Southern Okinawa Sightseeing Tour

Southern Okinawa Sightseeing Tour -shuri castle-Discover the culture and essence of Okinawan’s spirit as you travel through southern parts of Okinawa. Experience traditional life style and history.

Available Dates & Rate


Mar 2010-Dec 2010 Prices
Adult 4800JPY
Child (6yrs-11yrs) 3000JPY
Infant (under 5yrs) Free -No seat & No Lunch

Package includes
-transportation
-lunch

**Admission fee is not included
**Tour guide is in Japanese
**Multilingual audio service(English/Chinese/Korean) will be rent at the terminal office.(1000yen for each)

Itinerary
Naha Bus Terminal – Hotels – Shuri Castle(admission fee 800yen) – The Former Japanese Underground Headquarters – Himeyuri Monument (Lunch Time) – Peace Memorial Park – Okinawa World Culture Kingdom Gyokusendo – – Hotels – Naha Bus Terminal

one of the gate of shuri castle

Sightseeing Points
Shuri Castle is a gusuku (Rykyuan castle) in Shuri, Okinawa. It was the palace of the Rykyu Kingdom. In 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, it was almost completely destroyed, with only a few walls standing as high as a few decimeters. In 1992, it was reconstructed on the original site based on photographs, historical records, and memory. UNESCO's World Heritage List as a treasure of significant cultural or natural importance to the whole world.

Okinawa World, also known as the Culture Kingdom Gyokusendo, is a touristy theme park about Okinawan culture. The park's main attractions are the Gyokusendo Cave, a crafts village and a snake museum. With a total length of five kilometers, Gyokusendo Cave is the longest of the many caves in the south of Okinawa Island, and Japan's second longest. 850 meters of the cave are open to the public and feature spectacular stalactites and stalagmites. The so called Kingdom Village is a nice replica of a traditional Ryukyu village with workshops introducing the various traditional Okinawan crafts, such as weaving, dyeing, paper making, pottery, sugar cone processing, the making of music instruments, brewing and the more recently introduced glass blowing. Visitors can gain hand-on experiences at many workshops and have ample of opportunities to purchase the local products at numerous souvenir shops. Of course, there is also a restaurant specialized in Okinawan cuisine. The Habu Park, named after the infamous, poisonous, local Habu snake, consists of a snake museum, a small, run down zoological garden and a snake show.

Himeyuri Peace Museum were built in honor of the 194 schoolgirls and 17 teachers mobilized as nurse assistants during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945. Tragically, only five of them survived the carnage. They were known as the Himeyuri Student Corps. The Peace Museum exhibits photographs of the many victims, their personal effects, model reconstructions of the appalling conditions, and testimonies from survivors in an appeal against the misery of war. Today, as memories of Okinawa's war experiences wear ever thinner, the Himeyuri Peace Museum and war memorial serve as places that can teach the importance of peace, since the visitor cannot fail to be moved by sorrow.

Pick up time
09:00 Naha Bus Terminal
09:30 Okinawa Miyako Hotel/Hotel Nikko Naha Grand Castle

Drop off time
16:00 Okinawa Miyako Hotel/Hotel Nikko Naha Grand Castle
16:30 Naha Bus Terminal

*Pick up time and drop off time may change due to traffic conditions.

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