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Iheya Island

Iheya Island

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  • Address:
  • Iheya-mura, Shimajiri-gun, Okinawa
  • PublicTransportation:  
Futen Port → 1 hour 20 minutes by Iheya Village Ferry
  • Phone Number:  
  • 0980-46-2001 (Iheya Village General Affairs Division)

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Island


An island surrounded by cobalt-colored waters.

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Ihiraya Lighthouse

The northernmost point of Iheya Island, at Cape Tana [Dana Misaki], but since Iheya Island is the northernmost manned island of Okinawa Prefecture, this is the "northernmost point of Okinawa". At the top stands the Iheya Lighthouse. On a sunny and clear day of air, you can see the mountains of Yanbar, the southernmost island of Kagoshima, and the island of Okinawa, beyond.

Heiramatsu in mind of Iheya Island

It was designated as a national natural monument on March 1, 2016. 4.5m around the trunk, about 8m high, and Zhang Zhang (28m east-west, 24m north-south). Known as a namatsu since ancient times, it has a beautiful appearance like bonsai tailoring, and is also chanted by Ryuka. The current pine is the second generation, and the predecessor known as the elder pine has been stolen because of its beauty. The current second generation was planted about 280 years ago, it said. In 1992, the area was maintained and opened to the public as Hiramatsu Park in mind.

Tachin rock

Among the islands of Yonaguni, which are surrounded by sheer cliffs, the east-south is the area with the most severe and masculine landscapes. It is dotted with strange rocks that have been created over time due to the rough open sea. Close to Higashizaki, there is the Sannine stand, which shows the fault, which is divided into several layers, as a rock face. From the observation deck, the warship rock, which looks like a warship as its name suggests, is still washed by the waves. About a five-minute walk from Saint-Ninudai, there is a standing rock with a legend that a young man who could no longer descend from the top of the rock was helped by God.

Roaring Falls

A waterfall with a height of about 20m appears when you drive about 5 minutes into the mountains from the National Highway No. 58 Ikuta intersection.

Nakamura Family House

It is a royal farm house built about 280 years ago, and has been spared the war disaster of the Okinawa War to completely leave the private house structure of the Ryukyu Dynasty period. Since he was a local head of state around the year of Kyoho 10 (1720), he also has a stately status as a form of a shabby house. Other features include kitchens with low roofs to use the attic called tungwa for storage, and pig huts called fools. The influence of medieval Japanese houses and Chinese architecture can be seen everywhere, telling the life of a wealthy farmer in the Ryukyu period.

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