Ie Village

Nearby ships steered by a cap-like form.

Mount Gusuku, Ie Island Tacchu

Photo by Kugel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ie Island Village Dances

Eight districts take turnsas host of the dances.

The island's eight districts take turns as host, and the dances are shown to the public every November. The young men's dances have a distinctive step with bent ankles, and the costume is a black haori with a family crest. The kumiodori Chushingura is said to have been made by Uechi Taro around 1840.

1998: national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Eight districts in rotation
Shown every November
Chushingura said to be made around 1840

02 ／ The Island's Water

A water-poor island drew water from cliff springs,a well and a rainwater tank on bare rock.

Waji, on the northwest coast, has long been a water source. The Maga well, made in the mid-18th century, was used for New Year's first water and for drawing water to bathe newborns. Minkazantu is an open-air tank from about 1940 that stores rainwater, and in 1977 an undersea water line from Motobu was completed.

Well from the mid-18th century
Open-air rainwater tank from about 1940
1977: undersea water line completed

03 ／ Gushibaru Shell Midden

From a dune's shell midden came Kyushu-madeYayoi pottery and Gohoura shell goods.

This shell midden lies in the dunes by Ie Port and became a national historic site in 1986. The village says it is known as the site where Kyushu-made Yayoi pottery was first found in Okinawa, and that many half-finished and finished Gohoura shell items were unearthed.

1986: national historic site
Kyushu-made Yayoi pottery
Many Gohoura shell items unearthed

Living here

An island village, about 30 minutes by ferry from Motobu Port.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

Ie is a village on Ie Island, with no railway. Its gateway is Ie Port. By the village timetable, the ferry from Motobu Port to Ie Port takes about 30 minutes, with four sailings each way on a normal day.

People living here: 4,118people
Area: 22.7km²
Households: 1,900households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —2 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.

Ie Village in Japan26.713°N 127.807°E

to MotobuIe Village Ferry30min

Travel times follow 伊江村公式『船舶運航時刻・運賃表』（https://www.iejima.org/document/2015012100097/ 。公開日 2019年11月30日の表示だが本文は2026年の特別運航〈2026-04-11 の伊江島一周マラソン・4/25〜5/5 のゆりまつり・GW・夏期 7/21〜8/31・旧盆 8/27・28・年末年始 2026-12-31〜2027-01-03〉まで載り、2026年に更新されている）の『通常運航 4便／日』：伊江港発 8:00・10:00・13:00・16:00、本部港発 9:00・11:00・15:00・17:00、『所要時間 30分』。伊江村公式トップの『本日のフェリー時刻表』（2026-10-07 に読んだ。『本日のフェリー運航：平常運航』）は伊江港発 8:00→本部港着 8:30、10:00→10:30、13:00→13:30、16:00→16:30、本部港発 9:00→伊江港着 9:30、11:00→11:30、15:00→15:30、17:00→17:30。村公式『伊江村の概要』にも『本部港からカーフェリーで、約30分で訪れることができます』。 (checked 2026-10-07). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Ie Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.0km

Ie Village isthis kind of town.

01Mount Gusuku, known as Ie Island Tacchu, is a rock mountain 172 m above sea level in the center of the island, slightly to the east; because its distinctive shape resembles an eboshi cap, ships sailing nearby have long used it as a landmark
02Apart from the area around Mount Gusuku and Mount Gohezu, where Paleozoic bedrock is exposed, the island is covered by Ryukyu limestone, and human bones and other finds have come from a cave on Mount Gohezu, the bones estimated at about 20,000 years old
03The village flower is the Easter lily, with a lily festival held from mid-April every year at Lily Field Park, and Gongendo in Nishizaki district was rebuilt in 1998 on the site of Shotaiji, a temple said to have been built at the order of King Sho Sei in the mid-16th century

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Ie Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗