Most Popular Places To Visit in Okinawa: Top 30 by English-Reader Interest
These are the 30 places to visit in Okinawa that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Okinawa.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okinawa 沖縄本島 | Island | 36,800 |
| 2 | Yonaguni 与那国島 | Island | 5,900 |
| 3 | Shuri Castle 首里城 | Museum | 5,900 |
| 4 | Ishigaki Island 石垣島 | Island | 3,500 |
| 5 | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium 沖縄美ら海水族館 | Park | 2,000 |
| 6 | Iriomote Island 西表島 | Island | 1,800 |
| 7 | Miyako Island 宮古島 | Island | 1,400 |
| 8 | Hateruma Island 波照間島 | Island | 900 |
| 9 | Iejima 伊江島 | Island | 900 |
| 10 | Minamidaitō Island 南大東島 | Island | 900 |
| 11 | Taketomi Island 竹富島 | Island | 700 |
| 12 | Zamami Island 座間味島 | Island | 400 |
| 13 | Naminoue Shrine 波上宮 | Shinto shrine | 400 |
| 14 | Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽 | Historic site | 300 |
| 15 | Iheya Island 伊平屋島 | Island | 300 |
| 16 | Mount Yonaha 与那覇岳 | Mountain | 300 |
| 17 | Kume Island 久米島 | Island | 300 |
| 18 | Lake Man 漫湖 | Lake | 300 |
| 19 | Oki Daitō Island 沖大東島 | Island | 300 |
| 20 | Aka Island 阿嘉島 | Island | 300 |
| 21 | Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum 沖縄県立博物館・美術館 | Museum | 200 |
| 22 | Ikema Island 池間島 | Island | 200 |
| 23 | Irabu Island 伊良部島 | Island | 200 |
| 24 | Kudaka Island 久高島 | Island | 200 |
| 25 | Kuroshima 黒島 | Island | 200 |
| 26 | Kitadaitō Island 北大東島 | Island | 200 |
| 27 | Yabiji 八重干瀬 | Island | 200 |
| 28 | Himeyuri Peace Museum ひめゆり平和祈念資料館 | Museum | 200 |
| 29 | Iōtorishima 硫黄鳥島 | Island | 200 |
| 30 | Mount Omoto 於茂登岳 | Mountain | 200 |
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- Page views measure how often English-speaking readers look a place up. They are a sign of interest, not a quality score, and well-known names naturally rank higher.
- Open each place for its location, nearest station and distance from major cities.
Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.