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Uken Destination Guide

Discover Uken in Japan

Uken in the region of Okinawa is a town located in Japan - some 949 mi or ( 1528 km ) South-West of Edo , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Uken

Local time in Uken is now 12:05 AM (Friday) . 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: Zukeran, Uken, Uezu, Ujidomari, and Taba. When in this area, you might want to check out Zukeran . 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 Uken ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Great view from Camp Courtney

1:18 min by Doug Caldwell
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Overlooking view of sea and parts of Camp Courtney, Okinawa. Location plotted on map options. ..

Camp Courtney Typhoon Man Yi

0:21 min by trggerhppy
Views: 1059 Rating: 5.00

Well ive been on Okinawa for 3 weeks and heres a typhhon already! ..


Small Eisa Performance

1:00 min by arcticblue2
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Eisa dance outside a store in Okinawa. This is one of the groups that would go from place to place to perform. The big Eisa festival was in Naha and had over 10000 dancers. Unfortunately, we weren't a ..

沖縄市桃原周辺

1:19 min by churatarou
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Interesting facts about this location

Camp Courtney

Camp Courtney is a United States Marine Base located in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the larger Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler and home to the III Marine Expeditionary Force headquarters as well as the 3rd Marine Division Headquarters. It is named after Major Henry A. Courtney, Jr. , who was killed in action in the Battle of Okinawa. Camp Courtney covers 1.348 square kilometres in the Konbu, Tengan, and Uken districts of Uruma. Camp Courtney was opened as a U.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 26.39 127.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Military bases of the United States in Japan, United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture, United States Marine Corps bases

Camp McTureous

Camp McTureous is part of Marine Corps Base Butler in Kawasaki and Nishihara, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan. Located in the western part of Agena district of Uruma City, Camp McTureous is equipped with family residential facilities, sports facilities and an elementary school. The camp is named in honor of Robert M. McTureous, Jr. , a Marine private who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry and sacrifice of life during the Battle of Okinawa.

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Located at 26.38 127.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Military bases of the United States in Japan, United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture

Southeast Botanical Gardens

The Southeast Botanical Gardens (100 acres) are commercial botanical gardens located in the city of Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. They are open daily; an admission fee is charged. The gardens contain over 2,000 plant species, including some 450 species of palms, as well as flowers, fruit trees, a Polynesian Lake with carp, and an insect collection.

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Located at 26.38 127.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Botanical gardens in Japan, Okinawa, Okinawa, Parks and gardens in Okinawa Prefecture

United States Army Air Forces in Okinawa

The Battle of Okinawa was the last major ground battle between the armed forces of the Empire of Japan and the United States of the Pacific War. United States Army and United States Marine Corps ground forces landed on the island on 1 April 1945 at 08:30 am. The Battle of Okinawa lasted 83 days until 22 June, when the island was declared secured. The defense of the island was divided into three strong Japanese lines where hidden guns, machine guns and bunkers covered approaches and fields.

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Located at 26.31 127.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Intermediate combat commands of the United States Army Air Forces, Invasions, Japanese home islands campaign, Pacific theatre of World War II, South West Pacific theatre of World War II

Okinawa Athletic Stadium

Okinawa Athletic Stadium (沖縄県総合運動公園陸上競技場) is a multi-purpose stadium in Okinawa, Okinawa, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of F.C. Ryūkyū. The stadium holds 25,000 people.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 26.31 127.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Athletics (track and field) venues in Japan, Football venues in Japan, Multi-purpose stadiums in Japan, Sports venues in Okinawa Prefecture

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