Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday next year's Group of Seven summit will take place in the picturesque but isolated city of Shima, situated at the end of a peninsula in Mie Prefecture.

Abe made the announcement at Haneda airport in Tokyo before departing for this year's G-7 summit in Elmau, Germany.

"I've chosen Mie Prefecture so that (world leaders) will be able to feel firsthand the beautiful nature and rich tradition of Japan," Abe told reportersat the airport.