Amami

Amami is a city in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, on the island of Amami Oshima, and it is the most populated municipality on that island. Its most urban part is the small port city of Naze, which is the island's main harbour and a regional ferry hub linking Kagoshima, Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka and Okinawa. The East China Sea lies to its north and the Pacific Ocean to its south, and the Kasari area is an exclave separated from the main part of the city. As of 1 October 2020 it had an estimated 41,390 residents on 308.15 square kilometres. The modern city was established on 20 March 2006 from Naze, the town of Kasari and the village of Sumiyo, and the islands were under United States administration from 1946 to 1953.