is a village located in the Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The village is part of Shimajiri District.
- Aharen ()
- Maejima ()
- Tokashiki ()
- Tokashiki ()
- Tokashiku ()
Climate
History
Early history
Prior to World War II Tokashiki produced charcoal for the city of Naha. Bonito fishing was also a mainstay of the population of the island, but as the bonito industry declined, the population of the village was reduced greatly.
World War II
The American forces landed on Tokashiki on March 27, 1945, as an early part of the Battle of Okinawa. On the following day, March 28, 1945, 394 inhabitants of Tokashiki, mostly from farming families, killed themselves after the landing of US troops, at the command of Japanese soldiers, in a practice that became known as shūdan jikketsu, or group suicide. Residents were taken to a cave and given grenades to kill themselves, resorting to beating each other with clubs and rocks once they ran out of grenades. The group suicide on Tokashiki in late March was a precursor to large-scale group suicides on Okinawa Island in the following months.
- Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)
Cultural Properties
- Aharen'ura Shell Mound ()
- Funakoshibaru Site ()
- Katsuobushi Factory Site ()
- Kubandaki Praying Site ()
- Kuba-yama (fan palm tree mountain) of Aharen ()
- Kumi-chijiyama Sacred Site ()
- Mīya Dunchi-gwā Shrine ()
- Nemoto Residence Stone Wall () (Municipal)
- Nishi Utaki Sacred Site ()
- Strength stone of Aharen (in the garden of the community centre) ()
- Tomb of the God-of-Learning ()
Places of scenic beauty
- View of the Kerama Straits from Mount Nishi () (Municipal)