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The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. ' Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography '), also known as the Yonaguni (Island) Submarine Ruins (与那国（島）海底遺跡, Yonaguni(-jima) Kaitei Iseki), is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan.
Japan's Westernmost Point Monument Reverse side of Japan's Westernmost Point Monument. Yonaguni (与那国町, Yonaguni-chō, Yonaguni: ドゥナン, Dunan, older ジュニ, Juni; [1] Yaeyama: ユノーン, Yunōn; Okinawan: ユナグニ, Yunaguni) is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Yonaguni (Japanese: 与那国島, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima, Yonaguni: Dunan-chima, older Juni-shima; [2] Yaeyama: Yunoon-zïma; Okinawan: Yunaguni-jima), one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost island of Japan, [3] lying 108 kilometers (58 nmi; 67 mi) from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea.
on Kohama Island: Asabishibana アサビシバナ(遊び岩) Asabishibana (asobi-iwa) Taketomi: on Kuroshima Island: Yonaguni horse 与那国馬 Yonaguni uma: Yonaguni: Irimaka large deigo Erythrina variegata 西真嘉大デイコ Irimaka ō-deigo: Yonaguni: Kubura Mittō wetlands 久部良ミットゥ湿地帯 Kubura mittō shitchitai ...
The cape is within the town of Yonaguni, Okinawa. [1] [2] [3] There is a lighthouse, an observation platform, and a monument titled "Monument of the Westernmost Point of Japan" (日本最西端の碑, Nihon Saiseitan no Ishibumi) on the cape. Tourists gather at the cape daily to see the final sunset in Japan. [3] [4] Monument for Japan's ...
The Cornerstone of Peace is a semi-circular avenue of stones engraved with the names of all the dead from the Battle of Okinawa, organized by nationality (or by ethnicity for Chinese, Taiwanese, Koreans, and Okinawans). The Memorial Path includes 32 memorial monuments as well as the place where Lieutenant General Ushima died by suicide.
The epicenter was located in the offshore area between Yonaguni Island, Japan and Hualien, Taiwan. The intensity in Yonaguni reached shindo 5. [4] Two people were reported dead in Yonaguni, Japan, and four in Taiwan. [5] Building damage was reported. A tsunami with a run-up height of 50 cm (20 in) was observed. [1]
of uncertain date, but probably razed at the time of assimilation into the Ryūkyū Kingdom c.1500; finds include Chinese ceramics and fish bones; the view extends over the entire island [10 26°22′37″N 126°46′12″E / 26.37696201°N 126.77013595°E / 26.37696201; 126.77013595 ( Uegusuku Castle