, also known as Mount Yaedake or Yae-take, is a mountain in
Motobu, Okinawa
is a List of towns in Japan, town located in Kunigami District, Okinawa, Kunigami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the town has an estimated population of 13,441 and a population density, density of 250 persons per km2. The ...
on
Okinawa Island
, officially , is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu Islands, Ryukyu (''Nansei'') Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region. It is the smallest and least populated of the five Japanese archipelago, main islands of Japan. The island is ...
. It is the tallest mountain on the
Motobu Peninsula, standing at .
Nakijin Castle
is a Ryukyuan ''gusuku'' located in Nakijin, Okinawa. It is currently in ruins. In the late 14th century, the island of Okinawa consisted of three principalities: Nanzan to the south, Chūzan in the central area, and Hokuzan in the north. Nakijin ...
and
Nago Castle were built nearby in the 14th century. The mountain itself was used as a major Japanese defensive position during the
Battle of Okinawa
The , codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa Island, Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army during the Pacific War, Impe ...
. Today it is famous for its annual held in March.
["2014: Sakura Matsuri -Japan’s earliest Cherry Blossom Festival-." Okinawa Story. (2014): n. page. Web. 3 Apr. 2014. ]
References
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Mountains of Okinawa Prefecture