Urasoe City

A cliff said to hold kings of two eras.

Urasoe Youdore, two royal tombs

Photo by TurnOnTheNight (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Iha Fuyu and the paper Urasoe-ko

The paper Urasoe-ko is said to have shownUrasoe as the center of Chuzan before Shuri.

顕彰碑おもろと沖縄学の父伊波普猷.jpg — Photo by Kiken68 (CC0)

The tomb of Iha Fuyu (1876-1947), called the father of Okinawan studies, lies within the grounds of Urasoe Castle Site. The city's guide records that his paper Urasoe-ko revealed Urasoe to have been the center of the Chuzan kingdom of Ryukyu before Shuri. He was born into a samurai-class family in Naha Nishimura.

1876-1947
Tomb within Urasoe Castle Site grounds
Born to a samurai-class family in Naha Nishimura

02 ／ Toyama Stone Road and Ahacha Bridge

Where the stone-paved royal pilgrimage road survives,the slope was steep enough to make horses fall.

On the road from Shuri to Urasoe Castle, the arch of Ahacha Bridge's north bridge is made of three wide Ryukyu limestone blocks. On the pilgrimage road branching toward Futenma Shrine, about 210 m of the Toyama stone road remains, and the road here was called Umadu-kerashi, meaning where horses fall.

North bridge arch of 3 stones
About 210 m of stone road
2012: national historic site

03 ／ Nishibaru Agari-ga and Sentaku-ga

Beside the spring where birth water and new-year waterwere drawn lies one for washing clothes and tools.

Nishibaru Agari-ga, also called Ubu-ga, is a village spring used to draw water for newborns and for the first water of the new year; the city designated it a historic site in 1981. The neighboring Nishibaru Sentaku-ga was used for washing clothes and farm tools, and was designated in 2006. Both are in Ugan'yama Park.

Village spring for birth and new-year water
1981: Agari-ga designated by the city
2006: Sentaku-ga designated by the city

Living here

A city north of Naha, with three Yui Rail stations.

about 120,000 people

Urasoe adjoins Naha to the north, and the Yui Rail stations in the city are Kyozuka, Urasoe-Maeda and Tedako-Uranishi. Its gateway is Urasoe-Maeda Station. The city guide gives 15 minutes on foot from Urasoe-Maeda Station to the Urasoe Gusuku and Youdore Museum.

People living here: 115,690people
Area: 19.44km²
Households: 47,331households
Rent (average for rentals): 52,541yen
Healthcare: 7 hospitals ／ 85 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —28 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

Surrounded by 3 municipalities, and almost entirely flat.

Urasoe City in Japan26.246°N 127.722°E

Territory of Urasoe City

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.6km

那覇市, 宜野湾市, 西原町

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

Urasoe City isthis kind of town.

01Urasoe Youdore lies north of Urasoe Castle Site, a national historic site; its west chamber is said to be that of King Eiso (died 1299) and its east chamber that of King Sho Nei (died 1620), and the museum reproduces the west chamber at full size
02Takushi Irinuka is a spring said to have been used to keep freshwater prawns, river prawns, crucian carp and eels that were to be delivered to the royal government, in readiness for sudden orders; the city designated it a historic site in 2023
03Excavations revealed that Urasoe Castle around the 14th century was a huge castle whose main hall had a Korean-style tile roof, enclosed by walls of cut stone

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Urasoe City official site ↗Wikipedia ↗