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| | Birdwatching trip report - Tobishima, Japan - surfbirds.com |
 | | Sakata, the departure port for Tobishima, is an hour's flight and 15,000 yen from Tokyo; it is a small city, and the ferry dock is just half an hour from the airport. |
 | | In early May you may still get many of the loons, shearwaters and alcids of this part of the world, and the endemic target, Japanese Murrelet is usually seen. |
 | | Nagoshi Inn, a few steps from the ferry landing, is very modest by Japanese standards, but it is clean and pleasant, has a nice hot bath and, thank God, western-style toilets. |
| www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/tobishima.html (621 words) |
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