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    Sonohyan-utaki (園比屋武御嶽, Okinawan: スヌファンウタキ Sunufan-utaki) is a sacred grove of trees and plants (utaki) of the traditional indigenous Ryukyuan religion...
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    Kikoe-ōgimi (chifi-ufujin) (high-priestess) were made. Sonohyan-utaki (園比屋武御嶽, Okinawan: sunuhyan utaki) – a sacred stone "gate" to the left of Shureimon was...
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  • Tamaudun, Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, Nakijin Castle, Zakimi Castle, Katsuren Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Shuri Castle, Shikinaen, Seifa-utaki Sacred Sites...
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    located in the Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The heritage sites include two utaki (or sacred sites, one a gate and the other a grove), the Tamaudun mausoleum...
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  • Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Nakijin Castle, Zakimi Castle, Sefa-utaki, and Sonohyan-utaki all form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and...
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    had a new residence built near Shuri Castle so she could maintain the Sonohyan-utaki. After the 1609 invasion by Satsuma, Confucian thought entered the Ryukyuan...
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    the gates to the castle, and erected high walls in 1519 around the Sonohyan Utaki, the sacred space and accompanying sacred hearth which she tended. A...
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  • 72566544°E / 26.22596772; 127.72566544 (Ieudun Tomb) [1] Sonohyan-utaki Stone Gate 園比屋武御嶽石門 Sonohyan-utaki sekimon 1519 Naha heavily damaged during the war and...
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  • 127°43′02″E / 26.218166°N 127.717327°E / 26.218166; 127.717327 (Stele, Sonohyan-utaki) Stone Signposts 石標 seki-hyō 1527 Naha (formerly Shuri) Shuri City 25...
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