Sights in Toshima, Kagoshima

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• Mt. Otake

  

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  Highest peak of the Tokara Islands (979m), nicknamed Tokara Fuji. Hike and view islands from the summit on clear days.

• Toshima Village History and Folklore Museum

  

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  Museum introducing Tokara islands' history, culture, and life, with pottery, dugout canoes, and folk tools on display.

• Nakanoshima Observatory

  

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  Observatory with a 60cm Cassegrain reflecting telescope and monitors for group viewing at the foot of Ontake.

• Takarajima Giant Mural

  

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  Colorful 10-meter-high, 50-meter-wide mural depicting an imagined underwater city at Maekago fishing port.

• Yaruse Lighthouse

  

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  Lighthouse in a ranch behind Jinnyomu Peak, with a viewpoint over Nanatsuyama coast, Ontake and Kuchinoshima.