Tokunoshima
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Tokunoshima (徳之島, Amami: とゥクヌシマ Tukunushima) is an island in the Amami Islands of southwestern Japan. Administatively it belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture. Three towns are located on the island: Tokunoshima, Isen, and Amagi. It is about halfway between Kagoshima on the southern end of Kyūshū and Okinawa's main island.
It is home to a deadly snake known as the habu (which exists on several other islands), a rare and prehistoric black rabbit, and a unique form of bullfighting called Tōgyū. There are several small ports on the island, and one small airport. Hiking is discouraged because of the snake, but the mountain trails are exotic and beautiful to those not from the islands. The beaches are also quite stunning, and there is a strange shore on the island's north in which the open sea crashes against massive flat stone slabs.
Tokunoshima Airport serves the island.
Coordinates: 27°46′29″N 128°57′25″E / 27.77472°N 128.95694°E
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