is an island located in Miyazaki

Miyazaki, Miyazaki

is the capital city of Miyazaki Prefecture on the island of Kyūshū in Japan. Located on the coast and perforated by several rivers, Miyazaki City enjoys scenic views of both ocean and nearby, verdant mountains...

, Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.- History :Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture....

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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

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The island has a surface area of 4.4 hectares and a height of 6 meters.
The Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden

Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden

The is a botanical garden located on the island of Aoshima in the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged for the greenhouse.The garden contains 400 species of subtropical plants.- See also :...

 is located on the island as well as Aoshima Shrine.

One of the prominent features of the island is that it is surrounded by unique rock formations referred to as the "Ogre's Washboard" (鬼の洗濯板 - Oni no Sentakuita).

External links

• http://miyazaki.daa.jp/aoshima/ Pictures of Aoshima (Japanese language
  Japanese language
  is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
  
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