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Royal seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429—its vermilion hall blending Chinese and Japanese styles is a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Chief of Ryukyu's Eight Shrines on cliffs above the East China Sea—Okinawa's highest-visited shrine at New Year

Okinawa's oldest Buddhist temple, founded 1368—for centuries the presiding temple of Ryukyu's Eight Shrines

The shrine burned in battle but its sacred utaki site endures—testifying to Ryukyuan faith outlasting the flames

Naha's only beach directly beneath the cliffs of Naminoue-gu—swim in the East China Sea gazing up at the shrine

Founded in 1494 by King Shoshin modeled on Kamakura's Engakuji—the royal Zen temple of the Ryukyu kings

Okinawa's premier museum in gusuku-inspired architecture, covering Ryukyuan history from the kingdom era to the present

A museum on Naha's pottery street tracing 300 years of Tsuboya ware, with restored ancient kilns from the Ryukyu Kingdom era

A 16th-century coastal defense gusuku at the mouth of Naha Port, now a memorial for the war dead

Founded in 1466 by King Shotoku to give thanks for victory at Kikai Island—Okinawa's sole Hachiman shrine