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to the next. At high tide, they are separate islets. Most of them are about half-covered in scrub
vegetation.
The largely barren Kushibaru rocks.
KUSHIBARUIWA
(
後原岩
; Kushi-baru iwa). This set of stones numbers about a half a dozen
but from the beach at Kushibaru appear to be three. They start only 410 feet (125 meters)
offshore. The full length of the group is about 740 feet (225 meters). At the most, the width is
approximately 245 (75 meters). The largest rock is about 295 feet (90 meters) across, the rest
range from 80 to 165 feet (25 to 50 meters) in size. There is a bit of vegetation on the top of
the largest one, but the rest are barren.
Without the aid of a boat, the beach and the stones at Kushibaru are the closest one can
get to Yakabi, the other deer island which lies a bit further offshore. We'll mention that island
further below.
SAKUBARUIWA
(
サクバル奇岩
; Sakubaruiwa). Just as the tail of a kite hangs below its at-
tached quadrilateral, so too does the tail-end of Aka. The Sakubaru Rock formation starts at
the very bottom tip of Aka and extends almost three-quarters of a mile (1 kilometer) further
south. Altogether, it's a large group of more than a dozen uninhabitable islets. They're almost
an extension of Aka and, in fact, at low tide you can walk out on them quite far. At their
widest point, they are about 985 feet (300 meters) across, but for most of their length they are
only 330 feet (100 meters) wide. The first one begins less than 30 feet (10 meters) from the
shore of Aka and, in fact, it's often directly connected by a sandbar.
