# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel - [Hateruma Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hateruma-island): Okinawa, Island. The southernmost inhabited island in Japan: about 440 people, sugarcane fields, the white sand of Nishihama and the Southernmost Point monument at Cape Takanazaki. The boat from Ishigaki crosses open sea and is often cancelled in winter, and the small plane that also flies here has had long suspensions in 2026. - [Naminoue Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/naminoue-shrine): Okinawa, Shrine. A shrine on a limestone cliff at the edge of Naha, ranked first among the eight official shrines of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was destroyed in the war and rebuilt in stages from 1953, with the current buildings completed in 1993. Free to visit, about 15 minutes on foot from Asahibashi Station. - [Zamami Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/zamami-island): Okinawa, Island. A small island of about 600 people in Keramashoto National Park, about 40 km west of Naha, with clear water, sea turtles off Ama Beach and humpback whales from January to March. The boat is the only way in, and wind or high seas can cancel it. - [Taketomi Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/taketomi-island): Okinawa, Island. A small, flat island 9.2 km around, where about 310 people live in a village of red-tiled houses, coral stone walls and white sand lanes. It is protected as a preservation district for groups of traditional buildings. Boats from Ishigaki take 10 to 15 minutes and run all day, so this is the easiest of the outer islands to reach. The catch is the crowd: around 500,000 visitors a year. - [Junglia Okinawa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/junglia-okinawa): Okinawa, Theme park. Okinawa's newest theme park, opened in July 2025 on a former golf course in the northern hills. A jeep ride past life-size dinosaurs is the draw; expect long queues and plan for heat. - [Kudaka Island](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kudaka-island): Okinawa, Island. A small, flat island about 8 km around off the south-east coast of Okinawa Island, revered since the Ryukyu Kingdom as the island of the gods, where rites tied to the creation of Ryukyu and the origin of the five grains are still held. Boats run six times a day from Azama Port, and some sacred sites, including Fubo-utaki, are closed to everyone. - [Okinawa Peace Memorial Park](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/okinawa-peace-memorial-park): Okinawa, Park. A park of about 40 hectares on the coastal plateau at Mabuni, at the southern end of Okinawa Island, known as the place where the Battle of Okinawa ended. The Cornerstone of Peace carries the names of everyone who died in the battle, whatever their nationality, and the Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum (300 yen) tells its history. - [Michi-no-Eki Kyoda](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-kyoda): Okinawa, Michi no eki. Okinawa's first registered roadside station, on Route 58 just past Kyoda IC where the Okinawa Expressway ends. Most drivers heading north stop here for hot tempura and Yanbaru products. - [Himeyuri Peace Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/himeyuri-peace-museum): Okinawa, Museum. A museum beside the Himeyuri Monument in Itoman, founded in 1989 by the alumni association of the two girls' schools whose students were sent to nurse in an army hospital during the Battle of Okinawa. Testimony videos, photographs and a full-size model of a cave tell what happened to them. Adults pay 450 yen. - [Ryukyu Mura](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ryukyu-mura): Okinawa, Theme park. A village of red-tiled farmhouses moved here from around Okinawa, eight of them registered cultural properties, with eisa shows four times a day and craft classes. Close to the Onna beach hotels. - [Nakijin Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nakijin-castle-ruins): Okinawa, Castle. Long, curving stone walls cross the wooded hills of northern Okinawa at the former seat of the Hokuzan kingdom. Nakijin’s World Heritage ruins offer a powerful introduction to the island’s history before the unified Ryukyu Kingdom. - [Michi-no-Eki Kadena](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-kadena): Okinawa, Michi no eki. A four-story roadside station beside the fence of Kadena Air Base, the largest US Air Force base in the Far East. The free rooftop deck looks straight over the runway, and a floor below explains what living next to it means for the town. - [Katsuren Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/katsuren-castle-ruins): Okinawa, Castle. Tiered limestone walls rise like a stone ship above the Katsuren Peninsula. The World Heritage ruins of Amawari’s stronghold combine a steep ascent with sweeping coastal views and a history shaped by overseas trade and rivalry with the Ryukyu court. - [Michi-no-Eki Yuiyui Kunigami](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/michi-no-eki-yuiyui-kunigami): Okinawa, Michi no eki. The only roadside station in Kunigami, the northernmost village on Okinawa Island, on Route 58 near Okuma Beach. Stock up on local produce, eat Okinawan home cooking and check the road news before driving on to Cape Hedo. - [Kumejima](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumejima): Okinawa, Island. An island of about 7,000 people roughly 100 km west of Okinawa Island, reached by a 30-minute flight from Naha or a three-hour ferry. The draw is Hate-no-hama, a sandbar about 7 km long that you can only reach on a tour boat, plus the turtle-shell rocks of Tatami-ishi and an 18th-century stone-walled house. Page 2 of 3. Previous page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=1&prefecture_id=47 Next page: https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations.md?page=3&prefecture_id=47 --- Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?page=2&prefecture_id=47) Last updated: 2026-11-10