HACHIJO, Japan -- I am driving a rental scooter along Tokyo Prefectural Route 216, brandishing a license plate that reads Shinagawa-ku, a ward in the southeast of the Japanese capital. With that, the connection to city life ends.
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Hachijojima, Japan's hidden botanical gem
Technically in Tokyo, the island looks more like subtropical Okinawa
Hachijojima's coastal roads provide spectacular views of the Pacific shorelines. (Photo by Stephen Mansfield)
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