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Okinawa · Japan
In the destination Yaeyama Islands.
In the photo: Red-tiled houses in Taketomi village.
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The city
Taketomi is the small, flat island a 15-minute boat ride from Ishigaki, the municipal seat that also includes Iriomote and other Yaeyama islands. The central village preserves red-tiled houses, coral-stone walls and white-sand streets, explored on foot, by bicycle or in water-buffalo-drawn carts. From Ishigaki, Iriomote—with its mangroves, rivers and forest—is the most popular day trip in the area.
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The local experience
The central village of Taketomi Island, with low red-tiled houses, shisa guardian lions on the roofs, coral-stone walls and white-sand streets. It is a designated preservation area for traditional Japanese buildings.
The second-largest island of Okinawa, almost entirely covered by subtropical forest and mangroves, a natural World Heritage site. It has navigable rivers, such as the Urauchi and the Nakama, waterfalls and the Iriomote cat, which exists only there.
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