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00:00We are now in Miyakojima.
00:07Today we are on a double-decker bus.
00:12I wonder where we are going.
00:14I wonder if we are going to go around the island together.
00:20While saying something.
00:22Yes, while saying something.
00:25Tamori is now in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, 3 hours by plane from Tokyo.
00:33Tamori, have you been to Miyakojima?
00:35It's my first time to go to Miyakojima.
00:37Is that so? It's my first time too.
00:40Is there Ishigaki Island?
00:42Yes, there is Ishigaki Island.
00:45I can see the bridge.
00:47Miyako, there is a long bridge.
00:50It connects two islands.
00:54What kind of image did you have of Miyakojima?
00:57It was flat.
00:59There was an announcer from Miyakojima.
01:04I asked him where it was.
01:06He said that if you walk towards the beach and turn around and stretch your back, you can see the other side of the beach.
01:14I thought it was that flat.
01:16I thought it was that flat.
01:20I can see the bridge.
01:22Yes, you can.
01:24It's beautiful.
01:31It's nice.
01:35I think there are many plants.
01:37Is it sea grapes?
01:39It's mozuku.
01:41It's mozuku spring.
01:45It's mozuku spring.
01:48It's mozuku spring.
01:51The two-story bus is really nice.
01:54You can see the sea right away.
01:56It's the sea.
01:59What kind of island is that?
02:01It's Ikemajima.
02:04It's Ikemajima.
02:06It's Ikemajima.
02:09It's Ikemajima.
02:10It's Ikemajima.
02:13The bus goes to Ikemajima, which is just north of Miyakojima.
02:22We're going to the beach.
02:27It's been years since I've been to the beach.
02:30Really?
02:33It's nice.
02:35It's nice.
02:40It's nice, isn't it?
02:43I was making a fool of myself.
02:45I was making a fool of myself.
02:48Were you?
02:52I'm standing there.
02:58I didn't know it was a sea turtle.
03:01I didn't know it was a sea turtle.
03:04I didn't know it was a sea turtle.
03:10Nanzansho.
03:13Miyakojima, the resort of Miyako.
03:16What's the secret of the coral island?
03:19Do you know what it is?
03:20Miyakojima, the resort of Miyako.
03:22I know what it is.
03:23The coral island doesn't have many secrets.
03:31Hello.
03:32Hello.
03:33Nice to meet you.
03:36Mr. Mitsugu Kugai, who was born and raised in Miyakojima.
03:39He studies the history and culture of Miyakojima.
03:44Is this what it is?
03:45Yes, it is.
03:46Miyakojima, the resort of Miyako.
03:48Do you know what it is?
03:49Yes.
03:50The secret of the coral island.
03:52That's right.
03:53I don't think the coral island has many secrets.
03:56There are some secrets.
03:58Are there?
03:59I wonder if there are.
04:02First of all, the resort.
04:06I know what it is.
04:08I know it well.
04:10There are many tourists.
04:13Especially in recent years.
04:15There were about 500,000 people for a year.
04:18Now, there are twice as many tourists as before.
04:24There are many people visiting Miyakojima.
04:29I think Miyakojima is an island that attracts many people.
04:38Miyakojima.
04:39That's right.
04:41This time, we will go around Miyakojima from end to end.
04:47I would like to unravel the secret of Miyako Resort.
04:52Let's go.
04:54It has begun.
04:57URATAMORI.
04:58This time, we will go to Miyakojima in Okinawa.
05:04I want to see the blue sea forever.
05:09There are beautiful corals and colorful fish in the sea.
05:15Miyakojima has a population of 55,000.
05:18A million tourists visit Miyakojima every year.
05:21This is a resort island.
05:26Miyakojima is an exotic resort.
05:28What is the secret of the coral island?
05:33TAMORI will go around the island by bus.
05:37Today, we will go to URATAMORI in Miyakojima.
05:44URATAMORI.
05:48There are many people.
05:54What kind of island is this?
06:02It has a different impression from the one I saw on the internet.
06:15URATAMORI.
06:24Miyakojima.
06:25We will explore Miyakojima, the secret of the coral island.
06:29We will start from the beach.
06:33The charm of Miyakojima is the sea in front of us.
06:39It's a blue fish.
06:40Miyako Blue.
06:41Miyako Blue.
06:42That's what it's called.
06:46Why does Miyakojima look like a bright blue sea?
06:56It's the sand below.
06:58That's right.
07:03It's smooth.
07:04It's white.
07:07This white sand is called Miyako Blue by the reflection of the sun.
07:12It's a sea that looks like that.
07:18Is this coral?
07:20That's right.
07:22Coral is crushed by the waves and turns into white sand.
07:29The blue sea of Miyakojima is seen because of the coral.
07:37Is the sea of Miyako Blue because of the white sand?
07:44The sea of Miyakojima is beautiful because it is surrounded by a lot of coral.
07:52Coral is involved in the development of Miyakojima.
07:59A lot of coral was collected and turned into a blue sea.
08:07It was rising like this.
08:08That's right.
08:10Let's go over there and take a look.
08:14This is it.
08:15That's right.
08:19It's a blue sea.
08:21Coral was collected in the sea and turned into Miyakojima.
08:30It's a little rough.
08:31That's right.
08:32There are a lot of gaps.
08:34It's uneven.
08:35It's uneven.
08:36It's painful to touch.
08:37It's painful.
08:38The whole island is made of this.
08:40That's right.
08:41Most of Miyakojima is the Blue Sea of Miyakojima.
08:47I see.
08:48Miyakojima is made of coral.
08:55It's a coral island.
09:02Let's take a double-decker bus and explore the secret of the coral island.
09:12We are crossing the bridge.
09:15We are crossing the bridge.
09:16That's right.
09:17The biggest island is Miyakojima.
09:22What is this?
09:24Isn't this Iwabujima?
09:26This is Shimojishima.
09:27That's right.
09:28This is Shimojishima.
09:30It looks like it's connected.
09:31It may look like it's connected, but it's just an island.
09:34It's just close.
09:35That's right.
09:391, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
09:42There are six islands.
09:43Miyakojima is one of the six islands.
09:47It looks like it's tough.
09:49Is it cut all the way?
09:51Is the sea in there?
09:53That's right.
09:54There's a gap.
09:56I'd like to go there.
09:57That's right.
09:58I'd like to go there.
10:00I don't know if it's true.
10:02I don't know if it's true.
10:03I don't know if it's true.
10:04I don't know if it's true.
10:05I don't know if it's true.
10:06I'd like you to pay attention to one more thing.
10:08It's here.
10:09It's here.
10:10It's here.
10:11It's here.
10:12It's here.
10:13It's here.
10:14It's here.
10:15It's here.
10:19It's called Nishihennazaki.
10:21It's a popular spot with good location and tourists.
10:28It's a good place to go.
10:30The waves are quiet.
10:31The sea is calm, so it's a good place to go.
10:36I sang a song earlier.
10:39It's spring.
10:41That's right.
10:43Spring is the season.
10:45It's spring.
10:48That's right.
10:52This is Nishihennazaki.
10:55There is a Hennazaki in the west.
10:58There is a Hennazaki in the east.
11:00That's right.
11:01Is this it?
11:02That's right.
11:03This is Nishihennazaki.
11:04This is Higashihennazaki.
11:05This is Higashihennazaki.
11:09This is the easternmost Hennazaki in Miyakojima.
11:15Today, we're going to walk around Miyakojima from end to end.
11:20Are we going?
11:21Yes.
11:22We're going to go to Higashihennazaki, where you can see the secret of this island.
11:28Let's go.
11:30This time, we're going to explore the secret of Sango Island while aiming for Higashihennazaki.
11:39We can see the sea again.
11:41That's right.
11:42It's called Oura Bay.
11:46Unlike Kinawajima, Miyakojima doesn't have a hub.
11:51That's right.
11:53That's good.
11:56We don't have to worry about the hub.
12:03That's right.
12:05We don't have to worry about it, but we always have to be careful about the hub.
12:09That's right.
12:13The scenery has changed a lot since we came here.
12:17It's like a city.
12:20The bus goes further south in the city of Miyakojima.
12:28Atarasu Ichiwa.
12:30It's a popular spot.
12:32It's a place where you can buy local specialties, such as vegetables.
12:38It starts with an un.
12:40It starts with an un.
12:42It's one of the characteristics of Miyakojima dialect.
12:45There are many words that start with an un.
12:48It doesn't end with an un, does it?
12:51It starts with an un again.
12:54What does it mean?
12:57It's a dialect of everyone.
13:02The most famous dialect is Umeyachi.
13:05It means welcome.
13:08Umeyachi.
13:09That's right.
13:11In addition to that, there are many words that start with an un,
13:16such as the road and the soil.
13:21That's a lot.
13:23In Hakata dialect, it's called un-nya.
13:27That's close to an un.
13:29It's not an un. It's un-nya.
13:31Un-nya.
13:33It's called un-nya.
13:37It's good. It starts with an un.
13:39It's good, isn't it?
13:41Un-nya.
13:45We're getting close to the secret of the island.
13:51Can you find out something here?
13:55This hill on the right.
13:59It's parallel to this road.
14:03Really?
14:04It's connected.
14:09Wait.
14:11This is Sango Island, isn't it?
14:14Yes, it is.
14:16Is there a danso on Sango Island?
14:21Let me tell you.
14:23There is.
14:24There is?
14:25Yes.
14:26As I said, this small hill is a danso.
14:31It's quite a danso.
14:33Yes, it's quite high.
14:35Do you know what a danso is?
14:39It's when something moves up and down by some force.
14:43That's right.
14:45It's a danso when something moves up and down by some force.
14:51If you think this small hill on the right is a danso...
14:57Is this a danso?
15:00Mr. Tamori said Miyako Island is a flat island.
15:04But there is a place like this, too.
15:08Actually, this danso is the key to know the important secrets of Miyako Island.
15:17What is a danso?
15:19Danso is...
15:23It's been a while, hasn't it?
15:25It's been a while, hasn't it?
15:30The bus seems to change direction here.
15:35It's going to turn a little on the left.
15:37It's running in the direction of the danso on the back.
15:43If you go for about five minutes, you'll find out a secret about danso.
15:56You can see the hills again.
16:00This is also a danso.
16:02That's right.
16:04So, the bus is running in the direction of the danso on the back.
16:09And there's another danso.
16:11That's right.
16:13The danso is running in parallel.
16:16This green one.
16:17This is a danso.
16:20The bus is crossing the danso.
16:23Will it go down further from here?
16:25Yes, it's still going down.
16:33You can see it again.
16:36That's right.
16:37Is that a danso?
16:39That's right.
16:40It's the same kind of green.
16:43That's the same direction, isn't it?
16:45That's right.
16:46That's the same direction, isn't it?
16:47That's right.
16:48And the bus is going up little by little.
16:51That's right.
16:55There are seven danso.
16:58That's right.
16:59The trees are growing.
17:00That's right.
17:06This is a danso.
17:08That's right.
17:09It's the highest point.
17:11It's crossing the danso.
17:13And it's going down again.
17:20It's going down again.
17:22That green one.
17:24That's right.
17:27It's the third danso.
17:29That's right.
17:34It's the fourth danso again.
17:37Can you see it?
17:38You can see the fourth danso.
17:41What kind of island is this?
17:48Looking at the cross-section of the road that Mr. Tamori passed by on the bus,
17:52you can see that there are many differences in height depending on the danso.
18:01There aren't many places like this.
18:03There are four danso in a row.
18:06That's right.
18:07And it's quite narrow.
18:10It's quite thick.
18:13What does this mean?
18:14Let's take a look at the map of Miyako Island.
18:19There are many danso.
18:20That's right.
18:23The bus is passing through this road.
18:26It's crossing the danso.
18:30If you pay attention to the direction of the danso running,
18:35you can see that the danso is running in the same direction.
18:44But why is the danso running like this on Miyako Island?
18:50That's the reason.
18:53Look at this.
18:56The Philippine Sea.
18:57The plate is sinking.
18:59And the Okinawa trough is here.
19:03The Okinawa trough is like a groove in the seabed.
19:08This groove is gradually expanding.
19:13The Okinawa trough is expanding.
19:15Yes.
19:16In fact, the Okinawa trough is expanding,
19:19so the Okinawa trough has the most force on Miyako Island.
19:23The force is concentrated here.
19:27Then, the force on Miyako Island extends outward.
19:34The force on the Okinawa trough creates cracks.
19:38I see.
19:39This is how danso is born in Miyako Island.
19:45Yes.
19:48I see.
19:49Because the Okinawa trough was so powerful,
19:52many danso were born on Miyako Island,
19:55making it a unique terrain.
20:01There are so many danso.
20:04That's right.
20:07This danso is running in a striped pattern.
20:13It's a striped pattern.
20:15It's a striped pattern of danso.
20:17It's written in Katakana.
20:23Is that so?
20:24Yes.
20:25It's written striped.
20:28Yes.
20:29It's striped.
20:30It's striped.
20:31It's striped.
20:32It's striped.
20:33It's striped.
20:37I see.
20:38Miyako Island was an island of many danso.
20:45But how does this striped danso relate to the secret of the exotic resort?
20:55Now, we're heading to the eastern tip of the pole.
21:01I can see the sea here.
21:02It's beautiful.
21:05It's not flat at all.
21:06That's right.
21:09Who said that?
21:11Was it me?
21:13When you look back from the edge of Miyako Island,
21:15you can see the beach on the other side.
21:17That's right.
21:18That's not true.
21:19I'm sorry.
21:22I'm sorry.
21:25We're heading to the eastern tip of the pole.
21:27The eastern tip of the pole is one of the most beautiful spots in Miyako Island.
21:31That's right.
21:32It's a very popular place for tourists.
21:36If we go there, we can see the beautiful scenery.
21:38That's right.
21:40Let's go together.
21:43I wonder what kind of beautiful scenery is waiting for us.
21:46I'm looking forward to it.
21:51Mr. Tamori came to a place where you can see the eastern tip of the pole.
21:57It's a beautiful scenery.
22:00It's a cliff.
22:02It's the easternmost bridge.
22:04Yes, that's the easternmost bridge.
22:06This shrine is about two kilometers long.
22:09It's that long?
22:10Yes.
22:12Is this a cliff as well?
22:14It's a high-rise building.
22:15Yes, it's a cliff, too.
22:20Would you look at this?
22:24It's the eastern tip of the pole.
22:26This is the east side of Hennazaki.
22:31It's the same direction.
22:33Is this the Danso?
22:35Yes, it is.
22:36It's the same direction.
22:38Yes, it is.
22:39By the way, the west side of Hennazaki that we saw on the bus is this way.
22:46It's a little further from Ikemajima.
22:49This is also Danso.
22:51Yes, it is.
22:52This is also Danso.
22:53Can you see it?
22:54Yes, I can.
22:56I can see it clearly.
22:59Yes, I can.
23:00This is Danso.
23:01This is the west side of Danso.
23:03Yes, it is.
23:06This is the island of Danso.
23:08Yes, it is.
23:10Today, we've been going around Danso from the beginning to the end.
23:17Yes, we have.
23:18We've been going around Danso from the beginning to the end.
23:21We've been going around Danso from the beginning to the end.
23:22Yes, we have.
23:24Mr. Tanota, let's go to the lighthouse over there.
23:30Yes, let's go.
23:31The east side of Hennazaki.
23:32Let's go.
23:35So, let's aim for the tip of the east side of Hennazaki by bus.
23:47The east side of Hennazaki.
23:51Congratulations.
23:53Congratulations.
23:57There is the Rikyu Seikai on the ground.
23:59Yes, this is the Rikyu Seikai.
24:01I think you can feel that Miyakojima is the island of coral.
24:07This is the Rikyu Seikai.
24:11It's not a flat island at all.
24:16It's a completely different impression.
24:18Yes, it is.
24:21The land of coral and several Danso running on the island.
24:27Thanks to these two, Miyakojima was born.
24:42These are the coral and Danso that make Miyakojima.
24:48These two have had a great impact on the people who live on Miyakojima.
24:55Next, I'd like to find out the secret.
25:00There is still a secret.
25:01Yes, there is.
25:02It's hard.
25:03Let's go.
25:06So, let's find out the secret of living on the island of coral and Danso.
25:12The secret of living on the island of coral and Danso
25:17In Okinawa Prefecture, there is a typhoon in the summer.
25:22Typhoon?
25:23Yes, typhoon.
25:24The coral is knocked down by the wind.
25:29If you look closely, everything is bent.
25:31Yes, it is.
25:32It's true.
25:34That's because the fallen coral comes up again.
25:38Does it rise?
25:39Yes, it does.
25:40It's strong.
25:41Yes, it is.
25:42It's amazing.
25:43Yes, it is.
25:48Can you see something?
25:50What's that?
25:52A horse?
25:53Yes, it's a Miyako horse.
25:55Is there a Miyako horse?
25:56Yes.
26:00Miyako horse of Miyakojima.
26:02This horse seems to have something to do with living on the island.
26:07Here it comes.
26:08Here it comes.
26:10This is a Misu horse.
26:13This is Kiyo-chan.
26:14Kiyo-chan.
26:17Kiyo-chan.
26:18This is Kiyo-chan.
26:21I'll show you another one.
26:22This is how it looks.
26:24It's quite strong.
26:25It's strong.
26:27I'll raise it so that it won't break.
26:31The teeth are amazing.
26:32Yes, they are.
26:33Crackle, crackle, crackle.
26:36What is this horse's name?
26:39It's Kurara-chan.
26:41Kurara-chan.
26:52It's strong.
26:53He took it away.
26:56It's amazing.
26:57It's looking at the camera.
26:58Go up.
26:59Go up.
27:02Is this horse a Japanese horse?
27:05Yes, it is.
27:06It's a horse from Okinawa.
27:08Miyako horse is designated as a natural monument in Okinawa.
27:13Actually, Miyako horse is very active as a horse that carries heavy goods.
27:20It's an animal that is suitable for Miyakojima, an island of coral and coral reefs.
27:27Is it related to coral and coral reefs?
27:31Yes, it's related to coral reefs and coral reefs.
27:33I wonder what it is.
27:35If you look at it,
27:37Legs?
27:38Spine?
27:39Spine.
27:40Yes.
27:41Miyako horse has very hard spines.
27:46So, Miyako horse can walk without an iron rod.
27:52It's a horse that has such hard spines.
27:55It's strong.
27:58It can walk on hard coral reefs.
28:02That's right.
28:04As you saw earlier, Miyako horse has many spines.
28:08It has to overcome them.
28:10Yes, it has to overcome them.
28:12It's hard for human hands, so Miyako horse was very useful.
28:19That's how it was made.
28:22Miyako horse is an important horse that symbolizes coral and coral reefs on this island.
28:37Miyako horse was an indispensable horse for coral and coral reefs.
28:47See you.
28:52See you.
28:57He replied.
29:02That's all for today.
29:06Next time, we will learn more about how coral and coral reefs are related to Miyako island.
29:22Next time, we will learn more about how Miyako horse is related to Miyako island.
29:37Next time, we will learn more about Miyako horse's relationship with Miyako island.
29:44Next Episode
29:47The Journey of Miyakojima
29:50Hello?
29:52What's the secret of Tamori's island?
29:55Oh!
29:56Stay tuned for the next episode!
29:59I've got it!