(志喜屋) China (知名) Chinen (知念) Yamazato (山里) Yoshitomi (吉富) Ōzato (大里) Furugen (古堅) Inamine (稲嶺) Minei (嶺井) Nakama (仲間) Ōzato (大里) Ōshiro (大城) Takahira (高平) Sashiki (佐敷) Fusozaki (富祖崎) Ibara (伊原) Kaneku (兼久) Nakaiho (仲伊保) Okoku (小谷) Sashiki (佐敷) Shinkai (新開) Shinzato (新里) Tedokon (手登根) Tsuhako (津波古) Yabiku (屋比久) Tamagusuku (玉城) Aichi (愛地) Funakosi (船越) Fusato (富里) Horikawa (堀川) Hyakuna (百名) Itokazu (糸数) Kakinohana (垣花) Kibaru (喜良原) Maekawa (前川) Nakayama (中山) Nakandakari (仲村渠) Ō (奥武) Oyakebaru (親慶原) Shikenbaru (志堅原) Tamagusuku (玉城) Tōyama (當山) Yakabu (屋嘉部) Surrounding Municipalities Yonabaru Yaese Haebaru Climate Tourism and Culture Located in Chinen, the seifa-utaki shrine is listed by UNESCO as part of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu World Heritage Site. It was believed to be a sacred place, from where one could see the "Isle of the Gods". In the shrine, noro priestesses from Shuri Castle would pray for the well-being of the king and the kingdom. In Tamagusuku, the Gyokusendō cave is known for its stalagmites and stalactites. Discovered in 1967, the cave is estimated to be at least five kilometers long, but only 890 metres are open to tourists. The cave is located inside the Okinawa World cultural theme park. Other attractions of the theme park are the Habu snake museum, native dances such as Eisa, and a traditional Ryūkyū-style village with traditional red-clay roofed houses and workshops for local crafts such as dying and weaving, pottery, and glass blowing. Also located in Tamagusku, the Itokazu-Abuchiragama cave was used in World War II as a bomb shelter by soldiers and civilians alike. It is also open to tourists. Himeyuri Students were used as nurses in this location among others. The isle of Kudaka, also called Isle of the Gods, can be accessed from Azama Port, located in Chinen. From the isle of Ōjima, in Tamagusuku, one can board a glass-bottomed boat, a boat with a transparent floor used in marine-life observations. Golf is a popular sport in Okinawa, and the Ryūkyū Golf Club in Nanjō has three 27-hole courses. Every spring, the Ryūkyū Golf Club welcomes the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf Tournament. The Nanjo Sightseeing Information Center and souvenir shop across the street have cardboard cut-outs of the characters of The Aquatope on White Sand, with the shop including an "entire Aquatope corner." Gusuku in Nanjō Chinen Castle Ōzato Castle Kakinohana Castle Sashiki Castle Tamagusuku Castle Beaches