Onna, Okinawa

Onna was first established as Unna Magiri () in 1673 by the Ryukyu Kingdom. Ryukyu was annexed by Japan in 1879. In 1908, the Japanese government dissolved Unna Magiri and replaced it with Onna Village. The village is the site of the tomb of the Republic of China statesman Fang Chih, founder and Chairman of the Sino-Ryukyuan Cultural and Economic Association. ==Geography==

Onna is located in the central part of Okinawa Island, and occupies a long, narrow stretch of the western coast of the island. The village spans from north to south but only from east to west. The village is located in the rugged Sekiryo Mountains that run from the north to central Okinawa Island, with Mount Onna being the highest point in the village. Settlements in the village are located in the few flatter areas. The coastal areas of Onna was declared part of Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park in 1972 after the reversion of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan. Onna is noted for its coastal scenery, notably Cape Manzamō and Cape Maeda. ==Administration==

Administrative divisions The village includes fifteen wards. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Neighboring municipalities Onna borders on six other municipalities in Okinawa prefecture. • Ginoza • Kin • Nago • Okinawa • Uruma • Yomitan ==Economy==

Since World War II Onna has been a small-scale center of sugarcane production but tourists from mainland Japan, China, Taiwan, S. Korea, Australia and many other countries stay in one of the many seaside resorts that have been built just before, and after, the beginning of the new millennium. In recent years pineapples and mikan, or satsuma mandarin, have been grown in the rugged hill areas of the village. Like other municipalities on Okinawa Island, cut flowers and greenhouse vegetables intended for the Japanese homeland have become important agricultural products. Resort hotels were built along the coastal areas in Onna after the reversion of Okinawa Prefecture to Japan in 1972, and tourism remains an important part of the economy of the village and the Onna prefecture. ==Transportation==

Roads Onna is crossed by Japan National Route 58, which connects the village of Kunigami in the north of Okinawa to the prefectural capital of Naha in the south. Okinawa Prefectural Route 6 intersects Route 58 at Nakadomari Village and passes through the village before intersecting with 58 again at the north end of Nakadomari. Route 73 runs east–west through the narrowest portion of Okinawa and connects Nakadomari Village on the East China Sea (west) coast to Ishikawa on the Pacific (east) coast. Prefectural Routes 86 and 104 connect the north of Onna with the town of Kin. ==Education==

Educational institutions in Onna include and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, a graduate school. ==Cultural and natural assets==

Onna Village hosts twenty-four designated or registered tangible cultural properties and monuments, at the national, prefectural or municipal level. • Name (Japanese) (Type of registration) ===Cultural Properties=== , moved from Yomitan. Seven of the ten former residences in Ryukyu Mura are Nationally Registered Tangible Cultural Properties. • Former Higa Family Residence, main house () (National) • Former Hirata Family Residence, pigpen latrines () (National) • Former Kokuba Family Residence, main house () (National) • Former Nishishigaki Family Residence, main house () (National) • Former Ōshiro Family Residence, main house () (National) • Former Shimabukuro Family Residence, main house () (National) • Former Shimabukuro Family Residence, raised storehouse () (National) • Former Tamanaha Family Residence, main house () (National) • Maps of each village and aza of Onna Magiri in Kunigami District () (Municipal) • Poems by Wang Wenzhi (Ō Bunchi) () (Municipal) • Poems by Xu Baoguang (Jo Hokō) () (Municipal) • Sanshin, Makabi type () (Prefectural) • Sanshin, Makabi type, inscribed "Amuro" () (Prefectural) • Survey stones (shirube-ishi) of Onna Village () (Municipal) • Tōjin Baka Tombstone () (Municipal) ===Folk Cultural Properties=== • Hamasaki Utaki () (Municipal) • Kanjagā spring () (Municipal) • Uduigama Cave () (Municipal) ===Historic Sites=== • () (National) • Maeda Ichirizuka Mound () (Municipal) • Nakadomari Site () (National) • Yamada Castle Site () (National) ===Places of scenic beauty=== • Cape Manzamo () (Prefectural) ===Natural Monuments=== • Cape Manza limestone plant community () (Prefectural) ==Notable people==

• Onna Nabe, ryuka poet ==References==