Nakijin (今帰仁村) is a village located in Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. , the village has an estimated population of 9,529 and a population density of 239.00 persons per km2. The total area is 39.87 km2.

Geography

Nakijin Village occupies the northern half of Motobu Peninsula on Okinawa Island. It includes the island of Kouri that was linked to the island of Yagaji (belonging to Nago City) by a bridge in 2005 (Kouri-Ōhashi Bridge). Yagaji was linked to Nakijin Village by the Urumi-Ōhashi Bridge in 2010. The village is crossed by the Ōi-gawa River that runs northward to the East China Sea.

Administrative divisions

The village includes nineteen wards.

Neighbouring municipalites

Education

The village operates its public elementary and junior high schools. Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education operates Hokuzan High School.

Notable people

Cultural and natural assets

Nakijin Village hosts twenty-three designated or registered cultural properties and monuments, at the national, prefectural or municipal level.

Cultural Properties

Inscription with the history of the Wardens of Nakijin Castle, Sanhoku (:ja:山北今帰仁城監守来歴碑記) (Prefectural)

Folk Cultural Properties

Historic Sites

Places of scenic beauty

Natural Monuments