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Naha

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Naha (nä`hä), city (1990 pop. 304,836), on Okinawa Okinawa , island (1990 pop. 1,222,458), 454 sq mi (1,176 sq km), W Pacific Ocean, SW of Kyushu; a part of Okinawa prefecture, Japan. It is the largest of the Okinawa Islands in the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. Naha is the largest city and chief port.
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 island, in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. A port on the southwest coast, it is also the chief manufacturing center of the island. In 1853, Commodore Perry chose Naha as his first base for the penetration of Japan. The city was virtually destroyed during World War II. In 1945 it became the headquarters of the U.S. military governor of the Ryukyus, and when the island was returned to Japan in 1972, it became the capital of Okinawa prefecture. The name is also spelled Nafa and Nawa.
Naha
a port in S Japan, on the SW coast of Okinawa Island: chief city of the Ryukyu Islands. Pop.: 303 146 (2002 est.)

Naha 

a port city in Japan on Okinawa; capital of Okinawa Prefecture. Population, 276,400 (1970). Naha is the main economic center of the Ryukyu archipelago. Food and condiments are produced locally and commercial fishing is carried on. There is a university in the city.



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Last year a restaurant called Tsubame in the Makishi public market in Naha started adding goat sausage, saute vegetables with goat meat and gyoza dumplings made from goat meat to its menu.
Flight from Ishigaki to Nagoya stopover in Naha ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shizuoka - Sapporo 1 flight per day March 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shizuoka - Fukuoka 3 flights per day March 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.
But Bernd, of Keele Hall Restaurant, Keele University, won the masterchef award, a pounds 1,000 prize and a week placement at the Michelin starred NAHA, one of Chicago's finest restaurants.
 
 
 
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