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View of Kikai Island from the Hyakunodai Park Observation Platform.
The Tonbizaki Lighthouse near Cape Tonbi.
Let's, however, stay on Route 619 and continue north to the top end of the island. As we
do, we'll gradually descend. The topmost third of Kikai is for the most part uniformly flat
and not elevated. The end of the island is marked by the Tonbizaki Lighthouse (
トンビ崎
灯台
; Tonbi-zaki tōdai) near Cape Tonbi (
トンビ崎
; Tonbi-zaki). Essentially, we're rounding
the northern tip of Kikai on a small road that parallels just above Route 619. You'll see signs
here and there for a couple of miles/kilometers along this section of shoreline for Tonbiza-
ki “Beach” (
トンビ崎海岸
; Tonbi-zaki kaigan). Despite the signs, there is no beach. The bet-
ter translation of the Kanji characters would be coast, not beach. It may have some interest
