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is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the westernmost municipality in Japan, and is known for billfish fishing and as a diving spot. In 1987, divers discovered the Yonaguni Monument, a rock formation that some believe may be man-made. It is also home to two Ryūkyūan writing systems, pictographic "kaida-di" (also used on Ishigaki and Taketomi islands where it is called "kaida-ji") and the symbols used to indicate family names, "dāhan" (also used on Ishigaki Island where they are called "yāban"). ==Geography== *Yonaguni is the westernmost part of Japan and is a midpoint between the island of Ishigaki and Taiwan. At Cape Irizaki (Yonagunian language: ''Irinzati'') on the western edge of the island, there is a monument inscribed with the words: “The westernmost point in Japan.” *The western third of the island is not part of Japan’s air defense identification zone or flight information region; instead, it sits in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone and flight information region. (Please refer to the article on Yonaguni Airport for more details.) *The distance between Yonaguni and Hualien City, Taiwan is and therefore closer than Ishigaki, which is away. For further comparison, Yonaguni is much closer to Taipei (the capital of Taiwan) at approximately than its own capital(Tokyo), which is about away. Due to this it is attempting to establish closer relations with Taiwan, including attempting to set up easier access to and from cities in Taiwan, with irregular service to Hualien already established. Further cooperation has been opposed by the central government, thus the lack of further progress. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Yonaguni, Okinawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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