うるま (Uruma)

うるま (Uruma) is a city of 114 thousand¹ located on the eastern coast of central Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, ⽇夲 (Nippon or Japan). The city was established in 2005 and includes the former cities of Gushikawa and Ishikawa,, as well as the Katsuren Peninsula and some small islands.² The UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Gusuku [castle] Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryuku," includes one site in the city: Katsuren Castle,³ which flourished in the 15th century.⁴ Perhaps the tallest two buildings, both in the Ishikawa area, are the 13 story Hotel Nikko Yaeyama and the Hotel East China Sea.⁵

External references

Katsuren Castle, Uruma, Nippon (Japan)

Footnotes

1. 2008 figure from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Japan, accessed 3/25/2014.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruma,_Okinawa, accessed 7/3/2014.
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gusuku_Sites_and_Related_Properties_of_the_Kingdom_of_Ryukyu, accessed 7/3/2014.
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuren_Castle, accessed 7/3/2014.
5. These are the buildings listed with the most stories (heights not given) in the Ishikawa listing in emporis.com, accessed 7/3/2014.