Kume Island
Kume Island is an island, part of the Okinawa Islands and administratively part of the town of Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It has an area of 59.11 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 松岡明芳, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Komisang Island”, “Kum Shima”, “Kume”, “Kume Sima”, “Kume-shima”, and “Kumejima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kumejima Museum and Uezu House.
Kumejima Museum
Museum
Kumejima Museum, formerly the Kumejima Centre for Nature and Culture, opened in 2000 in Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It displays exhibits relating to the natural and cultural history of Kume Island.
Uezu House
Museum
Uezu House is a traditional Ryūkyūan home in Kumejima, Okinawa, Japan. It was the personal home of the Aji of Kume Island, built around 1750. There is a ¥300 entry fee.
Uegusuku Castle Ruins
Castle
Uegusuku Castle is a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the town of Kumejima, Okinawa, on Kume Island, Japan. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2009. Uegusuku Castle Ruins is situated 3 km north of Kume Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kumejima.
Kumejima
Kumejima, or simply Kume, is an island in Okinawa, Japan, about 100 km west of the main Okinawa Island.
Kume Island
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Satellite Map
Discover Kume Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Yue Chinese—“Kume Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Islla Kume”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кумедзіма”
- Belarusian: “Кумедзіма”
- Cebuano: “Kume Jima”
- Central Okinawan: “Kumijima”
- Central Okinawan: “クミジマ”
- Central Okinawan: “久米島”
- Chinese: “Kume Tó”
- Chinese: “久米岛”
- Chinese: “久米島”
- Chinese: “古米”
- Chinese: “姑米山”
- French: “île Kume”
- French: “Kume-jima”
- German: “Kume-jima”
- German: “Kumejima”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Kume”
- Italian: “isola di Kume”
- Italian: “Isola di Kume”
- Japanese: “くめじま”
- Japanese: “クメジマ”
- Japanese: “久米島”
- Korean: “구메섬”
- Korean: “구메지마 섬”
- Lithuanian: “Kumedžima”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kume Tó”
- Polish: “Kume-jima”
- Polish: “Kumejima”
- Russian: “Куме”
- Russian: “Кумэ”
- Russian: “Кумэдзима”
- Spanish: “Isla Kume”
- Spanish: “Kumejima”
- Thai: “เกาะคุเมะ”
- Thai: “เกาะคูเมะ”
- Turkish: “Kume Adası”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Kume”
- Yue Chinese: “久米島”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kadekaru and Ōta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uibaru-yama and Fusoko-dake.
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