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Local bus on Amami Oshima.
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Amami Oshima is slightly larger than the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
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Passing by Amami Oshima Airport.
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Sugar cane on Amami Oshima.
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Way to Cape Ayamaru lookout point.
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Bust of Nagano Yoshitatsu (1898–1984 永野芳辰) at Cape Ayamaru. Nagano was a Japanese government bureaucrat who helped to revert Amami islands back to Japan in 1953. He was born and raised on Amami Oshima. Later became governor of Kochi Prefecture.
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Photo spot at Cape Ayamaru.
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Cape Ayamaru scenery.
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Northern coast of Amami Oshima as seen from Cape Ayamaru.
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot.
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How Cape Ayamaru got its name.
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru with views of the coral reef and ocean. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful blue ocean beyond the coral reef.
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.
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Tonbara Rock as seen from Cape Ayamaru. トンパラ岩
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Local buses stop here too, not often though.
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Gift shop.
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Roadside scenery on Amami Oshima.
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Street sign promoting sumo wrestler Meisei who is from Amami Oshima. He belongs to Tatsunami Stable. 明生関
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