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Discover Afuso in Japan

Afuso in the region of Okinawa is a town located in Japan - some 943 mi or ( 1517 km ) South-West of Edo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Afuso

Local time in Afuso is now 11:20 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Sukuta, Nakama, Naha, Nago, and Igei. When in this area, you might want to check out Sukuta . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Afuso ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Zip Cord fun at Forest Adventure Park

1:34 min by charistinee
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A girls day at Forest Adventure Park in Onna, Okinawa. Great zip cord wipeouts! ..

Miyu Ueda - Suparimpei (The 2nd Place Winner of Karate Do Individual Kata, IH 2010)

5:16 min by visitokinawajapan
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Please join Our Facebook page! www.facebook.com Miyu Ueda -- Suparimpei (The 2nd Place Winner of Karate Do Indivisdual Kata, IH 2010) Churashima Okinawa Interscholastic Athletic Meet 2010 The Final of ..


海中展望船サブマリンJr. part5

4:52 min by RitchieQuatro
Views: 1079 Rating: 5.00

ANAインターコンチネンタル万座ビーチリゾート ..

金武町のゲイト1 Okinawa Kin-Cho Gate1

0:42 min by taku200909
Views: 937 Rating: 0.00

タコスで有名な沖縄金武町のゲイト1 Tasty tacos Okinawa Kin-Cho Gate 1 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Okinawa Island

is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan, and is home to Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture. The island has an area of 1,201.03 square kilometers . It is roughly 640 kilometres south of the rest of Japan. The island's population is known as the longest-lived people in the world; there are 34 centenarians per 100,000 people, which is more than three times the rate in the United States.

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Located at 26.50 127.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Islands of Japan, Okinawa Islands, World War II sites in Japan, World War II sites of the United States

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (沖縄科学技術大学院大学, Okinawa Kagaku Gijutsu Daigakuin Daigaku, OIST) is an interdisciplinary graduate school located on Okinawa, Japan, in the town of Onna. The school offers a 5-year PhD program in Science. Over half of the faculty and students are recruited from outside Japan, and all education and research is conducted entirely in English.

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Located at 26.46 127.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 2005 establishments in Japan, Biological research institutes, Educational institutions established in 2005, Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan, Independent research institutes, Neuroscience research centers, Research institutes in Japan

Battle of Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi away from mainland Japan, as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland. Four divisions of the U.S.

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Located at 26.50 128.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1945 in Japan, Battles of World War II involving Australia, Battles of World War II involving Canada, Battles of World War II involving Japan, Battles of World War II involving New Zealand, Battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom, Battles of World War II involving the United States, History of Okinawa Prefecture, Japanese home islands campaign, Murder–suicides, Operation Iceberg, United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture, United States Marine Corps in World War II, World War II invasions, World War II operations and battles of the Pacific Theatre

Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost prefecture of Japan. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 kilometres long. The Ryukyos extend southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan. The Okinawa Prefecture encompases the southern two thirds of that chain. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island. The Senkaku Islands are administered as part of Okinawa Prefecture.

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Located at 26.50 128.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Blue Zones, Former regions and territories of the United States, Japan–United States relations, Kyushu region, Okinawa Prefecture, Prefectures of Japan, Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands

The Ryukyu Islands /riˈuːkjuː/, known in Japanese as the Nansei Islands and also known as the Ryukyu Arc, are a chain of volcanic Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost. The largest of the islands is Okinawa. The islands have a subtropical climate with mild winters and hot summers.

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Located at 26.50 128.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Archipelagoes of Japan, Ecoregions of Japan, Marine ecoregions, Ryukyu Islands

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