Yonaguni Island

Yonaguni Island, located at the end of the Ryukyu Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, is an ideal location for scuba diving. It is Yonaguni Island that is one of the most beautiful dive sites in Japan, the destination hosting a myriad of other dive sites, namely, Sabachi, Hammerhead Rock, White World, ..etc. Yonaguni is also one of the Yaeyama Islands and the most inhabited island of the Western Okinawa. Boat-entry drift diving is the main diving style here, and highlights include exploring megalithic ruins and encountering hammerhead sharks. Visitors can use the glass-bottomed vessels to see these unique creatures.

In addition, tourists also can determine to explore one of Okinawa’s most mysterious dive sites - the Underwater Ruins. The Underwater Ruins is the most iconic of Yonaguni Island’s dive sites. The megalithic structures here were discovered in 1986, and it is unknown whether they are natural formations or man-made. This place exists an ancient monument on the seabed consisting of stone pedestals up to 10,000 years old, considered a hidden place of secrets of ancient human culture, and is considered an interesting and attractive place for scuba divers.