What other travelers are saying about Yui Rail (Okinawa Urban Monorail)
Great way to get around. They accept IC card pasmo which is great. But don’t assume pasmo IC card can be used for bus. It’s can’t! Only Okica IC card and cash.
A monument indicating that this is the westernmost station in Japan. It's easy to see, as it's located near the monorail station ticket gate.
It's always good to be called the westernmost point of something.
Naha Airport Station on the Okinawa Urban Monorail is the westernmost station in the country.
There is a monument commemorating this in front of the ticket gate.
I then headed to Tedako Uranisi in Urasoe City on the extended section of the Okinawa Urban Monorail, the main attraction of my autumn 2019 Okinawa trip.
The area in front of Tedako Uranisi Station was still undergoing land readjustment.
Naha City is not only a car-oriented society, but the city streets are also extremely congested, with roads that are said to be in a constant state of disrepair, so the monorail was built as a way to alleviate this.
The extension opened outside of Naha City on October 1st, 2019.
This is the "Westernmost Station in Japan" monument.
It's right next to the ticket gate of Yui Rail Naha Station, so it's very easy to find.
It would be fun if there was some kind of certificate of arrival or commemorative ticket, but I don't think there is anything special about it.
By the way, in addition to this Yui Rail Naha Station, there are also Nagasaki Prefecture's Tabira Hiradoguchi Station and JR Sasebo Station, which are billed as ``Japan's westernmost station.''
Commemorative certificates are also available at Tabira Hiradoguchi Station.
Akamine Station, which is one station from here, has a monument marking it as ``Japan's southernmost station,'' so I think it would be a good idea to visit it as well.
The sign reads "Japan's westernmost station."
It's nothing special, actually, and there's no certificate to collect upon arrival.
But for me, a frequent motorcycle traveler in Taiwan, collecting these geographical landmarks has become a regular activity.
For example, Taiwan's four poles, Taiwan's center, the highest point on a Taiwan highway, and so on.
So... Naha Airport Station, Japan's westernmost station, is now complete!
