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*''Japanese/Okinawan'': 御客屋 ''(o kyaku ya / u chaku ya)''

The Uchakuya (lit. "Guest House") was an office maintained by [[Satsuma han]] and located just outside [[Shuri castle]], in the royal capital of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. The office was used by the ''[[zaiban bugyo|zaiban bugyô]]'' (Satsuma's representative in the kingdom) and his men to prepare for visits to the castle.

It is unclear when the ''uchakuya'' was first built, but it covered a space some 451 ''[[Japanese Measurements|tsubo]]'' in size, located along [[Aijo-ufumichi|Aijô-ufumichi]] (Aijô Boulevard), between the castle's outermost gate (the Chûzanmon) and the Buddhist temple of [[Ankokuzen-ji]].

Following the [[Ryukyu Shobun|fall of the kingdom]] in [[1879]], the Shuri police station was established on the site. An elementary school was then established on the site in [[1890]], but was later moved within the castle grounds, leaving the Uchakuya site to become the property of a private electrical company.

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==References==
*Plaques on-site at former site of the Uchakuya.

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[[Category:Edo Period]]
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