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1．Yakushima, Kagoshima
Yakushima (屋久島町, Yakushima-chō) is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima.
population：11,414人 area：540.48km2
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Yakushima, Kagoshima in Mountain

1．Mount Miyanoura
Mount Miyanoura (宮之浦岳, Miyanoura-dake) is a mountain in central Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture. At an altitude of 1,936 m (6,352 ft),[1] it is the highest peak of Yakushima and also the highest peak of the Kyushu region. The mountains are registered in UNESCO World Heritage Site as "Yakushima".
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Yakushima, Kagoshima in coast

2．Yakushima
Yakushima (屋久島) is one of the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 504.88 km2 (194.94 sq mi) in area, has a population of 13,178. Access to the island is by hydrofoil ferry (7 or 8 times a day from Kagoshima, depending on the season), slow car ferry (once or twice a day from Kagoshima), or by air to Yakushima Airport (3 to 5 times daily from Kagoshima, once daily from Fukuoka and once daily from Osaka).Administratively, the whole island is the town of Yakushima. The town also serves neighbouring Kuchinoerabujima. 42% of the island is within the borders of the Yakushima National Park.[2]
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Yakushima, Kagoshima in island

3．Denshima
Denshima (デン島), also known as Yuze (湯瀬), is an uninhabited volcanic pillar located in the Ōsumi Islands and belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Denshima is located roughly equidistant between Iōjima and Kuroshima. The island is an exposed and highly eroded portion of lava dome associated with the submarine Kikai Caldera, a stratovolcano rising from the ocean floor. It consists of three large rocks, separated by very narrow channels, with a maximum height of 58 metres (190 ft) above sea level, and a smaller rock, just breaching the ocean surface, to one side.
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