Hoshizuna no Hama, located on the northern tip of the remote Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is a small beach that boasts a unique feature - star-shaped sand. The beach is known as the "star sand beach" due to the grains of sand found here being shaped like tiny stars. However, these are not really sand grains, but the exoskeletons of a tiny one-celled organism … [Read more...] about The Magic of Hoshizuna-no-hama: Exploring the Enchanting Star Sand Beach of Iriomote Island