Shuri

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former royal capital historic town settlement

Shuri is a historic town on Okinawa Island best known as the former royal capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom and the site of Shuri Castle.

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal capital ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
contains Shuri Castle ⓘ
surface form: Shuri Castle Park

residential districts ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
elevationType hilltop town ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Naha ⓘ
surface form: Naha City Government
hasEducationalInstitution Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ⓘ
hasLandmark Kinjo-cho Stone-paved Road ⓘ
Ryutan Pond ⓘ
Shureimon Gate ⓘ
Shuri Castle ⓘ
Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon ⓘ
Tamaudun Mausoleum ⓘ
hasReconstructedSite Shuri Castle ⓘ
surface form: Shuri Castle main hall
hasTraditionalArchitecture Ryukyuan-style houses ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
hasTraditionalUrbanFeature narrow winding streets ⓘ
hasViewOf East China Sea ⓘ
historicalEra Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ryukyu Kingdom period
integratedInto Naha ⓘ
surface form: Naha City
knownFor Shuri Castle ⓘ
being former royal capital of the Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
languageCurrentlySpoken Japanese ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Shuri dialect of Ryukyuan ⓘ
locatedIn Japan ⓘ
Okinawa Island ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
locatedOn Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
partOf Naha ⓘ
region Kyushu ⓘ
surface form: Kyushu (geographic region including Okinawa)
religionHistoricallyAssociated Buddhism ⓘ
Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism destination ⓘ
heritage tourism destination ⓘ
transportServedBy Okinawa Urban Monorail ⓘ
Shuri Station ⓘ
wasAdministrativeCenterOf Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
wasBattleSiteOf Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
wasCulturalCenterOf Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
wasPoliticalCenterOf Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naha → hasHistoricDistrict → Shuri ⓘ
Shuri Castle → locatedIn → Shuri ⓘ