Outlying Islands
Okinawa Sea Salt Research Institute
Makes Aguni salt on Agunijima — the works that brought Okinawan salt to notice.
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Kume Island
Shinri Beach
On the west of Kumejima, with sand and reef together; at low tide you can walk out near the atoll.
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Nishi Beach
A beach on Haterumajima, known for the contrast of blue and green called Haterumu blue. Nishi means north in the local speech.
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Aragusuku Beach
Next to Yoshino beach, with branching coral and tropical fish in the shallows.
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Aka Bridge
A bridge joining Gerumajima with Akajima, looking down on Kerama-blue water.
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Prince Ginowan Tropical Beach
Near the convention centre in Ginowan, a beach the townspeople use.
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21st Century Forest Beach
An artificial beach on Nago Bay, little affected by the tide.
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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.
Outlying Islands
Ugu Beach (Nagahama Beach)
About a kilometre of natural white sand, known locally as Ougu beach.
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.
Yaeyama Islands
Tamatorizaki Observatory
At the eastern foot of Mount Kin, looking from Cape Nohara in the south to Cape Hirakubo at the northern tip of Ishigakijima.
Miyako Islands
Sawada Beach
A shallow bay between Irabujima and Shimojishima, chosen among Japan's hundred finest shores in 1996.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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Sun Marina Beach
Four hundred metres of beach, given the highest grade in the Environment Ministry's water quality survey.
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Mibaru Beach
A shallow natural beach, where white coral and shells wash up for collecting.