Tag: <span>yonaguni</span>

The islands

Yonaguni, farther west.

Yonaguni sits at Japan's western inhabited edge, closer to Taiwan than to Okinawa's main island. Horses, woven cloth and a rugged coastline give reasons to stay above the water as well as explore below it.

The Yonaguni pony. One of the eight pony breeds native to Japan

  Meet Sanpin-chan on Kohama island. He’s one of the endangered Yonaguni Japanese breed ponies. It’s one of the eight pony breeds native to Japan. Yonaguni horses have a very gentle and thoughtful character. If you have the opportunity to travel to Yonaguni island, you’ll meet them free almost everywhere around the island. Such a […]