Most viewed - Amami-Oshima 奄美大島 |
Hibiscus on semitropical Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.78 views
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Red hibiscus and other flowers in the tsumugi factory's garden setting. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima52 views
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White hibiscus on Amami Oshima.49 views
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Adan アダン (Pandanus odoratissimus)45 views
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Sago palms, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima45 views
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Tropical garden setting for this fabric factory. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima.44 views
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Sago palms with a cone. Oshima Tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. ソテツ42 views
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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)39 views
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Amami Oshima Park38 views
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Model of Amami Oshima's endemic Amami Kuro-usagi rabbit. Short ears and dark fur.38 views
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Sago palms native to Amami and Okinawa. ソテツ37 views
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.28 views
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Cruising off Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan. 28 views
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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.26 views
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island awaits our cruise ship with tour buses and gift shop tent.25 views
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Tugboat named Ayahashi helps our cruise ship dock at Naze Port.25 views
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Confection in the shape of the Amami rabbit (Kuro-usagi). Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima25 views
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Cruise ship approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.24 views
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Welcome sign in local dialect at Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.24 views
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.24 views
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island was prepared for 80,000-ton cruise ships in 2004.23 views
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Approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area. 名瀬港 長浜地区22 views
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.22 views
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Getting closer to Naze Port.21 views
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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21 views
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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. 21 views
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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.21 views
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.21 views
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Nippon Maru cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.21 views
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Entering Naze Port, passing by Tachigami Lighthouse island.20 views
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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20 views
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.19 views
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Japan Coast Guard ships are also moored at Naze Port, Amami Oshima.19 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.19 views
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Loom to weave Oshima tsumugi.19 views
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Oshima tsumugi handkerchief I bought for myself. Tie-dyed.19 views
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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. 18 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop18 views
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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.18 views
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.17 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop sells mainly shochu.17 views
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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.17 viewsAddress: 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/
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Explanation of the Oshima tsumugi dyeing process.17 views
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Sample Oshima tsumugi fabric with in the typical black color.17 views
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Way to Cape Ayamaru lookout point.16 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami Oshima.16 views
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We had lunch here. Address: 鹿児島県奄美市笠利町用安1246-116 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura pool. Website: basyayama-mura.com16 views
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Pumice pebbles on a beach in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima, Japan.16 views
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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16 views
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Restaurant lunch menu. Mainly seafood and local cuisine. Open 11 am to 9 pm.16 views
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Agave americana 'Marginata' (Variegated Century Plant). Ornamental plant. リュウゼツラン16 views
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about Amami Oshima.16 views
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.16 views
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Amami no Sato's Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.16 views
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How Cape Ayamaru got its name.15 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru with views of the coral reef and ocean. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.15 views
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.15 views
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Gift shop15 views
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Amami-Oshima coastal view.15 views
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Rear view of park.15 views
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Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and General Exhibition Hall.15 views
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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15 views
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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15 viewsIsson 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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Pine tree next to the shochu factory.15 views
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud.15 views
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Tie-dyed (in mud) handkerchiefs. The fabric is also dyed with the sharinbai tree containing iron and tannin.15 views
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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15 views
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.14 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.14 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful blue ocean beyond the coral reef.14 views
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Tonbara Rock as seen from Cape Ayamaru. トンパラ岩14 views
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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.14 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura has a nice, white-sand beach.14 views
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Lava rock outcropping also on the beach.14 views
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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.14 views
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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14 views
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View from the lookout tower. The Amami no Sato dome (white) can be seen.14 views
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall includes a reconstructed local home. 14 views
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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1864-214 views
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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.14 viewsThey 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/
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Vats14 views
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Loom14 views
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Photo spot at Cape Ayamaru.13 views
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot.13 views
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Street sign promoting sumo wrestler Meisei who is from Amami Oshima. He belongs to Tatsunami Stable. 明生関13 views
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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).13 views
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Someone had recently raked or cleaned up the pumice.13 views
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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.13 viewsAdult 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.13 views
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View from the lookout tower.13 views
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Tanaka Isson Museum can be seen.13 views
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Banana patch13 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop shochu tasting.13 views
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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.13 views
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Local bus on Amami Oshima.12 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.12 views
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Local buses stop here too, not often though.12 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura restaurant terrace right on the beach..12 views
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Pumice rocks are small, lightweight, porous pebbles. Floats on water. Saw it for the first time here. 12 views
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Tropical flora on Amami-Oshima.12 views
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Scenic coast on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.12 views
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Coastal scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.12 views
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Ixora "Super King"12 views
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The new Amami Oshima Airport can be seen in the distance.12 views
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Runway landing lights in the ocean.12 views
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300-year-old tree named Sharinbai next to the shochu factory. Used for tsumugi fabric dyeing.12 views
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About the old Sharinbai tree. 12 views
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud. The fabric color becomes black. Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.12 views
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White hibiscus12 views
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White hibiscus12 views
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Sugar cane on Amami Oshima.11 views
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Passing by Amami Oshima Airport.11 views
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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.11 views
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Summer day in Amami.11 views
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We had a guided tour of the shochu factory.11 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo bottles of shochu with a cruise ship label (for visiting cruise ship passengers).11 views
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura11 views
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory.11 views
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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.10 views
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Gift shop.10 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.10 views
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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. 10 viewsOn this map of Amami Park, it's easy to see where the runway was.
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View from the lookout tower, Amami Park.10 views
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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. 10 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo shochu factory.10 views
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Packing process. Bottles of shochu being boxed.10 views
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Oshima tsumugi fabric production steps.10 views
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Amami Oshima is slightly larger than the Hawaiian island of Molokai.9 views
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Cape Ayamaru scenery.9 views
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Amami no Sato shell-like dome.9 views
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The new Amami Airport's runway can be seen. Amami Park is a short drive from the airport.9 views
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Realistic and humorous mannequins.9 viewsKagoshima Amami Oshima park
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Casks for aging.9 views
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Northern coast of Amami Oshima as seen from Cape Ayamaru.8 views
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Fabric dyes.8 views
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