Yomitan (Okinawa)

Yomitan Village Hall
Yomitan-son ; 読谷村
Geographical location in Japan
Region :	Kyushu
Prefecture :	Okinawa
Coordinates :	26 ° 24 ' N , 127 ° 45' E Coordinates: 26 ° 23 '46 " N , 127 ° 44' 40" E
Basic data
Surface:	35.17 km²
Residents :	39,628 ; (October 1, 2019)
Population density :	1127 inhabitants per km²
Community key :	47324-3
Symbols
Flag / coat of arms:
Tree :	Garcinia subelliptica
Flower :	Bougainvillea
Tree blossom:	Tabebuia chrysotricha
town hall
Address :	Yomitan Village Hall ; 2901 Zakimi; Yomitan- son , Nakagami-gun ; Okinawa 904-0301
Website URL:	www.vill.yomitan.okinawa.jp
Location of Yomitan's in Okinawa Prefecture

Yomitan ( Jap. 読谷村 , -son ) is a village community in the district Nakagami of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa .

geography

Yomitan is located in the western, central part of the island of Okinawa Hontō and extends over the peninsula of the Zampa Cape ( 残波岬 , -misaki ). The village of Onna borders in the north, the city of Okinawa in the northeast , the city of Kadena in the east and south and the East China Sea in the west .

history

The area over which today's municipality extends was originally called Ufunishi for "great north", as it was in the north of the central Ryūkyū kingdom of Chūzan . In the collection of poems Omoro Sōshi it appears as Yontamoza or Yontamuza , which later became Yuntanja ( 読谷山 , also called Yuntanza ), which was an administrative region ( majiri ) in Chūzan. This region consisted of 25 villages around 1611, with 9 villages ceded to Onna in 1673.

These 16 villages - Furugen ( 古堅 ), Gima ( 儀間 ), Hija ( 比謝 ), Iramina ( 伊良皆 ), Kina ( 喜名 ), Nagahama ( 長浜 ), Namihira ( 波平 ), Ōwan ( 大湾 ), Senaha ( 瀬名波 ) , Sobe ( 楚辺 ), Takashiho ( 高志保 ), Toguchi ( 渡具知 ), Tokeshi ( 渡慶次 ), Uechi ( 上地 ), Uza ( 宇座 ) and Zakimi ( 座喜味 ), as well as Makihara ( 牧原 ), Nagata ( 長田 ) and Oyashi ( 親志 ) which were previously separated from Ōwan, Iramina and Kina - were merged in 1908 to form the municipality of Yuntanja ( 読谷山村 , -son ). Together with the later Hijabashi ( 比謝矼 ; 1914), Ōki ( 大木 ; 1935) and Toya ( 都屋 ; 1946), these form the 22 districts ( aza ) of the municipality.

In the Battle of Okinawa in World War II in April 1945, Yuntanja was one of the Allied landing sites.

In 1946 the name was changed from Yuntanja to Yomitan.

After the war, the US military took over the Japanese military facilities and expanded them so that before Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972, about 73% of the municipal area was US military territory. In 1997, the US Air Force's Senaha Communication Station ( 瀬名波通信施設 , Senaha tsūshin shisetsu ; 61 ha) , the Sobe Communication Site ( 楚辺通信所 , Sobe tsūshinjo ; 54 ha) with a Wullenwever antenna (dismantled in 2007) of the US Navy , the Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield ( 読谷補助飛行場 , Yomitan hojo hikōjō ; 191 ha) of the US Marine Corps , part of the Kadena Ammunition Storage Area ( 嘉手納弾薬庫地区 , Kadena dan'yakuko chiku ; 1066 ha) of the US Air Force and the Torii Communication Station ( トリイ通信施設 , Torii tsūshin shisetsu ; 194 ha) of the US Army . The former three were returned to the community in 2006, so that 35.9% (12.62 km²) of the community area has been under US military administration since then.

Culture

Zakimi Gusuku

In 1442, after the establishment of the United Kingdom of Ryūkyū, the Zakimi Gusuku Castle was built, from which the Yuntanja region was ruled. 1973 began with the restoration of the castle.

In Yomitan is the 1987 built baseball stadium Heiwa no Mori Kyūjō ( 平和の森球場 ) with 5800 seats, which the Japanese professional baseball team Chūnichi Dragons uses as a spring training center .

In 1993, the 31st Taiga Dorama (historical series) Ryūkyū no Kaze of the NHK broadcasting company was filmed here, whose backdrop village Murasakimura ( むら咲むら ) including replicas of historic houses and gates is still preserved.

traffic

The most important trunk road is the national road 58 to Kunigami or Naha . There is no rail connection or direct ferry connection.

economy

69% of the population works in the service industry, 25% in manufacturing and 6% in agriculture, whereby mainly chrysanthemums and sugar cane are grown and pigs are raised.

Traditional handicraft products are Yachimun pottery, Yuntanja Hanaui textiles and glass products.

education

In Yomitan there are the primary schools ( 読谷村立 X 小学校 , Yomitan-sonritsu X shōgakkō ) Yomitan, Tokeshi, Kina, Furugen and Furugen-Minami ("Furugen-Süd"), as well as the middle schools ( 読谷村立 X 中学校 , Yomitan-sonritsu X chūgakkō ) Yomitan and Furugen. and the Yomitan Prefectural High School ( 沖縄県立読谷高等学校 , Okinawa-kenritsu Yomitan kōtō gakkō ).

Personalities

Tatsurō Yamauchi (* 1994), football player

Web links

Commons : Yomitan, Okinawa - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Brief History of Yomitan Village. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 28, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).
↑ ^a ^b 米軍楚辺通信所など１０６ヘクタールきょう返還 . In: Ryūkyū Shimpō. December 31, 2006, archived from the original on May 31, 2013 ; Retrieved November 3, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ 象のオリ . In: 愛媛新聞社 ONLINE . Ehime Shimbun-sha, October 8, 2012, archived from the original on October 10, 2012 ; Retrieved August 30, 2016 (Japanese).
^ Utilization of the Land. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).
↑ １海兵隊 . (９) FAC 6027 読谷補助飛行場（Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 252 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ ２空軍 . (３) FAC 6021 瀬名波通信施設（Senaha Communication Station） / (４) FAC 6022 嘉手納弾薬庫地区 (Kadena Ammunition Storage Area) . In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, pp. 290, 293 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ ３海軍 . (１) FAC 6026 楚辺通信所（Sobe Communication Site）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 316 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ ４陸軍 . (２) FAC 6036 トリイ通信施設（Torii Communication Station）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 333 , accessed Nov 4, 2012 (Japanese).
^ Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (two-plus-two) and Alliance. IV. Implementation of the Realignment Roadmap. Department of Defense , accessed November 3, 2012 .
↑ 平和の森球場 . Yomitan, accessed August 30, 2016 (Japanese).
↑ 沖縄春季キャンプ 2012 . Chūnichi Dragons, accessed March 11, 2012 (Japanese).
^ Industries. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).
↑ ^a ^b Major Products. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).
↑ 幼稚園・小学校・中学校一覧 . Yomitan, July 31, 2015, accessed August 30, 2016 (Japanese).

[Yomitan,_History-1] Brief History of Yomitan Village. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 28, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).

[Ryūkyū_Shimpō-2] 米軍楚辺通信所など１０６ヘクタールきょう返還 . In: Ryūkyū Shimpō. December 31, 2006, archived from the original on May 31, 2013 ; Retrieved November 3, 2012 (Japanese).

[Ehime_Shimbun-3] 象のオリ . In: 愛媛新聞社 ONLINE . Ehime Shimbun-sha, October 8, 2012, archived from the original on October 10, 2012 ; Retrieved August 30, 2016 (Japanese).

[Yomitan,_Land-4] Utilization of the Land. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).

[US-Basen,_Marines-5] １海兵隊 . (９) FAC 6027 読谷補助飛行場（Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 252 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).

[US-Basen,_Airforce-6] ２空軍 . (３) FAC 6021 瀬名波通信施設（Senaha Communication Station） / (４) FAC 6022 嘉手納弾薬庫地区 (Kadena Ammunition Storage Area) . In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, pp. 290, 293 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).

[US-Basen,_Navy-7] ３海軍 . (１) FAC 6026 楚辺通信所（Sobe Communication Site）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 316 , accessed Nov. 4, 2012 (Japanese).

[US-Basen,_Army-8] ４陸軍 . (２) FAC 6036 トリイ通信施設（Torii Communication Station）. In: 沖縄の米軍基地 . Okinawa Prefecture, Mar 2003, p. 333 , accessed Nov 4, 2012 (Japanese).

[MoD-9] Japan-US Security Consultative Committee (two-plus-two) and Alliance. IV. Implementation of the Realignment Roadmap. Department of Defense , accessed November 3, 2012 .

[Yomitan,_Stadion-10] 平和の森球場 . Yomitan, accessed August 30, 2016 (Japanese).

[Chunichi_Dragons_Camps-11] 沖縄春季キャンプ 2012 . Chūnichi Dragons, accessed March 11, 2012 (Japanese).

[Yomitan,_Industries-12] Industries. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).

[Yomitan,_Major_Products-13] Major Products. Yomitan, 2000, archived from the original on December 25, 2012 ; accessed on August 30, 2016 (English).

[Yomitan,_Schulen-14] 幼稚園・小学校・中学校一覧 . Yomitan, July 31, 2015, accessed August 30, 2016 (Japanese).