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Okinawa Island (沖縄島, Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄/うちなー, Uchinaa [4] Kunigami: ふちなー, Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), [5] is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu ( Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five main ...
- Okinawa Rail
The Okinawa rail (Hypotaenidia okinawae) is a species of...
- History of The Ryukyu Islands
Etymology. The name "Ryūkyū" originates from Chinese...
- Okinawa Islands
The Okinawa Islands (沖縄諸島, Okinawa Shotō, or 沖縄群島, Okinawa...
- Okinawan Martial Arts
History. In 1429, the three kingdoms on Okinawa unified to...
- Mount Yonaha
Mount Yonaha (与那覇岳, Yonaha-dake), also known as Mount Yunaha...
- 1995 Okinawa Rape Incident
The 1995 Okinawa rape incident (Japanese: 沖縄米兵少女暴行事件)...
- Yanbaru National Park
Subtropical evergreen laurel forest of Yanbaru. Yambaru...
- Schwab
Camp Schwab is a United States Marine Corps camp located in...
- United States Forces Japan
The United States Forces Japan (USFJ) (Japanese: 在日米軍,...
- Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle (首里城, Shuri-jō, Okinawan: Sui Ugusuku) is a...
- Okinawa Rail
4 days ago · Okinawa Island is the largest in the Ryukyus, being about 70 miles (112 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide and having an area of 463 square miles (1,199 square km). Naha, on the island, is the prefectural capital. Okinawa. Southeast Botanical Gardens, Okinawa, Japan. Taiwan, Okinawa, and the Ryukyu Islands.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Okinawa Islands (沖縄諸島, Okinawa Shotō, or 沖縄群島, Okinawa Guntō) are an island group in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan and are the principal island group of the prefecture. [1] The Okinawa Islands are part of the larger Ryukyu Islands group and are located between the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to the northeast and the ...
- 1,418.59 km² (547.72 sq mi)
- 113
- 1,285,003 (October 1, 2010)
- Pacific Ocean
Okinawa City (沖縄市, Okinawa-shi, Japanese: [okinawa]) is the second-largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, following Naha, the capital city. [1] It is located in the central part of the island of Okinawa, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Naha. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 142,752 and a population ...
- 49.00 km² (18.92 sq mi)
- Okinawa Prefecture
Okinawa is the name for the biggest island in the Ryūkyū Islands, far south of Japan. It is also the common name for Okinawa Prefecture, which controls the Southern Ryūkyū Islands. [1] The capital of Okinawa is Naha. Naha is on the island with the most people, Okinawa island. Okinawa used to be called Great Lew Chew Island.
The name Okinawa means "rope in the open sea", a fairly apt description of this long stretch of islands between the main islands of Japan and Taiwan. Consisting of 49 inhabited islands and 111 uninhabited islands, Okinawa has a subtropical to tropical climate, and is a popular beach holiday destination for Japanese, with frequent flights from ...
