Yomitan Village

A statue of the Uza man sent to Ming stands on the cape.

Statue of Taiki

Photo by そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Zakimi Castle Arch Gate

Both the first and second gatesof the second enclosure are arch-shaped.

Zakimi Castle Site is said to have been built by Gosamaru, and became a national historic site in 1972. The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes arch-shaped first and second gates in the second enclosure, south of the main enclosure. The tourism association says each gate fits two stones together with a central wedge stone. The outer perimeter is 365 m, and the village says visitors may enter freely.

Arch-shaped first and second gates
Outer perimeter 365 m
1972: national historic site

02 ／ Kinabanjo Site

The roadside guardhouse became a village office,and today stands as a 2005 re-creation.

Kinabanjo stood along the road from Shuri Castle to the Nakagami and Kunigami areas, and Commodore Perry's survey party visited in 1853. After the abolition of the domains it served as an office, and in 1946 the village office moved to Namihira. The present building was re-created in 2005 to recall its look at the time. It is a village-designated historic site.

1853: Perry's survey party visited
1946: village office moved to Namihira
2005: re-created

03 ／ Momenbaru Site

A small excavation of a burial area foundsix box-shaped stone coffin graves under stones.

The Momenbaru Site lies on coastal dunes and became a national historic site in 1978. The Agency for Cultural Affairs writes that a small excavation of the burial area found six box-shaped stone coffin graves and three human skeletons without special burial structures. The coffin graves were the first found in Okinawa, and the agency says they concretely suggest contact with Yayoi culture in the Kyushu region.

6 stone coffin graves, 3 skeletons
1978: national historic site
First such find in Okinawa (Agency for Cultural Affairs)

Living here

No railway; local buses link the village toward Naha.

about 40,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the village, and the gateway is Yomitan Bus Terminal, an Okinawa Bus office. The tourism association lists routes 28, 228, 29, 20 and 120 from Naha Airport and the Naha area. Within the village, the Ootori Bus community bus runs on weekdays.

People living here: 41,206people
Area: 35.28km²
Households: 15,672households
Rent (average for rentals): 55,445yen
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 21 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —12 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 3 municipalities.

Yomitan Village in Japan26.396°N 127.744°E

Territory of Yomitan Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

8.9km

嘉手納町, 恩納村, 沖縄市

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

Yomitan Village isthis kind of town.

01The Taiki statue in Zanpa Cape Park stands about 180 cm tall and was completed in November 2008; the tourism association says it points toward Fujian, China. The village records that it sent Taiki of Uza on a tribute-trade ship to Ming China in 1372
02Yomitan hanaori weaving was restored from the 1960s, and Yonamine Sada was designated in 1999 as a holder of a national Important Intangible Cultural Property (craft technique)
03Cape Zanpa has cliffs about 30 m high running some 2 km, and the tourism association calls it one of the prefecture's notable scenic spots

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yomitan Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗