[2] Politically, the place is administered by the town of Motobu, which is a part of the Kunigami District in the northern Okinawa Islands.

The island is accessible by car using the 762 meters long Sesoko Bridge.

[3] Both Iejima and Minnajima can be seen from Sesoko, and coral reefs are located 500 meters offshore the coastline.

[5] After Japan's annexation of the kingdom in 1879, control of the island was transferred over to the modern prefecture of Okinawa.

In 1950, it was put under the United States Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands as a result of the Second World War.