Prefectural Symbols
The prefectural flower is the mountain peony. On the island of Daikonjima, they were grown from at least the 18th century.
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“As usual I finish the day before the sea, sumptuous this evening beneath the moon, which writes Arab symbols with phosphorescent streaks on the slow swells. There is no end to the sky and the waters. How well they accompany sadness!”
—Albert Camus (1913–1960)