Kujukushima, Islands Of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture

Kujuuku-shima 九十九島 literally means 99 islands. Though there are 208 islands formally, in the west of Nagasaki-ken. Local people are very proud because few landscapes of the area appear in the film "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise and Watanabe Ken.

A cruise among these islands - very beautiful scenery indeed: