Japan Midokoro / Okinawa Prefecture / Heritage

Okinawa Prefecture

Cultural properties and heritage

60 places with photos.

Tamaudun

Part of a World Heritage Site, Historic Site, National Treasure

Sefa-utaki

Part of a World Heritage Site, Historic Site

Shikina-en

Special Place of Scenic Beauty, Part of a World Heritage Site, Place of Scenic Beauty

Urasoe Castle

Historic Site

Miyaradunchi

Place of Scenic Beauty, Important Cultural Property

Tonaki Island

Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

Urasoe yōdore

Historic Site

Zakimi Castle

Part of a World Heritage Site, Historic Site

Katsuren Castle

Part of a World Heritage Site, Historic Site

Nakijin Castle

Part of a Historic Site, Part of a World Heritage Site

Sueyoshi-gū

Historic Site

Iriomote Island

Part of a World Heritage Site

Mount Omoto

Place of Scenic Beauty

Tōrin-ji Temple

Important Cultural Property

Sōgen-ji

Important Cultural Property

Higashi-hennazaki

Place of Scenic Beauty

Agena Castle

Historic Site

Itokazu Castle

Historic Site

Uegusuku Castle

Historic Site

Tamagusuku Castle

Historic Site

Taketomi Island

Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings

Shuri Castle

Historic Site, Part of a World Heritage Site, National Treasure

Nakagusuku Castle

Historic Site, Part of a World Heritage Site

Enkaku-ji

Historic Site, Important Cultural Property

Yonabaru Station

Registered Monument

Yanbaru

Part of a World Heritage Site

Southeast Botanical Gardens

Registered Monument

Uchima Udun

Historic Site

Chatan Castle

Historic Site

Shimotabaru Castle

Historic Site

Tōriike

Place of Scenic Beauty, Natural Monument

Hinpun Banyan Tree

Natural Monument

Ie Udun tomb

Important Cultural Property

Sashiki Castle

Historic Site

Nakamura House

Important Cultural Property

Nagomi Tower

Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Furusutobaru Castle

Historic Site

Ireibaru Site

Historic Site

Nakabaru Site

Historic Site

Nakadomari

Historic Site

Ōzato Castle

Historic Site

Yamada Castle

Historic Site

Tindabana

Place of Scenic Beauty

Gushikawa Castle

Historic Site

Gushikawa Castle

Historic Site

Shio River

Natural Monument

Yamato Gā

Historic Site

Tennyo Bridge

Important Cultural Property

Iha Shell Mound

Historic Site

Tatami-ishi

Natural Monument

Izena Tamaudun

Important Cultural Property

Mount Bengadake

Historic Site

Central Chamber

National Treasure, Important Cultural Property

Eastern Chamber

National Treasure, Important Cultural Property

Outer Stone Wall

National Treasure, Important Cultural Property

Western Chamber

National Treasure, Important Cultural Property

Inner Stone Wall

National Treasure, Important Cultural Property

Mekaru Tomb Cluster

Historic Site

Uganzaki

Registered Monument

Ōyama Shell Mound

Historic Site

Photos (Wikimedia Commons)　Tamaudun: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Sefa-utaki: Unknown (CC BY-SA 3.0), Shikina-en: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Urasoe Castle: Sturmgewehr88 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Miyaradunchi: Paipateroma (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tonaki Island: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." (Public domain), Urasoe yōdore: あばさー (Public domain), Zakimi Castle: gpzagogo (CC BY-SA 3.0), Katsuren Castle: Furinkazan1573 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Nakijin Castle: 沖縄発！役に立たない写真集 (Public domain), Sueyoshi-gū: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Iriomote Island: Anagounagi (CC BY-SA 4.0), Mount Omoto: Kugel (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tōrin-ji Temple: 松岡明芳 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sōgen-ji: LordAmeth (CC BY-SA 3.0), Higashi-hennazaki: Metatron (CC BY-SA 3.0), Agena Castle: Juniper (CC BY-SA 4.0), Itokazu Castle: Shig ISO (CC BY 2.0), Uegusuku Castle: Kiken68 (CC0), Tamagusuku Castle: Mocchy at Japanese Wikipedia (Public domain), Taketomi Island: Flickr user: Ken@Okinawa Okinawa, Japan https://www.flickr.com/people/trektrack/ (CC BY-SA 2.0), Shuri Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Nakagusuku Castle: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Enkaku-ji: E-190 (CC BY-SA 3.0), Yonabaru Station: Unknown pre-war photographer (Public domain), Yanbaru: Ryan McBride (CC BY 2.0), Southeast Botanical Gardens: HKRMSK (CC BY-SA 3.0), Uchima Udun: Kugel~commonswiki (CC BY-SA 4.0), Chatan Castle: Bérangère444 (CC BY 4.0), Shimotabaru Castle: 松岡明芳 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tōriike: Paipateroma (CC BY-SA 4.0), Hinpun Banyan Tree: N (Public domain), Ie Udun tomb: やちむん (CC BY-SA 3.0), Sashiki Castle: Sturmgewehr88 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Nakamura House: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Nagomi Tower: Paipateroma (CC BY-SA 3.0), Furusutobaru Castle: Paipateroma (CC BY 3.0), Ireibaru Site: Bérangère444 (CC BY 4.0), Nakabaru Site: 日:Muramasa (CC BY-SA 3.0), Nakadomari: Rinrin16 (CC BY-SA 4.0), Ōzato Castle: Dwcarlso (CC BY-SA 4.0), Yamada Castle: Nibachanchan (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tindabana: Melkov (CC0), Gushikawa Castle: Captain76 (Public domain), Gushikawa Castle: Kiken68 (CC0), Shio River: さかおり (talk) (CC BY-SA 3.0), Yamato Gā: Tideline (CC BY-SA 4.0), Tennyo Bridge: アラツク (CC BY-SA 4.0), Iha Shell Mound: Pre-war photographer (Public domain), Tatami-ishi: Snap55 at Japanese Wikipedia (CC BY 3.0), Izena Tamaudun: N (Public domain), Mount Bengadake: Abasaa (Public domain), Central Chamber: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Eastern Chamber: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Outer Stone Wall: そらみみ (CC BY-SA 4.0), Western Chamber: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Inner Stone Wall: 663highland (CC BY 2.5), Mekaru Tomb Cluster: やちむん (CC BY-SA 3.0), Uganzaki: Tzuhsun Hsu (CC BY-SA 2.0), Ōyama Shell Mound: Bérangère444 (CC BY-SA 4.0)