Zamami Village

Smaller than Kyushu deer, and darker.

Kerama deer and their habitat

Photo by ブルーノ・プラス (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Takara House

A house of old shipmasters to the Ryukyu court,with its kitchen inside the main building.

Takara House on Geruma Island belonged to a family that served as shipmasters under the Ryukyu court, and was designated a national Important Cultural Property in 1988. It was first thatched, and was re-roofed with red tiles in the Taisho era. The kitchen is inside the main building, not a separate one.

1988: national Important Cultural Property
12.7 m by 8.7 m, hipped-gable roof
Re-roofed with red tiles in the Taisho era

02 ／ Aka Ohashi Bridge

Aka and Geruma, once reached only by small boat,are joined by a 530 m bridge.

Aka Ohashi Bridge joins Aka Island and Geruma Island. It is 530 m long and opened in June 1998. Before it was built, only small boats served between the islands, and the prefecture's material records that this was inconvenient in bad weather and for emergency transport. Geruma Island and Fukaji Island are joined by Geruma Bridge.

530 m long
Opened 24 June 1998
1998: Tanaka Prize of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers

03 ／ Bonito Fishing

Bonito fishing, begun by the first village mayor,spread across Okinawa, the village says.

The village's official site says that in 1901 the first village mayor, Matsuda Wasaburo, started bonito fishing, and that it spread across Okinawa. Short of successors, it ended as an industry. The Ministry of the Environment's guide notes a memorial made in 1922 on Zamami Island.

1901: bonito fishing started
First village mayor Matsuda Wasaburo
Memorial made in 1922 (Ministry of the Environment guide)

Living here

An island village, 50 minutes by high-speed boat from Naha.

about 1,000 people
Rural district town

Zamami is a village of islands including Zamami, Aka and Geruma, with no railway. Its gateway is Zamami Port. According to the village overview, the village-run high-speed boat Queen Zamami links it to Naha in 50 minutes.

People living here: 892people
Area: 16.74km²
Households: 501households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —0 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Zamami Village in Japan26.229°N 127.303°E

to NahaQueen Zamami50min

Travel times follow 座間味村公式『船舶運航ダイヤ』（https://www.vill.zamami.okinawa.jp/ship/ ・2026年10月の月間ダイヤ。更新日の表示なし）の高速船クイーンざまみ。10/1〜19日第1便那覇泊港 09:00発→座間味港 09:50着（座間味港 10:00発→阿嘉港 10:10着・阿嘉港 10:20発→那覇泊港 11:10着）、第2便那覇泊港 15:00発→阿嘉港 15:50着・阿嘉港 16:00発→座間味港 16:10着（座間味港 16:20発→那覇泊港 17:10着）。村公式『村の概要』（https://www.vill.zamami.okinawa.jp/sonsei/intro/overview/ ・掲載開始 2025-12-09）に『村営船舶：座間味村役場船舶・観光課』『高速船クイーンざまみ（196トン定員220人）那覇⇔座間味村 50分』『フェリーざまみIII（669トン定員490人）那覇⇔座間味村 90分』。 (checked 2026-10-07). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 0 municipalities.

Territory of Zamami Village

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (N03)

North to south

12.0km

Zamami Village isthis kind of town.

01The Kerama deer is recorded in the Ryukyu Kokuyuraiki as moved from Satsuma in the mid-17th century; the species was designated a national Natural Monument on Yakabi Island in 1972, and part of Geruma Island was added in 1985
02Takara House on Geruma Island, home of a family that served as shipmasters under the Ryukyu court, was designated a national Important Cultural Property in 1988
03Aka and Geruma islands are joined by the 530 m Aka Ohashi Bridge, and the village's official site says the first village mayor, Matsuda Wasaburo, started bonito fishing in 1901

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Zamami Village official site ↗Wikipedia ↗