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Tomigusuku

Tomigusuku is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Tomigusuku
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The place

Tomigusuku is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 64,612 and a population density of 3,297 persons per km2. The total area is 19.25 km2.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Tomigusuku

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Shuri Castle

    Ryukyuan gusuku castle

    8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

    Building in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

    5.5 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    gusuku

    Castle or fortress in the Ryukyu Islands

    5.5 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Lake Man

    Lake in Japan

    4.2 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Tamaudun

    Building in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

    7.8 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Okinawa Senseki Quasi-National Park

    Quasi-national park related to war memorial in Okinawa prefecture, Japan

    8 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum

    Museum in Naha City

    7.7 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sonohyan-utaki

    Sacred grove at Shuri Castle, Okinawa

    8 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Shikina-en

    Hilled gardens south of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa

    6.7 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Himeyuri Peace Museum

    Museum

    7.5 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Tomigusuku

Airports
Naha (OKA), 5 km
Stations
Naha Airport, 4.5 km · Naha Airport Station, 5.4 km · Gibo Station, 8.7 km · Akamine Station, 3.7 km · Furujima Station, 8.5 km
  • Kagoshima → Tomigusuku
    660 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · ¥28,970–42,480
  • Miyazaki → Tomigusuku
    733 km · quickest by air, 6h 2m · ¥20,510–31,230
  • Nagasaki → Tomigusuku
    760 km · quickest by air, 5h 1m · ¥26,700–40,040
  • From anywhere
    The planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Tomigusuku

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tomigusuku. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inFerry services to Okinawa have been cut drastically, with Arimura Sangyo filing for bankruptcy and RKK Line stopping passenger services entirely.
  • Get inAs of 2014, the only survivors are A-Line Ferry, aka Maru-A (マルエー), which runs twice a week from Kagoshima (25 hours, ¥16,000 2nd class one-way) and once a week from both Osaka/Kobe and Tokyo (44 hours, ¥28,000) to Naha, and Marix Line, which runs between Kagoshima and Naha only.
  • Get inAll ferries call at various minor islands including Yoron and Amami Oshima along the way.
  • Go nextSouthern Okinawa - Many WW2 historical sites Central Okinawa - US military bases, pottery villages, castle ruins Northern Okinawa - The wildest and remotest part of Okinawa Island Kerama Islands - Regular ferry connections are available between Naha harbor and this nearby group of islands.
  • Go nextGreat for a day trip or a few days to experience a more isolated tropical experience.

From Wikivoyage: Naha, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    37 km
  2. 02
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    414 km
  3. 03
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    769 km
  4. 04
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    771 km
  5. 05
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    953 km

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Around it

Next door to Tomigusuku

Tomigusuku is 6 km from Naha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Nahacapital city of Okinawa prefecture, Japan5.8 km
  • Itomancity in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan4.2 km
  • Yonabarutown in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan9.6 km
  • Yaesetown in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan5 km
  • Haebarutown in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan6.8 km
  • Shuricity in Japan8 km