Yoronjima
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Yoronjima, also known as Yoron, is one of the Amami Islands.
Aerial view of Yoronjima in 2008
Minata Beach
Yoronjima-seito (与論島製糖)
Ryukyu Kingdom
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The Ryukyu Kingdom was a kingdom in the Ryukyu Islands from 1429 until 1872, when it was reorganized as the Ryukyu Domain, before being fully abolished in 1879. It was ruled as a tributary state of th
Yoronjima
…settled. It was ruled by the Aji nobility from the 8th century onwards. From 1266 it was part of the Hokuzan Kingdom until its incorporation into the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1416. The samurai force from Satsuma Domain went around Yoron on their way to Okinawa during the 1609 Invasion of Ryukyu, after which its incorporation…
The main building of Shuri Castle
Traditional Ryukyuan clothes in late period, which were much closer to the Japanese kimono
Location of the Ryukyu Islands
Hokuzan, Chūzan, Nanzan