The Flat Friends Amazing Day In Amami Ōshima, Japan

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The Flat Friends chose a tour called Southern Amami for our day on Amami Ōshima. The tour started at the ship in Naze. We rode on a bus for just over one hour to Setouchi. There we boarded a “semi-submarine”.

Everyone on the tour went down to a lower deck lined with windows that let us peek at a coral reef, and the fish swimming around it for nearly twenty minutes!

None of us know how to snorkel or scuba dive, so it was an amazing opportunity.

The top deck of our semi-submarine remained above water. The bottom deck was where the view was once we got to the coral reef.

The sunlight filtered through the water, creating a hazy, bright blue world. The Flat Friends tried to take pictures—and we tried to adjust the color later to make the coral and fish easier to see.

This was one of those adventures where cameras struggled to capture the amazing wonderland we were sailing around.

For the short trip back to the pier, the boat revved the engines and sped up to full speed.

We had been slowly gliding around the reef—it was the difference between gliding through a school zone and zooming down the highway!

We went to the upper deck to enjoy the view, and the wind in our face.