Higashi

Higashi is known in Japan for the Gesashi Bay mangrove forest, a protected stand of hirugi mangroves on Okinawa Island’s east coast. The village lies in Yambaru, the heavily forested north of Okinawa, where the Pacific shoreline meets low, subtropical hills and small coastal inlets. Gesashi’s tidal habitat is one of the area’s clearest geographic signatures, while the wider Yambaru landscape is part of a national park. Higashi is also associated with the annual Higashi Village Azalea Festival, held when its azalea gardens flower. It is a quiet counterpoint to Okinawa’s resort centres, with roads linking farms, woodland and coastal settlements. See how Higashi relates to northern Okinawa’s coast and forests by browsing nearby webcams.

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