Sights in Iejima, Okinawa

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• Mount Gusuku, Ie Village

  

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  172m pointed rock mountain and symbol of Ie Island, with 360-degree panorama views from the summit.

• Ie Island Hibiscus Garden

  

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  Garden growing over 1,800 hibiscus varieties; new types unique to Ie Island are bred here, enjoyable in rain.

• Nyatiya Cave

  

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  Sacred Ie Island cave with the child-granting Bijiru Stone, also a wartime shelter called the Thousand-Person Cave.

• Wakide

  

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  Fresh water springs from the northwest shoreline, still used for drinking, beside cliffs over 60 meters.

• Shotai-ji

  

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  Zen temple founded in 1554 by King Sho Sei after an ancient mirror was discovered.

• Shimamuraya Sightseeing Park

  

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  Park on Shimamuraya mansion ruins, stage of famous tragic play Iejima Handu-gwa, with statue, habu park, and folk museum.

• Ernie Pyle Monument

  

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  Memorial to US correspondent Ernie Pyle, killed on Ie Island on April 18, 1945, built by the US military.

• Ara Utaki

  

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  Worship site at the former island gateway where people prayed for safe journeys.