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【HONOHOSHI BEACH 】
* If you get to the Pacific seaside from Koniya, a port town in southern
Amami-oshima, by way of the villages Seisui, Katetsu and Sokaru,
you will find yourself at Honohoshi Beach. Since Amami Islands
are mostly surrounded by coral reefs, we have lots of white sandy beaches.
But there are no coral reefs off the coast of Honohoshi. So, this
allows rough surges of waves to directly wash the shore. Rocks washed
and rolled by the waves become round, like cobblestones. It's amazing
to see the whole beach filled with fist-sized or palm-sized round
stones.
* Rugged rocks of various sizes are studded along
the Honohoshi coast and intensify the wild impression of the scenery. Aoku
Beach, Sumiyo-cho, consists of gravel and round stones like those of Honohoshi.
Katoku Beach, not very far from Aoku, has vast gray sands. However, there are no
coral reefs off eather of these coasts. I wonder what causes these differences
among Honohoshi, Aoku and Katoku.
* If you would like to visit Honohoshi Beach, I
recommend that you get there when the tide is high. Rolling stones at the
water's edge make a special pleasant sound when the rough waves break on shore.
But they usually are not strong enough at low tide to make a pleasant
sound.
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