Iheya Village

A pine opens like a half-round umbrella.

Nento Hiramatsu

Photo by Kugel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Ubame Oaks of Torazu Rock

Near the top of a rock about 60 m high,a pure stand of low oaks faces the sea wind.

Torazu Rock, in the Soren-bara area of Gakiya, is a rock mass about 60 m high, cherished as the village's symbol. The pure stand of low ubame oaks near its top, a natural habitat in the southern limit zone of the species' range, was designated a national Natural Monument in 2021. It also supplied firewood from the Ryukyu Kingdom era until gas spread.

Rock mass about 60 m high
2021: national Natural Monument
A firewood source since the Ryukyu Kingdom

02 ／ Yagura Tomb

A stone-built tomb in a seaside cave,said by the village to be the First Sho ancestor's.

South of Gakiya, about 1 km away on Yagura Coast, it is a tomb of piled stones built using a cave. The village says Yagura Ufunushi, enshrined there, was the fifth son of King Eiso and lived in Uezato, Gakiya, about 600 years ago.

Built using a cave on Yagura Coast
About 1 km south of Gakiya
Said to have lived there about 600 years ago

03 ／ Kumaya Cave

A prefectural Natural Monument cave,5 m high and about 200 tsubo wide.

In Tana, it was designated a prefectural Natural Monument in 1958. The village says its far end reached the opposite west coast, and that it came to be called Kumaya, a hollow for hiding, because a god had hidden there. The Edo-period scholar Fujii Teikan announced, "This is the Heavenly Rock Cave."

5 m high, about 200 tsubo wide
1958: prefectural Natural Monument
Tana

Living here

An island village, 80 minutes by ferry from Unten Port.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

Iheya is a village on Iheya Island and Noho Island, joined by the Noho Bridge, and has no railway. Its gateway is Maedomari Port. By the village timetable, the ferries leaving Unten Port at 11:00 and 15:00 arrive in 80 minutes; times change in rough weather.

People living here: 1,126people
Area: 21.84km²
Households: 518households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 1 clinic

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

Iheya Village in Japan27.039°N 127.969°E

to UntenFerry Iheya III80min

Travel times follow 伊平屋村公式『アクセス情報』（https://www.vill.iheya.okinawa.jp/soshiki/9/1144.html。ページの更新表示は 2023-01-30。2026-10-07 に読んだ）の『フェリー時刻表』。1便は伊平屋発9:00→運天港着10:20・運天港発11:00→伊平屋着12:20、2便は伊平屋発13:00→運天港着14:20・運天港発15:00→伊平屋着16:20（どの区間も80分）。村営（村役場観光交通課の運航）。 (checked 2026-10-07). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Iheya Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.4km

Iheya Village isthis kind of town.

01Nento Hiramatsu is a Ryukyu pine in Tana whose branches spread about 28 m east to west and 24 m north to south; designated a national Natural Monument in 2016, it is protected locally by a ban on bringing in pine seedlings or timber
02Mount Kuba, at the northeastern end of Iheya Island, is covered entirely by Chinese fan palms (kuba), the village says; it is a prefectural Natural Monument, and about 29 ha are also a prefectural nature conservation area
03Gakiya and Shimajiri keep low-pillared, thatched Kami Ashiage, which are prefectural tangible folk cultural properties; in Gakiya, the village says, a tug-of-war has been held on the 25th day of the 6th old-calendar month, with ropes made from local rice straw

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Iheya Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗