 Last additions - Amami-Oshima 奄美大島 |
Oshima tsumugi handkerchief I bought for myself. Tie-dyed.Jan 08, 2023
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Sago palms, Amami Oshima, KagoshimaJan 08, 2023
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White hibiscusJan 08, 2023
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Red hibiscus and other flowers in the tsumugi factory's garden setting. Amami Oshima, KagoshimaJan 08, 2023
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White hibiscusJan 08, 2023
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Sago palms with a cone. Oshima Tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. ソテツJan 08, 2023
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Takakura storehouse with a steep thatched roof. Amami's traditional structure for storing grains. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. 奄美の高倉Jan 08, 2023
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Sample Oshima tsumugi fabric with in the typical black color.Jan 08, 2023
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Loom to weave Oshima tsumugi.Jan 08, 2023
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Oshima tsumugi fabric production steps.Jan 08, 2023
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Explanation of the Oshima tsumugi dyeing process.Jan 08, 2023
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Fabric dyes.Jan 08, 2023
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Inside the Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory. A few workers demonstrated the production of tsumugi silk fabric. This weaving step is called shimebata to make patterns on the silk.Jan 08, 2023
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory.Jan 08, 2023
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White hibiscus on Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Tie-dyed (in mud) handkerchiefs. The fabric is also dyed with the sharinbai tree containing iron and tannin.Jan 08, 2023
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Oshima (Ooshima) TsumugimuraJan 08, 2023
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud. The fabric color becomes black. Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Tropical garden setting for this fabric factory. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud.Jan 08, 2023
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The factory is in a subtropical garden with tropical flowers and plants. Adult admission ¥500, open every day 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.Address: 1945 Akaogi Tatsugo Oshima, Kagoshima
Local buses stop at Oshima Tsumugimura bus stop. (From Amami Airport, 30 min. by bus.) http://www.tumugi.co.jp/Jan 08, 2023
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Oshima tsumugi is a local fabric woven from white silk and dyed. Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura is a small textile factory where you can see how they weave and dye the tsumugi fabric. They also sell tsumugi fabrics as kimono, handkerchiefs, etc.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima Shuzo bottles of shochu with a cruise ship label (for visiting cruise ship passengers).Jan 08, 2023
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Confection in the shape of the Amami rabbit (Kuro-usagi). Amami-Oshima, KagoshimaJan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop sells mainly shochu.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop shochu tasting.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shopJan 08, 2023
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Casks for aging.Jan 08, 2023
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Packing process. Bottles of shochu being boxed.Jan 08, 2023
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We had a guided tour of the shochu factory.Jan 08, 2023
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VatsJan 08, 2023
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About the old Sharinbai tree. Jan 08, 2023
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Pine tree next to the shochu factory.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima Shuzo shochu factory.Jan 08, 2023
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300-year-old tree named Sharinbai next to the shochu factory. Used for tsumugi fabric dyeing.Jan 08, 2023
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Local brewery producing brown sugar shochu in Tatsugo Town, Amami-Oshima. Uses brown sugar wholly produced in Amami-Oshima. Water comes from Jougo River (じょうご川) fed by an aquifer 120 meters underground. Factory tour and gift shop.They sell three shochu brands: Takakura (高倉), Hama-Chidori (浜千鳥乃詩 原酒), and Jougo (じょうご). https://www.jougo.co.jp/Jan 08, 2023
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When you enter the premises, the factory is on the right, and gift shop on the left. Address: 鹿児島県大島郡龍郷町浦1864-2Jan 08, 2023
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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.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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Hibiscus on semitropical Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Nippon Maru cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Cruise ship at Naze Port pointed at Tachigami Lighthouse island. The small island is like the port's good luck charm.Jan 08, 2023
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Japan Coast Guard ships are also moored at Naze Port, Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Welcome sign in local dialect at Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.Jan 08, 2023
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Tugboat named Ayahashi helps our cruise ship dock at Naze Port.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island awaits our cruise ship with tour buses and gift shop tent.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island was prepared for 80,000-ton cruise ships in 2004.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port's Nagahama dock where cruise ships dock. It's 280 meters long and 10 meters deep. 名瀬港 長浜地区Jan 08, 2023
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Cruise ship approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.Jan 08, 2023
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Approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area. 名瀬港 長浜地区Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port consists of four dock areas. From Naze Ports, there are boats or ferries going to Kagoshima Port, Okinawa, Osaka, and the other Amami islands.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port is about halfway between Kagoshima Port (383 km away) in Kyushu and Naha Port (331 km away) in Okinawa. Designated as an Important Harbor in Japan. Fine natural harbor. Jan 08, 2023
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Entering Naze Port, passing by Tachigami Lighthouse island.Jan 08, 2023
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Naze Port Tachigami Lighthouse is on a small, pyramid island at the entrance of Naze Port. Lighthouse built in 1937 was used until 2016. Made famous by local folk songs. 名瀬港立神灯台Jan 08, 2023
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Approaching Naze Port, Amami-Oshima's main port for cruise ships and ferries in a natural inlet on the northern coast of the island. Also called Naze Shinko Port. Served as the island's main trade port since olden times. Jan 08, 2023
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Getting closer to Naze Port.Jan 08, 2023
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Cruising off Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan. Jan 08, 2023
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Restaurant lunch menu. Mainly seafood and local cuisine. Open 11 am to 9 pm.Jan 08, 2023
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Gift shopJan 08, 2023
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Someone had recently raked or cleaned up the pumice.Jan 08, 2023
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Basha-yamamura restaurant is a great place for lunch. The terrace has ocean views. This is the cheapest dish on the menu, Tonkotsu udon noodles for ¥1,000. 豚骨うどんJan 08, 2023
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Pumice pebbles on a beach in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima, Japan.Jan 08, 2023
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In 2021, an army of volunteers took weeks to clean up Okinawan and Amami beaches. It was almost like cleaning up an oil spill. Glad the problem has subsided.Jan 08, 2023
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Pumice rocks are small, lightweight, porous pebbles. Floats on water. Saw it for the first time here. Jan 08, 2023
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On Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima, Amami Resort Basyayama-mura beach had pumice that came from an undersea volcano (Fukutoku-Okanoba) erupting near the Ogasawara islands (way south of Tokyo).Jan 08, 2023
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This beach had pumice rocks (軽石) creating artistic patterns on the sand. They were still washing up on the beach in June 2022, but not as much as in Oct. 2021 when they clogged harbors and blanketed beaches.Jan 08, 2023
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Lava rock outcropping also on the beach.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura has a nice, white-sand beach.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura pool. Website: basyayama-mura.comJan 08, 2023
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura restaurant terrace right on the beach..Jan 08, 2023
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We had lunch here. Address: 鹿児島県奄美市笠利町用安1246-1Jan 08, 2023
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Entrance to Amami Resort Basyayamamura, a resort hotel and restaurant on the southern shore of the northern part of the island. Short drive from the airport.Jan 08, 2023
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Street sign promoting sumo wrestler Meisei who is from Amami Oshima. He belongs to Tatsunami Stable. 明生関Jan 08, 2023
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Roadside scenery on Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Gift shop.Jan 08, 2023
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Tonbara Rock as seen from Cape Ayamaru. トンパラ岩Jan 08, 2023
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Local buses stop here too, not often though.Jan 08, 2023
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.Jan 08, 2023
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.Jan 08, 2023
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful blue ocean beyond the coral reef.Jan 08, 2023
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.Jan 08, 2023
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru with views of the coral reef and ocean. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.Jan 08, 2023
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How Cape Ayamaru got its name.Jan 08, 2023
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot.Jan 08, 2023
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Northern coast of Amami Oshima as seen from Cape Ayamaru.Jan 08, 2023
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Photo spot at Cape Ayamaru.Jan 08, 2023
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Cape Ayamaru scenery.Jan 08, 2023
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Way to Cape Ayamaru lookout point.Jan 08, 2023
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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.Jan 08, 2023
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Passing by Amami Oshima Airport.Jan 08, 2023
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Sugar cane on Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Local bus on Amami Oshima.Jan 08, 2023
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Amami Oshima is slightly larger than the Hawaiian island of Molokai.Jan 08, 2023
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