Yaeyama Islands
The
Yaeyama Islands
(八重山諸島
Yaeyama-shotō
) are an
archipelago
in
Okinawa Prefecture
,
Japan
. The remotest and most southwestern part of Japan, the islands are closer to
Taiwan
than to
Okinawa Island
, much less the Japanese mainland. The islands form the southern part of the
Sakishima Islands
. The administrative division of
Yaeyama District
covers all of the Yaeyama Islands except
Ishigaki
and the disputed
Senkaku Islands
.
Culture
The
Yonaguni language
is the indigenous language of
Yonaguni
, and the
Yaeyama language
is the indigenous language of the rest of the islands. However, both languages are in decline and are being increasingly supplanted by standard
Japanese
.
Islands
Hatoma
Hateruma
Ishigaki
Iriomote
Kohama
Kuro
Terama
Taketomi
Yonaguni
Yubu
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