In Pictures: Amami-Oshima (Islands): Island Walk

Many of the beaches of Amami made up of a soft sand called "star sand." This beach is south of the airport.

The Amami Islands are a group of tropical islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan about 300 km north of Okinawa and about 380 km south of Kyushu. (Read More: Amami-Oshima (Islands))