Motobu Peninsula

[3] Its highest point is Mount Yae, whose summit is 593 metres (1,946 ft).

[5][6] The peninsula was the center of power for the kingdom of Hokuzan in medieval times, and was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.

Japan National Route 58 crosses the bottom of the Motobu Peninsula.

[7] The east side of the Motobu Peninsula is truncated by the Nago fault, bounding the northwestern coast of Okinawa Island.

[10] Kanbun Uechi, the founder of Uechi-ryū, one of the primary karate styles of Okinawa, was from the Motobu Peninsula.