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Kaigunbo Pool

本島周辺離島

Minamidaitojima is all cliff and has no beach. The islanders cut this sea pool out of the bedrock.

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Hiyadam Banta

久米島

A 200-metre cliff in the northeast of Kumejima, with Hatenohama and Agunijima from the lookout.

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Maesato Beach

八重山諸島

A resort beach on Ishigakijima, open to non-residents, with gear for hire.

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Irabu Ohashi Bridge

宮古諸島

A 3,540-metre bridge joining Miyakojima with Irabujima. Opened in 2015, it is the longest toll-free bridge in Japan.

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Mass Suicide Site

慶良間諸島

The Kerama islands, where American forces landed in March 1945. Here on Tokashikijima more than 300 islanders lost their lives.

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Hamahiga Island

本島中部

An island seven kilometres around, with the two settlements of Hama and Higa, where red-tiled houses and stone walls remain.

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備瀬のフクギ並木

本島北部

Almost all of the 250 or so houses are enclosed by fukugi windbreak trees, in a settlement laid out on a grid.

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Nirai Bridge and Kanai Bridge

本島南部

A bridge 660 metres long and 80 metres high, named after Nirai Kanai, the paradise beyond the sea.

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Hoshino-do

本島周辺離島

The largest of the limestone caves on Minamidaitojima, of which some 200 are said to have existed. It runs 375 metres.

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Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum

久米島

Live sea turtles can be seen, with displays on their danger of extinction and on the environment.

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Ishigaki Yaima Village

八重山諸島

On a hill above Nagura Bay. Its relocated houses, over 110 years old, are registered cultural properties.

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宮古諸島

The end of the Shimojishima airport runway. At low tide white sand appears. The name comes from aviation usage.

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Tokashiku Beach

慶良間諸島

A bay at the centre of the island, where sea turtles come to feed.

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Chura Yashi Park Okinawa and Southeast Botanical Gardens

本島中部

Opened in 1968. One of the largest outdoor botanical gardens in Japan, with over 50,000 plants of some 1,300 tropical and subtropical species.

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万座毛

本島北部

A grassy plateau on cliffs of raised coral reef, northwest of the Onna village office.

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Senagajima Umikaji Terrace

本島南部

About fifteen minutes by car from Naha Airport, on Senagajima, which a causeway joins to the main island.

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Kumaya Cave

本島周辺離島

A cave on Iheyajima worn from 280-million-year-old chert, held to be the setting of the myth of the heavenly rock door.

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Kumejima Museum

久米島

In the days of the Ryukyu kingdom, Kumejima lay on the tribute trade route. This museum tells that history.

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Euglena Mall

八重山諸島

An arcade with over a hundred souvenir shops and restaurants, holding the Ishigaki municipal market.

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Ikema Island Undersea Sightseeing

宮古諸島

A glass-bottomed boat for seeing coral and sea turtles.

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Ama Beach

慶良間諸島

In the west of Zamamijima, a shallow beach facing waters registered under the Ramsar Convention.

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Experience Kingdom Murasaki Mura

本島中部

A centre using the outdoor set of a historical television series, with Ryukyu glassblowing, pottery and bingata dyeing to try.

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Bios-no-Oka

本島北部

A tour of subtropical forest and lake, by lake boat, canoe or water-buffalo cart.

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Hyakuna Beach

本島南部

A natural beach in the south of the main island, held to be where Amamikiyo, the founding deity of Ryukyu, first came ashore.