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Before tracing culture and history — how shrines and temples differ, and how to pay respects
Many of Japan's cultural properties are found at shrines or temples. The two belong to different religions, and their entrances and ways of worship differ. Start with the differences and the etiquette.INSTAGRAM / 6
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Okinawa World
Gyokusendo, a limestone cave about five kilometres long formed over some 300,000 years, of which 890 metres are open. There is also a habu snake park.
Outlying Islands
Ie Village's Castle Mountain
A 172-metre rock hill, also called Iejima Tacchu, with a sacred grove where safe voyages are prayed for.
Kume Island
Uegusuku Castle Ruins
On the 310-metre summit of Mount Ujo — the highest sited gusuku castle in Okinawa, held to date from the 15th century.
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Aragusuku Beach
Next to Yoshino beach, with branching coral and tropical fish in the shallows.
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Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters
The headquarters of the Japanese navy's Okinawa base force. Part of the tunnel where some 4,000 men died is open.
Kume Island
Gushikawa Castle Ruins (Kumejima) (Nationally Designated Historic Site)
The castle of the aji who ruled the island in the early 15th century, cliff-bound on three sides; a national historic site.
Okinawa
Ryukyu Glass Village
A ceiling built of 2,233 panes of glass, where you can make a glass of your own.
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Tojinbaka (the Chinese Memorial Tomb)
A grave honouring the Chinese who died in the Bowne incident of the mid 19th century.