200px|Sefa-utaki Utaki (御嶽) is an Okinawan term for a sacred place . Although the term utaki is used throughout the Okinawa region , the terms suku and on are heard in the Miyako and Yaeyama regions respectively. Utaki are usually located on the outskirts of villages and are places for the veneration of gods and ancestors. Most gusuku have places of worship, and it is theorized that the origins of both gusuku and utaki are closely related.
200px|Sefa-utaki Utaki (御嶽) is an Okinawan term for a sacred place , often a grove, cave, or mountain. They are central to the Ryukyuan religion and the former noro system. Although the term utaki is used throughout the Ryukyu Islands , the terms suku and on are heard in the Miyako and Yaeyama regions respectively. Utaki are usually located on the outskirts of villages and are places for the veneration of gods and ancestors. Most gusuku have places of worship, and it is theorized that the origins of both gusuku and utaki are closely related.
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, often a grove, cave, or mountain. They are central to the Ryukyuan religion and the former noro system.
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Okinawa region
Ryukyu Islands