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