Okinawa Island Guide

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Okinawa Island Guide
円覚寺

Enkakuji Temple

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第32軍司令部壕

Former 32nd Army Underground Headquarters

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園比屋武御嶽石門

Sonohyan Utaki Ishimon (Stone Gate of Sonohyan Utaki)

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首里森御獄

Suimui Utaki

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弁財天堂と円鑑池

Enkanchi Bezaitendo

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石畳茶屋 真珠

Ishidatami-chaya Madama

Tel: 098-884-6591 Hours: 10:00-17:00
Closed: Tue

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Great Akagi trees of Kinjo-cho

山城饅頭

Yamagusuku Manju

Tel: 098-884-2343
Hours: 10:30 until they are sold out
Closed: Mon, Thu

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首里 琉染

Shuri Ryusen

1-54 Yamagawa-cho, Shuri, Naha City
Tel: 098-886-1131
Hours: 9:00-18:00
Closed: Wed
Admission: Free

Ryusen produces bingata, a traditional Okinawan dyed cloth made using stencils and other methods. Create your own coral-dyed T-shirt using agatized coral of various shapes and sizes. Prices are 3,000 yen for adults and 2,500 yen for children younger than elementary school students.

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首里城公園

Shurijo Castle Park

1-2 Kinjo-cho, Shuri, Naha City
Tel: 098-886-2020
Hours for the paid area: April-June 8:30-19:00; July-September 8:30-20:00; October-November 8:30-19:00; December-March 8:30-18:00
Hours for the free area: April-June 8:00-19:30; July-September 8:00-20:30; October-November 8:00-19:30; December-March 8:00-18:30
Closed: 1st Wed and Thu of July
Admission: 820 yen for adults, 620 yen for ages 16-18, 310 yen for ages 6-15, free for children under 6.
Annual passport: 1,620 yen for adults, 1,240 yen for ages 16-18, 620 yen for ages 6-15.

Shurijo Castle prospered as the Ryukyu Kingdom’s center of politics, diplomacy and culture and is now inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Shurijo Castle was rebuilt in 1992, and the castle and nearby historic assets, including a number of gates leading to the Shurijo Seiden as well as the castle walls, have become a historical park.

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Some areas in Shurijo Castle Park open after fire

園比屋武御嶽

Sonohyan Utaki Ishimon (Stone Gate of Sonohyan Utaki)

1-7 Mawashi-cho, Shuri, Naha City
Tel: 098-886-2020
Hours: 24 hours
Open daily
Admission: Free

Sonohyan Utaki Ishimon is a Ryukyu limestone gate constructed where prayers were said for the safety of the king when he traveled. Even today, the spot is frequented by many locals, including Okinawan shamans called noro, due to its spiritual nature.


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