Mangrove wood on the east coast of Iriomote Island, the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Mariyudu Waterfall in the central area of Iriomote Island, on the Urauchi River. Iriomote Island is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Hoshizuna Beach, located on the northern tip of Iriomote Island. The name translates to "star-sand beach" because the sand grains are actually star-shaped shells of some tiny sea creatures (forams). Iriomote Island is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Haimida Beach on the south coast of Iriomote Island (the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan). The upper part of the beach is covered with flowering beach morning glory, a salt-tolerant plant whose seeds are dispersed by the ocean water.

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Bad weather is brewing over Haimida Beach on the south coast of Iriomote Island (the largest of the Yaeyama Islands in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan). It's the rainy season!

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