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Pilgrimage town of less than 3,000 residents received almost 1.4 million tourists last year.
If you’ve been skipping Amami Oshima on your trips to Japan, you’ve been skipping a beautiful, uncrowded gem.
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Data analysis highlights where hikers are most likely to get a little too far off the beaten path.
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