Nanjo
Fubo Utaki
One of the seven great utaki of Ryukyu. To this day no one at all may enter.
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OkinawaShrines & TemplesIzena
Izena Tamaudun
The tomb of the ancestors of the second Sho dynasty, built against the rock.
OkinawaShrines & TemplesNanjo
Tamagusuku
The gateway is cut in the shape of a heart, and the sun of the summer solstice comes straight through it.
OkinawaNature & SceneryNanjo
Gyokusendo
A limestone cave five kilometres long. It shows how an island of Ryukyu limestone came to be.
OkinawaNature & SceneryItoman
Heiwa no Ishiji
It carves the name of every person who died in the Battle of Okinawa, regardless of nationality, soldier or civilian.
OkinawaCulture & HistoryTaketomi
Iriomotejima
Ninety percent of the island is primeval forest. The Iriomote cat is a Special Natural Monument.
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OkinawaArchitectureNakagusuku
Nakagusuku-jo
Its curving stone walls are beautiful. Perry is said to have surveyed them and been astonished at their accuracy.
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Nakijin-jo
The seat of the king of Hokuzan. A wall 1.5 kilometres long runs along the ridge.
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OkinawaCastles & HistoryNaha
Shurijo Seiden
It burned in 2019 and is being rebuilt. The stone walls of the castle site remain World Heritage.
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Taketomijima
Red tiles and shisa, and streets of white sand. The island's code, utsugumi, has kept the townscape.
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OkinawaHistoric DistrictsNaha
Kokusai Street
One point six kilometres. Its recovery from the burnt ground of the war was called the miracle mile.
OkinawaNature & Scenery