HAMAHIGA ISLAND MAP
Kyoda I.C.

Ukibarujima can be seen fromthe center of the bridge

Yaka I.C.
Ishikawa.C.
Okinawa-Kita I.C.

Hamahiga ohashi Bridge- Amamichu

A small island called Amanji
is located on the east side ofHamahigajima. The goddess
Amamikiyo and the god
Shinerikiyo along with anumber of other gods are enshrined on Amamichu.
Every new year on Okinawan calendar, people comehere to pray to the gods for the health and prosperityof descendants.

Hamahiga specialty Tempura restaurant
Maruyoshishokuhin, an eatery, an oldfashioned eating house and etc.
- Kin Gulf Port

Hama Public HallTomigusuku Nakachi I.C.

Haebaru-Kita I.C.
Haebaru-Minami I.C.

Access from Naha Airport

・70 minutes drive from Naha Airport via expressway.
・Airport → Tomigusuku Nakachi I.C.→ Okinawa Expressway→ Okinawa-Kita I.C. → Ordinary Road →Kaishu Road
→ Hamahiga Ohashi bridge → Hotel Hamahigashima Resort- Hamagaa- Jitoudaihinukan- Hamagaautaki- Hamahiga Hachimancave remains

A old-housestrolling course.

- Nihon Getto : Getto Farm

- Ryugushin
Furusato beachThe setting sun seen fromthe beach is beautiful.

Hamahiga island

Nishihara I.C.

Naha I.C.
Naha Airport- Agari nu utaki
Hama Clinic
Post office

Kaicu Road
Kita-Nakagusuku I.C.

- Tombs of mainland Japanese- HamaUruma city

Okinawa-Minami I.C.

アマミチューの墓

Ginoza I.C.
Kin I.C.

- Ubugaa- Norodunchi Tohyama House- Higagusuku- Kin Gulf Port- Higa- Hira Island- Hira Island

The sun setting slowly between two islands.
- Hama Kaizuka- Irii nu utaki- Bijurugami

A old-housestrolling course.

- Butuichiichi- Agarigaa

HOTEL HAMAHIGASHIMA RESORT
Tel.+81-98-977-8088- Muruku beach

Higa Public Hall
Churaumi farm: You can see some animals
such as goats, ducks and Yonaguni horse.
Local Okinawan shallots and seasonal
vegetable vending machine- Soujigaa- Umanuchira- Soujiutaki- Kaneku Coast- Kaneku- Ryugujin

Huge rocky area makes you
feel mother nature.

The beach seen fromhere is beautiful.

Walking down the private
stairway from the hotel leads
you to the Muruku beach.
Muruku means everyone iscoming in local dialect. Thebeach is still surrounded bynature because Hamahigajima
once was completed isolatedisland until the Hamahiga
bridge was built in 1997. Manymarine activities are available
at the beach. Two desertislands,Ukibarujima
andMinamiukibarujima, can beseen off the coast.

- Higa Fishing Port

- Ukibarujima- Minami-ukibarujima- Kaneku Beach- Higakubajima remains- Kubajima nu utaki
A private-like natural beach- Shirumichu

Takaesu Salt Factory
Making salt by using theold-fashioned methods.

Recommended spot for photo.

It's located on the south end of Higa village.

They say the goddess Amamikiyo and thegod Shinerikiyo, regarded as the pioneering
god of Ryukyu, had lived in the cave. There isa stalactite shadow stone in the cave, and it isworshiped as a spiritual stone blessing people
with children.

◎About Hamahiga island◎About Kaichu Road

◎About Hamahiga Ohashi Bridge

・The circumference : 4.7㎞
・The carea : 2.09㎢
・The population : 528 [ as of January 31, 2014 ]・The bridge has a span of 4.7㎞.
・Connecting the Katsuren Peninsula to Henza Island,
the longest marine road in East Asia.
・Completed on April 22, 1972・The bridge has a span of 1.43㎞.
・Connecting Hamahiga Island and Henza Island.
・Completed in February, 1997