Yonaguni (Japanese: 与那国島, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima, Yonaguni romanization: Dunan-chima, older Juni-shima,[2] Yaeyama romanization: Yunoon-zïma, Okinawan romanization: Yunaguni-jima), one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost inhabited[3] island of Japan, lying 108 kilometers (58 nmi; 67 mi) from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea. The island is administered as the town of Yonaguni, Yaeyama Gun, Okinawa, and there are three settlements: Sonai, Kubura, and Higawa. There have been discussions to establish direct ferry services with Taiwan in order to bolster tourism.
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The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. "Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography"), also known as "Yonaguni (Island)...
The Yonaguni language (与那国物言/ドゥナンムヌイ Dunan Munui) is a Southern Ryukyuan language spoken by around 400 people on the island of Yonaguni, in the Ryukyu...
The Yonaguni or Yonaguni uma (与那国馬) is a critically-endangered Japanese breed of small horse. It is native to Yonaguni Island, in the Yaeyama Islands in...
standard. Speakers of Yonaguni are also likely to know the Yaeyama language due to its proximity. Since Amami, Miyako, Yaeyama, and Yonaguni are less urbanized...
there to be five Ryukyuan languages: Amami, Okinawa, Miyako, Yaeyama and Yonaguni, while a sixth, Kunigami, is sometimes differentiated from Okinawan due...
(Yubu-jima) Yonaguni Town Yonaguni Island (Yonaguni-jima) Ikema Bridge, between Miyako and Ikema Shimoji Tarama Ishigaki Taketomi Kuroshima Iriomote Yonaguni The...
(except Yonaguni), with dialects on each island, but primarily Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, and Taketomi Island. Yonaguni, spoken on Yonaguni Island...
Japanese, the Ryukyuan languages (Amami, Kunigami, Okinawan, Miyako, Yaeyama, Yonaguni), part of the Japonic language family, are spoken in the Ryukyu Islands...
southernmost point is Okinotorishima; the westernmost is Cape Irizaki on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, and the easternmost is Minami Torishima....
Taishū 対州馬,Taishū uma Native to Tsushima Island. Yonaguni 与那国馬, yonaguni uma Native to the island of Yonaguni it is the smallest Japanese horse breed....
and islands such as Minami-Tori-Shima, Benten-jima, Okinotorishima, and Yonaguni Japan in the Paleolithic List of extreme points of Japan List of islands...
Yonaguni Knoll IV is a seamount in the Okinawa Trough, east of Taiwan. It lies at about 745 metres (2,444 ft) depth and formed through Quaternary volcanism...
Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the westernmost. The larger are mostly volcanic islands and the smaller...
languages Amami Kunigami Okinawa Southern Ryūkyūan languages Miyako Yaeyama Yonaguni Ainu languages Hokkaidō Ainu language Sakhalin Ainu language (extinct)...
and "Sea Shanty". On the US Billboard Hot 100, Bad Bunny's next single "Yonaguni" became his fourth top 10 entry and first with no accompanying acts. Bad...
easternmost territory, Minamitorishima (153°59′E) and its westernmost territory, Yonaguni (122°56′E). It makes the sun rise before 04:00 at the summer solstice in...
Irizaki, Yonaguni: Iridati) is the western tip of Yonaguni Island and the westernmost point in Japan. The cape is within the town of Yonaguni, Okinawa...
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