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Yaka Destination Guide

Touring Yaka in Japan

Yaka in the region of Okinawa is a city located in Japan - some 946 mi or ( 1523 km ) South-West of Edo , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Yaka

Time in Yaka is now 12:17 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Tokyo " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tancha, Onna, Naha, Nago, and Ishikawa. Being here already, consider visiting Tancha . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Yaka ? 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! ..

Kafuu Resort Okinawa Guest Rooms (36 secs)

0:36 min by KafuuResort
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For a few drums more

3:00 min by VideoBard
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More Okinawan drums ..

Fx 2010 BLACKIE-SAN eBOOK: What A Wonderful Life by Blackie The Photographer

7:01 min by wbm2012
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Fx "2010" "BLACKIE-SAN" eBOOK RETROSPECTIVE: "What A Wonderful Life" by "Blackie The Photographer" Fx "2010" "ブラッキーSAN"のeBOOK回顧:ブラッキーで"ホワットアワンダフルライフ"撮影"ブラッキーSAN" svFilms Documentary Project: "BLACKIE ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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 2 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

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.

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Located at 26.39 127.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 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 8 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 10 km away
Tags: Botanical gardens in Japan, Okinawa, Okinawa, Parks and gardens in Okinawa Prefecture

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 10 km away
Tags: Islands of Japan, Okinawa Islands, World War II sites in Japan, World War II sites of the United States

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