【Designated by the City：Historic Site】Nakayakanamori Myaka

The Nakayakanamori Myaka is located east of the Nakasone family home of the Chudo-uji Clan, north of the Hokama Utaki sacred site. In the Chudo-uji Clan, it has been told that it is the tomb of the Nakayakanamori. Since majority of the tomb is buried under the soil, the scale and form of it is not clear. However, a large stone, 210cm in length, 120cm in width, and 22cm in thickness, thought to be the lid of the coffin is protruding from the ground. Nakayakanamori is the first son of Nakasone Tuyumya, the chief of Miyako Island the beginning of the 16th century. His younger brothers include Matsurigani Tuyumya and Chirimara Tuyumya.
He joined his father Tuyumya in the army to fight in the battle of Oyake Akahachi in Yaeyama (1500), and the battle of Unitora in Yonaguni (around 1522). After his father, Nakasone Tuyumya, died, he took over as the leader of Miyako Island. However, in around 1532, he was questioned by the royal government in Shuri about murdering Kinsuka Nagitatsu Tuyumya, who had great power in southeast Miyako Island. He later killed himself. After this incident, the title of Tuyumya was abolished, and instead, the royal government in Shuri appointed chiefs.
The only cause of Kanamori’s fate recorded in the family records of the main lineage of the Chudo-uji Clan is: 玄武中屋豊見親西外間為小祖、就不届不継家督.
The Nakayakanamori Myaka is an important site when studying the historic incidents and the ways of the society in Miyako at the beginning of the 1th century.