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Sefa-utaki

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Also known as Seifa-utaki

thumb|250px|View of Kudaka Island from Sefa-utaki

Key facts

Religious building.name
Sefa-utaki 斎場御嶽
Religious building.image
Sangui (Triangle Rock) of Sefa-Utaki.jpg
Religious building.caption
Sangui (Triangle Rock) of Sefa-Utaki
Religious building.mapframe
yes
Religious building.mapframe zoom
14
Religious building.mapframe wikidata
yes
Religious building.map_type
Japan Okinawa Prefecture#Japan
Religious building.map_relief
1
Religious building.map_caption
Sefa-utaki
Religious building.religious_affiliation
Ryukyuan religion
Religious building.location
4-chome, Shuri Toribori-cho, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child
yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
972
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Year
2000
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria
Cultural: ii, iii, vi

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • References
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thumb|250px|View of Kudaka Island from Sefa-utaki

Sefa-utaki (), is a historical sacred space, overlooking Kudaka Island, that served as one of the key locations of worship in the native religion of Ryukyuan for millennia. It was designated a National Historic Site in 2018. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu in the city of Nanjō, Okinawa, Japan.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sefa-utaki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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