9 Sights in Naha, Japan (with Map and Images)

Shuri Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in Shuri, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Between 1429 and 1879, it was the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, before becoming largely neglected. In 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, it was almost completely destroyed.

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Okinomiya is a shrine located in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. It is one of the eight Ryukyu shrines, but it is not given a corporate status under the modern corporate status system, and it is a stand-alone shrine that does not belong to the main shrine office. (Unqualified). It is located in the eastern part of Okuyama Park.

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Gokoku-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Naha, Okinawa. Established in 1367, the temple served as a major national temple for the Okinawan kingdom of Chūzan and the unified Ryūkyū Kingdom which would follow. It is well known for its associations with Christian missionary Bernard Jean Bettelheim and with the 1853-1854 visits by Commodore Matthew Perry to Okinawa.

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Sōgen-ji (崇元寺) was a Buddhist temple and royal mausoleum of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, located in Naha, Okinawa. It was erected during the reign of King Shō Shin, and destroyed in the 1945 battle of Okinawa.

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The Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum 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. It opened in November 2007, and includes art, history, and natural history museums focusing specifically on Okinawan topics.

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Sonohyan-utaki is a sacred grove of trees and plants (utaki) 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. The utaki, or more specifically its stone gate , is one of a number of sites which together comprise the UNESCO World Heritage Site officially described as Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu, and has been designated an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese national government.

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Ankokuji Temple is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Myoshinji in Shuri-Samukawa, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Taiping Mountain, and the opening of the mountain is Xishan Zhouyong.

Wikipedia: 安国寺 (那覇市) (JA)

Izumo Taisha Okinawa Branch (Izumo Taisha Okinawa Branch) is a shrine located in Furushima, Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. It is an official offshoot of Izumo Taisha and is a branch of Izumo Taisha in the southernmost and westernmost parts of Japan. In Izumo Taishakyo, names other than "branch shrine", "large church (branch church)", "church", and "branch church" are not recognized, but due to special circumstances after World War II, only the Okinawa branch company is allowed to use the name "branch shrine".

Wikipedia: 出雲大社沖縄分社 (JA)

Okinawa Prefectural Second High School for Girls is a girls' high school located in Naha City, Okinawa Prefecture. In 1945 (Showa 20), in the Battle of Okinawa at the end of the Pacific War, fourth-year students were formed as the Shiraume Student Corps.

Wikipedia: 沖縄県立第二高等女学校 (JA)