47301 ／ くにがみそん
Okinawa Prefecture 国頭郡Ropes pulled when the moon is overhead.
Okuma Tug of War01 ／ Oku Kyodoten
Oku Kyodoten is a cooperative store founded in 1906 and funded by local residents. Its chronology records that in 1910 a tax association was set up and its management entrusted to the store, and that the prefectural governor gave a commendation in 1912.
02 ／ Ada Shinugu
At midday on the festival day, men of Ada climb the mountain, put on headdresses of vines and leaves, and come down beating drums. Later, at the shore, they pray to mountain and sea and enter the water to cast away everything they wore. At night, a women's circle dance continues in the yard of the Kami-asagi, the Agency for Cultural Affairs explains.
03 ／ Tomb of King Gihon
In Hedo stands a tomb said to hold King Gihon, the third of the Shunten line, and it is a village-designated cultural property. Piled from Ryukyu limestone, it measures about 3 meters in both width and depth on the outside. Tombs said to be his are also found in several other places, such as Kitanakagusuku.
Living here
Kunigami has no railway, and its gateway is Hentona Bus Terminal. The tourism association describes a route by highway bus from Naha Airport to Nago Bus Terminal, then local bus route 67, the Hentona line. Within the village, the village-run Oku and Higashi bus lines operate, with some time slots by reservation.
−8% since 2015
6,015 → 4,517
28.75km² of it habitable
2024
2.3 people per household
2020
6.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
23.0km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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