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Population1,683
GeoNames
RegionOkinawa
Elevation11 m
36 ft
Time zoneAsia/Tokyo
Nearest airportIejima Airport (IEJ)
38 km
Why visit Taira
Townapedia lists 2 museums and landmarks, 1 park or trail, 2 places to eat, 3 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
Highlights include 東村立山と水の生活博物館.
Weather in Taira
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Things to do1
Museums and landmarks2
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
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Restaurants and cafes2
Where to stay3
Schools, colleges and libraries2
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Map of Taira
11 places. The map loads OpenStreetMap tiles when you open it.
Getting there and nearby towns
Iejima Airport (IEJ) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 38 km away.
- Motobu 24 km west, about 24 min by car
- Onna 33 km southwest, about 33 min by car
- Uruma 41 km southwest, about 41 min by car
- Ishikawa 40 km southwest, about 40 min by car
- Gushikawa 41 km southwest, about 41 min by car
- Yomitan 48 km southwest, about 48 min by car
- Kadena 49 km southwest, about 49 min by car
- Chatan 52 km southwest, about 52 min by car
- Ginowan 56 km southwest, about 56 min by car
- Urasoe 59 km southwest, about 59 min by car
Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.
Local news
Headlines from INDB.
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Sources and licences
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, coordinates, regions and time zone
- OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0): places, airports, map data
- Wikidata (CC0 1.0): elevation, founding date, time zone, website
- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
Photo credits
- サンライズひがし, On-neko, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Tradescantia spathacea leaves in Higashi Village, Okinawa, M108t, CC BY 4.0
- Tradescantia spathacea in Higashi Village, Okinawa, M108t, CC BY 4.0
- Ruellia simplex in Higashi Village, Okinawa, M108t, CC BY 4.0
- Ovophis okinavensis 321547823, Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0
- Hebius pryeri 321547686, Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0
- Ovophis okinavensis 321547942, Takaaki Hattori, CC BY 4.0
- Chrysopogon zizanioides flower in Higashi Village, Okinawa, M108t, CC BY 4.0
- Lycodon semicarinatus 100262355, B. P. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Lycodon semicarinatus 100262284, B. P. White, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Zeuxine strateumatica flower in Ogimi, Okinawa, M108t, CC BY 4.0
- Muda kuroiwae from iNaturalist photo 80785540, Takaaki Hattori (genjitsu), CC BY 4.0
- Lycodon semicarinatus 171267635, Kosuke Onoda 小野田 幸介, CC0
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