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Views of Hatoma Island from offshore. A flat island of elevated coral
reef. |
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The deep blue sea in front of Hatoma Island. Excellently beautiful. |
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The sea area around the island is totally shallows, there being many beautiful
beaches. |
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Maehana Beach being located at the east side of Hatoma Port. |
Now landing the Hatoma Port. |
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A sea snake and an oval squid being under a wharf. How transparent
it is ! |
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A guide map of the island recently being made. |
Hari boats which are used at Honen festival. |
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A Beach which once exited at the west side of Hatoma Port. Although it was a beautiful beach, it disappeared entirely because harbor facilities shown below were constructed here. |
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The sea spreading in front of this beach. We can see Iriomote. |
A lovely sand crab been on this beach. |
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A large scale of barber facilities which have been completed recently at the place where the beach above shown was located. The expense of construction divides by number of inhabitants of the island may equal 1 billion yen. |
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Views of a high ground being located at the west side of the port. It
is a place with a certain air. |
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Hamaomoto flowers being out at the beach side. |
A seedling of Kusatobera. |
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A part of the circumference road at the west side of the island. |
Yara Beach being located at the west of the island. |
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A view of Iriomote from Yara Beach. |
The sea in front of Yara Beach. |
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A view of Yara Beach from offshore. |
The Hatoma Lighthouse towering up at the center of the island. |
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Cultivated plantain (banana) trees. |
A butterfly on a wayside flower. |
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A traditional house with red roof tiles. |
A view at the west of the port. |
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Hatoma elementary and junior high school being located at the eastern edge
of a village. There seems to be many foster children from the Japanese
main lands. |
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They are swimming in the frontal sea, because there is no pool in the school. |
Yagurima-so being out in front of the school gate. |
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A view near the school. |
A papaya tree being panted at a garden of a house. |
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A young goat being bred at a garden of a house. |
A flower garden at the wayside. |
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Streets in Hatoma Island. |
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A cenotaph for victims by world war 2 and malaria. |
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A hibiscus and a bougainvillea being planted as hedges. |
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One of worship places which are distributed in the island. |
The main street of the island which runs north and south. |
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A little slope to Hatoma-nakamori. |
A well-developed gajumaru tree at the slope. |
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A signboard of Hatoma-nakamori which has been lying here since more than
20 years before. |
The lighthouse is located here, Hatoma-nakamori. |