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Gyokusendo
A limestone cave five kilometres long. It shows how an island of Ryukyu limestone came to be.
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Heiwa no Ishiji
It carves the name of every person who died in the Battle of Okinawa, regardless of nationality, soldier or civilian.
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Iriomotejima
Ninety percent of the island is primeval forest. The Iriomote cat is a Special Natural Monument.
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Kabira Bay
The colour of the water changes with the hour. Black pearls are farmed here, so swimming is not allowed.
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Kouri Island
A bridge 1,960 metres long crosses the sea. The island carries a Ryukyuan version of the Adam and Eve legend.
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Araha Beach
About 600 metres of sand beside Araha Park, with a large ship-shaped play structure.
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Kouri Ohashi Bridge
A 1,960-metre bridge joining Kourijima with Yagajijima. Opened in 2005, it is the second-longest toll-free bridge in the prefecture.
Outlying Islands
Minna Beach
White sand running from the east of the island round to the north, with coral reef all around it.
Kume Island
Hate-no-hama
A sandbar of coral sand alone, about seven kilometres long, lying off the east of Kumejima.
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Fusaki Beach
About fifteen minutes by car from central Ishigaki. A natural beach where tropical fish gather, with the sunset seen from the pier.
Miyako Islands
Yonaha Maehama Beach
Seven kilometres of white sand, also called Maipama on Miyakojima.
Kerama Islands
Kozamami Beach
The main beach of Zamamijima, awarded two stars in the Michelin Green Guide.
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Kafu Banta
A clifftop about 70 metres high on Miyagijima, within the grounds of a salt works.
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Sesoko Beach
About 700 metres of white sand on the west coast of Sesokojima, looking out to Iejima and Minnajima.
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Shigira Beach
White sand ringed by coral reef, with dozens of coral species and over a hundred kinds of tropical fish.
Kerama Islands
Aharen Beach
The signature beach of Tokashikijima, with white sand and Kerama-blue water.
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Nirai Beach
On the west coast of central Okinawa. At low tide you can walk the reef and look at the sea life.
Kume Island
Tatami-ishi of Kumejima Town's Ojima
A national natural monument: over a thousand five- and six-sided rocks exposed at low tide.
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Painagama Beach
Five minutes' walk from central Hirara in Miyakojima — a beach the townspeople use.
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Kitahama Beach
The main beach of Akajima. Its name is written "north beach" but read Nishibama.
Yaeyama Islands
Shikina Island Clinic (Dr. Coto Clinic)
The clinic set actually used in filming the drama, open to visitors on Yonagunijima.