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I saw the most images of Okinawa in Yuji Nakae's "Okinawa Hibiscus", where the sunny beach is a great place to laze around in a Hawaiian style.
In a survey of the happiness of people in Japan's 47 prefectures, Okinawans were the happiest, while Tokyo, Japan's largest metropolis, ranked 28th.
Okinawa Prefecture is rich in a unique natural environment, and in addition to Southeast Asian, Chinese, and Japanese folk-style architecture, it has a unique American flavor that is even more distinctive than that of mainland Japan, making it a very unique place in Japan. It is Japan's "South of the Border", with historical relics of the Ryukyu Kingdom, crystal clear waters and villages where East meets West.
If Hokkaido is Japan's favorite charming prefecture, then Okinawa, with its year-round warmth, is Japan's favorite vacation spot.
🤗 Accommodation and transportation
Public Transportation: Public transportation in Okinawa consists of both buses and monorails. The Okinawa Monorail has only one line with 15 stations, starting at Naha Airport, passing through the city center, and finally arriving at Shuri Station in about 30 minutes.
1、Transportation
Cab: In Naha, since buses are very infrequent, many people choose cabs, but they are relatively expensive. Moreover, cabs are relatively easy to find in downtown Okinawa and the main tourist areas, and are relatively scarce in some remote areas.
Car Rental: Renting a car is a common choice for free traveling in Okinawa. There are many car rental service companies in Okinawa that offer various types of car rentals, including small cars, vans and motorcycles. Renting a car gives you more freedom to explore the entire island, especially some of the more remote sights and beaches. (International driver's license required!)
You may want to consider signing up for some local day trips, the charter kind, which is more convenient.
2、Accommodation
Geographically Okinawa can be divided into southern central and northern .
The distance between each part of the drive requires more than 1 hour, you can look at the location of the attractions you want to go before you set the hotel and then do the planning.
3、A few popular accommodation recommendations
Okinawa's capital city of Naha is located in the south, the nearby attractions are more and busy and lively, you can choose to live in Naha.
International pass near more developed, food, clothing, housing and transportation are very convenient, taxi or hiking to the harbor is also very close.
If you want to visit the northern part of Okinawa, you can sign up for a local day tour or book a hotel in the north for a few days on your own.
🤗 Eat in Okinawa
Experience Okinawan cuisine.
"Ryukyu cuisine" refers to cuisine prepared in the traditional way, characterized by the use of a lot of pork and Okinawan ingredients, and is represented by dishes such as pork noodles and pork stir-fry.
Okinawan cuisine, on the other hand, is a cuisine influenced by American food culture, which is higher in calories and uses modern ingredients such as luncheon meat and ketchup, and is represented by dishes such as taco rice and luncheon meat fried rice.
"Ryukyu-style stir-fry is called "Champuru" in the Okinawan dialect, which means "mixture," and common ingredients include bitter melon, cabbage, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, shimadan, tofu, pork, tuna, eggs, and so on. Common ingredients include bitter melon, cabbage, onions, carrots, bean sprouts, shima, tofu, pork, tuna, eggs, etc. As the name suggests, it is a combination of various ingredients that are stir-fried together, such as "scrambled eggs with bitter melon," "shredded pork stir-fried with corn," and so on.
The most representative of the bitter melon, so often called bitter melon cuisine, if you love to eat bitter melon friends, do not miss.
Ayako Eatery, a popular restaurant in Shuri, is a favorite among locals for its inexpensive dishes. There are more than 80 different menus posted on the wall, most of which are priced at around 600 yen. The bitter gourd scrambled egg meal is extremely luxurious, with a large amount of ham, bacon, and island tofu in the main dish of bitter gourd scrambled egg, as well as sashimi as a side dish. It's not uncommon to share a table with strangers here, and you'll be able to blend in with the local crowd as you savor your meal.
Taco rice, which also belongs to the "Champuru" mixed culture, is a unique local cuisine that was created in Okinawa from the American food culture that was influenced by Mexican cuisine. The original taco restaurant, Parlor Chisato, was located near the gate of the U.S. military base in Kimbu-cho, in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa, and its then owner, Matsuzo Eboshi, served large quantities of rice with a large amount of lettuce, stringy meat, cheese, and tomatoes on top of it.
The inexpensive and generous portion of taco rice was a revelation, and its simple yet addictive flavor captured the stomachs of many people, quickly becoming an Okinawan specialty.
The popularity of the restaurant can be seen in the fact that there are many other chain stores throughout the prefecture. KING TACOS Kimbu Honten, a specialty taco restaurant, is surrounded by an American atmosphere and offers tacos and taco burgers in addition to tacos. "In addition to taco rice, the restaurant also offers taco tacos and taco burgers. The large grains of ground beef are succulent, and the sweet tomato paste sauce complements the different flavors of the ingredients, whetting your appetite for the heat of the day.
🤗 Play in Okinawa
1、Okinawa Meridian Sea Aquarium
Address: 424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunitou-gun, Okinawa
The Okinawa Meridian Sea Aquarium is located in the National Okinawa Memorial Park, and this aquarium is known as one of the largest and most outstanding aquariums in the world. The tanks inside the aquarium are large enough to hold whale sharks.
Under the theme of "Encounter with the Sea of Okinawa," a total of 21,000 creatures of about 740 species are on display, and you can feel the shock of the sea and the colorful world here.
A must-visit is the large aquarium in the Sea of Kuroshio, which is 10 meters high, 37 meters wide, and 27 meters long, where the world's largest number of fish and whale sharks are bred, and where ghost manta rays have been successfully bred in captivity.
2、Manzamo
Address: 2871 Enna, Enna-mura, Kunitou-gun, Okinawa
Manzamo is located on a cliff by the sea and is a very classic attraction in Okinawa.
The origin of the name is also interesting. During the Ryukyu Dynasty, the king, King Sho Kei, once said that the location of Manzamo was a place where 10,000 people could sit down, and in the Ryukyu language, "mao" means grassland.
Therefore, the area was called Manzamo.
There is a vast green grassland on the cliff, and the view from the cliff is of azure water, so clear that you can see the colorful coral reefs under the water.
3、Cape Mutsuwa
Address: 1861 Uza, Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture
The 30-40 meter-high, 2-kilometer-long cliffs of Cape Mutsuwa stretch out in front of you, providing a panoramic view of the blue sea.
At the tip of the headland stands a white lighthouse called "Misuha Misaki Lighthouse", which watches over the two-kilometer-long cliff alone. The lighthouse is 31 meters high, and you can climb up 99 stairs inside, and from the lighthouse's observation deck, which is almost 10 stories high, you can enjoy a spectacular view of the cliffs of Cape Wakamura and even the archipelago in the distance.
4、American Village
Address: 15-69 Mihama, Kitatani-machi, Nakato-gun, Okinawa
American Village is actually a shopping and entertainment district that blends American culture with Okinawa's unique cultural flavor, offering a variety of shopping, dining and entertainment experiences. Shopping malls, home furnishing stores, movie theaters, opera houses, large game centers, bowling alleys, large shopping malls and boutique stores have now become a must-see commercial district when visiting Okinawa.
The beach is just a 5-minute walk away, perfect for walking and watching the sunset.
5、Fukurinamichi
Address：Bise, Hombu-machi, Kunitou-gun, N縄県国头郡(縄)
On a sunny day, you can walk through the windbreak forest of 20,000 trees that are over 300 years old, and enter the avenue of trees that call for good fortune, as if entering the Totoro Forest in a fairy tale, and take a leisurely stroll or ride through the trees to the endless sea, with a view of Ieodo Island on the other side of the river.
A unique way to play here is to take a ride on an oxcart, which gives you a feeling of returning to rural life.
6、Koooooli Island
Kuwuri Island is a small island surrounded by the beautiful ocean belonging to the village of Kokutou-gun, Ima-帰仁村, Okinawa Prefecture, and has become a popular tourist spot because of the opening of the Kuwuri Bridge in 2005 at Yakushima Mashiba, Nago City, which makes it easy to reach by car. There are many spectacular scenic spots on the island, such as the beach where you can enjoy the starry sky.
7、Dream Beach Hate-no-Hama
Hate no Hama is an uninhabited island with only a sandy beach about 5 kilometers from Kumejima. It is known for its white sandy beaches and ultra-transparent waters, and has been selected as the most beautiful beach in Japan on a TV program.
Hatenohama, which was selected by TripAdvisor as the most beautiful beach in 2016, is called "paradise" by many people. In addition to enjoying the beautiful scenery, it is also an excellent place for diving and snorkeling (reservations are recommended for diving and other programs), and you can see sea turtles and tropical fish!
8、With Naha Maehama Beach
When it comes to Okinawa's most popular beaches, Yonaha Maehama has to have a name.
If Hatenohama requires you to wear beach shoes, Maehama is the beach where you can realize the "freedom of bare feet"! The white sand here is famous for being fine and "unadulterated", and what's even better is that the water has a pure blue color that is as brilliant as a precious stone, called "Miyako Blue". This is why countless foreign tourists flock to Miyako Island every year to enjoy this special blue color that nature has given us.
10、Ao no Cave
One of the most important experiences in Okinawa is scuba diving, and there are many places in Okinawa suitable for scuba diving.
For snorkeling, we recommend Ao no Cave, which is known as Okinawa's undersea secret place. The depth of the water is about 30 meters, and it is a cave in the cape bay formed naturally by coral terrain. Inside the cave, there is a rich terrain inhabited by many marine creatures. When swimming from the bottom of the sea into the depths of the cave, you can also enjoy beautiful tropical fish and coral.
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