(This is a formerly created page. After August 2021, we recommend searching historic sites and monuments with the “Okinawa Karate Navi“.)

　Here is a list of karate related historical sites, monuments and other related information per municipality and area. Detailed information will be added along the way.

 

Naha City

Naha City Shuri

Okinawa main island southern area

(Municipalities: Itoman City, Nanjō City, Tomigusuku City, Yonabaru Town, Haebaru Town, Yaese Town)

  • Itoman City：Hakugindō stele, Bō of Maezato, Bō of Maehira, and Shingaki’s Bō-maki

  • Tomigusuku City：Tomb of Miyazato Eiichi, Okinawa Karate Kaikan, Bō of Bin

  • Nanjō City：Shōrinji-ryū monument, Bugeidō cave, Chinen Shichanaka’s Bō, Bōjutsu of Sashiki Tsuhako, Bōjutsu of Kochinda, Tomori Jugoya Bō

  • Haebaru Town：Bō of Tsukazan

  • Yaese Town：Bōjutsu of Asato in Gushichan, Bō of Ufuton

Okinawa main island central area

(Municipalities: Urasoe City, Ginowan City, Okinawa City, Uruma City, Yomitan Village, Kadena Town, Chatan Town, Kitanakagusuku Village, Nakagusuku Village, Nishihara Town)

  • Urasoe City：tomb and monument of Nakasone Seiyū, Bō of Maeda, Bō of Uchima

  • Uruma City：Chikin cave (Tsuken island), Yonashiro Yakena Suu-bō, Bō (and spear) of Kanna, Bō of Katsuren

  • Okinawa City：Tomb of Uni Ufugushiku, Misato Suu-machi-bo, Goya Bō-odori, Bō of Yamauchi

  • Kadena Town：Nozato staff

  • Kadena Town：Monument of Kyan Chōtoku

  • Kitanakagusuku Village：Shimabukuro Bō-sumachi, Feenushima of Atta

  • Ginowan City：Tomb of the Uechi family, Nodake Machi Bō

  • Chatan Town：Chatan Meekata

  • Nishihara Town：Okinawa Prefecture Karate Museum, Bō of Kohatsu

  • Yomitan Village：Monument of Shinjō Heitarō, Bō of Namihira, Bō of Kina, Bō of Uza, Bōjutsu of Zakimi, Bō of Tokeshi, Bō of Nagahama

Okinawa main island north area

(Municipalities: Nago City, Motobu Town, Kin Town, Kunigami Village, Ogimi Village, Higashi Village, Nakijin Village, Onna Village, Ginoza Village, Ie Village)

Yaeyama area

(Municipalities: Ishigaki City, Taketomi Town, Yonaguni Town)

  • Mura-bō and Bōjutsu：Bō of Taketomi, Bō-odori of Iriomote, etc.

Miyako area

(Municipalities: Miyakojima City, Tarama Village)

  • Mura-bō and Bōjutsu：Bō-odori of the districts of Kurima Shimoji, Kawamitsu, Shinzato, Nohara and Tarama Village, etc.

Kume Island

(Municipalities: Kumejima Town)

  • Gushikawa：Bō of Gushikawa, etc.

  • Nakazato district：Taira Shinken gravesite and stele

Other islands

(Municipalities: Tokashiki Village, Zamami Village, Aguni Village, Tonaki Village, Minami-daito Village, Kita-daito Village, Iheya Village, Izena Village)

  • Mura-bō and Bōjutsu：Bō-odori of Gakiya in Iheya Village, Izena Village and Aguni Village

注意事項

  • 順不同・敬称略
  • このリストは、未完成で、随時更新いたします。
  • 大家の墓に何らかの空手関連のプレートやモニュメントがない場合、紹介していません。お墓を訪れたい方は、各自で指導者にお尋下さい。
  • 上記に掲載されているモニュメントには、家族の墓地に位置するものもあります。各自で訪問した際、静かに敬意を表して参列してください。また、モニュメントは、個人の庭にある場合もありますので、家族からの了解を得てから訪れて下さい。
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  • 村棒などの情報は沖縄県教育委員会「空手道・古武道基本調査報告書」を参考にし掲載しています。多くの場合、地域の祭りで披露されます。