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Murasaki Mura historical village

3.5

224 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nakagamigunyomitanson Takashiho 1020-1

Murasaki Mura is a large experience-oriented theme park located in Yomitan Village. Visitors can experience traditional crafts and culture, water activities, sports, cooking classes, etc.; more than 100 different experience activities are available in over 30 different workshops. There is also a buffet-style restaurant, and the Okinawan Soba Noodles restaurant (with its delicious noodle broth), is particularly popular. Accommodation is available adjacent to the park.

I’ve visited this place several times while living here. There are a few make your own souvenir shop, which can be fun for visitors or kids. It’s pretty empty during the weekdays and I haven’t seen...
Nakama River Watershed

4.0

161 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Yaeyama-gun Taketomicho Minami Kazami 201

"In the watershed of Nakama River which flows in the southeast part of Iriomote Island, there is Japan's largest mangrove forest which consists of trees such as Heritiera littoralis and Sonneratia alba, and has been designated a National Natural Monument as ""Nakama River Conservation District."" It is also home to precious nature such as ""Ubundoru Yaeyama Palm Tree Grove"" which is designated a Natural Monument, and a pleasure boat ""Nakama River Mangrove Cruise"" operates so you can observe the watershed."

石垣島からのツアーで行きました。大原港到着後バスで移動、程なくクルーズ船乗場に着きました。ここは国内最大のマングローブの原生林です。マングローブについて船頭さんの説明を聞きながらのクルーズです。「マングローブとは海水と淡水が混ざり合う汽水域に生える植物の総称であること」などと、実際の木を見ながら詳しく説明してくださいました。潮が満ちている時間帯でしたので船は比較的狭い水路まで入ることが出来ました...
Gala Aoi Umi

4.0

106 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nakagamigunyomitanson Takashiho 915

Gala Aoi Umi is an interactive facility beside the sea in Takashiho, Yomitan Village. There is a salt processing factory, an atelier, a studio for Ryukyu glass and pottery, marine services, “coral field” for cultivating coral, and various kinds of production, snorkeling and coral seedlings can be experienced. It also has an ocean view restaurant which takes advantage of its position, a pizza shop as well as an ice cream shop where a salt ice cream using Okinawa’s sea salt can be enjoyed.

We are visiting Okinawa after being gone for 8 years and decided to venture back by this place. It doesn’t seem like you can make the salt anymore but you can purchase it. We had a great time at the...
Dino Park Yanbaru Subtropical Forest

4.0

87 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Nago-shi Nakayama 1024-1

A park located in a forest adjoining the Okashigoten Nago Shop in Nakayama, Nago City. Here visitors can go on an adventure in a subtropical virgin forest and encounter over 80 animatronic dinosaurs brought to life with stunning movement and roars. A fun destination for children and adults alike, there are walking paths in the park and at the end of the course is a children's area with dinosaurs and play equipment kids can ride, as well as a shop filled with dinosaur merchandise. Visitors can also use a tablet and view moving 3D dinosaurs and, depending on the season, charming seasonal flowers. Be sure not to miss the park's rare subtropical flowers.

A great place for kids who love dinosaurs. This rainforest has lots of stairs and slopes where baby strollers are not allowed. The entire experience in the jungle with the dinosaurs (plus their...
Maipari Miyakojima Island Tropical Fruit Park

3.5

56 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Okinawa Miyakojima-shi Shimoji Yonaha 1210

This orchard is located about a 15-minute drive from Miyako Airport or about a six-minute walk from Yonaha Maehama Port. The orchard features fields of tropical fruit trees and plants including bananas, pineapples, and coconuts, allowing visitors to experience a tropical atmosphere. It also offers horseback riding on Miyako horses, a Natural Monument of the prefecture. The orchard also offers tropical guided tours in which participants are driven around the grounds in a golf cart by a staff member. The trip takes about 25 minutes. Juice, ice cream, and other items made with fresh fruit are sold at the orchard's cafe.

We are staying at Miyakojima Tokyu Resort and they had a free shuttle so decided to check it out. We did the walking tour as the driving tour was only offered in Japanese. But it was a very lush...
Kabira Marine Service

4.0

63 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Ishigakishi Kabira 934

Visitors can take a tour aboard a glass boat across Ishigaki Island’s Kabira Bay, one of Okinawa’s most famous scenic spots. Boats depart every 15 minutes, so the wait is fairly short. The boat will take you to the part of the bay with the best view. You’ll be able to see vividly colored tropical fish and coral reefs through the boat’s glass bottom. The guide will provide useful information to the passengers, so no prior knowledge is necessary.

まっぷるを持っていたら1,200円の乗船料が1,000円になり、ブルーシールのシングルチケット(当日のみ、近くの店舗でのみ利用可能)が貰えました。グラスボート乗船時間は約30分。幾つかのポイントを回ってサンゴ、キレイな魚が集まっているところを紹介してくれます。ウミガメも見れ、大満足でした。
Okinawa Kokuto, Inc.

3.5

32 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nakagamigunyomitanson Zakimi 2822 - 3 (within Okiham Square)

This brown sugar factory is located in Yomitan Village in Nakagami County and allows visitors to observe the process of turning sugar cane into brown sugar for free. The interior is barrier-free, so wheelchair users can move about with ease. Attached to the factory is a store that sells various brown sugar products. Ham, sausage, and other items produced in the prefecture are available for both sampling and purchase as well, and freshly made sata andagi (Okinawan sweet deep-fried bun) are available every day. Visitors can try their hand at making their own brown sugar, but advance reservations are required.

工場見学ができると見たので行ってみました。まさかの4工程！！たしかに工場見学ですが、どちらかというとお土産メインのようです。体験もできる様でしたので、時間があればそっちに行くほうがいいかな-
Miyako Taiken Craft Village

4.0

21 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Miyakojimashi Hirara Higashinakasonezoe 1166-286

Miyako Taiken Craft Village is located within the Miyakojima City Botanical Garden. Visitors can try their hand at one of nine different activities, including woodcarving, pottery-making, shell-work, making local cuisine, riding Miyako ponies, and making traditional Miyako-jima textiles, providing a rich and in-depth experience of Miyako-jima and other Okinawan handicrafts and traditions. Entrance to the Botanical Gardens is free; prices for Craft Village activities vary depending on the individual activity undertaken.

沖縄旅行では、ジェルキャンドルを作るのがお決まりになっているのですが、ホテルになかったので調べてこちらへ訪問しました。広い敷地内に、様々な工房が点在しています。ジェルキャンドルの体験では、優しいおばさまが6才の子にも分かりやすく、丁寧に教えてくださいました。次の旅行でもまた伺いたいと思います。
Teidagagama

4.0

19 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Miyakojima-shi Ueno Shinzato 1214

This pottery is located along Prefectural Route 235 across from Shigira Bay Country Club on southern Miyako Island. It is attached to the sundries shop Nangoku Zakka Tida, which sells original merchandise such as their Miyakojima Beach T-shirts, and to the cafe Shima Cafe Tonkaraya, which serves lunches featuring Miyako beef and pork. Its works, which are all made with local clay and local glazes, are an original take on arayachi (unglazed Tsuboya ware). They are best known for their cheerful smiling shisa figurines. Visitors can enjoy hands-on activities such as shisa making and candle making. All activities require a reservation made at least one day in advance.

シーサーの絵付け体験キッズスペースもあり子供づれもOK もちろん子供も絵付け体験できます！！我が家は家族五人で絵付けしました。
Shisa Pottery Experience Workshop Ryukyu Kiln

4.0

18 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Kunigami-gun Nakijin Mura Imadomari 612-2

At this workshop adjoining a cafe overlooking the deep blue ocean of Okinawa, you can learn about, make, and purchase shisa statues - local Okinawan house guardian deities and charms against bad luck. While taking in a view of the sea, you can have fun painting a shisa, making your own shisa from a ball of clay, or using an electric potter's wheel to make traditional Okinawan yachimun pottery, all without the need for a reservation!

私が行ったときにはお客さんが4人ぐらいいたのに、スタッフは1人しかいませんでした。そして、手本を参考にして作るのですが、良いお手本がありませんでした。
Barabidoo Tourist Farm

4.0

15 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Okinawa Ishigaki-shi Tonoshiro 2212

This orchard in Tonoshiro, Ishigaki City grows pineapples, mangoes, and other fruits. Visitors can also tour the orchard and purchase freshly-harvested fruit at its attached rest house, which also serves fruit assortments, tropical fruit juice, and other items.

石垣ダムから徒歩１５分くらいで行けるはずだったのですが、入り口を見過ごしてしまって８７号線まで行ってしまい戻る羽目になり、結局40分くらいかかってしました。間違えようのない単純なルートなのですが情けない話でした。観光農園と書いてありましたが、自家農園を開放しているような感じで、素朴な雰囲気が良かったです。
Churakaji Okinawa Art Experience

4.0

14 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-2-50

Churakaji Okinawa Art Experience is a hands-on studio where you can experience making various Okinawan arts and crafts without booking. There are plenty of hands-on options such as making Ryukyu glass and glass beads, painting shisa (Okinawan lions) or making a decorated music box, and the price is reasonable. Work you have done can be taken home with you. Glasswork and the trendy “EM ice cream” are also sold. The barrier-free studio is accessible for wheelchairs or similar.

旅行の醍醐味は、グルメや景観を楽しむだけではありません。地元の文化を体験することは、心に残るものです。こちらでは、沖縄シーサーの絵付けが体験できます。
Seasah Monogatari

4.5

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Miyakojima-shi Hirara Matsubara 1135-6

This pottery shop located along National Route 390 about a 10-minute drive from Miyako Airport makes and sells pottery. As the name suggests, it primarily makes and sells earthenware shisa figurines. It uses materials that can be sourced on the island such as clay, wood, and coral. Their works are notable for a style that is not restricted by the conventional appearance of shisa. The shop even offers made-to-order items. It also offers popular shisa-making classes. We recommend making reservations during the busy season, as the classes are liable to fill up.

自宅に飾るシーサーが欲しくて行きたかったところ！！宮古島市体験工芸村でシーサー作りを教えてくれた方がいました！！びっくり
Toushingama Tsuboya pottery

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nakagamigunyomitanson Zakimi 2898

This pottery, which specializes in Okinawa’s representative Yachimun-style pottery, fires its creations in a traditional “Noborigama” ascending kiln, which is very rare nowadays. It fashions many different items using this traditional method, including sake jars for holding awamori (millet brandy). It also hosts pottery classes in its workshop to spread the appeal of Yachimun, allowing visitors the chance to make plates, cups, handmade shisa (Okinawan lions), and more. Visitors can also observe the creation process.

工場見学や陶芸体験ができる他、やちむんカフェ群青が併設されていて食事も楽しむことができます。読谷のやちむんの里の側ですが少し距離があるので車で移動が必要。
Ishigaki Yaima Mura

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Ishigakishi Nagura 967-1

Japan’s southernmost theme park, it recreates the good old atmosphere of Yaeyama house-lined streets with a background of rich nature. Located on a hill overlooking Ishigaki Island’s scenic Nagura Bay, it is full of highlights such as red-tiled kominka (old houses) that are registered as National Tangible Cultural properties. There is also a tour of Nagura Anpal, which is registered under the Ramsar Convention, and you can observe rare animals and plants.
Glass Island

4.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Ishigaki-shi Hirae 178

This glasswork studio is located National Route 390 along in Hirae, Ishigaki City. It is possible to buy their works of Ryukyu glass at studio-direct prices at the studio's shop. The studio also offers glassblowing experiences in which participants can make their own work of blown glass (reservation required).

一度本島でさらに作りを体験していて、今回はコップ？グラス？作りを体験作れる色は日によって違います。作ったままあまりというかほとんど手直しをせずに仕上げてくれるので慎重に行ったほうがいいです笑私は歪んでいました…笑予約必須です！！
Whole Earth Nature School Okinawa Branch School Gajumaru Nature School

3.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Nago-shi Makiya 845

This facility for learning experiences is in Makiya, Nago City. They operate hands-on programs for connecting with the nature and culture of Okinawa. You can experience a variety of eco tours, from sea kayaking in the sea near Haneji Naikai (Inland Sea), trekking near rivers and in the forest, canoeing in which you can observe mangroves around Gesashi River and more.

静岡に本校を持つホールアースの沖縄校。インストラクターの案内で親しみながら、自然や環境について学ぶことができます。
Yaeyama Kanko Ferry

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Ishigaki-shi Misakicho 1

This ferry service operates primarily out of the Ishigaki Port Ritoh Terminal in Misaki-cho, Ishigaki City. It offers regular ferries that connect Ishigaki Island to Iriomote Island, Kohama Island, Taketomi Island, and other parts of the Yaeyama Islands. They also offer a tour that takes participants to up to four islands in a single day as well as a variety of package tours on different islands. Tour participants can experience the unique nature and culture of each island.
Glass Art Ai

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Nagoshi Nakayama 211-1

A glass studio established in 1998 situated along National Route 84 in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture. The studio displays pieces under the chic Dinnerstyle collection and the cutely colored Brunchtstyle collection, which make perfect gifts for women. The studio also offers Ryukyu glass classes such as glass blowing glasses, jewelry making using a burner, and colorful gel candle making created with your choice of gel sands and decorative touches.
Yukui Iriomote Island's dyeing and weaving遯カ遖ーands on art studio

Travel / Tourism

Okinawa Pref. Yaeyamaguntaketomichou Haimi 201-53

This workshop is located near Iriomotejima-Jungle Hotel Painumaya and offers visitors a chance to create their own dyed fabric. You can create dyed textiles using a combination of mangrove bark and seawater that never creates the same pattern twice, as well as straps, mini tapestries made using a loom, and many other handcrafted goods. You can also purchase handwoven coasters and T-shirts that use dyes created from island plants.

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Okinawa Areas

Let go of your image of a busy, ordered Japan and replace it with crystal-clear waters, white sand beaches, and relaxing folk music: You’ve arrived in Okinawa. A world away from the high intensity of Tokyo, Okinawans appear to live a laid-back beach life on this paradisiacal tropical island that lies in the middle of the East China Sea almost 1,000 kilometers south of mainland Japan’s most southern tip. Home to a spattering of islands, prepare yourself to discover underwater caves, star-shaped sand, and an island culture sometimes unrecognizable from mainland Japan.