Intangible Cultural Properties, Natural Treasure, etc.

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk 】Kuicha of Nikadori

クイチャー

The Kuicha of Nikadori has been passed down over time, danced by the people in their prayers for good harvests, wishes for rain, and for entertainment[…] read more – >

【Prefecturally Designated:Selected 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 – >

【Designated by the City:Natural Monument (Geology)】Nakahara Fossil

仲原化石

The Nakahara Fossil is a fossilized whale. It is located on the foreshore of Nakahara-Higashi Coast, below the cliff (about 50 m high) facing the paci[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Natural Monument (Flora)】Plant Community in the Surrounding Area of Mae-ga and the Sacred Tree

前井と御神木その周辺の植物群落

Mai-ga is located along the northern hillside in Shimozatosoe, and it used to be a cave spring that had long been used for drinking water by the resid[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Shishi-mai (Lion Dance) of Kami-ku

上区の獅子舞い

The five settlements of Sazuga, Uzzanmi, Zaratsuki, Yunabari, Panakisha are said to have been administratively separated from Shimozato Village as Shi[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Shishi-mai (Lion Dance) of Higa

比嘉の獅子舞い

Legend has it that the Shishi-mai of Higa began in 1913. The ruling class and the commoners disputed over land possessed by the settlement, and the is[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Shishi-mai (Lion Dance) of Tomori

友利獅子舞い

Although the origins of the Shishi lion are unknown, the elders say that it has a history of 250 years. According to lore, when epidemics, fires, drou[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Uruka Kuicha

うるかクイチャー

Kuicha is a group dance in a circular formation that has been passed down over generations throughout Miyako. Being also referred to as “Voice Accord”[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Intangible Folk】Kuicha of Tomori

クイチャー

Long ago, women who engaged in weaving at a village guardhouse on orders are said to have likened white-crested waves on a reef to patterns of Jofu, o[…] 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 – >