Hirara, Japan

Hirara, Japan is a submarine cable landing point in Japan (coordinates 24.7946°, 125.3013°). It serves 1 submarine cable system, making it a single-cable landing in Japan's international connectivity infrastructure.

Hirara , was a city located in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on the island of Miyako. As of 2003, the city had an estimated population of 33,861 and a density of 521.58 persons per km2. The total area was 64.92 km2. Wikipedia

Connected submarine cables

Connectivity profile

From Hirara, Japan, international traffic can reach 1 countries through 1 cable system. Destinations include Japan. This location depends on a single cable system — a characteristic that makes it strategically sensitive to physical disruptions.

Monitoring status

No monitoring incidents were recorded on cables serving Hirara, Japan in the past 90 days — all connected systems remained within normal latency thresholds. Our monitoring network continuously samples latency from external probes to targets reachable via these cables.

About the cables

• YUI (2023) — YUI is a domestic submarine cable network within Japan, connecting 4 coastal and island locations including Hirara, Naha, Nakadomari, Shiraho. The system provides essential telecommunications infrastructure for communities that would otherwise depend entirely on satellite or microwave links. Read more →

Submarine cable data from TeleGeography. Geographic context from Wikipedia. Monitoring metrics updated continuously by GeoCables.