This list is of the Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan located within the Prefecture of Okinawa.[1]
As of 28 February 2024, fifteen Places have been designated at a national level (including one *Special Place of Scenic Beauty).[2] [3] [4]
As of 1 May 2023, nine Places have been designated at a prefectural level.[4] [6]
| Place | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sefa-utaki Sefa-utaki | 26.1733°N 127.8267°W | for all refs see https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/008/475/r4__11.pdf | ||||
| Nakagusuku Castle Site Nakagusuku-jō ato | 26.284°N 127.8013°W | |||||
| Nakijin Castle Site Nakijin-jō ato | 26.6908°N 127.9303°W | |||||
| Todoroki Falls Todoroki no taki | 26.5625°N 127.9884°W | |||||
| Shurikinjō-chō Ishidatami-michi Shurikinjō-chō ishidatami-michi | 26.216°N 127.7153°W | |||||
| Ie Village Mount Gusuku Ie-mura no Gusuku-yama | 26.7194°N 127.807°W | |||||
| Ginowan City Mori River Ginowan-shi Mori-no-kawa | 26.2715°N 127.7417°W | |||||
| Cape Manza Manza-mō | 26.5049°N 127.8502°W | |||||
| Sanninudai Sanninudai | 24.4538°N 123.0333°W | |||||
As of 1 May 2023, a further twenty Places have been designated at a municipal level.[4] [7]
| Place | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teniya Ban Sachi Beacon Site Teniya ban sachi no hitachi ato | 26.5535°N 128.1379°W | for all refs see https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/008/475/r4__11.pdf | ||||
| Waji Wajī | 26.733°N 127.7895°W | |||||
| Innagā Innagā | on Ikei Island （） | 26.3955°N 127.9944°W | ||||
| Futenma-gū Cave Futenma-gū dōketsu | 26.293°N 127.7774°W | |||||
| Naminoue Naminoue | 26.2206°N 127.6714°W | |||||
| Garner-Mui Forest Gānā-mui | 26.2008°N 127.6779°W | |||||
| Hiyajō Banta Hiyajō banta | 26.3734°N 126.7898°W | |||||
| Aka-no-Higemizu Aka-no-higemizu | 26.3666°N 126.7956°W | |||||
| Aka-Kurushi Aka kurushi | 26.3695°N 126.8033°W | |||||
| Ueda Forest Ueda-mori | 26.3602°N 126.7494°W | |||||
| Tokujimu Coast and Andesite Zone Tokujimu kaigan to ittai no anzangan | 26.2943°N 126.8131°W | |||||
| View of the Kerama Straits from Mount Nishi Nishi-yama sanchō kara nozomu Kerama kaikyō | 26.2099°N 127.3627°W | |||||
| Scenic Spots of Banyahara Banyahara no hiroba no keishō-chi | 26.5817°N 127.2238°W | |||||
| Scenic Spots of Sakakinahara Coast Sakakinahara kaigan keishō-chi | 26.5775°N 127.2207°W | |||||
| Nzōmiji Nzōmiji | 27.0917°N 128.0124°W | |||||
| Coral Reef and Lagoon at Sawada Beach Sawada-no-hama sangoshō・shōko-men | 24.8387°N 125.1587°W | |||||
| Rocky Coast at Cape Hakuchō Hakuchō-zaki ganshō kaigan ittai | 27.0917°N 128.0124°W | |||||
| Rocky Coast of West and South Shimojishima Shimojishima minami, nishi ganshō kaigan ittai | 24.8135°N 125.1412°W | |||||
| Scenery of Takana Takana no keishō | 24.05°N 123.7976°W | |||||
| Ufudaki Ufudaki | Kohama Island | 24.347°N 123.9786°W | ||||
As of 1 February 2024, Five Monuments have been registered (as opposed to designated) as Places of Scenic Beauty at a national level.[3] [4] [8]
| Place | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Ugan Ugan-zaki | 24.3394°N 124.1538°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/411/00003915 | ||||
| Former Nakasone Family Gardens kyū-Nakasone-shi teien | 24.806°N 125.2807°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/411/00003963 | ||||
| Tsukayama Brewery Gardens Tsukayama shuzōsho teien | 26.5914°N 127.9832°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/411/00004136 | ||||
| Nakamoto Family Gardens Nakamoto-shi teien | 24.3353°N 124.1478°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/411/00003744 | ||||
| Hananda (Natural Bridge) Hananda (shizen-bashi) | 26.1206°N 127.744°W | https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/411/00004137 | ||||