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Okinawa is the fifth largest island of Japan. The island has an area of 1,206.99 square kilometers (466.02 sq mi). The coastline is 476 kilometers (296 mi) long. [36] The straight-line distance is about 106.6 kilometers (66.2 mi) from north to south. [37] Okinawa is in the northeastern end of Okinawa Prefecture.
palace of the Ryūkyū Kings; the main hall was repurposed as the haiden of Okinawa Shrine; reconstructed after near-total destruction during the war; World Heritage Site 26°13′01″N 127°43′09″E / 26.21699426°N 127.71903149°E / 26.21699426; 127.71903149 ( Shuri Castle
Place Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽 Sefa-utaki: Nanjō: also an Historic Site; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5
The Okinawa Islands (沖縄諸島, Okinawa Shotō, or 沖縄群島, Okinawa Guntō) are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and are the principal island group of the prefecture. [1] The Okinawa Islands are part of the larger Ryukyu Islands group and are located between the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to the northeast and the ...
Baseball fans of the Yomiuri Giants welcome team members coming out of Naha Airport's terminal exit in Naha, south of Okinawa, southern Japan, Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, as the team was moving from ...
Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchināchin [2]) is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. [3] It has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km 2 (880 sq mi).
Shuri-mon, a historic site in Okinawa, is shown on the reverse. Expo 75 was conceived, in part, to commemorate the American handover of Okinawa to Japan in 1972. The theme of the exposition was the oceans, and focused on oceanographic technologies, marine life , and oceanic cultures.
Okinawa Little Japanese horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pumilus pumilus オキナワコキクガシラコウモリ Okinawa kokikugashira kōmori: Nago: Sumuide sea fig Ficus superba 済井出のアコウ Sumuide no akō: Nago: Ōshittai Quercus miyagii