Miyako Islands
Sawada Beach
A shallow bay between Irabujima and Shimojishima, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores in 1996.
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Okinawa
Nuchimasu Tourist Salt Factory
On Miyagijima. Its instant air-crystallisation salt process can be toured with a free guide.
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Emerald Beach
Inside the Ocean Expo Park, divided into three: a beach for play, one for rest and one for the view.
Okinawa
Ryukyu Glass Village
A ceiling built of 2,233 panes of glass, where you can make a glass of your own.
Outlying Islands
Horse Riding Experience on Iejima Beaches
Ride a horse along the sand, from 20 minutes upward. Children of five and under ride with a parent.
Kume Island
Mifuga (the Female Rock)
A strange rock at Yamatodomari on Kumejima, worn by wind and sea, to which people pray for children.
OkinawaCulture & HistoryYaeyama Islands
Tojinbaka (the Chinese Memorial Tomb)
A grave honouring the Chinese who died in the Bowne incident of the mid 19th century.
Miyako Islands
Shima-no-Eki Miyako
A farm stand on Miyakojima supporting the island's growers.
Kerama Islands
Zamami Village Tourism Association Aoi no Yukuru-kan
Just by Zamami port, inside the Environment Ministry visitor centre, with travel information and left luggage.
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Zanpa Beach
A village-run beach on the west coast of Yomitan, beside Cape Zanpa park.
Okinawa
Sun Marina Beach
Four hundred metres of beach, given the highest grade in the Environment Ministry's water quality survey.
Okinawa
Mibaru Beach
A shallow natural beach, where white coral and shells wash up for collecting.
Okinawa
Ryukyu Bingata
A stencil dyeing in which a stencil is laid down, pigments are applied and colors are layered. There is also aigata, dyed with indigo alone. It was worn by the royalty and gentry of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Okinawa
Chibana Hanaori
Hanaori of Chibana, Okinawa City. The warp threads are floated to bring out the pattern. It died out once and was later restored.
Okinawa
Haebaru Hanaori
Hanaori of Haebaru. Patterns are woven by the float-weave technique. A production area in the south of the main island of Okinawa.
Okinawa
Yaeyama Jofu
Jofu of Ishigaki and Taketomi. Ramie is woven and finished by umi-zarashi, in which the cloth is soaked in seawater and bleached in the sun.
Okinawa
Yonaguni Textiles
Textiles of Yonaguni Island. Four types are woven, including hanaori, dutati and kagannubu.
OkinawaArt & CraftsOkinawa
Tsuboya Ware
Pottery of Tsuboya, Naha. Arayachi is unglazed and joyachi is glazed. It is known for shisa and dachibin flasks.
Okinawa
Snakeskin Processing for the Ryukyu Shamisen
The processing of the snakeskin stretched on the sanshin. Python skin is tanned and stretched.
Okinawa
Ryukyu Kasuri
Kasuri of Ryukyu. Threads are bound and resist-dyed, and geometric kasuri is woven. More than 600 designs are recorded.
Okinawa
Shuri Textile Cooperative Association
The textile association of Shuri. It carries on techniques handed down from the royal government, such as hanakura-ori and doton-ori.