Edateku Island

What it is

• An uninhabited island in the Amami archipelago also known as Izatobanare.
• A location historically used for the practice of wind burials.
• The place considered to be the birthplace of the habu snake.
• A site once proposed for an oil storage base before the project was cancelled.

What to see

• A natural landscape covering approximately 5.7 square kilometers of land.
• The highest elevation point reaching 322 meters above sea level.
• Coastal views located 400 meters west of the main Amami Oshima island.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.