이 페이지는 아직 번역되지 않아 영어로 표시됩니다.

Kudaka Island

Little knownBarely documented in English. This is the kind of place the site exists for.

조사·집필 Hinato

Kudakasacred islandAmamikiyoNanjocycling

Photo: Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) · original

Kudaka is eight kilometres round, low, and in Ryukyuan belief the first land the creation deity Amamikiyo made. Kings of Ryukyu came here in person to worship until the practice ended in the seventeenth century, and the island still holds ritual sites that are closed to outsiders — not by fence but by convention, marked and expected to be respected.

It is a fifteen-minute high-speed boat or twenty-five-minute ferry from Azama port, and the standard way round is a rented bicycle. There is a village, a shop or two, sand roads through low forest and a beach at the northern end called Hedo-hama where the deity is said to have landed. Nothing may be taken from the island, including stones and sand. Day trips from Naha are entirely feasible and the island is emphatically not a resort.

기본 정보

영업시간

Boats on published schedules from Azama port

휴무일: Sailings cancelled in rough weather

입장료

Ferry and high-speed boat fares charged separately | Bicycle hire charged separately

베스트 시즌

Year-round | Spring and autumn for cycling comfort

방문 소요 시간

Half a day including the crossing

가는 방법

교통 정보

Kudaka, Chinen, Nanjo, offshore from Azama port. High-speed boat from Azama takes about 15 minutes and the ferry about 25 minutes to Tokujin port, operated by Kudaka Kaiun — Azama office. Bicycle hire is available at Tokujin port and in the village but numbers are limited, so ring ahead: Tokujin port waiting room 098-948-2842, Sabani 098-948-3893, Tamaki cycle hire. Do not remove stones, sand or plants from the island, and do not enter marked sacred areas.

인사이더 가이드

**Take nothing.** Removing stones, sand, shells or plants from Kudaka is prohibited by island custom and taken seriously. This is the single rule visitors most often break. **Sacred areas are marked and closed.** Several sites, including Fubo-utaki, are off limits to non-islanders. They are signposted rather than fenced; the absence of a barrier is not permission. **Book a bicycle ahead.** Numbers are limited and a full boat can exhaust them. Ring one of the hire operators before you sail. **Fifteen or twenty-five minutes depending on the boat.** The high-speed service and the ferry run different schedules from Azama. Check the last return before you go over. **There is very little on the island.** A small shop or two, a couple of places to eat, no convenience store. Bring water.

구글 지도에서 보기