29°48'N, 140°21'E

A rock thrusting 325 feet above water from sea floor over 3280 feet deep in the middle of nowhere in Pacific Ocean, between Ogasawara Islands and Hachijo Island. It's hard to reach spot for diving with abundance of fishes and a spot Japanese divers long for.

Photos

Sofuiwa (close-up)
Photo by the later Mr.Goro Takano at Spear Fishing

Sofu-gan - Apostrophe Mark on the horizon
by Ken Kaiko (writer)

Sofu-gan ( Scroll down to see 13 photos in Flash movie)
at National Institute for Sea Training

Underwater Topography

Underwater Topography from Sofugan

at Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard

of Japan Coast Guard

Dive cruising tour by Dive Station El-Mar

Scheduled for beginning June, no report if they could make it.
Only one I could find.

Posted July 6, 2006