The Japanese archipelago is located on the eastern side of the Pacific Ocean and is composed of many islands. The names of the main islands are, from north to south, "Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu."  This photo was taken in Owase, in the southeastern part of the Kii Peninsula in the middle of Honshu.  If you visit the city of in mainland like Osaka or Kobe, Kyoto, If you like scuba diving,  I recommend the southern area of the Kii Peninsula as the traveling destination. It is a coral paradise where you can go by car.      The southern part of the Kii Peninsula is a coral paradise    Although Honshu is in the temperate zone, the under the sea of this area is instead the subtropical zone because the warm current, called "Kuroshio," flows along the southern coast of the Kii Peninsula.So, you can see colorful corals seascape that like Okinawa, Micronesia, or the Philippines even if you are in Honshu of Japan.      Hard coral and soft coral  There are two types of corals. One is hard that looks like rocks…