 Last additions - Amami Park 奄美パーク |
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.Jan 08, 2023
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Summer day in Amami.Jan 08, 2023
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Realistic and humorous mannequins.Kagoshima Amami Oshima park Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall includes a reconstructed local home. Jan 08, 2023
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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. Jan 08, 2023
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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Jan 08, 2023
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Model of Amami Oshima's endemic Amami Kuro-usagi rabbit. Short ears and dark fur.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato's Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and General Exhibition Hall.Jan 08, 2023
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Banana patchJan 08, 2023
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Runway landing lights in the ocean.Jan 08, 2023
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The new Amami Airport's runway can be seen. Amami Park is a short drive from the airport.Jan 08, 2023
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The new Amami Oshima Airport can be seen in the distance.Jan 08, 2023
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Rear view of park.Jan 08, 2023
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Tanaka Isson Museum can be seen.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami no Sato shell-like dome.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami-Oshima coastal view.Jan 08, 2023
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View from the lookout tower. The Amami no Sato dome (white) can be seen.Jan 08, 2023
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View from the lookout tower, Amami Park.Jan 08, 2023
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View from the lookout tower.Jan 08, 2023
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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Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima ParkJan 08, 2023
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Sago palms native to Amami and Okinawa. ソテツJan 08, 2023
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Ixora "Super King"Jan 08, 2023
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Agave americana 'Marginata' (Variegated Century Plant). Ornamental plant. リュウゼツランJan 08, 2023
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Adan アダン (Pandanus odoratissimus)Jan 08, 2023
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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.Jan 08, 2023
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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)Jan 08, 2023
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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. Jan 08, 2023
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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/Jan 08, 2023
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Coastal scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.Jan 08, 2023
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Scenic coast on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.Jan 08, 2023
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Tropical flora on Amami-Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.Jan 08, 2023
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.Jan 08, 2023
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