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Shitogo
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Reachable in 30 minutes by plane from Kagoshima, Yakushima is an island with a circumference of about 130 km and an area of 500 km². In the center of the island is a prehistoric forest, and the Jomon cedars are all too famous.
You will see big fish like bluefin tuna, bigeye trevally, bluefin trevally, reef sharks, stingrays, and sometimes hammerheads. Also great macro life.
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Shutterstock-Shane Myers Photography
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Pufferfish
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Butterfly Fish
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Clownfish
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Grouper/Basslets
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