Your vote counts! It’s a new year, and it’s time once again to turn your attention to the yearly tradition unlike any other – Best of the Pacific voting season!
With only four hours before our flight back to Haneda I decided to return to Shuri for some unfinished exploration. Hiro headed up to the hotel top floor hot springs for some quiet time before heading home.
We rented an auto for our third day with many stops planned within a nine-hour period. Prior to our trip I checked the distances between each stop to be no greater than twenty-five kilometers.
Boarded the 9 am Queen Zamami from Tomari port for the fifty-minute ride to Zamami Island Port. Although famous for whale watching our goal was hiking to the Takatsuki-Yama Observation Deck to take photos of the panoramic views and to do some bird watching.
On a cold January morning my step son Hiro and I boarded a flight to Naha Okinawa. Upon arrival we headed to the monorail ticket center and purchased a one-day pass (800 yen).
People who have driven to Karuizawa in Nagano Prefecture might have noticed through the car window the generous cone-shaped mountain protruding from the rock-strewn ground.
Incredible ocean views, a gigantic replica of a mythical “shisa,” and enough room for 10,000 people to picnic? Sounds like the perfect recipe for another completely free Okinawa adventure.
Nakagusuku Castle Ruins will transport you back in time to around 14th or 15th century Okinawa while providing amazing views of the main island’s east coast.
