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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Scenic coast on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Tropical flora on Amami-Oshima.
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Coastal scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.
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Opened in Sept. 2001, Amami Park was built by Kagoshima Prefecture on the site of the old Amami Airport. It has become one of the island's major tourist attractions. On this map of Amami Park, it's easy to see where the runway was.
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Main entrance to Amami Park. First go through the Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and Exhibition Hall.Adult admission ¥650 for both Amami no Sato and Isson Tanaka Museum. Open 9 am–6 pm (until 7 pm in July–Aug.) Closed on the first and third Wed. of the month. (Open if a national holiday and closed on the next day instead.) Open every day during April 29th to May 5th, July 21st to August 31st, and December 30th to January 3rd.
https://amamipark.com/
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Amami Park has the Isson no Mori tropical garden area which is free admission, but other facilities charge admission like the Exhibition Hall and Amami Theater. Isson is the name of a local painter.
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Amami Park has a garden area named "Isson no Mori" with many tropical plants. This is an Adan tree. (Pandanus odoratissimus)
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Adan アダン (Pandanus odoratissimus)
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Agave americana 'Marginata' (Variegated Century Plant). Ornamental plant. リュウゼツラン
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Ixora "Super King"
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Sago palms native to Amami and Okinawa. ソテツ
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Amami Oshima Park
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The park also has this lookout tower (Tenbodai) with fine views of the area. It might have been the old airport control tower. 展望台
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View from the lookout tower.
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View from the lookout tower, Amami Park.
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View from the lookout tower. The Amami no Sato dome (white) can be seen.
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Amami-Oshima coastal view.
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Amami no Sato shell-like dome.
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Tanaka Isson Museum can be seen.
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Rear view of park.
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The new Amami Oshima Airport can be seen in the distance.
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The new Amami Airport's runway can be seen. Amami Park is a short drive from the airport.
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Runway landing lights in the ocean.
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Banana patch
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Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and General Exhibition Hall.
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about Amami Oshima.
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.
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Amami no Sato's Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.
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Model of Amami Oshima's endemic Amami Kuro-usagi rabbit. Short ears and dark fur.
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Amami no Sato's indoor stage and event space inside the dome. There's also the small Amami Theater showing a short film about Amami. イベント広場
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall. Admission charged. It's a small local museum explaining local flora, fauna, history, and folk culture.
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall includes a reconstructed local home.
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Realistic and humorous mannequins.Kagoshima Amami Oshima park
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Summer day in Amami.
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Isson Tanaka Museum is an art museum showing his paintings. Isson Tanaka (1908–1977) was a painter from Tokyo who moved to Amami at age 50. Photography inside the museum is not allowed. 田中一村記念美術館Isson lived on Amami from 1958 until his death in 1977. He painted Amami's flora and fauna. The museum has about 450 of his works and displays about 80 of them at a time. Museum buildings resemble the local Takakura storehouse for grains. Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima.
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