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読谷 (Yomitan)

読谷 (Yomitan) is a city-sized village (son) of 41 thousand1 located on the East China Sea coast of south central Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, ⽇夲 (Nippon or Japan). The UNESCO World Heritage Site, "Gusuku [castle] Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryuku," includes one site in the city: Zakimi Castle.2 Perhaps the tallest building is the ten story Hotel Nikko Alivila-Yomitan Resort Okinawa (1994).3

External references

Zakimi Castle, Yomitan, Nippon (Japan)

Footnotes

1. 2012 figure from the side banner of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomitan,_Okinawa, accessed 3/25/2014.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gusuku_Sites_and_Related_Properties_of_the_Kingdom_of_Ryukyu, accessed 7/3/2014.
3. It is the only building listed for the son (village) in emporis.com as of 7/3/2014.