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  • The Largest Banyan Tree in Japan
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Wadomaricho Kunigami 2904
    This huge banyan tree is a five-minute drive from Okinoerabu Airport. The tree was planted in 1898 by the first graduates of Kunigami Elementary School; in more modern times, the tree was selected for inclusion in a new list of Japan's 100 most famous trees. Banyan trees are a tree in the mulberry family which are distributed in subtropical regions; as they grow, their multiple, divergent trunks complexly intertwine with each other. This particular tree has been designated a Natural Monument by the city and is eight meters tall, its trunk is six meters circumference, and its branches cover a 22 meter span in total. Although the tree grows on the grounds of Kunigami Elementary School, it is open to the general public, and tourists may take photos of the tree.
  • Kunigami Elementary School no Gajumaru
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    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Wadomaricho Kunigami
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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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