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【Designated by the City:Natural Monument (Flora)】Mangrove Forest of Shimajiri

島尻のマングローブ林

Mangrove forests are communities of evergreen shrubs and trees that grow in the mud in the brackish waters (where sea and fresh waters mix) by the sea[…] 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:Tangible Folk】Isu-ga

イスゥガー(磯井)

This spring is said to be the foundation of the Karimata Settlement, and is mentioned in the ritual song of worship, the Tabi, recited at Ueyan (ances[…] 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:Historical Records】Records Related to Chudo-Uji and the Nakasone Family

忠導氏仲宗根家関係資料

Descending from Nakasone Tuyumya, the Chudo-uji Clan was one of the two most powerful clans during the age of the Bakumatsu, splitting the control of […] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Classical Literature】Monument for the Sangyokai-no Onjin (Benefactors of the Industrial World)

産業界之恩人記念碑

This monument was erected within the grounds of the Miyako Shrine when it was constructed in July 1925, in commemoration of the three men, Shimoji Pec[…] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Classical Literature】Tombstone of Ongawa Satonushi Pechin

恩河里之子親雲上の墓碑

Built in the Bakumatsu period, this tombstone is old in comparison to other old tombstones found today. It is built with sandstone, measuring 62cm in […] read more – >

【Designated by the City:Tangible Folk】Agiisu (Chikaraishi Stone) of Gusukube

ぐすくべのアギイス(力石)

In each of the settlements, there were numerous tests of strengths among the youths up until before the war. One of these was sumo wrestling, but ther[…] read more – >