Ball Palace

A shop of handmade bread and cake, which is popular for its nostalgia and taste, is 250 yen for 3 pieces of koppe bread. A simple cake with a low sweetness is always prepared, especially fruit shortcake 300 yen and eclair 130 yen are recommended. Island strawberries are used (time of year is from 12 to June). Selling bread using homemade oats. In addition, strawberry pies with cookies and jam made from island strawberries are sold at the Nakada Port terminal and in stores.

A museum where you can learn the history, culture and folklore of the island. The museum has a permanent display of the holdings of Mekakarudonchi, a kinsman of King Shouen. There are precious items, such as the feasers used in the festival, the hanging shaft that they were received from the king of Shuri, and the lacquerware. The area around Izena Island is also rich in archaeological sites. Uncovered on the uninhabited island of Gushikawa-jima [Gushikawa-jima] in the north of the island is not to be missed. It is a rare human bone that was excavated with eight shellfish rings on its arm, and is said to be about 2500 to 3500 years old. It takes 30 minutes.

It is one of many historical sites in the area of Izena Island related to Sōen-Oo, and this place is the birthplace of Sōen-Oo. It is a land that has been carefully protected since the time of the kingdom, and there are still many worshipers from all over Okinawa. In the park, the 3.5m-high statue of King Shōen stands majestically pointing to the east. In the forest of the back, there is the historic site of the prefecture, the residence of the birthplace of the sangenwang, Mihosojo. In Oei 22 (1415), the umbilical cord is celebrated under a large stone at the place where Kanemaru was born. Nearby is the horseshoe-shaped Iizumi, Shiodaira Mikawa, which Kanemaru used shoyu.