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Ie Island Chupanja Festival 2016
Nyatiya Cave
1355 Kawahira, Ie Village (Ie Island)
There is a popular belief that female infertility can be cured by holding up the Bijiru-ishi, a holy stone found in this sacred cave. The cave is also called Sennin-gama as it was used a bomb shelter and saved numerous lives during the war.
Ie Island Hibiscus Garden
3614-1 Higashiemae, Ie Village (Ie Island)
Tel: 0980-49-5850
Hours: 9:00-17:00
Open daily
Admission: Free
Displayed in the garden are about 1,000 different varieties of colorful hibiscus. Every December the garden plays host to the annual Ie Island Hibiscus Festival.
Lily Field Park
380 Higashieue, Ie Village (Ie Island)
Tel: 0980-49-2906 (Ie Village Department of Commerce, Industry and Tourism)
Open daily
Admission: Free
In the huge 86,000-square-meter Lily Field Park, some 200,000 lily bulbs are planted with the beautiful landscape of the north coast as a backdrop. The park is the perfect place to go for a walk and a picnic. There are rest areas, and you can also enjoy fishing from the rocks on the coast side of the park. The Lily Festival is held from April to May, when the park is blanketed with 1 million lilies including teppouyuri -- a variety of lily native to the Ryukyu Islands -- and colorful foreign species.
Ie Beach
2439 Higashiemae, Ie Village (Ie Island)
A beautiful white sand beach that spans about one kilometer along the island's eastern coast.
Arahama Beach
Nentohira Pine Tree
Mekaru Family Residence
Mount Kuba
King Sho En Garden Park
Mattera Beach
