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Yanbaru Wildlife Conservation Center やんばる野生生物保護センター – Okinawa, Japan
With the aim to raise understanding and awareness of wildlife conservation in Okinawa Island, particularly in Yanbaru forest, Yanbaru Wildlife Center was opened in April of 2009. It is located in the...
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Southeast Botanical Gardens – Okinawa, Japan
A quick Sunday getaway for me and my husband was spent at Southeast Botanical Gardens in Okinawa City. We have been hearing good stories since it reopened in July 2013 after being shut three years...
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Underwater Observatory (Busena Marine Park) – Okinawa, Japan
If you have a husband like mine who hates the beach as much as you love it, you have got to be creative. In the middle of some planning for a short trip to the northern part of Okinawa, hubby came...
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Okinawa World – Okinawa, Japan
One of my favorite trips in Okinawa is the visit to the Valley of Gangala. It caught quite a stir among my friends because of a, for lack of a better word, “unique rock formation”. However, just right...
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Sakura 桜 at Nakijin Castle 今帰仁城 – Okinawa, Japan
Okinawa is like a box of chocolate – an island-paradise butterscotch, culture-rich truffle, warmhearted-community caramel and, for a limited time every year, a must-indulgence Cherry-Blossom loco dip –...
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Ocean Expo Park – Okinawa, Japan
Perhaps, everyone here and who had been in Okinawa, has at some point in their stay, visited the Ocean Expo Park. Who hasn’t? It is after all the most popular tourist destination in the island next to...
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Cape Zanpa 残波岬 – Okinawa, Japan
I love lighthouses! In some of our travels, we were fortunate to be able to visit some like the Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse at Fort Michilimackinac in Michigan , the Sullivan Island Lighthouse in...
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Fukushuen Garden 福州園 – Naha City, Okinawa, Japan
While it seems odd deviant to find a Chinese Garden in Japan, it is but fitting to be so in Naha. Afterall, Okinawa has been highly exposed and influenced by Chinese culture being its tributary state...
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Katsuren Castle 勝連城 (Katsuren-gusuku) – Okinawa, Japan
Katsuren Castle 勝連城 (Katsuren-gusuku) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Okinawa 沖縄県 designated in 2000. It is also one of the nine Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu and a...
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Nago Pineapple Farm – Okinawa, Japan
My husband and I have been married for a while now. So, imagine my surprise when I had just recently realized that he actually loves pineapples after trying it the first time during our trip to...
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