Introduction to Cultural Properties

【Designated by the City:Structure】The Main Gates and Stone Walls of Hirara Daiichi Elementary School

平良第一小学校の正門と石垣

It is believed that the stone walls of the Hirara Daiichi Elementary School were constructed around 1932, making it 73 years since the completion. Upo[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Structure】Nishitsuga-Baka Tomb

西ツガ墓

The Masumo-uji clan tombs are aligned, east and west, and are commonly referred to as Tsuga-Baka tombs. Tsuga means “masu,” the square container used […] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Structure】Hisamatsu Myaka (Giant Rock Tomb) Cluster

久松ミャーカ(巨石墓)群

It is estimated that there were numerous Myaka tombs in the past, spreading out over the two hamlets of Kugai and Matsubara. However, only four tombs […] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Tangible Folk】Mimaga of Nanamata

七又のミーマガー

The spring is located at the bottom of the cliff about 600m southeast of the Nanamata settlement. The Nanamata district was not blessed with sources o[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Tangible Folk】Yamaga Upuka

山川ウプカー

This spring is located about 500m north of the Yamagawa settlement. We can see from the records in the history book, Yoseikyuki (1727) that the spring[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk 】Myakuzutsu of Ikema Island

池間島のミャークヅツ

Over three days starting on the day of the horse or Kinoeuma every year from August to September in the lunar calendar, the largest festival on Ikema […] read more – >

【Prefecturally Designated:Natural Monument (Flora)】Plant Community at Kuninaka Utaki Sacred Site

国仲御嶽の植物群落

The site is located 200m east of the Kuninaka settlement, east of the Irabu Junior High School. The approach from the Torii gates at the main entrance[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Tangible Folk】Nugana-ga

野加那泉

The Nugana-ga is a spring that is located approximately 500 west of the Higa settlement, in an area known as Nokanasaji. The spring is semielliptic in[…] read more – >

【Prefecturally Designated:Natural Monument (Flora)】Plant Communities of the Wind-Beaten Coast at the Protruding Coral Shelf at Cape Higashihenna

東平安名岬の隆起珊瑚礁海岸風衝植物群落01

Cape Higashihenna at the east coast of Miyako Island protrudes out to the Pacific Ocean, and is of significant importance academically, for the partic[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Structure】Zuifuku Tunnel

瑞福隧道

Before the war, the areas of Suta-no Suma, Ikebaruzuku, Fukuchibaru, and Kajido were marsh grounds where a large pool of water appeared after every he[…] read more – >