Nakijin, Okinawa
Nakijin is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
, the village has an estimated population of 9,529 and a population density of 239.00 persons per km2. The total area is 39.87 km2.
Geography
Nakijin Village occupies the northern half of Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. It includes the island of Kouri that was linked to the island of Yagaji by a bridge in 2005. Yagaji was linked to Nakijin Village by the Urumi-Ōhashi Bridge in 2010.The village is crossed by the Ōi-gawa River that runs northward to the East China Sea.
Administrative divisions
The village includes nineteen wards.- Amesoko
- Gogayama
- Heshiki
- Imadomari, merger of Nakijin and Oyadomari
- Jana
- Kamiunten
- Kaneshi
- Koechi
- Kouri
- Nakaoji
- Nakasone
- Sakiyama
- Serikyaku
- Shoshi, merger of Shokita and Shijima
- Tamashiro
- Tokijin
- Unten
- Wakugawa
- Yonamine
Neighbouring municipalities
Education
The village operates its public elementary and junior high schools.- Nakijin Junior High School
- Amesoko Elementary School
- Kaneshi Elementary School
- Nakijin Elementary School
Notable people
- Shun Medoruma, novelist
- Seiji Shimota, novelist
Cultural and natural assets
Nakijin Village hosts twenty-three designated or registered cultural properties and monuments, at the national, prefectural or municipal level.- Name
Cultural Properties">Cultural Property (Japan)">Cultural Properties
- Aoriyae Aji's magatama / Aoriyae Noro's magatama
- Aragusuku Tokujo and Aragusuku Tokukō's warrants of appointment and related documents
- Ichigusuku Tomb
- Jicchaku Noro's ritual implements
- Kouri tūmiya lookout
- Maps of Heshiki Village in Nakijin Magiri
- Maps of the villages in Nakijin Magiri, Kunigami District
- Momojana-baka Tomb
- Nakagusuku Noro's ritual implements
- Nakamura Gensei's warrant of appointment and related documents
- Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site
- Nakijin Noro's ritual implements
- Shokita Fukuan's warrant of appointment and related documents
- Ūnishi Tomb
Folk Cultural Properties">Cultural Property (Japan)">Folk Cultural Properties
- Kami-asagi Sacred Site of Sakiyama
- Letters Incinerator of Shoshi
[Historic Sites">Monuments of Japan"> [Historic Sites]
- Nakabaru Maaui Hippodrome
- Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site
Places of scenic beauty">Monuments of Japan">Places of scenic beauty
- Amamiku-nu-mui
- Nakijin Castle Site and Shiina Castle Site
Natural Monuments">Monuments of Japan">Natural Monuments
- Amesoko Thorea gaudichaudii algae
- Dendrolobium umbellatum community in Nakasone Kakihatabaru
- Shoshi Utaki plant community
- Tropical almond tree Terminalia catappa of Imadomari