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Sights in Nakatane, Kagoshima
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Male and Female Dragon Rocks
Close-standing rocks said to be a couple cast into the sea on a stormy night; right male dragon, left female.
Furuichi Family Residence
House built in 1846, among the oldest surviving on Tanegashima, designated a national Important Cultural Property in 1994.
Otokobuchi and Onnabuchi Falls
Rare two-tier falls on Tanegashima; the upper is men's pool, the lower women's, flowing even in drought.
Japan's Largest Cycad (Sakai Shrine)
A female cycad estimated over 600 years old, 8 meters tall, standing in Sakai Shrine and braced by iron pillars.
Kumano Shrine
Many people across Tanegashima visit; enshrines couple Izanagi and Izanami, said to bless matchmaking and safe childbirth.
Inujo Observatory
Overlooks lush evergreen forest, wave-eroded strange rocks, and the open sea.
Tachikiri Site
Late Paleolithic site about 31,000 years old, found in 1997, with stone-steam cooking traces and about 50 tools.
Inujo Coast and Umatate Cave
Scenic east coast of Tanegashima with caves and giant rocks; Umatate Cave named for a waiting horse.
Nakatane Town History and Folklore Museum
Museum along Route 58 with recreated Taisho-Showa homes, sugarcane press, last dugout canoe, and 31,000-year-old artifacts.