Nago City

Sandstone and mudstone fold by the sea.

Folds of the Kayo Formation

Photo by Kugel (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Haneji River Monument

Sai On studied the river's flow by feng shuiand rebuilt it in 3 months with about 100,000 people.

Hanejiōkawa.jpg — Photo by Ray_go (CC BY-SA 3.0)

In 1735 Sai On, a Sanshikan minister of the Ryukyu Kingdom, began a major rebuilding of the repeatedly flooding Haneji Okawa River. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries says he surveyed its flow by feng shui and finished in 3 months with about 100,000 people. The Kaiketsu Haneji-gawa Hiki monument, raised by farmers, is a prefectural historic site.

Work began in 1735
About 100,000 mobilized (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
River about 6 km long
1969: prefectural historic site

02 ／ Hinpun Gajumaru of Nago

The tree's name Hinpun Gajumaru is also saidto come from the monument beside it, shaped like a screen.

Sanpuryūmyakuhi.jpg — Photo by Ray_go (CC BY-SA 3.0)

This giant tree in downtown Nago, estimated at 240 years old and 19 m tall, has long been revered as a sacred tree. Okinawan houses often have a screen wall called a hinpun between gate and main house, to block views and keep out evil spirits. Beside the tree stands the Sanpu Ryumyaku monument, raised in the old domain era.

19 m tall, 10.1 m trunk girth
Estimated 240 years old
1997: national Natural Monument
Sanpu Ryumyaku monument: prefectural historical material

03 ／ Kawakami Strung Lions

Two lions worked by stringshave coins tied to their feet for weight.

The strung lion dance of Kawakami is the final piece of the harvest festival offering dances. One person works each of the male and female lions by strings tied to the head and rump. A few coins tied to the feet add weight and sound. With Izumi in Motobu and Jana in Nakijin, it is a national selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property.

2004: national selected Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Handed down in 3 places: Kawakami, Izumi, Jana
Kawakami's festival is irregular (Agency for Cultural Affairs)

Living here

From Naha Airport, by highway bus to Nago City Hall.

about 60,000 people

Nago has no railway station, and its gateway is the bus stop in front of City Hall. The city's access guide says the highway bus (route 111) from Naha Airport reaches Nago City Hall. The city was formed in August 1970 by merging five towns and villages, and covers 210.80 km².

People living here: 63,554people
Area: 210.8km²
Households: 28,453households
Rent (average for rentals): 42,869yen
Healthcare: 6 hospitals ／ 45 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —32 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.

Nago City in Japan26.592°N 127.978°E

Territory of Nago City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

19.4km

宜野座村, 本部町, 東村, 今帰仁村, 大宜味村, 恩納村

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

Nago City isthis kind of town.

01On the coast from Teniya to Cape Ban in Nago, the Kayo Formation, sandstone and mudstone laid down in the deep sea near a trench and added to the land as a plate sank, is found, and its folds are a national Natural Monument
02Nago was formed in August 1970 by merging five towns and villages, and its 210.80 km² is about 9% of Okinawa Prefecture's area
03In autumn 2023, the Nago Museum and its friends' group and others counted Chinese sparrowhawks and grey-faced buzzards migrating south through the Ryukyus every morning on Mount Nago and Mount Katsuu

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Nago City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗