Ginowan

Ginowan is a city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the south of Okinawa Island on its western coast along the East China Sea, on a gently sloping coastal terrace of Ryukyuan limestone. Its English Wikipedia article gives an estimated population of 100,319 in 47,490 households as of 2024, in a total area of 19.51 square kilometres. It borders Chatan, Okinawa City, Urasoe and Nishihara. The city was heavily damaged in the Second World War, and after the war much of its land was taken for United States military bases centred on Nodake and Futenma. The article says around a third of the city is leased to the Japanese Ministry of Defense for a US base, including Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, and that Ginowan was elevated to city status on 1 July 1962. Taro grown for Okinawan cuisine is a chief product.