Mount Gusuku

Mount Gusuku (城山, Gusuku-yama, Kunigami: Tatchū-yama) is a mountain located on Ie Island in Ie, Okinawa.

[2][3] Mount Gusuku is considered a symbol of Iejima due to its distinctive conical shape.

[1][3][4] The Japanese reading for the mountain is "Shiro-yama;" however, in Okinawan, it is pronounced "Gusuku-yama."

[2] Mount Gusuku is 70 million years older than the rest of Iejima.

Historically the utaki at Mount Gusuku has been utilized for prayers for safe sea voyages and crops.

Mount Gusuku on Ie Island