Dawn Flight at Cape Hedo (Kunigami-son)

Cape Hedo (辺戸岬 Hedo-misaki), also known as Hedo Point, is the northernmost point on Okinawa Island, located within Kunigami Village. A cape jutting out north from the island, it faces the South China Sea on the west, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. On a particularly clear day, the island of Yoron (Yoronjima) in Kagoshima Prefecture can be seen on the horizon. The monument erected there is to commemorate the end of US Occupation and return of Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty: