竹富島/Taketomi Island

ここで行われるコンサートには毎年4000人ほどが集うという。They hold an annual music concert here. About 4000
people gather for it.



珊瑚の石垣は「グック」と呼ばれて各戸を取り囲んでいる。












Okinawa is famous for its grand graveyard. They build a gorgeous family graveyard like this. The average cost is around 5 million yen according to a local guide.



竹富島伝統的建造物群保存地区
Taketomi Island: Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings

竹富島は、琉球列島の最南端八重山諸島の有人島の一つ。人口は300人ほど、面積約５平方ｋｍ、周囲約９ｋｍの珊瑚の堆積の島。集落は島の中央に集中しそれを取り囲む森に守られている。台風の多い土地ならではの形成である。

島の道は白い珊瑚の粒子の道。家々の塀は珊瑚を積み上げて作られている。白い風景に赤い煉瓦屋根の家々が映える。のんびりとした町の空気には穏やかさとほっとする人の暮らしの素朴な原点のようなものが漂っている。島を歩くには徒歩、レンタルサイクル、牛車。

Taketomi Island is one of the inhabited Yaeyama Islands, a part of southern most Ryukyu Islands.
Its population is about 300. This small island is formed from accumulated dead coral. The village is peacefully located the center of the island surrounded with thick forests, natural protector from typhoons.

Walls of the houses are made of coral clods and the streets of the village are all particles of white coral. They match with the traditional houses with red-brick roofs. There drifts slow and gentle air throughout the village. That brought me back to the original thinking of what life should be like. Some young people who visited the Island never returned to the city and settled and contribute to the slight increase of the island population, told a water-buffalo carriage driver.

The means of transportation: Rental bicycle, water-buffalo carriage, walking