Europe, Gavdos.
This would come as a surprise to most Australians, who like to joke about their southernmost island.
However, on the southernmost island of Suðuroy it is observed by lighting a bonfire.
The three southernmost islands are part of the state of Tasmania.
It is one of the four southernmost islands which Japan maintains a claim for.
There is a campfire site and a shelter, laavu, on the southernmost island.
This newt has a very small range and can only be found in some of the southernmost islands of Japan.
It was and still is the southernmost island reachable by sea.
No conclusive evidence exists, but some believe he could have seen the tip of a southernmost island in the group.
Japan's southernmost island was many days away by boat, even further by foot.