Tategamiiwa Rocks

These are oddly-shaped rocks which tower up and are located on the south-eastern coast of Yonaguni Island. As legend has it, in olden times, a young person climbed these rocks in order to try to get sea bird eggs, but could not get down from the rocks. He fell asleep when praying to God and when he awoke he had safely returned from the rocks. There are two observation platforms which command a view of Tategamiiwa Rocks: one is an old observation platform which is located 600 meters west of the “Sanninu” parking lot. The other is a new observation platform which is located approximately 500 meters west of the old observation platform.