Northern Okinawa / Nago / Onna

Top Things to do

• Nago Pineapple Park

  3.5

  1077 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Nagoshi Bimata 1195

  Nago Pineapple Park is a pineapple theme park located on a plateau within Nago City. Visitors can travel through the park in fully-automatic “Pineapple Carts,” viewing the sub-tropical vegetation and the extensive pineapple fields. There is also a pineapple processing plant within the park; the plant has displays about everything to do with pineapples, and visitors can also view the pineapple-slicing process. In the shopping area, visitors can taste various pineapple-related beverage and food products, and buy souvenir gifts to take home.

• Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market

  4.5

  777 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Kunigamigunonnason Nakadomari 1656-9

  Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market is a local produce direct-sales market located by the side of National Highway 58, offering a wide range of local specialty products from Onna Village; the products on sale include fresh vegetables and fruit picked in the village, as well as handicraft products. Marine products are also on sale, including locally-caught Sea Grapes (Caulerpa Lentillifera), sashimi, tempura, etc. There are also quite a few places to eat in the market, including restaurants selling Okinawan Soba Noodles and Sata Andagi (Okinawan sweet deep-fried buns), fruit bars, etc.

• Busena Marine Park

  4.0

  553 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Nagoshi Kise 1744-1

  Busena Marine Park is located at Cape Busena, near Nago City. An underwater observatory has been built in the waters off the cape, providing a 360-degree view of the beautifully colored fish through 24 underwater windows. Glass-bottomed boats depart from the pier near the observatory, enabling visitors to “stroll” through the ocean. Please note that there is an admission charge for the observatory, and there is also a charge for the trips in the glass-bottomed boats (packages combining the two activities at a specially reduced price are available).

• Kouri Ocean Tower

  4.0

  575 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Kunigamigunnakijinson Kouri 538

  Kouri Ocean Tower on Kouri Island is situated in the sea north of the Motobu Peninsula. From the observatory tower at 82 meters above sea level, you can enjoy a panoramic view of Kouri Bridge and the beautiful blue ocean. Because you ride on a cart to the tower, you can relax while enjoying the sea breeze. You can take photos with the picturesque scenery in the background while you enjoy the lush subtropical garden. In the tower, as many as 10,000 shells including heart-shaped shells and colorful ones are exhibited. There is a restaurant where you can enjoy your meal while gazing at sea as well as a shop where a unique sweet only available in Kouri Island is sold directly from the factory.

• Emerald Beach

  4.0

  506 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Kunigamigunmotobuchou Ishikawa 424 Ocean Expo Park

  Emerald Beach is a Y-shaped beach near Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in the Ocean Expo Park. It is divided into three sections; one for playing, one for resting, and one for viewing, and the large beach can accommodate about 3,000 people at the same time. The beautiful sea is so transparent we can see the white sand on the ocean floor easily, and the beach has been selected as one of Japan’s top 100 bathing beaches.

• Moon Beach

  4.0

  604 Reviews

  Okinawa Kunigami-gun Onnason Maeganeku 1203

  A resort hotel beach located in Onna Village, one of Okinawa's top resort areas, a five-minute drive from the Ishikawa Interchange on the Okinawa Expressway. Boasting a sweeping view of glittering emerald green ocean, as its name implies, this natural beach is shaped like a half moon. Open to non-hotel guests, as well, visitors can take in the tropical atmosphere. In addition to swimming, a variety of marine activities like jet skiing are on offer. On one of the particularly popular cruises, you can take in the ocean and the area's natural beauty from Yo Island, an uninhabited coral island amidst a coral reef.

• Daisekirinzan

  4.5

  378 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Kunigamigunkunigamison Ginama 1241

  This is Japan’s only subtropical Karst topographical landform, created 200 million years ago by the corrosion of limestone by rain and other natural forces. It has been considered a holy site since ancient times, and four courses are available that introduce visitors to unusually shaped rocks, large rock formations, subtropical forest, and other natural scenery. There is also a barrier-free course for the elderly and children. Come enjoy the wondrous paradise formed by Nature’s own hand.

• Neo Park Okinawa

  4.0

  344 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Nagoshi Nago 4607-41

  Neo Park Okinawa located in Nago City, the northern part of Okinawa Prefecture, is a natural botanical and zoological park. Animals and plants from tropical areas such as Central and South America, Oceania and Africa are grown without heat insulation by utilizing Okinawa’s rich climate and natural features. The free range farming method on the large property is like being in nature itself. You can enjoy an interactive animal experience unlike other flora and fauna parks.

• OKINAWA Fruits Land

  3.0

  327 Reviews

  Okinawa Pref. Nagoshi Bimata 1220-71

  OKINAWA Fruits Land located in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture is a popular sightseeing place. It was refurbished in 2013 and reopened with the concept of an “interactive facility style / original story book” Tropical Kingdom Tale. You can learn about and enjoy the secret of fruit and the story of happiness and others through the tale. The “fruit zone” in the facility grows more than about 30 types of tropical fruit, such as papayas and mangos depending on the season. In the “shopping zone” you can try sweet pineapple. It also has a range of other facilities such as a restaurant, a café and a shop where you can buy souvenirs.