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Bob_Shan Says: It is a world heritage site, the palace of ancient Ryūkyū Kingdom. The current palace is rebuild by Japanese after its occupation, and its interior is changed to Japanese style. The original style is like the Chinese palace.
Okinawa War Memorial - Peace Park
tmyroniak Says: Visit the war memorial honoring the 12,500 Americans and 244,000 Japanese that gave their lives during WWII. Stop to see the cliffs where many Japanese chose death rather than defeat by the American soldiers.
globetrott Says: Shuri-castle is without doubt the main tourist-attraction of Okinawa and Naha. The exacte age of the Shuri palace is unknown but it is known as the Royal Court of the Ryukyus Kingdom since the early 15th century. The palace burned down several times but had always been...
globetrott Says: Shureimon-gate or Shurei-mon gate used to be the second outer gate of Shuri castle and the meaning of its name is "Gate of Propriety". Dating back to 1527 it had been built in the tradition of chinese turret gates.The gate is 7,05 meters high and 7,94 meters wide....
Profile of Seiden :The Main Hall of Shuri Palace
globetrott Says: This is the Profile of Seiden :The Main Hall of Shuri Palace and there you will see the throne of the Royal empire of the Ryukyus Kingdom. The throne, like the rest of the building, is a replica that was reconstructed in 1992 and this is also the reason why everything looks...
globetrott Says: Dont miss to take a walk through the fish-market, that you will find inside the large, covered Makishi-market. You will see a lot of interesting exotic fishes and according to my own experience tourists are always welcome there to take photos, ask questions or simply take a...
globetrott Says: This is the crown of the Ryukyu Kingdom and it is called Hibenkan or Taman Chabui and it was made of silk crepe and decorated with gold, silver, crystal, jasper, corals and glass. The crown that you see in the Shuri-palace is a replica made of synthetic materials and 1,2...
Walk along the walls of the castle
globetrott Says: You can take a walk along the castle walls of Shuri castle instead of walking the modern street from the station of the Monorail to the Shuri palace. That way you will see a lot more of the giant fortification of the old city that included the shuri palace. There are only a...
1 Review and 200 Opinions Part of the Hotel Nikko Chain. A decent high rise city hotel situated atop a hill, giving a nice...
1 Review and 77 Opinions It is near the Okinawa airport. Also it is near the shopping street as well as sky train station....
第一公设市场: No. 1 fresh market
Bob_Shan Says: Great great variety of sea food! all stuff are live and fresh in the market, and you can buy and eat on the 2nd floor. The price is unbelievable cheap - a huge plate of sashimi cost only 1000 yen, least then 1/10 of what it may cost in Shanghai, and the quality was...
Makishi Public Market: Seafood market!
GYHK Says: First you go to market to choose seafood you want. Then they will bring the food to restaurants on 2nd floor to prepare for you. Fee is cheap compare to Hong Kong Sai Kung market. Also you can see a lot of pork related food to sell. SashimiGrilled Prawn
Blue Seal Lick Bit: dont miss that ice-cream !
globetrott Says: I came across this nice icecream-shop and still had some YEN to spend and I was also happy to see that they have inscriptions in english and so I decided to taste some of their icecream. At first they made a fresh crepe and started to fill it according to my wishes. In a way...
Mafali cafe: Awesome African surf bar/cafe
lovehysteric Says: This place is beautiful,the wall's are all white,so is the floor,they have tree's all over the place dividing the room up.They are open from 5pm-5am,huge tv screen playing surf dvds.A dj plays all night long,comfortable couches,free internet.Fried rice with coconut 800...
Bob_Shan Says: The best and fastest way to get around city. It is cheap - 600 Yen day pass (24 hours), 1000 yen for 48 hours - even cheaper then you taking bus, and of course faster. Besides, due to it is elevated, you can have a fantastic city view while riding it.
globetrott Says: In case that you arrive in Naha by cruiseship you should be aware of the fact that the town of Naha is almost 7km from the cruiseport and it is the best to take a taxi in order to get to town.Dont forget to take a piece of paper with you that has the ships adress for the...
Local drums as a welcome & farewell
globetrott Says: A Local drum-band was performing some traditional music and rythmn as a welcome and finally also a farewell to our cruisehip M/S Delphin Voyager in the port of Naha / Okinawa. That was a lot of fun, obviously such bands are organized by the local tourist-board.
globetrott Says: This is a special ceremony that was held on each New Years Day in Shuri Castle and the name of the ceremony was "Chou-hai-oh-ki-shiki" and you will see it shown in a small-scale-model inside of the palace. The size of this small-scale-model is 1:25. Another such model shows...
lovehysteric Says: Pack light!And pref a comfortable backpack or small suitcase with wheels. Pack alot of light t-shirts and light tops,in the 'Winter' which is Dec-Feb the temperature only get's down to about 16 at the lowest so no heavy jackets required.In the Summer you will sweat alot so...
globetrott Says: This is Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, the stonegate of the Sonohyan Shrine and you will pass by it when walking from the last Monorail-station to the Shuri-castle. There is nothing else left over from this building that the wooden gate and just a few meters of the walls.
globetrott Says: Makishi-market is a large local, covered market with a lot of great things to be of interest for the tourists as well. The most interesting parts of this market are without doubt the department for the fish-market and also the one, selling specialities from pigs, dont miss...
globetrott Says: The Okinawa-islands are a group of 57 islands in the south of Japan and Naha is a city of 300.000 inhabitants in the southwest of its main island. In Okinawa some of the heaviest battles of WW II took place between the American and Japanese troops. After WW II the US-troops...
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Just opened in 2003, this cute monorail for the central city of Naha comprises one line from the Airport one end and Shuri Castle on the other end, with about...
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Q: Will be in Naha at noon on September 21, 2010 by cruiseship and want to visit Shuri Castle, how could I get there from the port?...
A: From my Naha-page: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1ffe4/ed7f3/ Directely at the ships-dock there was a taxi-company with a person talking english and he had a...
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Shuri-castle & the Ryukyus Kingdom
The Okinawa-islands are a group of 57 islands in the south of Japan and Naha is a city of 300.000 inhabitants in the southwest of its main island. In Okinawa some of the heaviest battles of WW II took...
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I have been living in Okinawa for the past year.I enjoy visiting the beaches and sampling all the Okinawan food.I like vegetarian food.i will add more as I find time and explore more.
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Southernmost Major City of Japan, Naha
I've got some interesting experiences in Naha. I'd love to share with you the 6 tips I've written, the 7 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created.
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We had a nice few days in Okinawa, staying in Naha, but making several trips out of the town to other places on the island. Our trip to Okinawa was one of my favourite trips I have done in my time in...
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Naha is a small city. Can use public transport. Better not to drive by yourselves as there are bus lane in rush hours. If you mistakenly drive into it, you will be fined. So be careful.
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