Tatsugo Town

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Tatsugo Town, located in the northern part of Amami Oshima, is a very energetic coastal resort town where transparent emerald green seas, untouched rich subtropical nature, and deep traditional culture are comfortably condensed. It is full of highlights such as "Oshima Tsumugi Village," where you can experience the sacred mud dyeing of the world's highest peak silk fabric "Authentic Oshima Tsumugi" with your five senses, and the miraculous "Heart Rock" that appears only at low tide, which has become globally famous on SNS in recent years. Also, it possesses "Tebiro Beach," a sacred place for top-class surfing, and is filled with stylish surf cafes and the warm hospitality of the islanders. It is a town where you can be deeply moved by the rich wisdom of living unique to Amami and the art of great nature.

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【Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima】A journey that will release the mind【English】

Tatsugo Town

【空撮】昇龍桜ティラ山桜並木 - 龍郷町観光ガイドブック // 奄美大島龍郷町

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【空撮】赤尾木集落にある無線塔２基龍郷町観光ガイドブック

NPO Machiiro

バショウ群生地｜奄美大島、暮らしと共に

Amami Oshima Tourism & Products Federation

Tatsugo Town

Address: 110 Tatsugochorapura, Oshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture
Website: https://www.town.tatsugo.lg.jp/kikakukanko/kanko/index.html
Operator: Tatsugo Town

Tatsugo Town Spots List

Ikuri district
Akina Taiwan Cherry Tree-lined Road
Kaganbana Tunnel
Heart Rock
Yairi district
Ankyaba district
Maru district
Kuba district
Akina district
Oshima Tsumugi Village
Amami Nature Observation Forest
Tebiro Beach

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Ikuri district

"Ikuri" village, adjacent to the Akina district of Tatsugo Town, is a hidden secret area where particularly rich traditional culture and simple rural atmosphere remain beautifully in Amami Oshima, nurtured by beautiful mountains and clean spring water. Here, old Fukugi tree-lined roads and stone walls, which islanders have carefully protected for staggering years, continue in an orderly manner, and just walking through them wraps you in a deep emotion as if you had slipped through time. There is overwhelming silence 100% unrelated to city noise and commercialism, and you can experience traveling as if you were living while listening to...

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Akina Taiwan Cherry Tree-lined Road

Akina Taiwan Cherry Tree-lined Road, spreading along a beautiful road in the mountains connecting the Akina/Ankyaba districts of Tatsugo Town, is a very romantic and beautiful superb view spot where you can feel the arrival of spring earliest in Japan. Around January to February every year, many Taiwan cherry trees (Hikan-zakura) planted along the road bloom beautiful deep pink flowers all at once, and the contrast with the lush green subtropical mountain surface and the deep blue East China Sea spreading below is breathtakingly beautiful. It captivates travelers and photographers from all over the world as a superb view that...

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Kaganbana Tunnel

Kaganbana Tunnel, standing tall on the road running along the coast near the beautiful Maru village of Tatsugo Town, is a compact old hand-dug tunnel with a total length of only 29 meters, but it is a superb power spot that is extremely miraculous and very rare even globally, where "the sunset fits perfectly in the middle of the tunnel hole" only for a few specific days in spring (around March) and autumn (around September) every year. At dusk, the beautiful golden sun silently sinking beyond the horizon penetrates the tunnel in a straight line, and the mysterious sight that...

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Heart Rock

Heart Rock, which appears quietly from the sea only for about 1 hour before and after low tide on the steep rocky shore of the beautiful Akaogi coast of Tatsugo Town, is a miraculous "heart-shaped natural tide pool" that beach enthusiasts and lovers from all over the world admire, created by the fierce rough waves of the Pacific Ocean over many years carving Ryukyu limestone. The beautiful heart-shaped water surface filled with emerald green seawater with outstanding transparency is overwhelmingly photogenic, glittering in the sunlight, and is globally popular on SNS. The path walking through the beautiful white sand beach...

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Yairi district

Yairi district, located in Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, is a hidden port town area where idyllic island time and simple "Shima (village) culture" still breathe beautifully, embraced by the rich mountains of World Natural Heritage and beautiful coastlines. Behind the village, deep subtropical primeval forests where valuable wild endemic species such as the Amami rabbit live spread out, and you can deeply immerse yourself in the primitive vitality of the earth while slowly strolling along the lush green promenade. Also, the beautiful village townscape filled with unique traditional agriculture and the wisdom of the warm islanders is nostalgia itself. In...

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Ankyaba district

Ankyaba district, located in Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, is a hidden superb scenic area where rich natural environments such as the "Akina Taiwan Cherry Tree-lined road," which dyes the entire mountain surface in vivid pink in winter along the beautiful coastline overlooking the East China Sea, and the emotion of simple island life are comfortably fused. Along the coastline, a very transparent emerald green reef (coral reef) spreads out, never ceasing to attract overseas beach enthusiasts who want to enjoy top-class snorkeling and sea kayaking. In the village landscape where screw pine fruits, which are traditional windbreaks, and giant banyan...

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Maru district

Maru district, quietly standing in Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, is the ultimate hideaway area where untouched primitive beautiful natural scenery and unique old village culture are carefully protected, facing the round, beautiful, and calm circular bay as its name suggests. Inside the bay, the sea boasting very high transparency shining in ultramarine blue spreads out, and nature tours quietly paddling SUP or sea kayak are very popular among international tourists. In the village, rows of houses with heavy stone walls piled up from ancient times to protect houses from typhoons and sea breezes remain, and you can deeply learn traditional...

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Kuba district

Kuba district, located in Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, is a hidden famous spot for traditional "Shima (village) culture" where idyllic island time flows slowly, sandwiched between beautiful emerald green seas and lush green subtropical mountains. The biggest highlight of this area is the point where you can directly touch the spirituality of artisans who have supported the roots of traditional hand-weaving and mud dyeing of the world's highest peak silk fabric "Authentic Oshima Tsumugi" and the rustic atmosphere of a simple fishing village. If you stroll along the coast feeling the pleasant sea breeze, you will encounter beautiful traditional Fukugi...

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Akina district

Akina/Ikuri district, gently spreading in the deep mountains of Tatsugo Town, Amami Oshima, is the sacred hometown of Amami's unique deep spiritual culture, where the traditional festival for a good harvest "Akina Arasetsu Events (Shochokama/Hirase Mankai)," which is also designated as a National Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property, is still sacredly inherited. The vast beautiful rural landscape harmonizes beautifully with the surrounding steep mountains, and the moment you step in, you are wrapped in the good old Japanese original landscape and nostalgia. Strolling through the village where traditional thatched one-story buildings and old stone walls remain is highly acclaimed by...

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Oshima Tsumugi Village

Situated in Tatsugo Town on Amami Oshima, "Oshima Tsumugi Village (Oshima Tsumugimura)" is a highly prestigious, beautiful cultural sanctuary where visitors can slowly observe and experience all the meticulous manufacturing steps of "Honba Oshima Tsumugi"—one of the world's most beautiful silk textiles and a designated national traditional craft of Japan—nestled within a lush subtropical garden layout. Retaining incredible heritage craftsmanship guarded closely for over 1,300 years, the intricate artisan methods of authentic "Dorozome" (mud-dyeing unique to the island) and precision hand-weaving heavily draw textile lovers worldwide. Experiencing workshops to dye a white silk scarf or t-shirt with Amami's native mud...

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Amami Nature Observation Forest

Sprawling across a rolling hill in Tatsugo Town at an altitude of about 300 meters, the "Amami Nature Observation Forest" is a premier ecotourism destination where beginners and international hikers can safely and easily trek through the rich, dynamic subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest registered as a World Natural Heritage site in 2021. Moss-covered giant tree ferns called "Hikagehego" and rare endemic flora frame the walking paths, offering deep, refreshing relaxation just by walking. The park serves as a thriving habitat for rare endemic creatures and birds designated as national natural protected treasures, including the vibrantly colored Lidth's jay, making its...

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Tebiro Beach

Situated in Tatsugo Town on Amami Oshima, "Tebiro Beach" is a gorgeous, scenic destination where a beautiful emerald-green sea and white sands spread, drawing beach lovers and international travelers from around the globe. Due to the shape of the offshore reef (coral reef), this coast experiences exceptionally high-quality, stable waves year-round, widely renowned as one of Japan's premier "surfing sanctuaries" loved by professional and amateur surfers alike. The surrounding area features stylish surf shops, cafes, and guest houses, exuding a welcoming, refreshing local surf culture. Retaining the rich bounty of an untouched sea, it serves as an excellent hideaway for...

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