Ama, Japan

Ama, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 26.2310°, 127.2923°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Ama are Japanese divers famous for collecting pearls, though traditionally their main catch is seafood. The vast majority of ama are women. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Ama, Japan, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Japan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Ama, Japan in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• Okinawa Remote Islands (2017) — Okinawa Remote Islands is a domestic submarine cable network within Japan, connecting 9 coastal and island locations including Aguni, Ama, Hateruma, Itoman, Kumejima, and 4 more. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.