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Some of Okinoerabujima's best-known and year-round sights include the mushroom
rock formations along the Ujiji coast ( ウジジ海岸 ; Ujiji-kaigan) near China, as well as at
Cape Tamina ( 田皆岬 ; Taminamisaki) on the northwesternmost tip of the island, and at
the 11,500-foot (3,500-meter)-long Shōryū Caves ( 昇竜洞 ; Shōryū-do). The caves were dis-
covered in 1963 and opened to the public later that year.
A bit west of China there is also one of the largest beaches on the island, Yakomo (
子母海岸 ; Yakomo-kaigan), which is nearly a mile (1 kilometer) in length. Another popular
beach, this one northeast of Wadomari, is at the Kasaishi Beach Park ( 笠石海浜公園 ; Kasa-
ishi-hama kōen). From here it's only a couple of miles to the airport and just north of there
is one of Okinoerabu's most well-known sights, the Fucha ( フーチャ ; Fucha). The Fucha is
about a third of a mile (half a kilometer) of coastal needle-like coral formations, indented
with a fairly good-sized spray cave formed by erosion from waves crashing against the cliffs.
This large “cave” is, in fact, a blowhole.
Mushroom rock formations along the Ujiji coast near the town of China.
If you've come this far, you've rounded the island's narrow northeastern tip. From here it's
close to the “Gajyumaru” or Giant Ficus Tree ( ガジュマル ; Gajyumaru), which is located in
a public schoolyard in the village of Kunigami ( 国頭 ; Kunigami). It's reputed to be the largest
banyan tree in Japan. A little further down the coast from here, west of Inobe ( 伊延 ; Inobé)
and near Wanjo Beach ( ワンジヨ海岸 ; Wanjo-kaigan), you'll find the Sotetsu (Sago Palm)
Tree Park ( ソテツジ ヤングル ; Sotétsu ji yanguru). It's a nice collection of sago palms along-
side the ocean.
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