is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Geography

thumb|left|Moon Beach

Onna is located in the central part of Okinawa Island, and occupies a long, narrow stretch of the western coast of the island. The village spans from north to south but only from east to west. The village is located in the rugged Sekiryo Mountains that run from the north to central Okinawa Island, with Mount Onna being the highest point in the village. Settlements in the village are located in the few flatter areas.

Neighboring municipalities

Onna borders on six other municipalities in Okinawa prefecture.

  • Ginoza
  • Kin
  • Nago
  • Okinawa
  • Uruma
  • Yomitan

Resort hotels were built along the coastal areas in Onna after the reversion of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan in 1972, and tourism remains an important part of the economy of the village and the Onna prefecture.

  • Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

Cultural Properties

thumb|Interior of the former Nakasone family residence in [[Ryukyu Mura, moved from Yomitan. Seven of the ten former residences in Ryukyu Mura are Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties.]]

  • Former Higa Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Former Hirata Family Residence, pigpen latrines () (National)
  • Former Kokuba Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Former Nishishigaki Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Former Ōshiro Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Former Shimabukuro Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Former Shimabukuro Family Residence, raised storehouse () (National)
  • Former Tamanaha Family Residence, main house () (National)
  • Maps of each village and aza of Onna Magiri in Kunigami District () (Municipal)
  • Poems by Wang Wenzhi (Ō Bunchi) () (Municipal)
  • Poems by Xu Baoguang (Jo Hokō) () (Municipal)
  • Sanshin, Makabi type () (Prefectural)
  • Sanshin, Makabi type, inscribed "Amuro" () (Prefectural)
  • Survey stones (shirube-ishi) of Onna Village () (Municipal)
  • Tōjin Baka Tombstone () (Municipal)

Folk Cultural Properties

  • Hamasaki Utaki () (Municipal)
  • Kanjagā spring () (Municipal)
  • Uduigama Cave () (Municipal)

Historic Sites

  • () (National)
  • Maeda Ichirizuka Mound () (Municipal)
  • Nakadomari Site () (National)
  • Yamada Castle Site () (National)

Places of scenic beauty

  • Cape Manzamo () (Prefectural)

Natural Monuments

  • Cape Manza limestone plant community () (Prefectural)

Notable people

  • Onna Nabe, ryuka poet

References

  • Onna-son Prefecture on Google Maps
  • Onna official website