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Regions

Map of Okinawa

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

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

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

• 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
  • Akajima — popular holiday spot in the Kerama Islands
  • Tokashiki — snorkeling and diving oasis, the largest island of Kerama
  • Zamami — popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands within 10 mins by taxi boat.
• Minna
• Tonaki
• Tsuken

Daito Islands

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

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

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.