Oki

The islands of Oki lie in the Sea of Japan off the coast of Izumo. Their distance from the mainland made them a place of exile for defeated emperors: Go-Toba was sent there after the Jōkyū War of 1221 and died in exile. Go-Daigo followed in 1332, but escaped the next year to Hōki, where his supporters rallied against the Kamakura shogunate. His flight made these remote islands part of a struggle that changed the government of Japan.