01 ／ Awase Chondara
It is performed by one drummer, two horse dancers with horse-head shapes at the waist, about ten dancers in jingasa hats, and singers with sanshin. There are five pieces. The Agency for Cultural Affairs records that it was learned from an actor of a Naha play.
02 ／ Noborikawa Monument
The Noborikawa Monument, a city-designated cultural property, stands near the Noborikawa community hall. It records the year Noborikawa village separated from Ikehara village and moved to its present site, with the house names and names of those involved. The city calls it valuable evidence of the village relocations common from the 18th to the 19th century.
03 ／ Tomb of Uni-Ufugusuku
It lies in the hills south of Chibana Gusuku and is a city-designated cultural property. Kenyu Oshiro, large and skilled in martial arts, was popularly called Uni-Ufugusuku and was appointed chief steward of Goeku district. The priestess tomb to the east is of the same type, with an arched entrance.
Living here
The municipal museum's guide to Okinawa City's cultural properties covers wells, worship sites and monuments in each district, including Ikehara, Noborikawa, Chibana, Misato, Goeku and Goya. There is no railway station; the gateway is Goya bus stop.
+2.5% since 2015
115,336 → 142,752
40.71km² of it habitable
2024
2.4 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.4 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
13.6km
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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