OkinawaShrines & TemplesNaha
Naminouegu
It stands on a cliff, so that worship faces out towards the paradise held to lie beyond the sea.
Entries in Okinawa Naha34 entries
308 entries. Some places appear in more than one collection. Confirm visits with each facility.
34ShowingOkinawaArea12Themes
INSTAGRAM / 6
Instagram from Okinawa (official accounts)
No posts linked to this category have been collected yet. Showing posts from the prefecture's official accounts, rotating every minute.
34 entries / page 1 of 2
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & TemplesNaha
Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon
A stone gate beside Shuri Castle, and an Important Cultural Property. Here the king prayed for safety when leaving the castle. Beyond the gate is an utaki, and the gate itself is for worshipping through.
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & TemplesNaha
Sueyoshigu
It stands at the end of a stone stairway through the forest. A stone ramp of a form peculiar to Ryukyu survives.
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaShrines & Temples
OkinawaArchitecture
OkinawaCastles & HistoryNaha
Shurijo Seiden
It burned in 2019 and is being rebuilt. The stone walls of the castle site remain World Heritage.
OkinawaArchitecture
OkinawaArchitecture
OkinawaHistoric DistrictsNaha
Kokusai Street
One point six kilometres. Its recovery from the burnt ground of the war was called the miracle mile.
OkinawaArchitectureNaha
Bingata & Yachimun
Stencil dyeing that carries the colours of the south, and the pottery of Tsuboya. Kilns line Yachimun Street.
OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum
Walled in limestone like a Ryukyuan castle, holding both the kingdom's record and the systematic collection of postwar Okinawan art.
OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Tsuboya Pottery Street
The quarter where the kingdom gathered all its kilns; it escaped the war, and workshops still line the paved street.
OkinawaMuseumsNaha
Tsuboya Pottery Museum
A kiln found during construction was left in place and built around, shown underground beneath the galleries.
OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Ryukyu Bingata
Stencilled paste resist with pigment rubbed in - a meeting of Chinese, Southeast Asian and Japanese dyeing, in colours built for southern light.
Naha
Shuri Textiles
Woven for the royal house; one of its weaves could be worn only by the queen and princesses.
OkinawaArt & CraftsNaha
Ryukyu Lacquerware
Its tsuikin technique - lacquer kneaded with pigment and applied like clay - exists nowhere else; the court ran the workshops.
OkinawaArt & Crafts
OkinawaArchitectureNaha
Kinjocho Stone Path
Part of a royal highway; 238 metres survived the war, walled in stone between great trees.