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[[File:Gimashinjo.JPG|right|thumb|320px|Gima Shinjô's tomb in Shuri]]
*''Birth: [[1557]]''
*''Birth: [[1557]]''
*''Death: [[1644]]''
*''Death: [[1644]]''
In [[1623]], he sent a number of students from his own Gima village to China, to study sugar production techniques. After trying the techniques himself, he worked to disseminate the knowledge throughout the kingdom; sugar soon became one of Ryûkyû's chief products.
In [[1623]], he sent a number of students from his own Gima village to China, to study sugar production techniques. After trying the techniques himself, he worked to disseminate the knowledge throughout the kingdom; sugar soon became one of Ryûkyû's chief products.
His tomb can be found today in the Sakiyama neighborhood of [[Shuri]], the former royal capital of the kingdom.
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