Yoron Town

Castle grounds take in a fault cliff.

Yoron Castle Site, historic site

Photo by Goki (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Yoron Jugoya Dance

A banner falling during the dance is a bad omen.The order of the farces cannot be changed.

It is offered on the 15th day of the 3rd, 8th and 10th months of the old calendar, in front of Tokonushi Shrine. The big banner at the head, inscribed with a prayer for peace across the island, must not fall: that is the worst omen, and its bearer has been required to undergo purification. The farces always begin in a fixed order of three pieces.

15th day of the 3rd, 8th and 10th old-calendar months
Banner pole of bamboo about 7 m
1993: national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property

02 ／ Yago Well

A well fed by a cave's underground stream,with a stone channel running over ten meters.

Yago is a well that uses the water flowing through a limestone cave beside the community hall of Gusuku district, and a town Natural Monument. A stone channel carries water from deep inside, running over ten meters. It was the district's water supply until waterworks came in the Showa era.

Stone channel over 10 m
Water supply until waterworks
1976: town Natural Monument

03 ／ Yurigahama

A sandy beach 1.5 km offshoreappears only for limited hours.

About 1.5 km off the island's east coast lies Yurigahama. Because it appears only for limited hours as the tide rises and falls, the tourism association calls it a phantom beach. Forecasts of its appearance are published on the association's calendar.

About 1.5 km offshore
Appears with the tide
Appearance forecast calendar

Living here

An island town, about 1 hour 40 minutes by air from Kagoshima.

about 5,000 people
Rural district town

Yoron is a single town covering the whole island, with no railway. Its gateway is Yoron Airport. The tourism association gives about 1 hour 40 minutes from Kagoshima Airport and about 40 minutes from Naha Airport. By ferry it is about 19 hours 40 minutes from Kagoshima New Port and about 2 hours 30 minutes from Motobu Port, and weather can cause delays.

People living here: 5,115people
Area: 20.58km²
Households: 2,160households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 3 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —4 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Surrounded by 0 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Yoron Town in Japan27.048°N 128.415°E

Territory of Yoron Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

5.5km

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Yoron Town isthis kind of town.

01Yoron Castle Site, a national historic site on the western edge of Gusuku district, has grounds that take in the fault cliff running north to south across the island; digs found a large stone wall with backfill below the cliff
02The Yoron Island technique of making bashofu cloth, handed down without a break from growing the plant to weaving, was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 2020
03The storehouse of the Odo Nata relics has its roof re-thatched every two years with local people, and with the Umanukun rock, said to be where Lord Nezue drew his bow toward the eastern sea, it is a town-designated cultural property

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yoron Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗