Miyako Islands
The Miyako Islands are a group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, belonging to the Ryukyu Islands. They are situated between Okinawa Island and the Yaeyama Islands.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Miyako and Tarama.
Miyako
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Miyako Island is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyako Island, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other islands.
Tarama
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Tarama is a village in Miyako District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, consisting of Tarama Island and Minna Island, between Ishigaki Island and Miyako Island.
Irabu
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Irabu Island, is an island in Miyakojima City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The island is connected to Miyako Island by a 3,540-metre-long bridge Irabu Ohashi, which was completed in January 2015.
Miyako Islands
- Type: Island with 55,500 residents
- Description: group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Miyako Group”, “Miyako Gunto”, “Miyako Retto”, and “Taipinsan Group”
- Category: island group
- Location: Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Miyako Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر مياكو”
- Azerbaijani: “Miyako adaları”
- Catalan: “illes Miyako”
- Catalan: “Illes Miyako”
- Cebuano: “Miyako-rettō”
- Chinese: “Miyako Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “宮古列島”
- Chinese: “宮古群島”
- Chinese: “宮古諸島”
- Czech: “Mijako”
- Dutch: “Miyako-eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Mijako-insuloj”
- French: “Archipel Miyako”
- French: “Iles Miyako”
- French: “îles Miyako”
- French: “Îles Miyako”
- Galician: “illas Miyako”
- German: “Miyako-Inseln”
- German: “Miyako-retto”
- German: “Miyako-rettō”
- German: “Miyako-shoto”
- German: “Miyako-shotō”
- Hebrew: “איי מיאקו”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Miyako”
- Italian: “Isole Miyako”
- Japanese: “宮古列島”
- Japanese: “宮古群島”
- Japanese: “宮古諸島”
- Korean: “미야코 제도”
- Literary Chinese: “宮古列島”
- Lithuanian: “Mijako salos”
- Macedonian: “Мијако”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Miyako Kûn-tó”
- Persian: “جزیره میاکو”
- Polish: “Miyako-rettō”
- Polish: “Wyspy Miyako”
- Russian: “Мияко”
- Russian: “Острова Мияко”
- Serbian: “Острва Мијако”
- Shona: “Zvitsuwa zve Miyako”
- Slovenian: “otoki Mijako”
- Spanish: “Islas Miyako”
- Swedish: “Miyakoöarna”
- Turkish: “Miyako Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Міяко-Ретто”
- Ukrainian: “Міяко”
- Uzbek: “Miyako orollari”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Miyako”
- Yue Chinese: “宮古列島”
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