Asia from Keelung

Keelung (sometimes called Jilong) is a major port city in the north-eastern part of Taiwan. It borders Taipei County and forms the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area together with the City and County of Taipei.
Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and its important maritime role, the city is Taiwan’s second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). Keelung is currently administered as a provincial city of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. It has been suggested that the name Keelung was derived from the local mountain whose shape resembles a rooster cage. However, it is more probable that the name was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, like the names of many other Taiwanese cities. Indeed, the area’s earliest inhabitants were the Ketagalan people, and Ke-lâng was thus probably derived from Ketagalan.

Naha Port is located on Okinawa prefecture’s main island, situated 600 kilometers southwest of Japan in the middle of the East China Sea. The population of the prefecture is 1.3 million.
Okinawa consists of a few dozen small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches over about one thousand kilometers from Kyushu to Taiwan. Okinawa Prefecture is be divided into three major island groups, the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Shoto) around Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto), the Miyako Islands (Miyako Retto) around Miyako Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Yaeyama Retto) around Ishigaki Island. Okinawa’s climate is subtropical, with temperatures barely falling below 15 degrees in winter.

Naha Port is located on Okinawa prefecture’s main island, situated 600 kilometers southwest of Japan in the middle of the East China Sea. The population of the prefecture is 1.3 million.
Okinawa consists of a few dozen small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches over about one thousand kilometers from Kyushu to Taiwan. Okinawa Prefecture is be divided into three major island groups, the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Shoto) around Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto), the Miyako Islands (Miyako Retto) around Miyako Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Yaeyama Retto) around Ishigaki Island. Okinawa’s climate is subtropical, with temperatures barely falling below 15 degrees in winter.

Το νησί Ishigaki είναι το μέρος που αναδεικνύει καλύτερα τα χρώματα της Ανατολής: γαλάζια θάλασσα, λευκή άμμος και μαύρα μαργαριτάρια. Βυθιστείτε σε έναν παράδεισο στην αυλή των αρχαίων σαμουράι. Το Ishigaki είναι μια πόλη στο νότιο τμήμα του νομού Οκινάουα της Ιαπωνίας, η οποία αποτελείται από πολλά νησιά, ορισμένα από τα οποία είναι ακατοίκητα. Το 2007, το νησί συμπεριλήφθηκε στο Εθνικό Πάρκο Ιριόμοτε και Ισιγκάκι, το οποίο ήδη περιλάμβανε τα νησιά Ιριόμοτε, Κουροσίμα, Τακετόμι, Κοχάμα και άλλα μικρότερα. Το Ισιγκάκι είναι διάσημο στην Ιαπωνία για τις όμορφες παραλίες του και την καθαρή θάλασσα. Αξίζει να επισκεφθείτε το σιντοϊστικό ιερό του Γκόνγκεν Ντο, δίπλα στον βουδιστικό ναό του Τορίν Τζι, και τα δύο μέρη είναι πλούσια σε ιστορία. Στον λόφο πίσω από το λιμάνι βρίσκεται ένα άλλο σιντοϊστικό ιερό, το Fuzaki Kannon Do, αφιερωμένο στη θεά του ελέους. Από εδώ μπορείτε να απολαύσετε μια καταπληκτική θέα του νησιού. Δεν πρέπει να χάσετε: – Το σιντοϊστικό ιερό του Γκόγκεν Ντο και τα αρχαία κτίριά του – Κόλπος Καμπίρα Γουάν – Φουζάκι Κανόν Ντο και η γραφική του περιοχή

Keelung (sometimes called Jilong) is a major port city in the north-eastern part of Taiwan. It borders Taipei County and forms the Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area together with the City and County of Taipei.
Nicknamed the Rainy Port for its frequent rain and its important maritime role, the city is Taiwan’s second largest seaport (after Kaohsiung). Keelung is currently administered as a provincial city of Taiwan Province in the Republic of China. It has been suggested that the name Keelung was derived from the local mountain whose shape resembles a rooster cage. However, it is more probable that the name was derived from the first inhabitants of the region, like the names of many other Taiwanese cities. Indeed, the area’s earliest inhabitants were the Ketagalan people, and Ke-lâng was thus probably derived from Ketagalan.