Kikai
Kikai Island, or Kikaijima, is a small island located in the Amami Islands, just to the east of Amami Oshima. While it is a part of Kagoshima, due to a long and varied history of being conquered, culturally Kikai is a blend of Okinawan, Amami, and Kagoshima traditions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: one of the Satsunan Islands
- Also known as: “Kikai Island”, “Kikai Sima”, and “Kikaijima”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kikai.
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Kikai
- Category: landform
- Location: Amami Islands, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kikai” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة كيكاي”
- Cebuano: “Kikaiga-shima”
- Chinese: “喜界岛”
- Chinese: “喜界島”
- Chinese: “奇界”
- Dutch: “Kikai Island”
- French: “île Kikai”
- French: “Kikai jima”
- French: “Kikai-jima”
- French: “Kikai-shima”
- French: “Kikaiga shima”
- French: “Kikaiga-shima”
- French: “Kikaijima”
- French: “Kikaishima”
- German: “Kikaijima”
- German: “Kikaishima”
- Italian: “Kikaijima”
- Japanese: “喜界島”
- Korean: “기카이섬”
- Persian: “کیکایجیما”
- Spanish: “Isla Kikai”
- Spanish: “Kikai”
- Spanish: “Kikaigashima”
- Spanish: “Kikaijima”
- Swedish: “Kikaijima”
- Ukrainian: “Кікаідзіма”
- Ukrainian: “Кікай”
- Ukrainian: “Кікайджіма”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Kikai”
- Vietnamese: “Kikaijima”
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