Yonaguni Town

About 1.3 km of coast: cliffs and steps.

Sanninudai, sandstone coast

Photo by Melkov (CC0)

01 ／ Tindabana

Groundwater welling up between two stratahas eroded the lower layer into hollows.

Tindabana is the name of a promontory near the middle of Yonaguni, formed where fault cliffs cross. Its summit stands 85 m high, and the vertical Ryukyu limestone layer is about 20 m thick. A tradition holds that it was the residence of Sanai Isoba, a heroine said to have ruled the island in the late 15th century.

Summit 85 m above sea level
Limestone layer about 20 m thick
2014: national Place of Scenic Beauty

02 ／ Yonaguni Horse

A native horse raised on the islandis counted among Japan's native breeds.

A native horse raised on Yonaguni Island and a town Natural Monument. The town says it has long been used for riding and other purposes. A national research organization's report counts it among the eight native horse breeds of Japan. The tourism association says horses and cattle graze on the pasture around Agarizaki.

Town Natural Monument
One of 8 native breeds (2017 report)
Agarizaki pasture

03 ／ Festival Arts of Yonaguni Island

In some rites an old man called Ubundarecites a prayer before stick dances and farces.

The Agency for Cultural Affairs describes rites in which the old man Ubunda recites a prayer and then performs stick dances and farces, and others in which Miruku (Maitreya) appears leading many people. Each performance takes several hours. It was designated a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property on January 21, 1985.

Jan. 21, 1985: national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property
Each performance takes hours
Five district preservation groups

Living here

An island town, about 30 minutes by air from Ishigaki.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

Yonaguni is a single town covering the whole island, with no railway. Its gateway is Yonaguni Airport. The town's guide gives about 30 minutes by air from Ishigaki and about 1 hour 20 minutes from Naha. By sea, the Ferry Yonaguni runs from Ishigaki in about 4 hours.

People living here: 1,676people
Area: 28.9km²
Households: 760households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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 0 municipalities.

Yonaguni Town in Japan24.468°N 123.004°E

Territory of Yonaguni Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

4.3km

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

Yonaguni Town isthis kind of town.

01Sanninudai is a rocky coast of about 1.3 km, from Gunkan-iwa to Tachigami-iwa, made mainly of sandstone, with trace fossils and normal-fault outcrops well preserved; it was designated a national Natural Monument and Place of Scenic Beauty in 2024
02Tindabana, a promontory formed where fault cliffs cross, is a national Place of Scenic Beauty with a tradition that it was the residence of Sanai Isoba, a heroine said to have ruled the island in the late 15th century, and it has been a place of the islanders' rites
03The Festival Arts of Yonaguni Island, handing down the prayer of the old man Ubunda, stick dances and farces, became a national Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property in 1985, and the Yonaguni horse, raised on the island, is a town Natural Monument

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Yonaguni Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗