Things to Do in Okinawa, Japan

Kokusai Street

Naha's Vibrant Main Shopping Street

A 1.6-kilometer shopping and entertainment street that is the heart of Naha's tourism scene.

Okinawa World

A sprawling theme park featuring one of Japan's largest limestone caves, a recreated Ryukyu Kingd...

Shuri Castle

Ryukyu Kingdom's Royal Palace

The reconstructed royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a mix of Chinese and Japanese architecture ...

Naha

Naha - Okinawa's Tropical Capital

The vibrant capital of Okinawa Prefecture and gateway to Japan's subtropical island chain.

Kerama Islands

Crystal Clear Waters and Pristine Beaches

A national park archipelago with some of Japan's clearest ocean water, excellent snorkeling, and ...

Miyako-jima

Miyako-jima Island

A coral island in the far south, closer to Taiwan than to the Japanese mainland, ringed by white ...

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Home of the World's Largest Whale Sharks

Built around the Kuroshio Sea tank, one of the largest in the world, which holds whale sharks and...

Ishigaki Island

A tropical island in the Yaeyama Islands with vivid coral reefs, white sand beaches, and crystal-...

Yonaguni Island

Japan's Westernmost Island, Two Ferries a Week from Ishigaki

Japan's westernmost inhabited island, 111 km from Taiwan, with sea cliffs, free-roaming Yonaguni ...

Hateruma Island

Japan's Southernmost Inhabited Island, Reached by an Open-Sea Boat That Often Doesn't Run

The southernmost inhabited island in Japan: about 440 people, sugarcane fields, the white sand of...

Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum

Okinawa's Nature, Ryukyu History and Modern Art in One Naha Building

Okinawa's prefectural museum and art museum share one building in Omoromachi, Naha, opened in 200...

Michi-no-Eki Yuiyui Kunigami

Last stop for supplies before the Yanbaru forest

The only roadside station in Kunigami, the northernmost village on Okinawa Island, on Route 58 ne...

Ryukyu Mura

Old Okinawan farmhouses, eisa drums and a buffalo-turned sugar press

A village of red-tiled farmhouses moved here from around Okinawa, eight of them registered cultur...

Michi-no-Eki Kadena

A rooftop view over Kadena Air Base

A four-story roadside station beside the fence of Kadena Air Base, the largest US Air Force base ...

Sefa-utaki

Sefa-utaki: Ryukyu's Holiest Forest, a Slippery Stone Path and a Rock Passage You Now See Only From the Front

The holiest site of the Ryukyu Kingdom: a forest on a limestone headland in Nanjo, where a slippe...