Tonaki Island

What it is

• A village in Okinawa Prefecture originally formed from two separate islands.
• The settlement sits on flat land created by sand accumulation between hills.
• The municipality includes the nearby uninhabited Irisuna Island.
• Historical records once identified this location by the name Tonashijima.

What to see

• Mount Utaki located in the southern part of the island.
• Nishimori hill situated in the northern section of the landscape.
• The residential settlement built on the low ground between the hills.

Getting there

• Take a ferry from Naha Tomari Port to Tonaki Port.
• The ferry journey takes two hours and fifteen minutes to reach the island.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.