is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Neighboring municipalities

  • Ginowan
  • Haebaru
  • Naha
  • Nakagusuku
  • Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

Cultural Properties

  • Certification from Tanabaru Village in Nishihara Magiri addressed to Ida Pēchin (西原間切棚原村から伊田親雲上宛の板証書) (Municipal)
  • Chichinta Gusuku (チチンタ(津記武多)グスク)
  • Funjurū letters incinerator of Onaga (翁長の焚字炉)
  • Gaja Site (我謝遺跡)
  • Higa Family's Tūtīkū Praying Site in Tanabaru (棚原比嘉家の土帝君)
  • Ikkan-gā well (一貫ガー)
  • Ishi Gusuku (イシグスク)
  • Jīma-nu-ukā sacred well (ジーマヌウカー)
  • Kamuiyaki pot from Uchima No.1 Artefact Scatter (西原町内間散布地No.1出土のカムィ焼) (Municipal)
  • Kayabuchi Udun Praying Site (カヤブチウドゥン)
  • Kōchi Aji's Tomb (幸地按司墓)
  • Kōchi Gusuku (幸地グスク)
  • Kōchi's Kukuji-mui forest (幸地の刻時森 (ククジムイ))
  • Kohatsu's Ii-nu-yama Sacred Site (小波津の上ヌ嶽)
  • Kohatsu's Shicha-nu-taki Sacred Site (小波津の下ヌ嶽)
  • Kunkunshi musical score by Yakabi Chōki (屋嘉比朝寄作 工工四) (Prefectural)
  • Nakō-mō Praying Site (ナコーモー (名幸毛))
  • Nishihara Nakayama Family Documents (西原中山家文書) (Municipal)
  • Nishihara's War Memorial (西原の塔)
  • Nsuhajii reef (ンスハジー)
  • Onaga Hījā-gā Spring (翁長のヒージャーガー)
  • Sēguchijō Sacred Site (セーグチジョー)
  • Stele of the Former King's Old Residence (先王旧宅碑)
  • Stone lion of Goya (呉屋の石獅子)
  • Stone lions of Tōbaru (桃原の石獅子)
  • Stone stele with 致和 inscription (「致和」の石碑)
  • Sukemasu Ōshiro's Memorial (故大城助素之碑)
  • Survey Stones (ハル石)
  • Tanabaru Gusuku (棚原グスク)
  • Tanabaru Noro Dunchi (priestess’ residence) (棚原ノロ殿内)
  • Tanabaru Shell Mound (棚原貝塚)
  • Teranokoshi Noro-gā spring (テラノコシノロガー)
  • Tirasa-gā spring (ティラサガー)
  • Tōfugwā-bira Hill (トーフグヮービラ)
  • Uē-gā spring (親川)
  • Ufunmi Utaki Sacred Site (ウフンミウタキ)
  • Untamamui (運玉森)
  • Urasoe Family's copy of Ise Monogatari (浦添家本伊勢物語) (Prefectural)
  • Yonagusuku Shell Mound (与那城貝塚)
  • Yubushi-gā Well (ユブシガー)

Historic Sites

  • Former Miyazato Residence in Tanabaru (棚原旧宮里家屋敷跡) (Municipal)
  • Former Nishihara Village Office air-raid shelter (旧西原村役場壕) (Municipal)
  • Stone wall with bullet marks in Kohatsu (小波津弾痕の残る石塀) (Municipal)
  • Tanabaru Paved Road (棚原の石畳道) (Municipal)
  • Uchima Udun (内間御殿) (National)

Natural Monuments

  • Uchima Udun's powder-puff tree (内間御殿のサワフジ) (Municipal)

Education

thumb|Nishihara Junior High School ([[:ja:西原町立西原中学校|西原中学校)]]

thumb|Nishihara Higashi Junior High School ([[:ja:西原町立西原東中学校|西原東中学校)]]

Municipal schools:

  • Nishihara Elementary School (西原小学校)
  • Nishihara Higashi Elementary School (西原東小学校)
  • Nishihara Higashi Junior High School (西原東中学校)
  • Nishihara Junior High School (西原中学校)
  • Nishihara Minami Elementary School (西原南小学校)
  • Sakata Elementary School (坂田小学校)

There is also a nationally controlled elementary school, Elementary School Attached to the College of Education, University of the Ryukyus (琉球大学教育学部附属小学校).

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