is a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 October 2020, the city has an estimated population of 64,612 and a population density of 3,297 persons per km<sup>2</sup>.

  • Japanese name (ideograms, Okinawan reading)

Neighbouring municipalities

  • Haebaru
  • Itoman
  • Naha
  • Yaese

Climate

Education

High schools

  • Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Agricultural High School
  • Okinawa Prefectural Tomigusuku High School
  • Okinawa Prefectural Tomigusuku Minami High School

Junior high schools

  • Tomigusuku Municipal Iraha Junior High School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Nagamine Junior High School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Tomigusuku Junior High School

Elementary schools

  • Tomigusuku Municipal Iraha Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Nagamine Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Tomigusuku Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Toyomi Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Toyosaki Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Ueda Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Yutaka Elementary School
  • Tomigusuku Municipal Zayasu Elementary School

Notable people

  • Natsumi Ikema, actress
  • Mr Miyagi, fictional character, Karate Kid Movies
  • Hirokazu Nema, basketball coach
  • Kamejiro Senaga, politician
  • Takako Uehara, singer (Speed)
  • Rui Yonamine, dancer and choreographer (The Rampage from Exile Tribe)

Cultural and natural assets

Tomigusuku City hosts forty-eight tangible cultural properties and monuments, most of which appear on municipal listings but are not officially designated or registered at the national, prefectural or municipal level.

  • Name (Japanese) (Type of registration)

Cultural properties

  • Bin Gusuku (保栄茂グスク)
  • Bone artefacts from Gibo Akgari-nu-utaki Sacred Site (宜保アガリヌ御嶽 出土 骨製品) (Municipal)
  • Documents relating to the Ōshiro Family of Aza Yone (字与根大城家文書) (Municipal)
  • Earthen artefacts from Takamine Furujima Site (高嶺古島遺跡 出土 土製品) (Municipal)
  • Madan-bashi Bridge Remains (真玉橋遺構) (Municipal)
  • Madan-bashi Bridge Renovation Inscription (重修真玉橋碑文) (Municipal)
  • Memorandum by Former Ōta Pechin from Kakazu in Tomigusuku Magiri (豊見城間切嘉数前大田親雲上勤書「口上覚」) (Municipal)
  • Monument to the loyal dead (忠魂碑) (Municipal)
  • Nagamine Gusuku (長嶺グスク)
  • Senaga Gusuku / Anjina Gusuku (瀬長グスク)
  • Survey Stone "い" Wonakabaru (印部石 い をなか原) (Municipal)
  • Survey Stone "ニ" Kanahabaru (印部石 ニ かなは原) (Municipal)
  • Survey Stone "ヌ" Mesashifubaru (印部石 ヌ めさしふ原) (Municipal)
  • Survey Stone "ロ" Mesashifubaru (印部石 ロ めさしふ原) (Municipal)
  • Taira Gusuku (平良グスク)

Folk cultural properties

  • Chiiya Island (チーヤ (津屋))
  • Funerary palanquin of Noha (饒波の龕) (Municipal)
  • Gan-yā Palanquin House and Gangō Festival of Takayasu (高安龕屋と龕ゴウ祭)
  • Gan-yā Palanquin House Site of Noha (饒波龕屋 (ガンヤー) 跡地)
  • Gibo Bijun Praying Site (宜保ビジュン)
  • Kōjā-yā Palanquin House of Bin (保栄茂コージャーヤー (龕屋))
  • Kunjā-gā spring and windmill site (クンジャーガーと風車跡地)
  • Madan-bashi Agari-nu-shīsā Stone Lion (真玉橋アガリヌシーサー)
  • Madan-bashi Iri-nu-shīsā Stone Lion (真玉橋イリヌシーサー)
  • Sacred lion of Takayasu (高安のシーシーメー・シーシウカミ)
  • Stone lion and Sangwachā of Nesabu (根差部シーサーと三月遊び (サングヮチャー))
  • Stone lion of Bin (保栄茂のシーサー)
  • Stone lion of Nakachi (名嘉地シーサー)
  • Stone lion of Noha (饒波のシーサーグヮー)
  • Stone lion of Takamine (高嶺のシーサー)
  • Stone lion of Tokashiki (渡嘉敷シーサー)
  • Stone lions of Tagami (田頭シーサー)
  • Takayasu Bijun Praying Site (高安ビジュン)
  • Tuduruchi-gā spring (トゥドゥルチガー (轟泉))
  • Village stone lion of Taira (平良のムラシーサー)

Historic sites

  • Bin namai hippodrome and 15th night festival (保栄茂馬場と十五夜)
  • Iraha Refugees Internment Camp Site (伊良波収容所跡)
  • Ishihiya-bashi Bridge / Ishibāshi Bridge (石火矢橋)
  • Jijimui Sacred Site (珠数森)
  • John Manjiro and Onaga Takayasu Residence (ジョン万次郎と翁長高安家)
  • Kakazu-banta Cliff (嘉数バンタ)
  • Manko Lake, first hārī boat race location (ハーリー発祥の地「漫湖」)
  • Sanskrit inscription stele (梵字碑)
  • Tomigusuku Gusuku (豊見城グスク)
  • Tomigusuku Normal Elementary School Site (豊見城尋常小学校跡地)
  • Tomigusuku Utaki Sacred Site (豊見城御嶽)
  • Yone salt industry and salt paddies site (与根塩づくりと塩田跡)
  • Zayasu Ishimashi-mō meadows and its three pine trees (座安イシマシモーと三本松)

See also

  • Tomigusuku Castle

References

  • Tomigusuku City official website