In line with the centuries-old Chinese custom, stone lions in Okinawa are usually to be seen protecting buildings, whether by the gate or in the courtyard of a palace, or on the roof of an ordinary house.
石獅在琉球和中國一般，最常和建築物連在一塊。從宮殿大門、庭院之內，到一般人家屋頂，即可見或坐或站的石獅，為主人避邪除魔。在琉球這個習俗已歷數百年不衰。