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望台
), observation posts or lookouts. They're nice places for a stop or even a picnic as they're
covered from the elements by a roof.
A welcoming committee for passengers at Tokashiki Port, where the ferries dock.
Tokashikijima has approximately 725 residents scattered in several villages. The two
largest are Tokashiki Port (
渡嘉敷港
; Tokashi-ki-kō), where the ferries dock, and Aharen (
阿
波連
; Aharen), which is on the other side (west side) of the island and has the largest and best
beach. There are several hostels and
minshuku
inns in Tokashiki, 20 or so in Aharen and one
in the little village of Tokashiku (
渡嘉志久
; Tokashi-ku). Most tourist facilities are in Aharen.
Everyone caters to the dive trade and all the
minshuku
are hooked up with local dive shops, of
which there are many. There are several quite large Japanese Youth Camps on the island, one
in the north and one in Tokashiku, but these will not be of interest to most Western visitors.
Tokashiki Port, where the ferries dock.
Tokashiki's World War II Mass Suicide Site.
