Tokashiki Island Explained

Tokashiki Island
Native Name:トゥガイフィガイ (Tugaifigai)
Native Name Link:Okinawan language
Location:Pacific Ocean
Archipelago:Kerama Islands
Country:Japan
Country Admin Divisions Title:Prefecture
Country Admin Divisions:Okinawa Prefecture
Country Largest City:Tokashiki
Coordinates:26.1978°N 127.3644°W
Ethnic Groups:Ryukyuan, Japanese

[1] is the largest of the Kerama Islands, a group of Japanese islands southwest of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered as the village of Tokashiki in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

Geography

Tokashiki is a hilly island of about 15.29 square kilometers with sheer cliffs which descend down to the seas.[2]

Climate

The climate is warm year-round with a daily mean of 21 Celsius. It has 1,938 hours of sunshine per year, but it can get cloudy in December through February.

References

  1. Web site: Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary . 2012-12-01 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023510/http://ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/srnh/details.php?ID=SN22231 . dead .
  2. http://keramaislands.asia/tokashiki Tokashiki Island