Amami City

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Amami City, the administrative, economic, and cultural center of Amami Oshima, is the best base city for island trips, where tropical atmosphere full of fervor and the overwhelming great nature of World Natural Heritage are compactly gathered. It is full of wild nature adventures such as the deep blue Oshima Strait, where a beautiful rias coastline spreads, and the "Mangrove Primeval Forest," the second largest in Japan, where you can push through mysterious jungles by canoe. On the other hand, in Naze, the central city, there are many retro famous shops where you can enjoy traditional "island song" live shows night after night while tasting fresh local seafood and authentic brown sugar shochu, a specialty of Amami. It is a wonderful city where sophisticated convenience and untouched earth vitality are comfortably fused.