Zakimi Castle was located to the west side of Okinawa Main Island and on a small hill. You will go up the stairs to the ruins of Zakimi Castle.

If you walk through a pain forest on the hill, you will see stone walls of Zakimi Castle. These stone walls surrounded two baileys of Zalimi Castle.

First, you will see the stone walls of the second bailey. The curved stone walls are very elegant.

You will be in the second bailey, after passing through the stone gate. The second bailey is entirely surronded by stone walls.

The area of the second bailey is approximately the square thirty meters on a side.

The left side of stone walls, shown in the front in the above pictures, are the stone walls of the first bailey. There is another stone gate to the first bailey. This view looks not like ruins of a castle, but like an archaeological site.

In the first bailey, there is the site of the building in the fifteenth century, shown in the white portion in the below picture. The foundation stones remain at the site. It is estimated that a shingle roof or a thatched roof-building was located. The size of the building was 17 meters in length and 15 meters in width. The size of the building is almost the same as the palace building of Katsuren Castle.

You will see the East-China Sea beyond the first bailey of Zakimi Castle. Blue sky and blue sear under subtropical sunshine are very impressive.

In the first bailey, you will see the second bailey from the top of stone walls.

This view is much different from the ruins of castles in other area of Japan. The ruins of Zakimi Castle is is designated as a World Heritage.

How to get there
Take a Yui Monorail from Naha Airport to Asahibashi. The Naha Bus terminal is located to the east of Asahibashi Station. Take a bus from the Naha Bus Terminal to Takashiho-Iriguchi Bus Stop on the bus route #28. Zakimi Castle is approximately 25 minutes on foot. Or, taka a bus on the bus route #29 to Zakimi Bus Stop. Zakimi Castle is 10 minutes on foot from Nishihara Bus Stop. The bus frequency on the bus route #29 is few.

Other Historical Sites near by:
Ruins of Nakijin Castle
Ruins of Katsuren Castle
Ruins of Nakagusuku Castle
Beach in Onnason Village
Ruins of Shuri Castle