Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
down this little road. The Urauchi Bridge ( 浦内橋 ; Urauchi-bashi) is almost 660 feet (200
meters) long, which is just a little longer than the width of the river at this point.
The only bridge over the Urauchi River is 660 feet (200 meters) long.
Nirakanai Sanctuary Resort is located right on the popular crescent-shaped Moon Beach.
With a length of some 24 miles (38 kilometers), the Urauchi-gawa is not only the longest
river on Iriomote, it's the longest river in Okinawa. You'll see and hear countless compar-
isons—metaphors—to the Urauchi as Japan's “Amazon,” but let's get real, 24 miles (38 kilo-
meters)! Come on, the Amazon is the second longest river in the world at 4,225 miles (6,800
kilometers), and for some thousands of kilometers the average width of the Amazon is close
to 30 miles (48 kilometers).
Be that as it may, and although there simply is no realistic comparison to Brazil, never-
theless, the Urauchi is a beautiful, tropical jungle river experience, an experience that is for
most Japanese tourists truly unique, for Japan is not a country with a great many wild natural
places and this is one.
Search WWH ::




Custom Search