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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.
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.
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.
Module:Location map/data/Japan Okinawa Island is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Okinawa Island. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Meanwhile, the islands, as well as Taiwan, used Western Standard Time until 1937, 1 hour behind the Central Standard Time of Japan . A notice board by the Yaeyama Community Association, December 1945 During World War II , there was an air battle waged against the Sakishima Islands' two largest islands that lasted for 82 days in order to ...
Map of the Yaeyama District (in blue) in Okinawa Prefecture Map of the Yaeyama Islands. Yaeyama (八重山郡, Yaeyama-gun, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema) is a district located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The district covers all of the Yaeyama Islands except Ishigaki and the disputed Senkaku Islands.
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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 ...