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Okinawa Island, Japan
Photo: N, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Iheya-Izena Islands (伊平屋伊是名諸島 Iheya-Izena shotō) are a small group of the islands to the north of Okinawa Island.
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伊是名城 Izena-gusuku
Ruins of a 14th-century Okinawan gusuku castle.
伊是名玉陵
One of only three royal mausoleums in Okinawa, where much of the Shō family is buried. (The kings, though, are at the main Tamaudun near Naha.)
倶楽部 野甫の塩
Small cafe, museum and shop selling hand-kneaded Noho salt, which is also available in flavors including curry, yuzu, and chilli.
There are two ferries a day to each island, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, both leaving from Unten Port (運天港) in Nakijin, northern Okinawa.
Read in the guideIzena and Iheya are only about 4 km apart, but there are no scheduled services between the islands.
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