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Okinawa Guide Visiting by Sea Download Okinawa Guide Visiting By Sea Okinawa was once an important center of trade as the Ryukyu Kingdom. Visit each spot from the port like in ancient time, you can aware the Okinawan new attractions. Naha Cruise Terminal Area Map 天久 You can easily find many interesting spots near Naha Cruise Terminal, including the shopping district of 那覇中環状線 Uenoya Kokusai-dori Street. See the map below for more. Uenoya 新都心公園 おもろまち Tomari 251 黄金森公園 Naha Cruise Terminal 那覇メインプレイス Tomari Ferry Terminal Building (Tomarin) Naha Port Wakasa Park T Galleria Okinawa Wakasa Seaside Park Tomari Wakasa 29 Asato River Ryuchu Dragon Pillars Maejima Naminoue Umisora Park 1 Naminoue Beach Naminoue Rinko Road Wakasa-odori Street 58 Naha Nishi Road 43 Matsuyama Asato Naminoue Shrine 1 Asahigaoka Park Okinawa Prefecture Miebashi Sanmonju Park Station Makishi Matsuyama Park Naha City Traditional Saion Square Tsuji Fukushu-en Garden 2 Arts & Craft Center 4 S a k u Nishi 58 r 39 Midorigaoka Park a Makishi z Asato 222 Ichiba-hondori Street a k Yui Rail a Station Station - n a Kume Heiwa-dori Street k a d 47 o Kokusai-dori Street r 3 i Kumoji S tr ee Tsuboya Uehara Meat Shop t Sangoza Kitchen Prefectural Oce First Makishi Nishi Station Public Market 5 Tsuboya Palette Kumoji Kibogaoka Park 6 Pottery Museum Uenokura-odori Street 7 Tsuboya Yachimun Street Hyatt Regency Kanbara-odori Street Higashi-machi Naha Okinawa Naha City Hall Okinawa Prefectural Oce Matsuo Park Tsuboya 390 Asahibashi 42 46 Station Naha OPA Matsuo Okinawa Prefectural Police Headquarters Kainan-hondori Street Tondo-cho Kainan Seseragi-dori Street Sumiyoshi-cho Naha Bus Terminal泉崎 Himeyuri-dori Street Jogaku Park 330 Asahi-machi Naha City 221 Yorimiya Yogi Park Higawa 0 250m 中央公園 垣花町 市民会館通り 332 Look down below from your ship’s deck and you’ll see the 壺川駅 A Sea Gateway 222 路 vibrant southern seas. As the islands draw道 near, the dense 330 架 県立武道館 高 国場川 331 green of the subtropics comes into垣 花view. With the warm 那覇東バイパス Naha Cruise Terminal 山下 楚辺 与儀大通り 沖縄セルラースタジアム那覇 壺川 Free Wi-Fi is available at the ocean breeze in your hair, you’ll be glad that you’re coming to 与儀 がじゃん びら 公 園 奥武山町 terminal, and there’s a Okinawa by the ship. convenient booth with tourist 奥武山公園 maps to gather the information The number of tourists visiting Okinawa is estimated to 金城 7 you’ll need. The second floor exceed 10 million a year. With Naha Port and other major has immigration, customs, and Ryuchu Dragon Pillar quarantine areas, as well as an ports throughout Okinawa reporting山下町 the largest number of exhibit of traditional Okinawan 奥武山公園駅 crafts. The古波蔵 third floor has an visitors on record, they’re all evolving day by day, expanding 329 507 221 鏡原町 漫湖公園 observation deck. The terminal their positions as Asian gateways. is just a 20-minute walk to ▲ Kokusai-dori Street with its Okinawa’s ports came to prominence in the 14th and 15th 1, Wakasa, Naha souvenir shops and restaurants. centuries from the period when King Sho Hashi unified the Phone: 098-863-5420 (Naha Cruise Terminal Security Office) three Ryukyu domains. Trade with Japan, China, Korea, and Southeast Asian countries had been flourished and the ports Buses are great for seeing the main island. became central to the Ryukyu Kingdom’s trade. As such, They run from right near Yui Rail’s Asahibashi Station. Okinawa has long been a place where a diversity of people has mingled, sharing their technology and culture. Naha Bus Terminal Renovated in October 2018, the This background has given Okinawa a unique culture and improved multi-purpose terminal history that visitors enjoy along with natural wonders on the links directly to Yui Rail’s Asahibashi Station. Multi-lingual main island and remote islands alike. Sailing into port for display at the terminal helps you your visit will give you a unique perspective, like those when you get your bus to many sights in Okinawa. There is the arriving in ancient times. Okinawa Tourism Information Center with a concierge and a Even if you’ve been to Okinawa before, a cruise will show convenience store next to the you a new side of the islands, particularly if you’re on a Bus Information Center. ▲ different ship and arrive at different ports. 1-20-1 Izumizaki, Naha 2 OKINAWA Produced By: Kaiji Press, Cruise Editorial Division Text: Kei Itaya Illustrations: Hisahito Odagiri Distance: About 7 kilometers Time: About 5 hours A Walking Course Starting at the Port It’s about 1.5 kilometers and a 20-minute walk from Naha Cruise Terminal to Kokusai-dori Street. You can take your time strolling this route because there aren’t Naha many hills to climb and there are souvenir shops and Okinawa Island is about 600 kilometers southwest of mainland Japan, things to see along the way. You might want to take a with unique geographical features and the natural characteristics of a taxi for the return to port, but it’s better to avoid subtropical maritime climate. Its ports have been highly regarded Kokusai-dori Street as it often has heavy traffic. Port since the 14th century, and it is now a gateway to the prefecture for international travelers coming by sea. Passenger ships most often arrive at the Naha Cruise Terminal, but larger ships may dock at Naha International Container Terminal. Okinawa’s Premier Shrine 徒歩 With Splendid Cliff-Top Views 00分 ❶ Naminoue Shrine & Naminoue Beach Naminoue Shrine has been a place of worship A Splendid Chinese-style Garden since the time of the Ryukyu Kingdom, honoring the Shinto three deities of the ❷ Fukushu Garden Kumano Shrines in Wakayama Prefecture. This garden opened in 1992 to 10 Minutes- The main hall features the vermilion walk commemorate the 10th Anniversary encountered so often on the island. of Naha and China’s Fuzhou Naminoue Beach is Naha’s only public (Japanese: Fukushu) becoming swimming area. It’s right below the shrine and friendship cities. The magnificent is a nice place for a walk after a visit. There’s Chinese-style gardens with openwork an observation deck with a good view of the sculptures give a sense of the strong harbor off the beach. ties between China and Okinawa. ▲ ▲ 1-25 Wakasa, Naha 2-29-19 Kume, Naha Phone: 098-863-7300 Phone: 098-869-5384 10 Minutes- walk Experience Traditional Crafts 10 Minutes- ❹Naha City walk Traditional Crafts Hall Stop here to join workshops making colorful, traditional Okinawan crafts ranging from Bingata cloth prints and Shuriori weaves to Tsuboya-yaki pottery and Ryukyu glass and lacquerware. There is also a shop that sells top quality pieces. ▲ Tenbus Naha 2nd Floor, 3-2-10 Makishi, Naha 5 Minutes- Phone: 098-868-7866 walk Naha’s Kitchen ❺ First Makishi Public Market This market adjacent to Kokusai-dori Street Walk, Eat, Shop grew out of the black market that sprung up ❸ Kokusai-dori Street there after World War II. It offers heaps of About 600 stores line the 1.8 kilometers of this street. food essential to Okinawa’s culinary culture, Entering on side lanes leading to Heiwa-dori Street and such as a colorful array of fish, pigs trotters the First Makishi Public Market, you will find stores like (tebichi), pigs faces (chiraga), bitter melons variety shops and book shop. This was one of the first (goya), and island shallots (shima rakkyo). areas in Okinawa recovering after World War II. It Head to the second floor to dine on happened so quickly it’s sometimes called “The Okinawan cuisine featuring such fare. The Miracle Mile.” market will be temporarily relocated to Nigiwai Hiroba when construction of a new venue on the site begins in 2019. ▲ 2-10-1 Matsuo, Naha Phone: 098-867-6560 5 Minutes- Time Out walk While Exploring Kokusai-dori Street Take a Break in Style For a Rest in Sakurazaka Discover Okinawan Meat Culture Hyatt Regency Sangoza Kitchen Uehara Meat Shop Naha Okinawa This cafe is in the Sakurazaka (Ichibamae Honten) Discover the Culture of Yachimun Pottery Enjoy the pastry chef’s Theater. It serves fare made This butcher shop supplies the ❻ Tsuboya Pottery Museum desserts and select coffees with Okinawan produce, Okinawan culinary scene and Tsuboya Yachimun Street and teas at “the lounge” with sweets, and sake. Check out is run by the local businesses. ❼ They sell their meat retail and its terrace set amid lush what’s showing as they feature Okinawan pottery is known as Yachimun. It’s wholesale, and even have a landscaping. They can call a films with an Okinawan flair. hefty and features colorful and elongated ▲ hand in its production. The patterns. This museum offers the chance to taxi for you if needed. 3-6-10 Makishi, Naha shop in front of the market ▲ learn about the Tsuboya area that was at the 3-6-20 Makishi, Naha Inside Sakurazaka Theater offers their popular Island Phone: 098-860-9555 vanguard of Yachimun culture and its Tsuboya- Phone: 098-866-8888 Series brand. They also have yaki pottery style. There are approximately 45 items like pork cubes (rafty) stores on Tsuboya Yachimun Street, including and stewed spare ribs (soki) that some buy as gifts. ones run by kilns producing the pottery. You’ll ▲ be sure to find the perfect item. 2-9-19 Matsuo, Naha ▲ Phone: 098-866-8506 1-9-32 Tsuboya, Naha Phone: 098-862-3761 (Pottery Museum) OKINAWA 3 251 35 宜野湾市 330 34 241 58 Urasoe Nakagusuku 0 2km 29 251 Urasoe City Hall Nishihara IC Naha Port 38 330 Tedako Uranishi Station (planned) 329 Naha International Container82 Terminal 153 241 Kochi IC (planned) Furujima n y o i a Okinawa t Station c w u s r s Prefectural Museum t Naha City Hospital e Nishihara s r 1 n p and Art Museum Station o x C E Gibo r e a 38 d Yui Rail Station n w Naha Cruise Terminal
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