User:Tai123.123/Okinawa

Cities
Also includes urbanized island
 * - the capital of the Okinawa Prefecture
 * - some resort hotels and beaches
 * - the second-largest city
 * - the biggest city on the north of the island
 * - place of WWII last battle and memorial monument
 * - home of the enormous Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Islands
A larger selection of Islands can be found by checking each region, the Main Island is not included to its status as aregion


 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby
 * - popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands nearby

Okinawa Islands

 * Okinawa Island (Okinawa-hontō) &#x2014; the largest island in both size and population, featuring administrative capital Naha
 * Ie
 * Ikei
 * Hamahiga
 * Kumejima
 * Iheya
 * Izena
 * Kudaka
 * Aguni
 * Kerama Islands &#x2014; a cluster of small coral islands between Kume and Okinawa
 * Akajima &#x2014; popular holiday spot in the Kerama Islands
 * Tokashiki &#x2014; snorkeling and diving oasis, the largest island of Kerama
 * Zamami &#x2014; popular among snorkelers and divers, with several deserted islands within 10 mins by taxi boat.
 * Minna
 * Tonaki
 * Tsuken

Daito Islands
A smattering of tiny islands several hundred kilometers to the east, only two of them inhabited.


 * Kitadaito &#x2014; the easternmost island in the prefecture.
 * Minamidaito &#x2014; the largest of the Daitos

Miyako Islands
Natural monuments, great beaches and amazing diving. Occasionally lumped together with the Yaeyamas as the Sakishima Islands.


 * Irabu &#x2014; the "other island" of Miyako
 * Miyako &#x2014; by far the largest of the three main islands that make up the group
 * Shimoji &#x2014; very close to Irabu, but not quite as large
 * Tarama &#x2014; known for its August festival

Yaeyama Islands
Lush and tropical, closer to Taiwan than to Okinawa Island.


 * Hateruma &#x2014; the southernmost inhabited point of Japan
 * Hatoma
 * Ishigaki &#x2014; the hub of the Yaeyamas, with spectacular beaches and manta rays
 * Iriomote &#x2014; jungles and the mysterious Iriomote wild cat
 * Taketomi &#x2014; small island off Ishigaki, known for a carefully restored Ryukyu village
 * Yonaguni &#x2014; the westernmost point of Japan, with mysterious ruins and hammerhead sharks
 * Kuro &#x2014; tiny island mildly famous for having (way) more cows than people

In addition, the Amami Islands to the north, while administratively a part of Kyushu, are geographically and culturally close to Okinawa.