Kikai Town Hometown Tax
Children's carefree lives woven from the blessings of the island
Kikaijima is an uplifted coral reef island located 380km south of the prefecture's mainland in the northeastern part of the Amami Islands. The products that exude a tropical atmosphere and are woven from the rare natural environment are gaining attention as return gifts every year.
The city provides generous subsidies to the child-rearing generation, such as providing free school lunches and full medical subsidies for families up to high school age, with the aim of making it a town where it is easy to raise children.
In addition, donations will be used in various ways to fund part of the Coral Study Abroad Project (Remote Island Study Abroad Project) that started in fiscal year 5, and to increase the number of visitors and revitalize the region.
Popular gifts
A gift unique to the tropics, grown in soil rich in coral minerals
The lineup is full of the charm of tropical products such as brown sugar shochu, which can only be produced in the Amami Islands, raw sugar (shima granulated sugar) made from sugarcane, and autumn/winter tomatoes rich in minerals. New local specialties such as craft cola syrup made with a blend of 14 kinds of spices are also not to be missed.
Brown sugar shochu
Other popular gifts (examples)
- "Kikaijima white sesame" is the number one domestic producer in Japan
- Native island mandarin oranges
- Unheated mangoes
- passion fruit
- Live-killed frozen tiger prawns
- Sesame Soap
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Hometown tax payment application site (internet portal site)
You can apply via the following website:
"Furusato choice"," Rakuten Hometown Tax Donation," "Satoful," "Furunavi," "au PAY Hometown Tax Donation," and "JAL Hometown Tax Donation"
You can get more detailed information!
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