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Island Village Living on a Limestone Cave Part 1/Walk around the island village, East China Sea, Okinoerabu Island (Kagoshima Prefecture)
Located 546km south of Kagoshima, on the 27th parallel of north latitude, this beautiful southern island is known as the "Island of Flowers and Limestone Caves." The shape of the island is elongated in the east-west direction, and is shaped like a phantom ball. Because this blocks swells and waves from the open ocean, the inner sea is calm. The reef is also a habitat for tropical fish, and you can see colorful fish up close while swimming in the sea. It is a flat island with no mountains other than Daisen (240m), the highest peak in the center of the western part of the island, and Koshiyama (180m, one of the top 100 island mountains) near the center of the island. There are many limestone caves on the island, and the karst topography created by nature is attractive, and in recent years experience activities such as scuba diving and caving are gaining popularity. The coastal area from Nishihara to Kunigamisaki, where sea turtles gather, forests around Mt. It is also known as the place where Takamori Saigo was exiled. Since July 2018, one flight a day has been operating between Okinawa, Okinoerabujima and Tokunoshima, raising expectations for further expansion of the non-resident population. 10% of the island's area is potato fields, which are shipped under the brand "Spring Whisperer." Flowers such as Erabu lily, Solidago, and Gladiolus are also thriving, and potatoes and Easter lilies are designated as Kagoshima brand production areas. In order to secure irrigation water, construction of a subsurface dam is currently underway with the goal of completion in 2021. There is no Habu on the island. (Refer to "Shimadasu")
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