Beach Spots in Amami / Okinoerabu Island Area

  • Okidomari Kaihin Park
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kagoshima Pref. Oshimagunchinachou Shimojiro
    The white sands of the park’s 400 meter long beach and the emerald waters of the sea contrast beautifully. Popular for swimming and camping, the park is outfitted with a variety of facilities, including toilets, showers, and a cookhouse. The park is also designated a Amami Gunto Quasi-National Park Type One Special Region and as a natural habitat for the tropical textile screw pine is a designated Cultural Property. The area was filmed in the movie Godzilla vs. Space Godzilla as the location where Godzilla makes landfall. Approximately 45 minutes by car from Okinoerabu Airport.

Kagoshima Areas

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Over 100 active volcanoes across Kagoshima make it one of the Japan's most exciting prefectures. The prefectural capital, Kagoshima city, looks out to one of the prefecture’s most spectacular volcanoes, Sakurajima, an island of its own that can be visited and seen close up or admired from afar, with the promise of breathtaking sunsets complete with frequent puffs of smoke and ash. Down the Satsuma Peninsula, the most southerly part of mainland Japan, waterfalls, sand onsen, and fascinating history await, while Kagoshima's abundance of satsuma imo (sweet potato) provide a wholesome snack as well as one of Japan's favourite drinks - shochu.

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