Outlying Islands
Minna Beach
White sand running from the east of the island round to the north, with coral reef all around it.
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Outlying Islands
Akiba Chiteiko
An underground lake formed by groundwater in a limestone cave on Minamidaitojima, beneath the sugarcane fields.
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Baribari-iwa
Minamidaitojima is said to move about seven centimetres northwest each year. These fissures were opened by that movement.
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Kaigunbo Pool
Minamidaitojima is all cliff and has no beach. The islanders cut this sea pool out of the bedrock.
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Hoshino-do
The largest of the limestone caves on Minamidaitojima, of which some 200 are said to have existed. It runs 375 metres.
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Kumaya Cave
A cave on Iheyajima worn from 280-million-year-old chert, held to be the setting of the myth of the heavenly rock door.
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Ie Village's Castle Mountain
A 172-metre rock hill, also called Iejima Tacchu, with a sacred grove where safe voyages are prayed for.
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Mekaru Family Residence
The house of a family descended from a cousin of King Sho En, who served for generations as district stewards. It survived the war.
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Okinawa Sea Salt Research Institute
Makes Aguni salt on Agunijima — the works that brought Okinawan salt to notice.
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Ugu Beach (Nagahama Beach)
About a kilometre of natural white sand, known locally as Ougu beach.
Outlying Islands
Horse Riding Experience on Iejima Beaches
Ride a horse along the sand, from 20 minutes upward. Children of five and under ride with a parent.