Cape Hedo
Cape Hedo
辺戸岬 Hedo-misaki | |
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Coordinates: 26°52′23.71″N 128°15′52.98″E / 26.8732528°N 128.2647167°E | |
Location | Japan |
Offshore water bodies | East China Sea, Pacific Ocean |
Cape Hedo (辺戸岬, Hedo-misaki, Okinawan: Fidu-misachi), also known as Hedo Point, is the northernmost point on Okinawa Island, located within Kunigami Village. A cape jutting out north from the island, it faces the East China Sea on the west, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. On a particularly clear day, the island of Yoron (Yoronjima) in Kagoshima Prefecture can be seen on the horizon. Yoron Island is located approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi) to the north.[1][2]
Cape Hedo is part of Okinawa Dai Sekirinzan Quasi-National Park, a prefectural park established in 1965 and re-established with the reversion of Okinawa to Japan in 1972.[2]
In the Shōhō Kuniezu, a
The site has become a tourist destination, both for its location, and for the monument erected there commemorating the end of US Occupation and return of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty. The monument is popularly seen as a photo opportunity by tourists; as tourism to the site has grown, a number of restaurants, souvenir shops, and other tourist facilities have appeared near the site.[3]
According to legends of
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References
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- ^ OCLC 56431036. Archived from the originalon 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2013-08-21.
- ^ Kadekawa, Manabu. Okinawa Champloo Encyclopedia (沖縄チャンプルー事典). Tokyo: Yama-Kei Publishers, 2001. p109.
- ^ Kerr, George H. Okinawa: the History of an Island People. (revised ed.) Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 2000. p51.