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Our guide
Higashi-hennazaki, Agari-pyauna-zaki in the Miyako language, is a cape at the south-eastern tip of Miyako Island, Okinawa, and a national Place of Scenic Beauty. The promontory is 2 km long and 140–200 m wide and is reached by Route 83. At its end is a white lighthouse with a 320-degree view of the ocean, a popular place to watch the sunrise. It was built in 1967 with government help after Mr Sunakawa, head of the local fishermen's union, became worried by several serious boating accidents off the coast.
Miyako is an island, and we have not checked local transport, so check before you go.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- 真夏の東平安名崎 (The cape of Higashihennazaki) 04 Jul, 2014 - panoramio — Hiroaki Kaneko · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- 東平安名崎から 20130206 - panoramio — 690 Noda · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Miyako higashihenna mamuya — Paipateroma · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Miyako Higashi henna 2019 COK20181 — Geospatial Information Authority of Japan · Attribution · source · resized
- Miyako higashi hennazaki — Metatron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Higashi henna 1977 cok-77-3 c13 28 — Retuched by Paipateroma ( talk ). · Attribution · source · resized
- Higashi-Hen na zaki Cape - panoramio — Kaz Ish · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Higashi Hennazaki cape - panoramio — Kaz Ish · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Higashi Hennazaki cape - panoramio - Kaz Ish — Kaz Ish · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Higashi henna2 — Jakub Michankow · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
The cape of Higashi-henna-zaki (東平安名岬; Miyako: Agari-pyauna-zaki) is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty located at the southeasternmost point of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is connected by a road No. 83. The promontory is 2 km long and 140 – 200 m wide. At the end of the cape is a white lighthouse which gives 320° panorama view of the ocean, a very popular spot for sunrise viewing. The lighthouse was erected in 1967 with assistance from the Japanese government after a man called Mr. Sunakawa, who was head of the local fishing union, had become concerned by several severe boating incidents near the coast of Higashi Hennazaki.
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What to expect at this type of place: Coast
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