Haebaru Town

Haebaru's cloth is called Ryukyu kasuri.

Northern Haebaru cityscape

Photo by Kugel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Haebaru Hana-ori

Flower-like, three-dimensional patternscarry names such as Kwankwan and Chip Gasa.

It was designated a national traditional craft in 2017, and its main production area is Haebaru Town. Its patterns have distinctive names such as Kwankwan Hanaori, Chip Gasa and Kiyan Hachimai. The town says its own techniques were established from the skills of earlier generations and from women who learned flower weaving at the village girls' supplementary school, founded in 1914.

2017: national traditional craft
Main production area: Haebaru Town
1914: village girls' supplementary school founded

02 ／ Tobi Asato

The story of a man who flew on wingsis handed down in Tsukayama.

In the late 18th century, Tobi Asato, who lived in Tsukayama, is said to have flown on flapping wings for nearly 150 to 200 meters, from Shitatimui (now the site of Tsukayama Elementary School) to the Tsukayama community hall. Accounts differ on who he was, and a memorial was erected in 1991.

Late 18th-century tradition
Said to have flown nearly 150 to 200 m
1991: first-flight memorial erected

03 ／ Site of the Writing School

A man who learned during service in Shuriopened a place of learning for Miyahira's children.

A monument marking the site of the writing school stands at the Miyahira community center. The town says a man from Miyahira opened it in 1868 to teach children the reading, writing and arithmetic he had learned during service in Shuri, and calls it the first educational facility in the Shimajiri area.

1868: writing school founded
Town: first educational facility in Shimajiri area
Monument at the Miyahira community center

Living here

No railway station; the gateway is the Kanegusuku intersection bus stop.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town says it takes about 10 minutes by Yui Rail from Naha Airport to Asahibashi Station, about 30 minutes by route bus from Asahibashi to Kanegusuku intersection, and about 15 minutes on foot from there to the Haebaru Culture Center. It also describes itself as the only town in the prefecture that does not touch the sea.

People living here: 40,440people
Area: 10.76km²
Households: 14,679households
Rent (average for rentals): 53,758yen
Healthcare: 6 hospitals ／ 29 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —12 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

Borders 6 municipalities.

Haebaru Town in Japan26.191°N 127.728°E

Territory of Haebaru Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

5.5km

那覇市, 南城市, 八重瀬町, 与那原町, 豊見城市, 西原町

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

Haebaru Town isthis kind of town.

01Ryukyu kasuri was designated a national traditional craft in 1983; its main production areas are Naha, Yaese and Haebaru, and the Traditional Craft Industries Promotion Association writes that cloth made in Haebaru, a major production center, is called Ryukyu kasuri
02Town-designated stone lions remain in Teruya and Motobu; the Teruya lions are said to face Motobu, and the two hamlets are said to have often quarreled over water
03The Ufibashi bridge monument in Yamakawa is a stone monument set up by the Ryukyu royal government to mark the 1690 rebuilding of a wooden bridge in stone, and is a town-designated cultural property

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Haebaru Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗