User:Tai123.123/Okinawa
Regions edit
Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto) The largest island and the heart of Okinawan culture |
Outer Okinawa Island (Okinawa Shotō) Rural islands with quieter beaches |
Kerama Islands Small islands with pristine beaches near the main island |
Daito Islands The least visited islands in Okinawa far east of the main island |
Miyako Islands Sub-tropical islands with some of Japan's nicest beaches |
Yaeyama Islands The southern-most island group in Okinawa |
Cities edit
Also includes urbanized island
- 1 Naha - the capital of the Okinawa Prefecture
- 2 Chatan - some resort hotels and beaches
- 3 Okinawa City - the second-largest city
- 4 Nago - the biggest city on the north of the island
- 5 Itoman - place of WWII last battle and memorial monument
- 6 Motobu - home of the enormous Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
- 7 Nanjo
- 8 Kitanakagusuku
Islands edit
A larger selection of Islands can be found by checking each region, the Main Island is not included to its status as aregion
- 1 Kitadaito
- 2 Iriomote
- 3 Kumejima
- 4 Minamidaito
- 5 Irabu
- 6 Yonaguni
- 7 Taketomi
- 8 Tokashiki
- 9 Zamami - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
Okinawa Islands edit
- Okinawa Island (Okinawa-hontō) — the largest island in both size and population, featuring administrative capital Naha
- Ie
- Ikei
- Hamahiga
- Kumejima
- Iheya
- Izena
- Kudaka
- Aguni
- Kerama Islands — a cluster of small coral islands between Kume and Okinawa
- Minna
- Tonaki
- Tsuken
Daito Islands edit
A smattering of tiny islands several hundred kilometers to the east, only two of them inhabited.
- Kitadaito — the easternmost island in the prefecture.
- Minamidaito — the largest of the Daitos
Miyako Islands edit
Natural monuments, great beaches and amazing diving. Occasionally lumped together with the Yaeyamas as the Sakishima Islands.
- Irabu — the "other island" of Miyako
- Miyako — by far the largest of the three main islands that make up the group
- Shimoji — very close to Irabu, but not quite as large
- Tarama — known for its August festival
Yaeyama Islands edit
Lush and tropical, closer to Taiwan than to Okinawa Island.
- Hateruma — the southernmost inhabited point of Japan
- Hatoma
- Ishigaki — the hub of the Yaeyamas, with spectacular beaches and manta rays
- Iriomote — jungles and the mysterious Iriomote wild cat
- Taketomi — small island off Ishigaki, known for a carefully restored Ryukyu village
- Yonaguni — the westernmost point of Japan, with mysterious ruins and hammerhead sharks
- Kuro — tiny island mildly famous for having (way) more cows than people
In addition, the Amami Islands to the north, while administratively a part of Kyushu, are geographically and culturally close to Okinawa.