Ishigaki, Okinawa

Ishigaki (石垣市, Ishigaki-shi) is a Japanese city in Okinawa Prefecture. The city is the most southern city in Japan.^[1]

Map of Okinawa Prefecture showing city of Ishigaki

Map

History

Ishigaki was established in 1908 as Yaeyama Village. In 1914 it was renamed to Ishigaki Village. It grew to become a town in 1926 and a city in 1947.^[2]

The Senkakus were included in the village of 1908, in the village of 1914, in the town in 1926, and in the city in 1947.^[2]

In 2013, the New Ishigaki Airport (新石垣空港, Shin-Ishigaki Kūkō) opened.^[3]

Geography

The city includes Ishigaki Island and the Senkaku Islands.

References

↑ "Introducing Ishigaki-jima" at lonelyplanet.com; retrieved 2013-2-25.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Okuhara, Toshio. (1971). "The Territorial Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands and Problems on the Surrounding Continental Shelf," 15 The Japanese Annual of International Law, 97, 98; retrieved 2013-3-5.
↑ Gulsac, Elaine. "Access of the Yaeyamas," New York Times.March 17, 2013; retrieved 2013-3-21.

Other websites

Media related to Ishigaki, Okinawa at Wikimedia Commons

Ishigaki City website Archived 2012-11-05 at the Wayback Machine

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24°20′26″N 124°9′20″E / 24.34056°N 124.15556°E / 24.34056; 124.15556

[1] "Introducing Ishigaki-jima" at lonelyplanet.com; retrieved 2013-2-25.

[law98-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Okuhara, Toshio. (1971). "The Territorial Sovereignty over the Senkaku Islands and Problems on the Surrounding Continental Shelf," 15 The Japanese Annual of International Law, 97, 98; retrieved 2013-3-5.

[3] Gulsac, Elaine. "Access of the Yaeyamas," New York Times.March 17, 2013; retrieved 2013-3-21.

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