Day 77: Tamaudun Royal Museum

We spent our day in the must-go area in Okinawa, Naha city. Our focus is visit the Shuri Castle Site. But on the way, we passed through this Mausoleum. So we decided to drop by and take a look.

The Tama-udub mausoleum is the final resting place of the royal family of the second Sho Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was built in 1501, as a symbol power over the Rykyu Islands. It suffered damage in WWII. The burial chamber has three rooms - central, eastern and western. In the central room, the royal remains were stored for purification, before being interred in the eastern room. The eastern room was exclusively for the remains of kings and queens. The western room was for the remains of other members of the royal family.Read more