 Most viewed - Amami-Oshima 奄美大島 |
White hibiscus on Amami Oshima.396 views
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Hibiscus on semitropical Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.371 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. 358 views
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Red hibiscus and other flowers in the tsumugi factory's garden setting. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima325 views
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Adan アダン (Pandanus odoratissimus)309 views
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Confection in the shape of the Amami rabbit (Kuro-usagi). Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima295 views
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Sago palms with a cone. Oshima Tsumugimura, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima. ソテツ295 views
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Sago palms, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima294 views
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Amami Oshima Park291 views
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Tropical garden setting for this fabric factory. Oshima tsumugimura, Amami Oshima.288 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)274 views
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Sago palms native to Amami and Okinawa. ソテツ264 views
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Model of Amami Oshima's endemic Amami Kuro-usagi rabbit. Short ears and dark fur.260 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256 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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Scenic coast on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.253 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252 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop sells mainly shochu.247 views
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Amami-Oshima coastal view.244 views
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot, Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.241 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru with views of the coral reef and ocean. Amami Oshima, Kagoshima.240 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.237 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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Cruise ship at Naze Port pointed at Tachigami Lighthouse island. The small island is like the port's good luck charm.235 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234 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop230 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.228 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.226 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop shochu tasting.226 views
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Tugboat named Ayahashi helps our cruise ship dock at Naze Port.225 views
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Pumice pebbles on a beach in Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima, Japan.224 views
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Cruising off Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan. 223 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.222 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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Tie-dyed (in mud) handkerchiefs. The fabric is also dyed with the sharinbai tree containing iron and tannin.222 views
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.219 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219 views
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.219 views
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.219 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.219 views
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Entering Naze Port, passing by Tachigami Lighthouse island.218 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).217 views
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Cruise ship approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.217 views
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Cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.216 views
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Northern coast of Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.215 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.213 views
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Ixora "Super King"213 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.211 views
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Packing process. Bottles of shochu being boxed.211 views
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Japan Coast Guard ships are also moored at Naze Port, Amami Oshima.210 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo shochu factory.210 views
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Getting closer to Naze Port.209 views
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Oshima tsumugi handkerchief I bought for myself. Tie-dyed.209 views
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Approaching Naze Port's Nagahama area. 名瀬港 長浜地区208 views
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Welcome sign in local dialect at Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island.208 views
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Pine tree next to the shochu factory.208 views
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White hibiscus207 views
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About the old Sharinbai tree. 205 views
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Vats205 views
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Photo spot at Cape Ayamaru.202 views
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How Cape Ayamaru got its name.201 views
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Local buses stop here too, not often though.201 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1864-2201 views
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Fabric dyes.201 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199 views
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Naze Port's Nagahama area on Amami-Oshima island was prepared for 80,000-ton cruise ships in 2004.198 views
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud. The fabric color becomes black. Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima.198 views
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Amami Oshima Shuzo bottles of shochu with a cruise ship label (for visiting cruise ship passengers).197 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful aqua-blue ocean.195 views
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Sample Oshima tsumugi fabric with in the typical black color.195 views
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Cape Ayamaru sign and photo spot.194 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.194 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. 193 views
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Nippon Maru cruise ship at Naze Port, Amami-Oshima.193 views
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Loom to weave Oshima tsumugi.193 views
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Street sign promoting sumo wrestler Meisei who is from Amami Oshima. He belongs to Tatsunami Stable. 明生関192 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura pool. Website: basyayama-mura.com192 views
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Amami no Sato's Island Information Space explains about Amami Oshima.192 views
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Amami no Sato's Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.191 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.190 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura has a nice, white-sand beach.190 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.190 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.190 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 no Sato's Island Information Space explains about local flora and fauna.190 views
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Local bus on Amami Oshima.189 views
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Oshima tsumugi fabric production steps.189 views
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Loom188 views
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Tonbara Rock as seen from Cape Ayamaru. トンパラ岩187 views
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Restaurant lunch menu. Mainly seafood and local cuisine. Open 11 am to 9 pm.187 views
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We had a guided tour of the shochu factory.186 views
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Tanaka Isson Museum can be seen.185 views
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The new Amami Oshima Airport can be seen in the distance.185 views
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Way to Cape Ayamaru lookout point.182 views
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Summer day in Amami.182 views
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He is dyeing Oshima tsumugi silk fabric in mud.182 views
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Northern coast of Amami Oshima as seen from Cape Ayamaru.181 views
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Gift shop.181 views
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Rear view of park.180 views
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Coastal scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.178 views
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View from the lookout tower. The Amami no Sato dome (white) can be seen.178 views
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Sugar cane on Amami Oshima.177 views
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Casks for aging.177 views
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Explanation of the Oshima tsumugi dyeing process.177 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami-Oshima island, Kagoshima, Japan.176 views
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Amami Oshima is slightly larger than the Hawaiian island of Molokai.175 views
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View from the lookout tower.174 views
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Banana patch174 views
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura174 views
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Roadside scenery on Amami Oshima.173 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. 173 viewsOn this map of Amami Park, it's easy to see where the runway was.
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Amami no Sato's Exhibition Hall includes a reconstructed local home. 173 views
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300-year-old tree named Sharinbai next to the shochu factory. Used for tsumugi fabric dyeing.173 views
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View from the lookout tower, Amami Park.172 views
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Agave americana 'Marginata' (Variegated Century Plant). Ornamental plant. リュウゼツラン171 views
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.170 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.170 views
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Pumice rocks are small, lightweight, porous pebbles. Floats on water. Saw it for the first time here. 170 views
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Gift shop170 views
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White hibiscus170 views
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Recreational park down below from the lookout point on Cape Ayamaru.169 views
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Tropical flora on Amami-Oshima.169 views
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Passing by Amami Oshima Airport.168 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168 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.168 views
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Lookout deck at Cape Ayamaru shows a beautiful blue ocean beyond the coral reef.166 views
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Oshima (Ooshima) Tsumugimura fabric factory.166 views
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Someone had recently raked or cleaned up the pumice.163 views
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Amami no Sato dome housing the Event Space, Information Space, and General Exhibition Hall.162 views
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Realistic and humorous mannequins.159 viewsKagoshima Amami Oshima park
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We had lunch here. Address: 鹿児島県奄美市笠利町用安1246-1158 views
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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.158 views
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Amami Resort Basyayama-mura restaurant terrace right on the beach..156 views
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Lava rock outcropping also on the beach.154 views
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Runway landing lights in the ocean.154 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. 151 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150 views
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Amami no Sato shell-like dome.150 views
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Cape Ayamaru scenery.143 views
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The new Amami Airport's runway can be seen. Amami Park is a short drive from the airport.142 views
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