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AMAMI, Kagoshima Prefecture--A coastal waterfall previously known only to a few and largely invisible from the sea turns out to have one of the largest vertical drops in the entire Kyushu region of ...

The history of artist Tanaka Isson's creative journey and the legacy he left behind. Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of ...

Encompassing 42,698 hectares of subtropical rainforests on four islands on a chain located in the southwest of Japan, the serial site forms an arc on the boundary of the East China Sea and Philippine ...

Japan's Environment Ministry on Tuesday announced that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island in the country's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima. Amami-Oshima is ...

PARIS -- UNESCO will recognize Amami Oshima and other islands in Japan's southwest as a World Heritage site for their array of one-of-a-kind animal and plant species, the United Nations agency decided ...

Tokyo [Japan], January 16 (ANI): Following a massive undersea volcanic eruption in the island country of Tonga, Tsunami was observed in the southern Japanese island of Amami-Oshima and many other ...

Tanaka Isson, an artist known as Japan's "Gauguin," moved to the subtropical island of Amami Oshima at the age of 50 after years of struggle. He then spent highly productive years there painting its ...

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Barakan Discovers Amami Oshima: Isson's Treasure Island is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon ...

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