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Boat for Taketomi at Ishigaki Port.
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On Taketomi, the best way to get around.
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Okinawan house, Taketomi. Taketomi is a National Important Traditional Townscape Preservation District (重要伝統的建造物群保存地区).
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Okinawan house and rock wall, Taketomi
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Lookout tower
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On Taketomi, residential homes are toward the middle of the island, not along the beaches. The middle part of the island is built on hard rock called chert. Freshwater wells can be dug along this rock to provide water. View from lookout tower.
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Outside the middle part of Taketomi, the ground is on limestone where water seeps through. Difficult to have rice paddies or wells on limestone.
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View from lookout tower
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White coral road
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White coral road, one of Taketomi's trademarks.
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Kondoi Picnic Site
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Kondoi beach
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Be aware that these parasols are not free.
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Kondoi beach
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Hoshi Sunahama or Star Sand Beach
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Taketomi Primary School
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Power voltage station
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Taketomi Port boat for Ishigaki
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The plaza has this Statue of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Chiyo. 「なでしこ」山内一豊と千代
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Statue of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Chiyo near Sakata Station in Maibara, Shiga. Unveiled on May 7, 2005. 「なでしこ」山内一豊と千代
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The main characters featured in the NHK Taiga Drama in 2006, "Komyo ga Tsuji." Chiyo was Kazutoyo's wife and was born in this area. Chiyo became a nun after her husband died.
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Sakata Station amid rice paddies.
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A short walk from Sakata Station is the Gravesite of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's mother, Hoshuin, in a very quiet place.
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Gravesite of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's mother Hoshuin. 法秀院の墓
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Gravesite of Lord Yamauchi Kazutoyo's mother Hoshuin. 法秀院の墓
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Plaque next to grave. Hoshuin never really left this place and died here as well.
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Touristy touch
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Now walking toward Naganoya.
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Naganoya, Yamauchi Kazutoyo's childhood home. The front gate, made of wood, collapsed some years ago, and this wooden structure is all that's left. 長野家
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Naganoya, the house where Yamauchi Kazutoyo lived during childhood with his mother.
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Naganoya
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Rice paddy
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Omi-cho Market entrance. 近江町市場
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Omi-cho Market is full of seafood vendors.
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Omi-cho Market crab vendor.
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Omi-cho Market
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Omi-cho Market
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