An Island That Colors the Space Within the Heart Bon Voyage by Ferry – A Voyage Weaving the Islands of Amami

Japan
Client: 鹿児島県旅客船協会
Produced by: 81plus
Agency: 81plus
Category: Tourism Products
Entry Type: Promotional Video

Synopsis

The film quietly announces the beginning of the journey with the words: “To come here, I needed a little courage, a little luck, and a little margin.” The ferry time to Kakeromajima—an unexplored island south of Amami Ōshima—is portrayed as an “interval” that shifts the mind from everyday to extraordinary.

Upon arrival, emerald-green seas, forests that evoke the earth’s vitality, and stories still alive between sea and woods overlap and speak to the viewer. Tourist-style explanations are deliberately removed; the focus is on inner change—being filled by confronting nature. The film concludes with a lingering feeling: a new landscape has opened inside the heart—leaving viewers with a quiet afterglow.