In the Ryukyu Kingdom era, the Ufudo Matsubara Path was lined with tall pines. The path ran from Shuri Kannon-do to the Daido area. The beauty of landscape is celebrated in the Nubui-Kuduchi, a famous song of farewell.

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902-0066 56 Daido Naha Okinawa On the Ryusei Byoin side.

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Take the "Yui Rail" from Naha Airport. Get off at Asato Station. About a 10-minute walk.
By bus, get off at the Sakashita Ryusei Byou-in bus stop. A 2-minute walk away.

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In the Ryukyu Kingdom era, the Ufudo Matsubara Path was lined with tall pines. The path ran from Shuri Kannon-do to the Daido area. The beauty of landscape is celebrated in the Nubui-Kuduchi, a famous song of farewell. There were a hill (the hill behind of billboard) called "Ufudo-mo" in the Daido area.

People traveling between Shuri and Naha passed over the Ufudo-mo, a small hillock in Daido (located behind this display panel). In 1501, King Sho Shin ordered his people to plant 10,000 pine seedlings for the lumber that would be needed to repair Enkakuji Temple, the Sho family’s temple. A monument known as “Sashikaeshi-Machu-nu-himun” was erected on the hill to commemorate the event. In that time pine trees lined the way from "Banzai-rei" (present:Kannon-do), The "Kansho-rei" (present: neighbourhood of Miyako hotel) to Daido area included "Ufudo-mo".

The pines were cut down after the annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the consequent establishment of Okinawa Prefecture. The monument on the Ufudo-mo was reduced to rubble in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. The landscape has changed greatly due to the roadway and residential expansion of postwar urban development.

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Naha City Museum of History