Aguni Village

Cave where a monk is said to have died.

Tera, Monk Unsui's cave

Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY 4.0)

01 ／ Tooji

Large water jars cut from tuffheld rainwater for the islanders.

On Aguni, where water was scarce, rainwater was stored in large water jars called tooji, cut from tuff on the west coast, and used as drinking water. They were carried to the port from the west coast, slung between two dugout boats on a ship's mast used as a pole, by adults who took turns, it is said.

Cut from tuff on the west coast
Rainwater kept as drinking water
Slung between two dugout boats to the port

02 ／ Nishi Ugan Plant Community

A forest of tall trees, few on the island,remains on a cliff northwest of Nishi.

A forest of about 0.4 ha remains on a cliff in the northwest of Nishi district. Bishopwood, wild fig and pongame trees 8 to 12 m high grow there, and the prefecture's papers describe it as a woodland with a tall tree layer, few on the island. It is an old place of worship and a prefectural Natural Monument.

Forest of about 0.4 ha
Trees 8 to 12 m high
Prefectural Natural Monument

03 ／ Kannon Hall

Carved in sandstone not found on the island,a Sanskrit character stands for Kannon.

The 85 cm stone tablet in the Kannon Hall is carved in sandstone not found on the island, with the Sanskrit character Kiriku, which represents Kannon. The village board of education's signboard says Hanashiro Komon dedicated it in 1692. People pray here when leaving or returning from a trip, and when a child born off the island first visits.

Stone tablet 85 cm high
Sandstone not found on the island
Dedicated by Hanashiro Komon in 1692

Living here

An island village, about 2 hours by ferry from Naha.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

Aguni is a single village covering the whole island, with no railway. Its gateway is Aguni Port. The village's guide gives about 2 hours from Tomari Port in Naha on the village-run New Ferry Aguni, with one round trip a day.

People living here: 683people
Area: 7.65km²
Households: 378households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Aguni Village in Japan26.582°N 127.229°E

to NahaNew Ferry Aguni120min

Travel times follow 粟国村公式『交通（アクセス）』（https://www.vill.aguni.okinawa.jp/sonsei/60.html。更新日 2026-09-08。2026-10-07 に読んだ）の『ニューフェリーあぐに』の運行概要：運航は一日一往復・所要時間は約2時間・日程1（毎日）は泊港発 9:30／粟国港発 13:45・日程2（行事）は泊港発 9:30／粟国港発 15:00。問い合わせは村の船舶課と那覇船舶連絡事務所（とまりん1階）。毎月の運航計画表（PDF『ニューフェリーあぐに運航計画表令和8年10月分』〈5/20時点・村公式トップの『令和8年10月分（訂正）』〉）に、毎日の泊発 9:30／粟国発 13:45 が読める。 (checked 2026-10-07). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Aguni Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

3.0km

Aguni Village isthis kind of town.

01Tera is a limestone cave reached by following signs from the western edge of the village, a place of worship where a monk called Unsui is said to have died about 200 years ago while spending his days reciting sutras; the village archive also holds another story, of a monk from a Naha temple sent into exile who spent his life here
02The island's name is said to come from millet, once its main crop, and on the last night of the old calendar year the Marsuya, held for over 100 years according to the village archive, goes from house to house in each of 11 small districts, handing out salt and offering songs and dances
03The watch post site stands at the island's highest point, from which torches were apparently raised to report foreign ships to the Shuri royal government, according to the village archive; it was designated a historic site on 14 September 1984

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Aguni Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗