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Property Date Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Ref. Nakagusuku Castle Ruins 中城城跡 Nakagusuku-jō ato: C14/15: Kitanakagusuku: also an Historic Site; part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.
three bells; two from 1495; the third, from the shōrō, was first cast in 1496 then recast in 1697; looted in the aftermath of the Battle of Okinawa, it was returned from the Philippines in 1950; with a height of 206 centimetres (6 ft 9 in) and diameter of 119 centimetres (3 ft 11 in) and weighing 1.9 tons, it is the largest in Okinawa [6] [7
This list is of the Cultural Properties of Japan designated in the category of historical materials (歴史資料, rekishi shiryō) for the Prefecture of Okinawa. [ 1 ] National Cultural Properties
Okinawa Island: Naha: 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: 2: Katsuren Castle Site 勝連城跡
Property Holder Comments Image Ref. Kumi Odori 組踊 Kumi odori: Traditional Kumi Odori Preservation Society (伝統組踊保存会): inscribed by UNESCO on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity [5]
In 2001, the Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education registered some of the artifacts with the FBI’s National Stolen Art File, a database of art and cultural property that have been reported ...
During the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, most of the Gusuku used by the Japanese military, especially Shuri Castle, were damaged or destroyed. Shuri Castle was rebuilt during the 1990s, and in 2000 it and a number of gusuku and other related sites were added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
(kept at the Okinawa Prefectural Centre for Buried Cultural Properties (沖縄県立埋蔵文化財センター) 209 items, comprising 1 piece of earthenware (and a further 85 fragments), 45 stone tools, 137 artefacts of shell, and 26 of bone; Shimotabaru Shell Mound on Hateruma , Taketomi , is a Prefectural Historic Site [ 7 ]