Shuri
Shuri is a district of the city of Naha, Okinawa, Japan. Formerly a separate city in and of itself, it was once the royal capital of the Ryūkyū Kingdom, hence the name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Quarter
- Description: city in Japan
- Also known as: “Shui”, “Shuri-ikehatacho”, “Shuri-Ikehatacho”, “Shuri-ikehatachō”, “Shuri, Okinawa”, and “Syuri”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shuri Castle and Shureimon.
Shuri Castle
Castle
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shuri Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in the historic Shuri district of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Between 1429 and 1879, it was the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, before becoming largely neglected.
Shureimon
City gate
Photo: 663highland, CC BY 2.5.
Shureimon is a gate in the Shuri neighborhood of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It was the second of Shuri Castle's main gates. Now it is the main gate to the castle complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haebaru and Kumemura.
Haebaru
Town
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haebaru is a town located in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2025, the town has an estimated population of 41,585 and a density of 3,865 persons per km2. Haebaru is situated 3½ km south of Shuri.
Kumemura
Quarter
Kumemura was an Okinawan community of scholars, bureaucrats, and diplomats in the port city of Naha near the royal capital of Shuri, which was a center of culture and learning during the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Kumemura is situated 4 km west of Shuri.
Nishihara
Town
Photo: Lequios-star, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Nishihara is a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. In the Okinawan language, nishi means "north", as Nishihara was north of the historical Ryukyuan capital of Shuri. Nishihara is situated 4 km east of Shuri.
Shuri
- Categories: city district and locality
- Location: Naha, Okinawa Island, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.22032° or 26° 13′ 13″ northLongitude
127.7165° or 127° 42′ 59″ eastElevation
105 metres (344 feet)Open location code
7QR96PC8+4HOpenStreetMap ID
node 8308465480OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Shuri” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شوري (أوكيناوا)”
- Arabic: “شوري”
- Asturian: “Shuri”
- Catalan: “Shuri”
- Chinese: “Siú-lí”
- Chinese: “首里”
- Czech: “Šuri”
- Dutch: “Shuri”
- French: “Shuri”
- Galician: “Shuri”
- German: “Shuri”
- Greek: “Σούρι”
- Hebrew: “שורי”
- Hungarian: “Suri”
- Indonesian: “Shuri, Okinawa”
- Indonesian: “Shuri”
- Italian: “Shuri”
- Japanese: “しゅりいけはたちょう”
- Japanese: “首里”
- Japanese: “首里池端町”
- Korean: “슈리”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Siú-lí”
- Polish: “Shuri”
- Portuguese: “Shuri”
- Russian: “Сюри”
- Slovenian: “Šuri”
- Spanish: “Shuri”
- Swedish: “Shuri”
- Ukrainian: “Сюрі”
- Ukrainian: “Шюрі”
- Yue Chinese: “首里”
- Zulu: “i-Shuri”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shuri”. Photo: Kugel, CC BY-SA 4.0.