Okinawa is famous for its capes. We drove up to explore Cape Chinen, a well-known beauty spot in Okinawa which is located in the southern area of the main island of Okinawa.
Passed by lovely little villages.
Cape Chinen
Common to find free parking.
It can get very windy when visiting outdoor attractions in Okinawa.
Visitors can choose to walk further up to enjoy the beauty of nature.
It started to drizzle again and we decided to stay under the shelter.
Make a stop at Cape Chinen Park and observe panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean. When comes to the night, it makes a clear spot for stargazing.
Okinawa World
Okinawa World (おきなわワールド) is a touristy theme park about Okinawan culture. The park’s main attractions are a massive natural cave, a craft village and a snake museum.
Okinawa World consists of Kingdom Village, Habu Park and Gyokusendo Cave. Expect to spend about 3 hours to discover the entire attractions.
Much attention was given to the Gyokusendo Cave as we arrived rather late. With a length of about 5km, this is the longest of the many caves in the south of Okinawa Island and the second longest cave in the entire country.
The cave is well-lit and cooling.
A natural museum beautifully carved over 300,000 years. Ceiling of the spears.
The blue fountain.
Within Okinawa World, we also explored the Kingdom Village and tropical orchards.
There are some 450 tropical trees that bear 100 types of fruits like mango, papaya, pineapple and such.
At the Craft Village, take a look on how the locals recycle empty bottles and transform them into charming Ryukyuan glass.
Walk a further in and we saw the Ryukyuan photo museum. Photo-taking in traditional clothing is popular among tourists. Recall that in the past, only royalty and the gentry wore them.
They loved it!
Lastly, the Nanto Brewery opened our eyes to see how they made habu snake liquor.
We had our dinner at the Food Market..
To stroll the tempting displays of food selection is to embrace Okinawa’s food culture.
We really like the way shopping malls put up these cooked food for customers to buy. The best part was the reasonable prices as one can see.
A microwave oven is placed near the cashier for us to warm up the food.
And this was how we settled our hunger pangs.
You need to pay toll fees when driving through Okinawa expressway. In fact, it cost more paying toll fees than petrol during the trip.
How not to make a pit stop when A&W appears.
Big and Small M are fans of American food!
We moved to our second hotel stay at Leita Nakayama. We booked this hotel as it is near to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium and not expensive.
It was a pleasant surprise that the hotel room was really big and we didn’t realise.
It comes with 2 bathrooms, 2 toilets, 1 bedroom with 2 beds and a living room. Washing machine, dryer, fridge, microwave oven and cutlery are provided.
This is the beautiful view from the hotel’s balcony.
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