History
Naha Airport Station opened on 10 August 2003 as the western terminus of the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui Rail), inaugural Naha Airport–Shuri segment. At longitude 127°39′8″ E, it is the westernmost railway station in Japan, and is also the southernmost airport station in the country. A plaque marking the westernmost-station status was unveiled at the entrance on 12 July 2004. The elevated platform building is linked directly to the second floor of the Naha Airport passenger terminal by a pedestrian bridge. The surrounding Kagamizu district was once a growing area for the traditional Kagamizu radish (kaganji-deekuni), and the westernmost-station monument incorporates motifs of a monorail car and the radish.
History summarized from Japanese & English Wikipedia · last reviewed 2026-05-22.
Notes
At longitude 127°39′8″ E, Naha Airport — the origin and first station of the Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui Rail) — is the westernmost railway station in Japan; it is also the westernmost and southernmost airport station in the country. Its neighbour Akamine, three minutes away, is Japan's southernmost station.