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Sacred ground

Facilities

Hyakuna, Tamagusuku

Tamagusuku Hyakuna is a place with a history known from the Ryukyu creation myth. The coast where the founding deity first landed on the main island, the birthplace of rice cultivation, a spring chosen among Japan's hundred finest waters, the ruins of Tamagusuku Castle and many sacred groves, called utaki, are scattered around it.

Rest in the rich nature and the streets that keep something of an older time, and you may meet the history of Tamagusuku that sleeps behind them.

  • Yaharazukasa

    On foot
    Nanjo City tangible folk cultural property

    Amamikiyo, the goddess of the myth, crossed the sea from Kudaka Island and took her first step ashore on this beach. A stone marker stands in the shallows and is covered at high tide.

  • Mibaru Beach

    2 min on foot
    新原ビーチ

    The natural beach next to the resort, two minutes on foot. Glass-bottom boats go out over the reef all year, a natural aquarium.

  • Tamagusuku Castle ruins

    By car
    玉城城跡

    A hilltop gusuku said to have been built by Amamikiyo, with a gate cut through the rock. One of the sacred places visited by the kings of Ryukyu on their pilgrimage of the east.

  • Sefa-utaki

    By car
    World Heritage Site

    One of the seven sacred groves created by Amamikiyo, and the holiest site of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Two great rocks lean on each other to make the tunnel called Sangui, filled with a mysterious air. Pass through and Kudaka Island lies ahead.

  • Tamagusuku shisa

    By car
    村獅子

    An old stone village guardian lion, set to face away misfortune, half hidden in the grass.

  • Sugar cane fields

    さとうきび

    The roads around the resort run between sugar cane. In winter the cane flowers silver and the harvest begins.

Getting here

Thirty-five minutes from the airport.

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