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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.

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.

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.

On the site of the "Kushira Naval Air Corps" at the time of World War II, cherry tree lines are maintained in the east, west, north and south about 3km, centered on the Peace Park.

It is transmitted as the land of Tian Sun Deshing in Hyuga Fengji. There is also Futami Shrine in the middle. A mountain that is located on the border with Gokase-cho, and has been said to be a mountain where Qiongwok-ki-ki-ki [Nii-no-ko] has been descended. It is called Futamiyama because the two mountains, Odake and Nedake, are united.

Takanabe Castle was also called Maizuru Castle because of its terrain resembling the fluttering figure of a crane. During the Edo period, it was the residence of the Akizuki clan of the Takanabe clan, but it is now maintained as a historic site park. In the garden, there are "Takanakamachi Historical Archives" and "Kōjitei Hanare", which is a restored residence of the Akizuki family 11th-generation Tōjiki Tree, and about 500 Yoshino cherry trees bloom in the spring, which attracts a large number of flower visitors every year.

It's a home swimming beach. It's convenient to have rest facilities and concession stands. There's also an auto campsite nearby, which is especially popular with families.

Four private houses from the Edo period have been relocated and restored, including the former Fujita family (National Designated Important Cultural Property) in Gokase-cho and the former Kuroki family (National Designated Important Cultural Property) in Kogen-cho, which takes 20 minutes.