石垣島
alternative words: Ishigakijima island, Ishigakijima, Ishigaki jima
keywords:
island
,
okinawa
,
tourist resort
related topics:
Okinawa prefecture
,
Senkaku islands
related web sites:
http://www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp
,
http://ishigaki.com
explanation: Ishigakijima is the main island of Sakijima gunto (Yaeyama retto), a group of islands located between Okinawa and Taiwan. Ishigakijima is formed mainly with a plateau of coral origin and people is living with the culture of tropical plants and tourism. It owns a small airport but its extension is blocked due to an opposition of environmentalists. Being located on the passage of typhoons, each house is surrounded with stone walls (Ishigaki). The surface is 221 km2.
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