Yabuchi Island
藪地島
An uninhabited Okinawan island featuring ancient cave ruins, traditional farming plots, and a sacred site for ancestral worship.
What it is
- An uninhabited island in Uruma City connected to the main island by a bridge.
- A former settlement site that was inhabited until approximately 300 years ago.
- A location where local residents from the mainland continue to maintain farm land.
- The site of Jane Cave, a place of worship regarded as an ancestral birthplace.
What to see
- Jane Cave, also known as the Yabuchi Cave Ruins, located in the southeast.
- Archaeological sites where pottery from 6,000 to 7,000 years ago was discovered.
- Kasanori seaweed growing densely along the southern coast of the island.
- The Yabuchi Bridge which has connected the island to the mainland since 1985.
- Natural habitats known for a significant population of local habu snakes.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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