Yomitan (Japanese: 読谷村, Hepburn: Yomitan-son, Okinawan: Yuntan[1]) is a village located in Nakagami District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.

[2] The port of Hamanaga, which was located in the north of Yomitanzan, was an important center of Nanban, or "southern barbarian", trade of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The Hija River, between Yomitan and then-Chatan (Kadena area), was the site of the initial landing of the Allied forces in the Battle of Okinawa.

Faced with the rapid advance of American troops, approximately 140 men, women, and children were convinced or ordered by the Japanese military to commit mass suicide (shūdan jiketsu) on April 2, 1945.

[12] The chief cash crop of Yomitan is the chrysanthemum, which, unlike in mainland Japan, can be grown in Okinawa during the winter months with the aid of artificial light at night.

[citation needed] In addition to beautiful and largely unspoiled beaches,[citation needed] Yomitan attracts tourists for its folk crafts, including Ryukyuan pottery (yachimun, or やちむん in Okinawan), glassblowing (Ryukyu glass being a famed product), sugar making, and salt making.

Yomitan Village hosts twelve designated or registered tangible cultural properties and monuments, at the national, prefectural or municipal level.

[15] Approximately 1,261 hectares (3,120 acres; 12.61 km2), which is 36% of the area of the village,[16] is leased to the Ministry of Defense of Japan and used as United States military bases under the U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement.

Areas outside the current boundary of Torii Station were developed as American family housing, but have been returned to Okinawan ownership.