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CAPE HEDO
Uzahama

KAGOSHIMA
East China Sea
AMAMI ISLAND
Kunigami (See pp237 & 253)
IE ISLAND NAKIJIN KIJOKA OGIMA d KUME
CASTLE RUIN VILLAGE n ISLAND OKINAWA
Ogimi l a MIYAKO ISLAND
OCEAN EXPO Nakijin I s ISLANDS Pacific Ocean
PARK YONAGUNI
Motobu ISLAND YAEYAMA ISLANDS
O k i n a w a Higashi Locator Map

Taira Bay

1 Naha City
East Nago Arume Bay Sights at a Glance 8 Ie Island
China Nago 2 The Former Japanese 9 Nakijin Castle Ruin
Bay
Navy Underground HQ
0 Kijoka Ogimi
Sea 3 Okinawa Battle Sites Village
4 Gyokusendo Cave q Cape Hedo
Oura
Inbu Beach Bay 5 Nakagusuku Castle Ruin w Kume Island
6 Nakamura House e Miyako Islands
7 Ocean Expo Park r Yaeyama Islands
Onna
Moon Beach Ginoza
OKINAWA EXPRESSWAY w Kume Island 0 km 5 e Miyako Ikema 0 km 10
Zanpamisaki Kin Island
Cape 0 miles 5
Ishikawa 0 miles 3 Islands
Kin KUME ISLAND
Yomitan Bay MIYAKO
Ikei Island Ou Island ISLANDS
Nakadomari Shimoji
Uruma Nakazato Island Irabu Hirara
Kadena Miyagi Island
Gushikawa Island Miyako
Shimoji Island Higashi
Henna
Okinawa Kurima
Naha Island
Katsurenzaki
Cape
NAKAMURA Getting Around
HOUSE r Yaeyama Islands Naha
Amami Island, Ginowan Flying is by far the easiest
Kyushu NAKAGUSUKU 0 kilometers 20
CASTLE RUIN way to reach Okinawa and
to travel between the 0 miles 10
Urasoe
islands. The flight time from
Nishihara Tokyo is approximately 3 Yonaguni Island
Kume Island hours. Naha airport also has
NAHA CITY direct flights to other parts YAEYAMA Ishigaki
of Asia. A monorail connects ISLANDS Island
Miyako &
Yaeyama Naha airport with Naha city.
Islands Tomigusuku FORMER NAVY Ferries serve many islands Iriomote Ishigaki
UNDERGROUND HQ in the archi pelago, but Island Kohama
Nanjo journey times are long. It is Island Taketomi
Island
GYOKUSENDO also possible to take a ferry
CAVE from Taiwan. Local buses
Itoman Kuro
Island
can be slow, so the best
OKINAWA way to get around may
BATTLE SITES be to rent a car or scooter.
For keys to symbols see back flap
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