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Promoting internationalization to the community, Okinawa City is located in the heart of Okinawa's main island. With an area of 48.99 square kilometers, it is the second largest city in Okinawa. The city links the northern and southern parts of the island, making it a center for business and medical leaders, cultural programs, and government services.

Okinawa City is mostly plateau with occasional areas inclining toward valleys or the sea. Okinawa City's subtropical climate brings an annual average temperature of 22.4 degrees Celsius; humidity, 76.5%; and precipitation, 2,000mm.

Okinawa City is known for being a music town, having given birth to a variety of bands and singers throughout the years. It also hosts the famous Annual Okinawa All-Island Eisa Festival, which has now become a traditional annual event.

The eastern part of Okinawa City serves as the site of the Nakagusuku Bay Development Project. And with access to highways on land and sea lanes in the Pacific Ocean, Okinawa, as Japan's southernmost prefecture, envisages the likelihood of transportation growth in the future.

Contact:   international@city.okinawa.okinawa.jp

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26-1 Nakasone Okinawa City
Okinawa Japan
Phone (098)939-1212

 

 

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