Kerama Islands
The Kerama Islands are a small archipelago and a National Park in Okinawa, Japan, to the west of the main Okinawa Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kumejima and Zamami.
Kumejima
Kumejima, or simply Kume, is an island in Okinawa, Japan, about 100 km west of the main Okinawa Island.
Zamami
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Zamami is an island in Zamami Village. Zamami is about an hour's high-speed ferry ride from Okinawa's capital, Naha, but worlds apart with turquoise waters, white sand beaches, abundant coral, and untouched old-growth forests.
Tokashiki
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Tokashiki, or Tokashikijima is an island belonging to the group of Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is popular with tourists from Okinawa and mainland Japan.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Tonaki and Akajima.
Tonaki
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Tonaki, also Tonakijima or Tunachi in Okinawan, is a small island at the halfway mark between Kume and Okinawa Island, near the Kerama Islands of Okinawa, Japan.
Akajima
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Akajima, also written and pronounced Akashima, is an island belonging to the group of Kerama Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is commonly referred to as Aka and is popular with tourists from Okinawa and mainland Japan.
Kerama Islands
- Type: Islet with 1,760 residents
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Amakirrima Island”, “Kerama Group”, and “Kerama-gunto”
- Categories: island group, coastline, and locality
- Location: Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
26.2302° or 26° 13′ 49″ northLongitude of center
127.3696° or 127° 22′ 11″ eastPopulation
1,760IATA airport code
KJPUnited Nations Location Code
JP KJPOpenStreetMap ID
way 130972155OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kerama Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر كيراما”
- Arabic: “جزر كيرما”
- Azerbaijani: “Kerama adaları”
- Cebuano: “Kerama Rettō”
- Chinese: “Kerama Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “庆良间群岛”
- Chinese: “慶良間群島”
- Chinese: “慶良間諸島”
- Chinese: “馬齒山”
- Dutch: “Kerama eilanden”
- Dutch: “Kerama-eilanden”
- Estonian: “Kerama saared”
- French: “archipel Kerama”
- French: “Archipel Kerama”
- French: “îles Kerama”
- French: “Îles Kerama”
- German: “Kerama-Inseln”
- German: “Kerama-retto”
- German: “Kerama-rettō”
- German: “Kerama-shoto”
- German: “Kerama-shotō”
- Italian: “Isole Kerama”
- Japanese: “Gishippu Jima”
- Japanese: “ぎしっぷじま”
- Japanese: “儀志布島”
- Japanese: “慶良間”
- Japanese: “慶良間列島”
- Japanese: “慶良間諸島”
- Korean: “게라마 제도”
- Korean: “게라마제도”
- Literary Chinese: “慶良間群島”
- Lithuanian: “Kerama salos”
- Lithuanian: “Keramos salos”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kerama Kûn-tó”
- Polish: “Kerama-shotō”
- Polish: “Wyspy Kerama”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas de Kerama”
- Russian: “Керама”
- Russian: “Острова Керама”
- Serbian: “Острва Керама”
- Spanish: “Islas Kerama”
- Swedish: “Keramaöarna”
- Turkish: “Kerama Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Керамські острови”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Kerama”
- Yue Chinese: “慶良間群島”
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