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Kohama is located between Iriomote and Ishigaki Islands.
The Yaeyama Islands are located at the southwest point of Okinawa Prefecture.

Kohama Island (小浜島, Kohama-jima) (Yaeyama: Kumoo, Okinawan: Kubama) is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island has an area of 7.84 km2 (3.03 sq mi), with a surrounding area of 16.6 km2 (6.4 sq mi). The island is located about 25 minutes by ferry from Ishigaki Island, which is the transportation and business center of the Yaeyama Islands.

The 2001 NHK drama series Churasan was set on the island. Shinobu Miyara, former member of Da Pump, is from Kohama-jima. The octogenarian "idol" group, KBG84, has given Kohama much media coverage.[1]

  1. ^ Henry Johnson (2020) Beyond the Mainland: Okinawa, Palimpsestic Geography and Octogenarian Island Idols, Popular Music and Society, DOI: 10.1080/03007766.2020.1730653

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Aureisphaera salina

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Yaeyama little horseshoe bat

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