Urasoe
Urasoe is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Urasoe is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The neighboring municipalities are Naha to the south, Ginowan to the north, and Nishihara to the east. As of February 2024, the city has an estimated population of 115,518 and a population density of 6,051.2 persons per km2. The total area is 19.09 km2.
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Worth seeing in and around Urasoe
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.
- 01Shuri Castle
Shuri Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in the historic Shuri district of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Between 1429 and 1879, it was the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, before becoming largely neglected.
3.2 km · Ryukyuan gusuku castle · Wikipedia - 02Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
The Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which consists of nine sites all located in the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The heritage sites include two utaki, the Tamaudun mausoleum, one garden, and five gusuku castles sites, four of which are ruins and one of which is a reconstruction.
5.7 km · building in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 03gusuku
In the Ryukyu Islands, gusuku are castles and fortresses that feature stone walls. The origin of gusuku remain controversial.
5.7 km · castle or fortress in the Ryukyu Islands · Wikipedia - 04Nakagusuku Castle
Nakagusuku Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku fortification located in the village of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan. It is known for being the best-preserved of any gusuku ruins, and the six courtyards of this fortress with stacked stone walls make it a prime example of a gusuku.
9 km · castle · Wikipedia - 05Lake Man
Lake Man is an area of wetlands in Okinawa that is located between the cities of Naha and Tomigusuku, and within Manko Park. Despite being called "Lake Man", it is in fact a wetland and not a lake.
6.7 km · lake in Japan · Wikipedia - 06Tamaudun
Tamaudun is one of the three royal mausoleums of the Second Shō Dynasty of kings of the Ryukyu Kingdom, along with Urasoe yōdore at Urasoe Castle and Izena Tamaudun near Izena Castle in Izena, Okinawa. The mausoleum is located in Shuri, Okinawa, and was built in 1501 by King Shō Shin, the third king, to bury his father, King Shō En a short distance from Shuri Castle.
3.1 km · building in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, or Okimu for short, is a museum in the most southern prefecture of Japan. The museum complex in the Omoro-machi area of Naha, the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture.
3.5 km · museum in Naha City · Wikipedia - 08Sonohyan-utaki
Sonohyan-utaki is a sacred grove of trees and plants of the traditional indigenous Ryukyuan religion. It is located on the grounds of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa, a few paces away from the Shureimon castle gate.
3.1 km · Sacred grove at Shuri Castle, Okinawa · Wikipedia - 09Shikina-en
The gardens of Shikina-en are located on a small hill to the south of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa. The residence and its gardens are also known as Sichina-nu-udun or Nan'en, as opposed to the Tōen of Uchaya-udun, laid out on a small hill east of Shuri Castle in 1677.
4.7 km · hilled gardens south of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa · Wikipedia - 10Naminoue Shrine
Naminoue Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, the ichinomiya of the prefecture. It sits atop a high bluff, overlooking Naminoue Beach and the ocean.
5.8 km · Shinto shrine in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
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Getting to Urasoe
- Airports
- Naha (OKA), 10 km
- Stations
- Naha Airport, 9.4 km · Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, 3.8 km · Naha Airport Station, 8.2 km · Furujima Station, 2.5 km · Gibo Station, 2.4 km
- Kagoshima → Urasoe651 km · quickest by air, 5h 41m · ¥32,050–46,790
- Miyazaki → Urasoe724 km · quickest by air, 6h 19m · ¥23,590–35,540
- Nagasaki → Urasoe751 km · quickest by air, 5h 18m · ¥29,780–44,350
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Urasoe
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 Urasoe. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Urasoe
Urasoe is 6 km from Naha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Nahacapital city of Okinawa prefecture, Japan5.7 km
- Ginowancity in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan6.9 km
- Tomigusukucity in Okinawa prefecture, Japan8.6 km
- Chatantown in Nakagami district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan9.2 km
- Yonabarutown in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan6.1 km
- Haebarutown in Shimajiri district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan6.1 km