Title There She Blows!

  • Okinawa
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Activities $SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
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FY Prepared:
2018
Associated Tourism Board:
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クジラがやってくる!

海抜119mのこの展望台は、座間味北岸にある4つの展望所の中で最も高いところにあります。晴れた日には、沖縄本島はもちろん、渡名喜(19km)、粟国(38km)、久米(50km)の島々が見渡せます。12月末から4月頃の間、繁殖と子育てのためにザトウクジラが慶良間海域に訪れます。(万全を期すため、双眼鏡をご持参ください!)展望台のそばにある木製の塔は、クジラの観測員のために建てられたものです。クジラの観測員はこの塔からクジラを探し、ホエールウオッチングをしている船に、どこでクジラが見られるか詳細を連絡します。



There She Blows!

At 119 meters above sea level, this viewpoint is the highest of the four viewpoints on Zamami. On a clear day, you can see all the way to the islands of Tonaki (19 km), Aguni (38 km) and Kume (50 km), as well as the north coast of Okinawa itself. Between the end of December and April, humpback whales, which migrate to the Keramas to breed and to rear their young, frolic in the seas here. (Bring your binoculars for best results!) The wooden tower beside the observation deck was built specifically for local professional whale watchers. They use it as a lookout, radioing the whale-watching boats with the details of where the whales are to be found.


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