{"version":1,"site":{"id":"rideokinawa","name":"Ride Okinawa","shortName":"Ride Okinawa","domain":"rideokinawa.com","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/","description":"Islands, beaches, stays, food and culture across Okinawa, Kerama, Miyako and Yaeyama, with a cycling route library built from open map data and an AI trip planner that books the ferries, flights and stays.","place":"Okinawa","countries":["JP"],"territory":[[122.8,23.9,131.4,27.2]],"sisters":[]},"updated":"2026-10-01","types":{"towns":{"label":"Town","plural":"Towns","noun":"towns and neighbourhoods","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns","items":[{"slug":"aharen","name":"Aharen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/aharen","coordinates":{"lat":26.1732,"lng":127.3445},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿波連","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","country":"JP","summary":"Aharen is the beach village that wraps round Aharen Beach on Tokashiki-jima's south-west coast, and the island bus covers the 5 km from Tokashiki Port; a handful of its kitchens stayed open through February 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aharen/aharen-coast-boulders.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faharen%2Faharen-coast-boulders.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rounded grey boulders crowd a small cove near Aharen on Tokashiki, and calm clear water fills the gaps between them under a high blue sky","credit":"Rickard Törnblad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coast_of_Aharen,_Tokashiki_Island,_Okinawa,_Japan_(1)_-_October_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"aka-village","name":"Aka","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/aka-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.1912,"lng":127.2796},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","country":"JP","summary":"Aka is the village on Aka-jima, where about 235 people live beside Aka Port, and the Aka Ohashi leads from its lanes on to Geruma and Fukaji.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka-village/aka-maehama-village.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka-village%2Faka-maehama-village.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallow water curves along the village beach at Aka, where low houses sit behind the sand and the Aka Ohashi crosses toward Geruma at the far end","credit":"TomazVajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aka_Beach_And_Aka_Village_2010_(7788).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"american-village","name":"American Village, Mihama and Sunabe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/american-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.3157,"lng":127.7542},"region":"central","nameLocal":"美浜アメリカンビレッジ・砂辺","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"American Village is the shopping and dining district that wraps around Depot Island and a seafront promenade in Chatan's Mihama, and this page also covers the Sunabe seawall about 15 minutes' walk north. Fireworks go…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/american-village/american-village-canal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Famerican-village%2Famerican-village-canal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow canal runs between stone walls through American Village, with a red footbridge, cafe umbrellas and painted shopfronts along the far bank","credit":"そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canal_in_Mihama_Town_Resort_American_Village.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"bise","name":"Bise","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/bise","coordinates":{"lat":26.703,"lng":127.8844},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"備瀬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Bise is the old fishing hamlet at the northern tip of Motobu, just past Ocean Expo Park, where sandy lanes run between rows of fukugi trees down to the sea.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bise-fukugi-trees/bise-fukugi-dappled.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbise-fukugi-trees%2Fbise-fukugi-dappled.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Dappled sunlight falls on a sandy lane in Bise where the straight grey trunks of old fukugi trees line both sides","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bise_Fukugi_Tree_Road_02.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"chabana","name":"Chabana","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/chabana","coordinates":{"lat":27.048,"lng":128.4149},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"茶花","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Chabana is Yoron's town centre on the west coast, about seven minutes by car from the airport and port, where Ginza-dori and nearly all of the island's izakaya sit within a few streets of the sea.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chabana/chabana-town-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchabana%2Fchabana-town-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rooftops of Chabana, Yoron's main town, spread down to the harbour and the sea in this drone view.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-10_Chabana-Yoron,Oshima,Kagoshima_%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%90%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%B3%B6%E9%83%A1%E4%B8%8E%E8%AB%96%E7%94%BA%E8%8C%B6%E8%8A%B1DJI_Mini2-0063.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"chatan","name":"Chatan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/chatan","coordinates":{"lat":26.32,"lng":127.7639},"region":"central","nameLocal":"北谷町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Chatan is the seaside town of about 29,000 people on central Okinawa's west coast where American Village and the Sunabe dive coast face the sunset over the East China Sea. It sits about 40 minutes by car from Naha…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1785733370580-07fcb7d2e88b?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA1NjkyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1785733370580-07fcb7d2e88b?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA1NjkyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"Two people stand under a leaning pandanus tree on a sandy beach on the Chatan coast, looking out over blue water toward a lifeguard chair and the shore beyond","credit":"Zion C / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/two-people-stand-under-a-tree-on-a-sunny-beach-D7gGqvcQ76M?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"chinen","name":"Chinen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/chinen","coordinates":{"lat":26.1708,"lng":127.8243},"region":"south","nameLocal":"知念","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Chinen is the former village at the eastern tip of Nanjo on the Chinen peninsula, and it holds Sefa-utaki, Chinen Misaki Park, Azama port for Kudaka and the Niraikanai Bridge.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chinen/chinen-coast-from-cape.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchinen%2Fchinen-coast-from-cape.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A long curve of sand and a wide reef flat at low tide run below green hills on the Chinen coast, seen from Chinen Misaki Park","credit":"そらみみ (Soramimi) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coast_and_Nirai-Kanaibashi_Bridges_on_south_side_from_Cape_Chinen_Park.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"eef-beach-area","name":"Eef Beach area","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/eef-beach-area","coordinates":{"lat":26.3311,"lng":126.8078},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"イーフビーチ周辺","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Eef Beach area in Higa and Janado is Kume-jima's resort strip on the east coast, where hotels and restaurants line 2 km of beach, and the Hatenohama boats leave from Tomari Fisherina a short ride north, near the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/eef-beach-area/eef-beach-area-from-hill.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feef-beach-area%2Feef-beach-area-from-hill.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the hill at Tounnaha the resort hotels of the Eef Beach area sit among cane fields on Kume-jima, and a breakwater curves out below a forested headland","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tounnahajou-Kumejima,_Okinawa%EF%BC%88%E7%99%BB%E6%AD%A6%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E5%9F%8E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E6%96%B9%E9%9D%A2%EF%BC%89DSCF6520.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort-area"}},{"slug":"ginowan","name":"Ginowan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ginowan","coordinates":{"lat":26.2815,"lng":127.7785},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宜野湾市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Ginowan is a city of about 100,000 people in central Okinawa, wrapped around US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which takes up about a quarter of its land. Its coast holds the Okinawa Convention Center and Tropical…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ginowan/ginowan-tropical-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fginowan%2Fginowan-tropical-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White sand stretches along Ginowan Tropical Beach to a lifeguard tower and a netted swimming area, with a low breakwater across the blue bay","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ginowan_Tropical_Beach.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"ginoza","name":"Ginoza","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ginoza","coordinates":{"lat":26.4816,"lng":127.9756},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宜野座村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Ginoza is a village on central Okinawa's Pacific coast north of Kin, where the Hanshin Tigers' first team holds its spring training camp. It grew from four old villages counted in 1649.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ginoza/ginoza-michi-no-eki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fginoza%2Fginoza-michi-no-eki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The round white building of Michi-no-eki Ginoza stands on a grassy bank above a river mouth, and a domed playground sits behind it on the left","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki This photo was taken with Pentax K-70 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michinoeki_Ginoza_202003.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"gusukube","name":"Gusukube","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/gusukube","coordinates":{"lat":24.7527,"lng":125.4041},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"城辺","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Gusukube covers the south-east of Miyako-jima from Sunagawa to Higashi-Hennazaki, and the Yoshino and Aragusuku snorkel lagoons lie on its coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aragusuku-beach/aragusuku-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faragusuku-beach%2Faragusuku-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallows over the reef lap a long strip of pale sand at Aragusuku Beach as a green headland closes the far end of the bay.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aragusuku_Beach_in_Miyako_(51924273449).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"haebaru","name":"Haebaru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/haebaru","coordinates":{"lat":26.1911,"lng":127.7285},"region":"south","nameLocal":"南風原町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Haebaru is a 10.76 km² town of about 41,500 people just east of Naha; it is the most populous town in Okinawa and the only municipality in the prefecture with no coastline.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/haebaru/haebaru-soba-shop.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhaebaru%2Fhaebaru-soba-shop.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red-tiled Okinawa soba shop Chiraa-gwa stands beside vending machines and potted plants in Haebaru.","credit":"norio nakayama from saitama, japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B8%E6%B2%96%E7%B8%84%E3%83%84%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC_(6895867252).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"hateruma-village","name":"Hateruma village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/hateruma-village","coordinates":{"lat":24.0613,"lng":123.7756},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間集落","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","country":"JP","summary":"Hateruma village is the cluster of five hamlets in the middle of Hateruma-jima where all 442 islanders live and nearly all the inns and shops sit, about 15 minutes' walk up from the port.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hateruma-village/hateruma-red-roof-garden.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhateruma-village%2Fhateruma-red-roof-garden.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red hibiscus grows beside the coral-stone gateway of a red-roofed house set under big trees in Hateruma village.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_Old_hous_in_Haterumajima_%E6%B3%A2%E7%85%A7%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E9%9B%86%E8%90%BD%E5%8F%A4%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%B6_DSCF3196.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"hentona","name":"Hentona","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/hentona","coordinates":{"lat":26.7455,"lng":128.1751},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"辺土名","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Hentona is the main settlement of Kunigami village on Route 58, where the village office and a fishing port sit beside the last shops of any size before Cape Hedo.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hentona/hentona-fishing-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhentona%2Fhentona-fishing-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white houses of Hentona fill the flat ground behind its fishing port breakwaters on the Kunigami coast, seen from the forested hill above.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hentona_Fishing_Port,_Kunigami_202607.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"higashi","name":"Higashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/higashi","coordinates":{"lat":26.6276,"lng":128.1438},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"東村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Higashi is a village of about 1,600 people on Yanbaru's Pacific coast, and its Gesashi Bay mangroves are the largest on Okinawa Island.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gesashi-mangroves/gesashi-mangrove-canopy.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgesashi-mangroves%2Fgesashi-mangrove-canopy.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A dense green canopy of mangroves fills Gesashi Bay in Higashi, and forested hills close in around the estuary under a pale sky","credit":"Ray_go / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mangrove_of_Gesashi_Bay.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"higawa","name":"Higawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/higawa","coordinates":{"lat":24.4428,"lng":122.9819},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"比川","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"Higawa is the smallest of Yonaguni's three villages, on the south coast below Kubura-dake 15–20 minutes by car from the airport, and it is known for its two soba shops and the open-air set of the drama 'Dr. Koto…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/higawa/higawa-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhigawa%2Fhigawa-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A sandy path runs through grass down to Higawa Beach on Yonaguni's south coast, where a breakwater crosses the bay.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Higawahama_in_Yonaguni.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"hirakubo","name":"Hirakubo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/hirakubo","coordinates":{"lat":24.5759,"lng":124.3044},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"平久保","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Hirakubo is the village on the Hirakubo peninsula at Ishigaki's northern end, and the road through it runs on to Hirakubozaki lighthouse, about 80 minutes by car from town.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirakubo/hirakubo-north-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirakubo%2Fhirakubo-north-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green slopes on the Hirakubo peninsula fall to a pale sand cove and a wide shelf of reef water along the far north coast of Ishigaki.","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/32521586437"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"hirara","name":"Hirara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/hirara","coordinates":{"lat":24.7901,"lng":125.2949},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"平良","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Hirara is the town of Miyako-jima and the base for most visitors, and its Nishizato-dori and Shimozato-dori streets hold the island's busiest run of restaurants and bars.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirara/hirara-port-waterfront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirara%2Fhirara-port-waterfront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The quay of Hirara Port looks across calm harbour water to the hotels and terminal buildings of Miyako's main town.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_hirara_port.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"ibaruma","name":"Ibaruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ibaruma","coordinates":{"lat":24.5092,"lng":124.2836},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"伊原間","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Ibaruma is the village at the narrow neck of north-east Ishigaki, and Tamatorizaki Observatory above it looks over both seas toward the Hirakubo peninsula; Akaishi Shokudo's soba counter lies just up the road.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"ie-village","name":"Ie","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ie-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.7197,"lng":127.8258},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Ie village covers all of Ie-jima, where about 3,800 people live in five districts, and a 30-minute ferry from Motobu reaches it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ie-village/ie-village-from-gusuku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fie-village%2Fie-village-from-gusuku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rooftops of Ie village fill the south side of Ie-jima below Gusuku-yama, and the port breakwater reaches into a hazy sea toward Motobu","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ie_Island_seen_from_the_top_of_Mount_Gusuku_201910_03.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"ikema-town","name":"Ikema","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ikema-town","coordinates":{"lat":24.9244,"lng":125.2473},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","country":"JP","summary":"Ikema is the fishing village of 468 people at the end of the Ikema Ohashi, and Yabiji reef tours leave from its harbour.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yabiji/yabiji-coral.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyabiji%2Fyabiji-coral.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Small reef fish swim over branching coral on the shallow reef at Yabiji off Ikema.","credit":"Papakuro at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yabishi2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"irabu-town","name":"Irabu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/irabu-town","coordinates":{"lat":24.8331,"lng":125.1711},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu is the farming side of Irabu island, from Nagahama and Kuninaka to Sawada, and it makes a quiet base for 17END and the Shimoji dive sites.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/makiyama-observatory/makiyama-observatory-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmakiyama-observatory%2Fmakiyama-observatory-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Makiyama observation building spreads its wing-shaped roof over a stone base at the top of a stairway on Irabu.","credit":"Rsa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_makiyama_observation_platform.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-city","name":"Ishigaki town centre","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ishigaki-city","coordinates":{"lat":24.3391,"lng":124.156},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣市街地","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki's town centre spreads around the island ferry terminal on the south coast of Ishigaki-jima, with the Misaki-cho bar streets and the covered Euglena Mall a short walk from the boats, and many visitors to the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort/ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort%2Fana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The stepped white tower of ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort rises behind a lawn and palm trees in Ishigaki.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ana_InterContinental_Ishigaki_Resort,_an_Ihg_Hotel.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"itoman","name":"Itoman","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/itoman","coordinates":{"lat":26.1235,"lng":127.6658},"region":"south","nameLocal":"糸満市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Itoman is a fishing city of about 62,000 people at the southern end of Okinawa Island, and it holds the battle memorials of Mabuni and Himeyuri, the cliffs of Cape Kyan and a working fishing port.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/itoman/itoman-fishing-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fitoman%2Fitoman-fishing-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White fishing boats tie up along the harbour wall at Itoman port in bright sun, with the low market and office buildings of the town behind","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itoman_Port_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"kabira","name":"Kabira","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kabira","coordinates":{"lat":24.4626,"lng":124.1406},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira is the village around Kabira Bay on Ishigaki's north-west coast, about 30 minutes by car from town, and it pairs the island's best-known view with Sukuji beach, a few minutes west, for a swim.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/club-med-ishigaki-kabira/club-med-ishigaki-kabira-reception.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fclub-med-ishigaki-kabira%2Fclub-med-ishigaki-kabira-reception.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Guests walk into the red-tiled reception building at Club Med Kabira on Ishigaki.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Club_Med_Kabira_reception_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"kadena","name":"Kadena","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kadena","coordinates":{"lat":26.3616,"lng":127.7553},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"嘉手納町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Kadena is the town of about 12,800 people on Okinawa's west coast that sits beside Kadena Air Base, and Michi-no-Eki Kadena's deck looks straight over the airfield.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kadena/kadena-hija-river.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkadena%2Fkadena-hija-river.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The green Hija River winds between wooded banks in Kadena, with a fenced riverside path running along the near shore under a cloudy sky","credit":"Ray_go / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hijagawa_Okinawa_Japan.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"katsuren","name":"Katsuren","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/katsuren","coordinates":{"lat":26.315,"lng":127.8969},"region":"central","nameLocal":"勝連","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Katsuren is the southern half of the Yokatsu peninsula in Uruma, where the World Heritage castle of Katsuren stands above Okinawa's mozuku farms. Boats for Tsuken leave from its Heshikiya port, and it was its own town…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/katsuren-castle/katsuren-castle-bastion.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkatsuren-castle%2Fkatsuren-castle-bastion.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall stone prow of the upper enclosure at Katsuren Castle rises above a steep lawn edged by an old limestone wall against a deep blue sky","credit":"Nelo Hotsuma / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/63122283@N06/15252302264"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"kin","name":"Kin","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kin","coordinates":{"lat":26.4562,"lng":127.926},"region":"central","nameLocal":"金武町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Kin is a town of about 11,600 people on central Okinawa's east coast, beside the Marines' Camp Hansen, and the birthplace of taco rice. The dish was first served in 1984 in Kin's Shinkaichi bar district.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kin/kin-mount-onna.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkin%2Fkin-mount-onna.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The green ridge of Mount Onna rises above houses and fields in the Igei district of Kin under a clear blue sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Onna_from_Igei_Community_Center_202408.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"kitanakagusuku","name":"Kitanakagusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kitanakagusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.301,"lng":127.7931},"region":"central","nameLocal":"北中城村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Kitanakagusuku is a hillside village in central Okinawa between Okinawa City and the east coast, and Japanese Wikipedia counts it as the most densely populated village in Japan. It shares the ridge of Nakagusuku castle…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakagusuku-castle/nakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakagusuku-castle%2Fnakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone steps lead up to an arched gate cut through the massive coral limestone wall of Nakagusuku Castle in warm late afternoon light","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakagusuku_Castle05n3104.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"kohama-village","name":"Kohama village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kohama-village","coordinates":{"lat":24.3391,"lng":123.9804},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜集落","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","country":"JP","summary":"Kohama village is home to 704 of Kohama island's 802 residents, according to the town register for August 2026, and most of the island's small restaurants sit in its lanes of red-tiled houses.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kohama-village/kohama-village-kohagura-so.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkohama-village%2Fkohama-village-kohagura-so.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Potted flowers brighten the gap in a coral-stone wall in front of the red-tiled Kohagura-so house in Kohama village.","credit":"ken2754@Yokohama / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/41203241@N00/2858725283"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"kokusai-dori","name":"Kokusai-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kokusai-dori","coordinates":{"lat":26.2161,"lng":127.6892},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"国際通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Kokusai-dori is the mile-long main street of central Naha, and the neighbourhood around it is packed with shops and restaurants; the street closes to traffic on Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kokusai-dori/kokusai-dori-daytime.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkokusai-dori%2Fkokusai-dori-daytime.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Kokusai-dori runs straight under a bright sky past a brown sugar shop and palm trees toward a round tower at the far end of the street","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kokusai-dori13s3s4350.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"kouri-village","name":"Kouri","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kouri-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.701,"lng":128.02},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri is the one settlement on Kouri-jima in Nakijin village, where about 350 people live and the island's cafés and shrimp stands gather near the Kouri Bridge.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kouri-beach/kouri-beach-east.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkouri-beach%2Fkouri-beach-east.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Parasols dot the white sand on the east side of Kouri Beach as the water turns from pale green to turquoise toward the hills of the main island","credit":"MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kouri-Beach.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"koza","name":"Koza","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/koza","coordinates":{"lat":26.335,"lng":127.7995},"region":"central","nameLocal":"コザ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Koza is the old centre of Okinawa City around Gate 2 Street, Goya crossroads and Park Avenue, where bilingual bar signs and live music keep the streets busy after dark. Its name comes from the US Army's Camp Koza of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koza/koza-histreet-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoza%2Fkoza-histreet-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A corner building in Koza painted in red, orange and checkerboard trim houses the Histreet museum of postwar Okinawa City, under a blue sky with light cloud","credit":"CULTYOK / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histreet2018.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"kubura","name":"Kubura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kubura","coordinates":{"lat":24.4522,"lng":122.9433},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"久部良","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"Kubura is Yonaguni's fishing village on the west coast, about ten minutes by car from the airport, where the Ishigaki ferry docks, the marlin boats land their catch and Japan's westernmost cape at Irizaki rises above…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irizaki-cape/irizaki-pavilion-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firizaki-cape%2Firizaki-pavilion-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Late sun warms the red-tiled pavilion at Irizaki, the westernmost point of Japan, as the grass around it falls into shadow.","credit":"Melkov / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pavilion_at_Irizaki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"kumejima-town","name":"Kumejima Town","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kumejima-town","coordinates":{"lat":26.3405,"lng":126.805},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Town is the municipality that covers Kume-jima and Ou-jima, and it counted 6,859 residents at the end of September 2026; its shops and port sit on the west side around Nakadomari and Kanegusuku, and its resort…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ara-beach/ara-beach-driftwood.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fara-beach%2Fara-beach-driftwood.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Driftwood lies on the pale sand of Ara Beach on Kume-jima, with a rocky wooded headland at the far end of the cove.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-02-27_Ahra-Beach_%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E6%B5%9C%EF%BC%88%E4%B9%85%E7%B1%B3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89DSCF8362.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"kunigami","name":"Kunigami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kunigami","coordinates":{"lat":26.7455,"lng":128.1751},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"国頭村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Kunigami is the northernmost village on Okinawa Island: about 4,200 people live in its 194.85 km² of mostly forest, which reaches Cape Hedo at the tip and climbs to 503 m on Yonaha-dake, higher than any other peak on…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A cream hotel building with red tiled roofs and upturned eaves stands beside a quiet road in Kunigami.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Garden_Hotel_Okinawa_202601.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-village","name":"Kuroshima hamlets","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/kuroshima-village","coordinates":{"lat":24.2377,"lng":124.0168},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島の集落","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima's people live in five small hamlets spread across the island, and Higashisuji in the middle holds the post office and the observation tower.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-village/kuroshima-cattle-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-village%2Fkuroshima-cattle-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A sandy farm track runs beside a coral-stone wall and a row of wind-shaped trees on Kuroshima while a black cow grazes in the pasture.","credit":"倶楽部オータム / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%BB%92%E5%B3%B6Img499.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"maeda","name":"Maeda","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/maeda","coordinates":{"lat":26.4319,"lng":127.7636},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"真栄田","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Maeda is the district at the southern end of Onna around Cape Maeda, the jumping-off point for the Blue Cave snorkel and dive site. Bus 120 from Naha Airport stops at Kurawa, about 20 minutes' walk away.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"makishi","name":"Makishi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/makishi","coordinates":{"lat":26.2172,"lng":127.6926},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"牧志","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Makishi is Naha's market quarter at the east end of Kokusai-dori, where the Daiichi Makishi Public Market and the covered arcades of Heiwa-dori sit a short walk from Makishi monorail station.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hyatt-regency-naha/hyatt-regency-naha-tower.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhyatt-regency-naha%2Fhyatt-regency-naha-tower.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall pale tower of the Hyatt Regency Naha rises between green trees into a blue sky streaked with white cloud","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyatt_Regency_Naha_Okinawa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"motobu","name":"Motobu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/motobu","coordinates":{"lat":26.6575,"lng":127.8978},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"本部町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Motobu covers the tip of the Motobu Peninsula and holds the Churaumi Aquarium and the Okinawa soba road, with ferries out to Ie-jima and Minna-jima.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu/motobu-cone-karst.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu%2Fmotobu-cone-karst.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Forested cone karst hills roll down to the sea on the Motobu Peninsula, and the low shape of Sesoko lies across the blue water","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobu_landscape_202102.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"nago","name":"Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/nago","coordinates":{"lat":26.588,"lng":127.9954},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"名護市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Nago is the main city of northern Okinawa, where about 65,000 people live on Nago Bay at the end of the Okinawa Expressway, and riders base themselves here for Motobu and Yanbaru.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nago/nago-city-office-eaves.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnago%2Fnago-city-office-eaves.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pink concrete lattice shades step down the terraced roof of Nago City Office, and bougainvillea spills over the levels below a hazy sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eaves_of_Nago_City_Office_202504_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"naha","name":"Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2123,"lng":127.6792},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Naha is Okinawa's capital and largest city, with about 309,000 people on 41.5 km², and it holds the main airport and the ferry ports for the outer islands.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha/naha-aerial-naminoue.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha%2Fnaha-aerial-naminoue.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the air the coastal highway curves past the small pale sand of Naminoue Beach, and the dense white city of Naha stretches inland to the hills","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-08_Beach_Naminoue,Naha,Okinawa(%E6%B3%A2%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%8A%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%81%A8%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E3%81%AE%E8%A1%97)_DJI_Mini2-0008.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"nakagusuku","name":"Nakagusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/nakagusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.2621,"lng":127.7897},"region":"central","nameLocal":"中城村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Nakagusuku is an east-coast village of about 23,000 people south of Kitanakagusuku, and the World Heritage ruins of Nakagusuku castle stand on its ridge. It is the third most populous village in Japan and among the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakagusuku-castle/nakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakagusuku-castle%2Fnakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone steps lead up to an arched gate cut through the massive coral limestone wall of Nakagusuku Castle in warm late afternoon light","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakagusuku_Castle05n3104.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"nakijin","name":"Nakijin","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/nakijin","coordinates":{"lat":26.6825,"lng":127.9728},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Nakijin is the village on the north side of the Motobu Peninsula that holds Kouri-jima and the World Heritage ruins of Nakijin Castle, where the old Hokuzan kingdom ruled.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakijin/nakijin-unten-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakijin%2Fnakijin-unten-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Driftwood lies among beach morning glory on the sand at Unten in Nakijin, and green water stretches out to a long low island under a deep blue sky","credit":"Fumihiko Ueno / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unten,_Nakijin,_Kunigami_District,_Okinawa_Prefecture_905-0403,_Japan_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"naminoue","name":"Naminoue","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/naminoue","coordinates":{"lat":26.2206,"lng":127.6711},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"波の上","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Naminoue is the seafront corner of west Naha around Naminoue-gu shrine and Naminoue Beach, and it takes in the Wakasa and Tsuji districts.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naminoue/naminoue-cliff-from-bridge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaminoue%2Fnaminoue-cliff-from-bridge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The wooded limestone rock of Naminoue rises from the sand under a grey sky, and the shrine roof and apartment blocks of Naha show above it","credit":"Zairon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Naminoue_Beach_%26_Naminoue-gu_25.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"nanjo","name":"Nanjo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/nanjo","coordinates":{"lat":26.1632,"lng":127.7707},"region":"south","nameLocal":"南城市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Nanjo is a city of about 47,000 people on the southeast coast of Okinawa Island that was formed in 2006 from four municipalities, and it holds Sefa-utaki, Kudaka-jima, Okinawa World and the cafés of the Route 331 coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nanjo/nanjo-baten-bay.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnanjo%2Fnanjo-baten-bay.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the green hills of Nanjo the view drops over the houses of Sashiki to the calm blue Baten bay, with Yonabaru and the coast running north beyond","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baten,_Nanjo_202303.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"ogimi","name":"Ogimi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ogimi","coordinates":{"lat":26.702,"lng":128.1227},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"大宜味村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Ogimi is a Yanbaru village of about 2,900 people on Route 58 north of Nago, and it is known for its long-lived elders and its shikuwasa citrus.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ogimi/ogimi-beach-reef.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fogimi%2Fogimi-beach-reef.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White sand gives way to bright shallows and a band of reef off the coast at Ogimi, with deep blue open sea beyond under a clear sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_from_Ogimi,_Okinawa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"ohara","name":"Ohara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ohara","coordinates":{"lat":24.2719,"lng":123.8806},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"大原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","country":"JP","summary":"Ohara is the port village on Iriomote's south-east coast, 40–45 minutes by high-speed boat from Ishigaki, where the Nakama River mangrove cruise leaves from the harbour and the ferries keep running on many winter days…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/haemida-beach/haemida-beach-sunrise.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhaemida-beach%2Fhaemida-beach-sunrise.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Early sun lays a streak of gold across the wet sand of Haemida Beach in southern Iriomote below a dark wooded headland.","credit":"Yononakanokasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:01%E5%8D%97%E9%A2%A8%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8IMG_3698.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"ojima-village","name":"Ojima village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ojima-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.1294,"lng":127.7728},"region":"south","nameLocal":"奥武（玉城字奥武）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ojima","country":"JP","summary":"Ojima village is the fishing settlement that covers all of the 0.23 km² island of Ojima off Tamagusuku in Nanjo, where about 870 people live and two tempura stands draw visitors.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ojima/ojima-bridge-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fojima%2Fojima-bridge-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The short Ojima bridge crosses a calm blue channel to the little island village, with green farmland and the hills of Nanjo behind","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ou_Bridge_Nanjo_202208.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"okinawa-city","name":"Okinawa City","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/okinawa-city","coordinates":{"lat":26.3343,"lng":127.8057},"region":"central","nameLocal":"沖縄市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa City formed in 1974 when Koza and Misato merged, and it is the most populous city on the island after Naha. It is home to eisa dance and Koza's base-town nightlife, along with the Okinawa Zoo and the Ryukyu…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koza/koza-histreet-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoza%2Fkoza-histreet-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A corner building in Koza painted in red, orange and checkerboard trim houses the Histreet museum of postwar Okinawa City, under a blue sky with light cloud","credit":"CULTYOK / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Histreet2018.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"oku","name":"Oku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/oku","coordinates":{"lat":26.8356,"lng":128.2874},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"奥","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Oku is the small settlement at the northern end of Okinawa Island's east coast in Kunigami, where the island's first village co-op store opened in 1906.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/oku/oku-village-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Foku%2Foku-village-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Low houses and gardens of Oku spread along a valley floor below a wooded hill in Kunigami, with the sea at the far end.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_of_Oku,_Kunigami_202511.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"onna","name":"Onna","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/onna","coordinates":{"lat":26.4974,"lng":127.8536},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"恩納村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Onna is the long, narrow resort village that runs 27.4 km along Okinawa's west coast, and its headlands hold Cape Manzamo and Cape Maeda's Blue Cave. It sits about 50 km north of Naha.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana-intercontinental-manza/ana-intercontinental-manza-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana-intercontinental-manza%2Fana-intercontinental-manza-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The stepped white tower of the ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort fills the tip of a low wooded point, with blue water and a dark reef rock in front","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onna_Okinawa_ANA-InterContinental-Manza-Beach-Resort-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"oroku","name":"Oroku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/oroku","coordinates":{"lat":26.1966,"lng":127.6667},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"小禄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Oroku is the residential southwestern district of Naha on the peninsula between Naha Airport and the Kokuba River, and the monorail serves it at Akamine and Oroku stations.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha/naha-airport-from-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha%2Fnaha-airport-from-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Blue water fills the foreground below Naha Airport, where planes stand at the terminal and the low city of Naha spreads along the shore behind","credit":"TurnOnTheNight / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Naha_Airport_from_the_side_20250503095714.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"sakaemachi","name":"Sakaemachi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/sakaemachi","coordinates":{"lat":26.2172,"lng":127.697},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"栄町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Sakaemachi is the area around Sakaemachi Market in Asato, Naha, where a lane market about 150 m from Asato monorail station fills with drinkers after dark.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sakaemachi/sakaemachi-market-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsakaemachi%2Fsakaemachi-market-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white sign marks the east entrance of Sakaemachi Market in Naha, where a narrow covered lane runs back between shuttered stalls and parked scooters","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Sakaemachi_Ichiba_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"sarahama","name":"Sarahama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/sarahama","coordinates":{"lat":24.8416,"lng":125.2072},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"佐良浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","country":"JP","summary":"Sarahama is the bonito-fishing port and settlement on Irabu's east coast, settled by Ikema islanders, and the first place you reach after the Irabu Ohashi.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sarahama/sarahama-port-harbour.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsarahama%2Fsarahama-port-harbour.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Calm turquoise water fills the harbour at Sarahama on Irabu, where fishing boats tie up along the breakwater below the wooded hillside.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_sarahama_port.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port"}},{"slug":"sashiki","name":"Sashiki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/sashiki","coordinates":{"lat":26.1677,"lng":127.7921},"region":"south","nameLocal":"佐敷","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Sashiki is the former town on Nakagusuku Bay in northern Nanjo where the city hall now stands, and it holds the hilltop Yuinchi Hotel with its hot spring and the Sho family's early seat at Sashiki-ue gusuku.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nanjo/nanjo-baten-bay.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnanjo%2Fnanjo-baten-bay.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the green hills of Nanjo the view drops over the houses of Sashiki to the calm blue Baten bay, with Yonabaru and the coast running north beyond","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baten,_Nanjo_202303.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"shimoji-town","name":"Shimoji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/shimoji-town","coordinates":{"lat":24.8161,"lng":125.1569},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"下地島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","country":"JP","summary":"Shimoji is the airport island of 99 residents, and Miyako's winter cave dives lie off its west coast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"shirahama","name":"Shirahama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/shirahama","coordinates":{"lat":24.3614,"lng":123.7476},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"白浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","country":"JP","summary":"Shirahama is the village at the western end of Iriomote's Route 215, about 35 minutes by car from Uehara, where the road stops and the Funauki Kaiun boat crosses to Funauki and Ida-no-hama.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shirahama/shirahama-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshirahama%2Fshirahama-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete pier at Shirahama Port on Iriomote looks out over a calm bay ringed by forested hills.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shirahama_Iriomote_Island_Japan02n.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"shiraho","name":"Shiraho","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/shiraho","coordinates":{"lat":24.3527,"lng":124.2409},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"白保","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Shiraho is an old farming village on Ishigaki's east coast just south of New Ishigaki Airport, known for the Shiraho reef and its blue coral, and its community now runs the Shiraho Sango-mura reef centre that WWF Japan…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shiraho-reef/shiraho-reef-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshiraho-reef%2Fshiraho-reef-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from an airliner the broad reef off Shiraho forms a brown and turquoise band between the village shore and the open ocean breakers.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-01-13_Shirahoreef_%EF%BC%86_New_Ishigaki_Airport_by_Peach_Airbus_A320-214_%E7%99%BD%E4%BF%9D%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8%E7%8F%8A%E7%91%9A%E7%A4%81%E3%81%A8%E6%96%B0%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF_DSCF9566a.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"shuri","name":"Shuri","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/shuri","coordinates":{"lat":26.2189,"lng":127.7214},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri is the hilltop district in northeast Naha that was the royal capital of the Ryukyu kingdom; Shuri Castle stands at its centre, and the Yui Rail monorail stops at Shuri and Gibo stations.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/doubletree-naha-shuri-castle/doubletree-naha-shuri-castle-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdoubletree-naha-shuri-castle%2Fdoubletree-naha-shuri-castle-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white tower of DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle carries the hotel's logo near its roof under a cloudy sky.","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DoubleTree_by_Hilton_Naha_Shuri_Castle.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"sonai","name":"Sonai","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/sonai","coordinates":{"lat":24.4689,"lng":123.0022},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"祖納","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"Sonai is Yonaguni's main village, on the north coast about ten minutes by car east of the airport, where the town office, the post office and most of the island's evening restaurants sit below the cliff of Tindabana.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sonai/nanta-beach-sonai-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsonai%2Fnanta-beach-sonai-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Nanta Beach curves from the seawall toward the breakwaters of Sonai port in bright, hazy light on the north coast of Yonaguni.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nanta_Beach_and_Port_of_Sonai,_Yonaguni.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"taketomi-village","name":"Taketomi village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/taketomi-village","coordinates":{"lat":24.3301,"lng":124.0854},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富集落","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","country":"JP","summary":"Taketomi village fills the centre of Taketomi island, and its red-tiled houses behind coral walls line lanes of white sand that Japan protects as a traditional townscape; the port is about 5 minutes away by car.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi-village/taketomi-lane-cat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi-village%2Ftaketomi-lane-cat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white cat lies in the shade on a sand lane between low coral-stone walls in Taketomi village on a bright afternoon.","credit":"ajari / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/25766289@N00/3795074627"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"tamagusuku","name":"Tamagusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tamagusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.1492,"lng":127.7655},"region":"south","nameLocal":"玉城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Tamagusuku is the former village in southern Nanjo that holds Okinawa World and Gangala Valley, the beaches of Hyakuna and Mibaru, the beach cafés of Route 331 and the bridge to Ojima.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mibaru-beach/mibaru-beach-calm.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmibaru-beach%2Fmibaru-beach-calm.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A branch frames a single craggy rock standing in still pale water at Mibaru Beach under a wide summer sky full of cloud","credit":"inf_supTJ / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/135916494@N08/32204871011"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"tancha","name":"Tancha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tancha","coordinates":{"lat":26.4642,"lng":127.8307},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"谷茶","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Tancha is a district on Onna's coast road south of Onna village, on the line where northern and central-southern Okinawan dialects are said to meet.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tancha/tancha-beach-ripples.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftancha%2Ftancha-beach-ripples.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ripples in the sand catch the low evening light on Tancha Beach in Onna, with reef rocks and a wooded point beyond.","credit":"Neil Dalphin / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tancha_Beach_in_Onna,_-20_maart_2017,_18%EF%BC%9A15.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"tarama-village","name":"Tarama Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tarama-village","coordinates":{"lat":24.6693,"lng":124.7016},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"多良間村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tarama","country":"JP","summary":"Tarama Village governs Tarama and Minna islands and their roughly 1,000 residents; RAC flies there from Miyako in 20–25 minutes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tarama/tarama-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftarama%2Ftarama-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From an aircraft window Tarama shows as a flat oval of farm plots ringed by reef, and tiny Minna lies off its shore under scattered cloud.","credit":"Yamada udon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%AF%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E5%85%A8%E6%99%AF.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"tokashiki-village","name":"Tokashiki Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tokashiki-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.1974,"lng":127.3643},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiki Village is the municipality of Tokashiki-jima, where the 2020 census counted 718 people, and the boats from Naha land at its port settlement on the east coast after about 35 minutes on the high-speed Marine…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1787788268501-b813709de42a?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MDEyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1787788268501-b813709de42a?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MDEyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"Bright blue water fills a bay on Tokashiki where coral shows dark through the shallows and a pale beach curves under green hills","credit":"keizo okada / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/turquoise-bay-with-green-hills-G7Z0tVHRcbs?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"tomari","name":"Tomari","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tomari","coordinates":{"lat":26.2253,"lng":127.6828},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"泊","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Tomari is the port district of northern Naha where ferries leave for the Kerama islands and Kume-jima, and Tomari fishing port runs the Iyumachi fish market next door.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tomari/tomari-fishing-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftomari%2Ftomari-fishing-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Fishing boats line both sides of the calm blue harbour at Tomari under big summer clouds, and the city of Naha rises beyond the water","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomari_Fishing_Port,_Naha,_Okinawa_202407_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port"}},{"slug":"tomigusuku","name":"Tomigusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tomigusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.1771,"lng":127.6812},"region":"south","nameLocal":"豊見城市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Tomigusuku is a fast-growing city of about 65,000 people just south of Naha and its airport, and Senaga-jima's Umikaji Terrace and Toyosaki Churasun Beach sit on its coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tomigusuku/tomigusuku-from-navy-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftomigusuku%2Ftomigusuku-from-navy-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Navy Headquarters Park hill the dense white houses of Tomigusuku and an elevated road stretch toward the hills under a blue sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cityscape_in_Tomigusuku_from_Kaigungo_Navy_Headquarters_Park.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"tsuboya","name":"Tsuboya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/tsuboya","coordinates":{"lat":26.2129,"lng":127.6918},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"壺屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Tsuboya is the pottery quarter of central Naha that the royal government created in 1682 by bringing three kilns together, and its stone-paved Yachimun-dori lane runs a few minutes' walk south of Kokusai-dori.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsuboya/tsuboya-old-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsuboya%2Ftsuboya-old-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Weathered wooden houses and a small tiled roof sit along a quiet paved lane in Tsuboya, and a few people walk up the street ahead","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Tsuboya11n3200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"neighbourhood"}},{"slug":"uehara","name":"Uehara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/uehara","coordinates":{"lat":24.4192,"lng":123.7986},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"上原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","country":"JP","summary":"Uehara is the port village on Iriomote's north coast, where the Ishigaki boats land beside the Densa terminal and most of the island's restaurants and tour shops sit within a few kilometres along Route 215.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/funaura-kaichu-doro/funaura-causeway.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffunaura-kaichu-doro%2Ffunaura-causeway.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Funaura Causeway carries the road and a line of power poles low across the water of Funaura Bay toward the hills of Iriomote.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_kendo215_funaura_kaichudoro.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"ueno","name":"Ueno","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/ueno","coordinates":{"lat":24.7447,"lng":125.3228},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"上野","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Ueno is the south-coast district of Miyako-jima that holds the Shigira resort, and its Miyaguni villagers rescued a German ship's crew in 1873.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ueno/ueno-german-village-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fueno%2Fueno-german-village-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The view from the castle tower at the Ueno German Culture Village looks over its lagoon and the farmland of Ueno on Miyako-jima.","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ueno_German_Culture_Village_-_K_-_2020_March_27.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"urasoe","name":"Urasoe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/urasoe","coordinates":{"lat":26.2457,"lng":127.7219},"region":"central","nameLocal":"浦添市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Urasoe is the city of about 115,000 people directly north of Naha, and for about 220 years from the 12th century it was the seat of Okinawa's kings. Visitors come for the Urasoe Gusuku ruins and royal tombs, the café…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/urasoe/urasoe-maeda-monorail.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Furasoe%2Furasoe-maeda-monorail.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two monorail trains pass at Urasoe-Maeda station while the guideway climbs away through the hillside houses and green slopes of Urasoe","credit":"TurnOnTheNight / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Okinawa_Urban_Monorail_trains_toward_each_other_at_Urasoe-Maeda_Station_20250506143846.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"uruma","name":"Uruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/uruma","coordinates":{"lat":26.3792,"lng":127.8574},"region":"central","nameLocal":"うるま市","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Uruma is the east-coast city of about 128,000 people that holds the Kaichu Doro sea road and the islands of Henza, Hamahiga, Miyagi, Ikei and Tsuken, and it makes a natural base for island rides in central Okinawa…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/uruma/uruma-bullfight.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Furuma%2Furuma-bullfight.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two black bulls lower their heads and lock horns on the sand of the bullfighting ring at Ishikawa in Uruma","credit":"Lance Cpl. Tyler J. Hlavac, United States Marine Corps / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bulls_Ishikawa,_Okinawa_2007.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"city"}},{"slug":"yaese","name":"Yaese","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yaese","coordinates":{"lat":26.1583,"lng":127.7186},"region":"south","nameLocal":"八重瀬町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Yaese is a farming town of about 33,000 people in the hills of southern Okinawa Island; it was formed in 2006 and named after the 163 m Yaese-dake, and the oldest surviving shisa guards its village of Tomori.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaese/yaese-gushichan-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaese%2Fyaese-gushichan-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green limestone cliffs drop to a wide reef flat on the Yaese coast, seen from Gushichan Gusuku.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coast_of_Okinawa_Island_in_Yaese_202008_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"yomitan","name":"Yomitan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yomitan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3961,"lng":127.7444},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"読谷村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Yomitan is the cape-shaped village north of Kadena on Okinawa's west coast, and Japanese Wikipedia counts it as the most populous village in Japan. It is known for Cape Zanpa and the Yachimun no Sato pottery village…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-nikko-alivila/alivila-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-nikko-alivila%2Falivila-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Palms and clipped hedges line the circular drive in front of the cream Spanish-style facade of Hotel Nikko Alivila under a blue sky","credit":"Waei / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Nikko_Alivila_001.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"yonabaru","name":"Yonabaru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yonabaru","coordinates":{"lat":26.1995,"lng":127.7545},"region":"south","nameLocal":"与那原町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Yonabaru is the smallest municipality on Okinawa Island, and its 5.18 km² on Nakagusuku Bay, about 9 km east of Naha, hold about 19,000 people and the junction where Route 329 meets the Route 331 coast road.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonabaru/yonabaru-bay-town.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonabaru%2Fyonabaru-bay-town.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from the Nanjo hills, the harbour and white houses of Yonabaru spread along a blue bay, with the towns of the southeast rising inland behind","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Townscapes_of_southeastern_Okinawa_Island_202303_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"yonaha","name":"Yonaha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yonaha","coordinates":{"lat":24.7454,"lng":125.266},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"与那覇","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaha covers the south-west corner of Miyako-jima in old Shimoji town, where Yonaha Maehama runs past the Tokyu resort to the Kurima Ohashi.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonaha-maehama-beach/yonaha-maehama-boardwalk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonaha-maehama-beach%2Fyonaha-maehama-boardwalk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A weathered boardwalk leads from the white sand of Yonaha Maehama out to small boats moored over pale blue shallows.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonahamaehama_Miyakojima_Okinawa_Japan05bs3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"yonehara","name":"Yonehara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yonehara","coordinates":{"lat":24.454,"lng":124.1886},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"米原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Yonehara is a small settlement on Route 79 on Ishigaki's north-west coast, known for its shore snorkelling beach and the Yaeyama palm grove, and its juice stand makes it a natural stop on an island loop.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonehara-beach/yonehara-beach-pandanus.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonehara-beach%2Fyonehara-beach-pandanus.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pandanus leaves hang over the pale sand of Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki's north shore, where the reef flat stretches out under a clear sky.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonehara_Beach_3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}},{"slug":"yoron-town","name":"Yoron Town","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/yoron-town","coordinates":{"lat":27.0484,"lng":128.4149},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論町","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Town is Kagoshima Prefecture's southernmost town and covers all of Yoron-jima, with its office in Chabana and its beaches and castle ruins spread around a 23.7 km coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chabana/chabana-town-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchabana%2Fchabana-town-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rooftops of Chabana, Yoron's main town, spread down to the harbour and the sea in this drone view.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-10_Chabana-Yoron,Oshima,Kagoshima_%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%90%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%8C%E5%A4%A7%E5%B3%B6%E9%83%A1%E4%B8%8E%E8%AB%96%E7%94%BA%E8%8C%B6%E8%8A%B1DJI_Mini2-0063.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"town"}},{"slug":"zamami-village","name":"Zamami Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/towns/zamami-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.2289,"lng":127.3032},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","country":"JP","summary":"Zamami Village is the municipality that runs Zamami, Aka and Geruma, and it counted 878 residents at the end of September 2026; its main settlement behind Zamami Port is the base for whale season in the Keramas.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zamami-village/zamami-port-from-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzamami-village%2Fzamami-port-from-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Zamami Port and the low houses of the village sit at the foot of green hills across a still, deep blue harbour","credit":"Snap55 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zamami_port.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village"}}]},"stays":{"label":"Stay","plural":"Stays","noun":"places to stay","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays","items":[{"slug":"abyan-guesthouse-kubura","name":"Abyan Yonaguni Guesthouse Kubura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/abyan-guesthouse-kubura","coordinates":{"lat":24.45325,"lng":122.94552},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"あびゃん与那国島ゲストハウス久部良","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Abyan Yonaguni Guesthouse Kubura is a nine-room, room-only guesthouse in Kubura at Yonaguni's western end, with a shared kitchen and a free shower after check-out.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open"}},{"slug":"ada-garden-hotel-okinawa","name":"Ada Garden Hotel Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.7514,"lng":128.2985},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"アダ・ガーデンホテル沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Ada Garden Hotel Okinawa is a 28-room Asian-style resort hotel in the Yanbaru World Heritage forest at Ada in Kunigami, where the Okinawa woodpecker and Okinawa robin live, and the hotel bills itself as the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A cream hotel building with red tiled roofs and upturned eaves stands beside a quiet road in Kunigami.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Garden_Hotel_Okinawa_202601.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":16800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"aj-resort-island-ikeijima","name":"AJ Resort Island Ikeijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/aj-resort-island-ikeijima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3975,"lng":128.0008},"region":"central","nameLocal":"伊計島温泉 AJリゾートアイランド伊計島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikei","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"AJ Resort Island Ikeijima is a 58-room hot-spring resort at the far end of the Kaichu Doro road on Ikei-jima in Uruma, with the Kuroshio no Yu natural onsen and paid rental bicycles.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aj-resort-island-ikeijima/aj-resort-island-ikeijima-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faj-resort-island-ikeijima%2Faj-resort-island-ikeijima-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A roadside sign for AJ Resort Island Ikeijima stands at the top of the driveway, and the hotel sits beyond it by the sea on Ikei Island.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AJ_Resort_Island_Ikeijima.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":12000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://www.aj-hotels.com/"}},{"slug":"aka-lodge","name":"AKA LODGE by The Terrace Hotels","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/aka-lodge","coordinates":{"lat":26.19175,"lng":127.28107},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"アカロッジ by ザ・テラスホテルズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"AKA LODGE by The Terrace Hotels is a 12-room small-luxury hotel on Aka that opened on 15 June 2026 and operates from March to November, so it is closed in February.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","website":"https://akalodge.terrace.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort","name":"ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort","coordinates":{"lat":24.3344439,"lng":124.1867991},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ANAインターコンチネンタル石垣リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort is a 458-room beach resort on Maezato Beach, 20 minutes from Ishigaki airport, with an indoor pool and February 2027 rooms from ¥50,250 for two with breakfast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort/ana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort%2Fana-intercontinental-ishigaki-resort-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The stepped white tower of ANA InterContinental Ishigaki Resort rises behind a lawn and palm trees in Ishigaki.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ana_InterContinental_Ishigaki_Resort,_an_Ihg_Hotel.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":50250,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"ana-intercontinental-manza","name":"ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ana-intercontinental-manza","coordinates":{"lat":26.5082,"lng":127.8579},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ANAインターコンチネンタル万座ビーチリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort is a 400-room resort on the Manza peninsula in Onna facing Cape Manzamo, with its own sheltered beach and a garden pool that closes only for a winter maintenance break.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana-intercontinental-manza/ana-intercontinental-manza-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana-intercontinental-manza%2Fana-intercontinental-manza-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The stepped white tower of the ANA InterContinental Manza Beach Resort fills the tip of a low wooded point, with blue water and a dark reef rock in front","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onna_Okinawa_ANA-InterContinental-Manza-Beach-Resort-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":29250,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.anaintercontinental-manza.jp/"}},{"slug":"arcade-resort-okinawa","name":"Arcade Resort Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/arcade-resort-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.3363,"lng":127.8},"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Arcade Resort Okinawa is a budget guesthouse built into a renovated shopping arcade in Koza, Okinawa City, three minutes' walk from the Music Town Oto-ichiba live venue, with bunk rooms and small Japanese-style rooms.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open"}},{"slug":"baton-suite-kouri","name":"BATON SUITE Okinawa Kourijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/baton-suite-kouri","coordinates":{"lat":26.6992,"lng":128.0205},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"BATON SUITE 沖縄古宇利島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"BATON SUITE Okinawa Kourijima is a 35-suite resort on Kouri-jima that opened on 27 March 2025, and every room is an ocean-view suite, with a private sauna and jacuzzi in the villa suites.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":53550,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"beb5-okinawa-seragaki","name":"BEB5 Okinawa Seragaki by Hoshino Resorts","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/beb5-okinawa-seragaki","coordinates":{"lat":26.5032,"lng":127.8623},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"BEB5沖縄瀬良垣 by 星野リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"BEB5 Okinawa Seragaki by Hoshino Resorts is a 105-room casual hotel in Onna where every room has a kitchen and a washer-dryer and the outdoor pool is heated all year, and the drive from Naha Airport takes about 60…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","website":"https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/beb5okinawaseragaki/"}},{"slug":"canopy-by-hilton-okinawa-miyako","name":"Canopy by Hilton Okinawa Miyako Island Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/canopy-by-hilton-okinawa-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.799433,"lng":125.259163},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"キャノピーbyヒルトン沖縄宮古島リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Canopy by Hilton Okinawa Miyako Island Resort opened in April 2026 next to the Hilton at Kugai, with a rooftop infinity pool and February 2027 rooms from ¥30,656 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":30656,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"club-med-ishigaki-kabira","name":"Club Med Ishigaki Kabira","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/club-med-ishigaki-kabira","coordinates":{"lat":24.4795186,"lng":124.121697},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"クラブメッド石垣島 カビラ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Club Med Ishigaki Kabira is a 181-room all-inclusive resort on the beach at Kabira Ishizaki, 40 minutes from Ishigaki airport.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/club-med-ishigaki-kabira/club-med-ishigaki-kabira-reception.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fclub-med-ishigaki-kabira%2Fclub-med-ishigaki-kabira-reception.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Guests walk into the red-tiled reception building at Club Med Kabira on Ishigaki.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Club_Med_Kabira_reception_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open"}},{"slug":"crystal-villa-ikema","name":"Crystal Villa Ikema","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/crystal-villa-ikema","coordinates":{"lat":24.92546,"lng":125.24099},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"クリスタルヴィラ池間","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Crystal Villa Ikema is a three-room villa on Ikema looking over the sea north of Miyako, with barbecue-dinner stays from ¥62,000 for two in February 2027.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":62000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"cypress-resort-kumejima","name":"Cypress Resort Kumejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/cypress-resort-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.35537,"lng":126.71815},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"サイプレスリゾート久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Cypress Resort Kumejima is an 84-room hotel on Kume's west coast where every room faces the sea, and February 2027 rooms started at ¥11,500 for two without meals.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":11500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"doubletree-naha-shuri-castle","name":"DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/doubletree-naha-shuri-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.2206,"lng":127.7106},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ダブルツリーbyヒルトン那覇首里城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle is a 332-room hotel on the Shuri hill whose door is 13 minutes' walk from Shureimon gate, and its big garden pool is seasonal.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/doubletree-naha-shuri-castle/doubletree-naha-shuri-castle-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdoubletree-naha-shuri-castle%2Fdoubletree-naha-shuri-castle-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white tower of DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle carries the hotel's logo near its roof under a cloudy sky.","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DoubleTree_by_Hilton_Naha_Shuri_Castle.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","website":"https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/okanjdi-doubletree-naha-shuri-castle/"}},{"slug":"doubletree-okinawa-chatan-resort","name":"DoubleTree by Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/doubletree-okinawa-chatan-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.3175,"lng":127.7539},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ダブルツリーbyヒルトン沖縄北谷リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"DoubleTree by Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort is a 160-room beach hotel beside the Hilton at Mihama in Chatan within walking distance of American Village, and its two outdoor pools open in summer only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":63028,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/okadidi-doubletree-okinawa-chatan-resort/"}},{"slug":"eco-village-iriomote","name":"Eco Village Iriomote","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/eco-village-iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.38067,"lng":123.91089},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"エコヴィレッジ西表","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Eco Village Iriomote is a Bali-style resort with a private beach at Takana on Iriomote's north-east coast, with February 2027 rooms from ¥14,800 for two with breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":14800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://eco-village.jp/"}},{"slug":"en-resort-kumejima-eef-beach-hotel","name":"EN RESORT Kumejima Eef Beach Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/en-resort-kumejima-eef-beach-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":26.332682,"lng":126.810301},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ＥＮ ＲＥＳＯＲＴ 久米島イーフビーチホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"EN RESORT Kumejima Eef Beach Hotel is an 80-room hotel on the sand at Eef Beach that was renovated in 2023, with February 2027 rooms from ¥16,000 for two including breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":16000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://resort.en-hotel.com/kumejima/ja/"}},{"slug":"ends-marina-inn-zamami","name":"Ends Marina Inn Zamami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ends-marina-inn-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.23025,"lng":127.30259},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"エンズ マリーナ イン 座間味 コンドミニアム","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ends Marina Inn Zamami is a six-room condominium six minutes' walk from Zamami port, where each room sleeps four in bunks and has its own mini kitchen.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"condo","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":18000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"ernesto-zanpa","name":"Ernesto Zanpa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ernesto-zanpa","coordinates":{"lat":26.4282,"lng":127.7296},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"エルネスト残波","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Ernesto Zanpa is a three-storey whole-house rental near Cape Zanpa in Yomitan that sleeps up to seven, and its owners furnished it in American vintage style and rent electric-assist bikes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28214,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ernesto-zanpa.com/"}},{"slug":"fusaki-beach-resort-hotel-villas","name":"Fusaki Beach Resort Hotel & Villas","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/fusaki-beach-resort-hotel-villas","coordinates":{"lat":24.3701932,"lng":124.1149703},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"フサキビーチリゾート ホテル＆ヴィラズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Fusaki Beach Resort Hotel & Villas is a 398-room resort of red-tile cottages on Ishigaki's west coast, with an indoor pool and a free airport shuttle.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fusaki-beach/fusaki-pier-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffusaki-beach%2Ffusaki-pier-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"After sunset a lavender sky hangs over the still water at Fusaki Beach as people gather in the thatched gazebo on the pier.","credit":"nakimusi / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/26809685@N04/3834580034"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":27340,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"ganjuya-taketomi","name":"Shima-yado Ganjuya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ganjuya-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.33139,"lng":124.08922},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島宿 願寿屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shima-yado Ganjuya rents two traditional red-tile cottages on Taketomi, each with an open-air bath in its garden, and lends free bicycles to every guest.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":59400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://ganjuya.com"}},{"slug":"glamday-style-yomitan","name":"Glamday Style Hotel & Resort Okinawa Yomitan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/glamday-style-yomitan","coordinates":{"lat":26.4184,"lng":127.7317},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"グランディスタイル沖縄読谷ホテル＆リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Glamday Style Hotel & Resort Okinawa Yomitan is a 54-room adults-leaning resort at Senaha in Yomitan with an infinity pool heated all year and prix-fixe Ryukyu dinners.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":37800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://www.glamdaystyle.jp/"}},{"slug":"guest-house-yun-terrace","name":"Guest House Yun Terrace","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/guest-house-yun-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":24.3348834,"lng":124.1640466},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ゲストハウスゆんテラス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Guest House Yun Terrace is a six-room guesthouse in Tonoshiro in Ishigaki city, with a rooftop that looks over the sea and rooms from ¥5,400 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","website":"https://yunterrace.com/"}},{"slug":"guesthouse-base-okinawa","name":"Guesthouse BASE okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/guesthouse-base-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.2207,"lng":127.6731},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ゲストハウス BASE okinawa","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naminoue","country":"JP","summary":"Guesthouse BASE okinawa is a small Naha guesthouse in Wakasa a minute's walk from Naminoue Beach, with dorm beds and private rooms from ¥5,600 for two on sampled February 2027 nights.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":5600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"guesthouse-chikyujin-no-kyukeijo","name":"Guesthouse Chikyujin no Kyukeijo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/guesthouse-chikyujin-no-kyukeijo","coordinates":{"lat":24.7586,"lng":125.38631},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ゲストハウス 地球人の休憩所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Guesthouse Chikyujin no Kyukeijo is a three-room guesthouse at Fukuzato in Gusukube, run by a local Miyako couple, with February 2027 twins at ¥7,000 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":7000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"haimurubushi","name":"Haimurubushi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/haimurubushi","coordinates":{"lat":24.327062,"lng":123.991903},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"はいむるぶし","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Haimurubushi is a 156-room beach resort on Kohama that reopened after renovation on 15 July 2025, and its February 2027 plans included a rental cart from ¥39,000 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":39000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://www.haimurubushi.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"halekulani-okinawa","name":"Halekulani Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/halekulani-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.5266,"lng":127.9231},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ハレクラニ沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Halekulani Okinawa is a 360-room luxury resort on the Onna coast in the Okinawa Kaigan Quasi-National Park where every room faces the ocean, and in February its indoor pool with hot-spring water is the one to use…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":60720,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.okinawa.halekulani.com/"}},{"slug":"hanalee-villa-kouri","name":"Hanalee Villa Kouri","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hanalee-villa-kouri","coordinates":{"lat":26.708,"lng":128.0149},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ハナリ ヴィラ コウリ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hanalee Villa Kouri is a three-villa stay on Kouri-jima where breakfast is served in a sea-view garden or on the café rooftop, and the drive from Naha Airport takes about 100 minutes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":53020,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hanamuro-inn","name":"Hanamuro Inn","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hanamuro-inn","coordinates":{"lat":26.19044,"lng":127.28268},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"慶良間諸島ツーリストロッジ ハナムロ・イン阿嘉島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hanamuro Inn is a six-room pension two to three minutes' walk from Aka port that rents bicycles to guests and takes children from age five.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","website":"https://www.hanamuro.com/"}},{"slug":"hatake-no-mae-hateruma","name":"Shima no Oyado Hatake no Mae","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hatake-no-mae-hateruma","coordinates":{"lat":24.06005,"lng":123.77491},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島のお宿 畑の前","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shima no Oyado Hatake no Mae is a six-room, room-only inn on Hateruma, five minutes from the port, that rents e-bikes at ¥1,500 until the next morning.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open"}},{"slug":"hilton-okinawa-chatan-resort","name":"Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-chatan-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.3187,"lng":127.7547},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ヒルトン沖縄北谷リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Hilton Okinawa Chatan Resort is a 346-room beachfront resort at Mihama in Chatan within walking distance of American Village and about 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport, with a free indoor pool for winter swimming.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":59738,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/okaochi-hilton-okinawa-chatan-resort/"}},{"slug":"hilton-okinawa-miyako-island-resort","name":"Hilton Okinawa Miyako Island Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-miyako-island-resort","coordinates":{"lat":24.800977,"lng":125.259613},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ヒルトン沖縄宮古島リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Hilton Okinawa Miyako Island Resort is a 329-room beach resort at Kugai, 15 minutes from Miyako Airport, with an indoor pool for winter and February 2027 rates from ¥41,260 for two with breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":41260,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/okamihi-hilton-okinawa-miyako-island-resort/"}},{"slug":"hilton-okinawa-sesoko","name":"Hilton Okinawa Sesoko Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hilton-okinawa-sesoko","coordinates":{"lat":26.6499,"lng":127.8584},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ヒルトン沖縄瀬底リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"sesoko","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Hilton Okinawa Sesoko Resort is a 298-room resort on Sesoko Beach on Sesoko-jima, which a bridge joins to Motobu, and it has an indoor pool for winter and a direct bus from Naha Airport.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":26604,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/okasehi-hilton-okinawa-sesoko-resort/"}},{"slug":"hoshinoya-okinawa","name":"Hoshinoya Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hoshinoya-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.418,"lng":127.7143},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"星のや沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Hoshinoya Okinawa is a 100-room luxury hotel by Hoshino Resorts behind a gusuku-style wall on 1 km of natural coast at Gima in Yomitan, and its cliff-edge pool stays warm and open 24 hours all year.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","website":"https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyaokinawa/"}},{"slug":"hoshinoya-taketomi-island","name":"HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hoshinoya-taketomi-island","coordinates":{"lat":24.32155,"lng":124.0961015},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"星のや竹富島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island is a 48-cottage resort on Taketomi with a heated 46 m pool open all year, round the clock, and a free shuttle to the village and beaches.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hoshinoya-taketomi-island/hoshinoya-taketomi-villas.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhoshinoya-taketomi-island%2Fhoshinoya-taketomi-villas.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"HOSHINOYA Taketomi Island arranges its red-tiled villas like a small village behind low coral-stone walls and young trees.","credit":"Hoshino Resorts / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoshinoya_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","website":"https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/hoshinoyataketomijima/"}},{"slug":"hoshizunaso-yoron","name":"Hoshizunaso","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hoshizunaso-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.02816,"lng":128.44629},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"星砂荘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Hoshizunaso is a 16-room minshuku on Yoron's east side, about ten minutes by bicycle from Yurigahama, with February 2027 rooms from ¥9,890 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":9890,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-anteroom-naha","name":"Hotel Anteroom Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-anteroom-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2252,"lng":127.6796},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ホテル アンテルーム 那覇","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomari","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Anteroom Naha is an art-and-culture design hotel by UDS at Maejima on the Tomari harbour, where every room has a harbour view and artists designed several concept rooms, and it is about 15 minutes by car from…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":14240,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.uds-hotels.com/anteroom/naha/"}},{"slug":"hotel-collective","name":"Hotel Collective","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-collective","coordinates":{"lat":26.2151,"lng":127.6855},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ホテルコレクティブ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Collective is a 260-room upscale hotel fronting Kokusai-dori in central Naha, with every room 30 square metres or larger, and its fourth-floor 25-metre pool runs only from April to November.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-collective/hotel-collective-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-collective%2Fhotel-collective-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall beige tower of Hotel Collective shows the hotel's name near its top above Kokusai-dori in Naha.","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HOTEL_COLLECTIVE.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":37400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://hotelcollective.jp/"}},{"slug":"hotel-east-china-sea","name":"Hotel East China Sea","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-east-china-sea","coordinates":{"lat":24.3372126,"lng":124.1583146},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ホテルイーストチャイナシー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel East China Sea is a 79-room harbour hotel four minutes' walk from Ishigaki's outer-island ferry terminal, with February 2027 rooms from ¥9,814 for two.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-east-china-sea/hotel-east-china-sea-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-east-china-sea%2Fhotel-east-china-sea-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Hotel East China Sea rises as a white tower with stepped balconies above a red-tiled entrance block in Ishigaki City.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_East_China_Sea.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":9814,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-garden-hills-kumejima","name":"Hotel Garden Hills","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-garden-hills-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.342916,"lng":126.752766},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ホテルガーデンヒルズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Garden Hills is a 50-room hotel in Kanegusuku, three minutes' walk from Kume's ferry port, with rooms from ¥10,100 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open"}},{"slug":"hotel-gran-view-okinawa","name":"Hotel Gran View Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-gran-view-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.1928,"lng":127.6601},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ホテルグランビュー沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Gran View Okinawa is a 126-room budget hotel beside Akamine Station, which is one Yui Rail stop and about four minutes from Naha Airport, with breakfast from 5:45 for early flights and February 2027 rooms from…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-gran-view-okinawa/hotel-gran-view-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-gran-view-okinawa%2Fhotel-gran-view-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A pale mid-rise building carries the Hotel Gran View Okinawa sign along its roofline in Naha.","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_GranView_OKINAWA.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":8000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-hamahigashima-resort","name":"Hotel Hamahigashima Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-hamahigashima-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.3205,"lng":127.9654},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ホテル浜比嘉島リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Hamahigashima Resort is a 26-room hotel on Hamahiga-jima in Uruma with its own stairs down to Muruku beach, and the road over Kaichu Doro brings you there in about 70 minutes from Naha Airport.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-hamahigashima-resort/hotel-hamahigashima-resort-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-hamahigashima-resort%2Fhotel-hamahigashima-resort-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A paved driveway climbs past the Hotel Hamahigashima Resort name wall below a green hillside on Hamahiga Island.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Hamahigashima_Resort.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":23100,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-hoshidate-iriomote","name":"Hotel Hoshidate Iriomotejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-hoshidate-iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.39528,"lng":123.75428},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ホテル星立 西表島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Hoshidate Iriomotejima is a 20-room hotel five seconds from its own beach on Iriomote's west coast, with free breakfast and February 2027 rooms from ¥25,960 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":25960,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hea-hoshitate.com/"}},{"slug":"hotel-kanaloa","name":"Hotel Kanaloa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-kanaloa","coordinates":{"lat":26.1981,"lng":127.36593},"region":"kerama","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Kanaloa is a 28-room hotel that opened in April 2024 five minutes' walk from Tokashiki port, with free shuttles to Aharen and Tokashiku beaches.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":23000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-locus-miyako","name":"Hotel Locus","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-locus-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.80486,"lng":125.27399},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ホテルローカス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Locus is a 100-room design hotel that opened on the Hirara waterfront in 2018, with harbour views from every room and February 2027 rooms from ¥12,800 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":12800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-mahaina-okinawa","name":"Hotel Mahaina Wellness Resort Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-mahaina-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.6827,"lng":127.8823},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ホテルマハイナウェルネスリゾートオキナワ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Mahaina Wellness Resort Okinawa is a 230-room family hotel in Motobu about five minutes by car from Churaumi Aquarium and Emerald Beach, with an indoor pool open all year and rental bicycles.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-mahaina-okinawa/hotel-mahaina-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-mahaina-okinawa%2Fhotel-mahaina-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white stepped tower of Hotel Mahaina rises behind palm trees and a lawn with the MAHAINA sign on its front wall in Motobu.","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Mahaina_Wellness_Resort_Okinawa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":18180,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.mahaina.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"hotel-nikko-alivila","name":"Hotel Nikko Alivila","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-nikko-alivila","coordinates":{"lat":26.4149,"lng":127.7154},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ホテル日航アリビラ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Nikko Alivila is a 397-room resort that opened on Nirai Beach in Yomitan in 1994, and it rents electric-assist bikes in two sizes and has a paid indoor relaxation pool for winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-nikko-alivila/alivila-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-nikko-alivila%2Falivila-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Palms and clipped hedges line the circular drive in front of the cream Spanish-style facade of Hotel Nikko Alivila under a blue sky","credit":"Waei / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Nikko_Alivila_001.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":31600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.alivila.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"hotel-patina-ishigakijima","name":"Hotel Patina Ishigakijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-patina-ishigakijima","coordinates":{"lat":24.33465,"lng":124.15985},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ホテルパティーナ石垣島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Patina Ishigakijima is a 23-room small hotel in Yashima-cho, eight minutes' walk along the seafront from Ishigaki's outer-island ferry terminal, with rooms from ¥11,100 for two.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hotel-patina-ishigakijima/hotel-patina-ishigakijima-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhotel-patina-ishigakijima%2Fhotel-patina-ishigakijima-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white entrance of Hotel Patina on a narrow street in Ishigaki has a red tile awning and a green PATINA sign by the door.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Patina_Ishigakijima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open"}},{"slug":"hotel-peace-island-miyako-shiyakusho","name":"Hotel Peace Island Miyakojima Shiyakusho-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-peace-island-miyako-shiyakusho","coordinates":{"lat":24.80467,"lng":125.28205},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ホテルピースアイランド宮古島市役所通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Peace Island Miyakojima Shiyakusho-dori is a 98-room Hirara hotel where every room has a washer-dryer and a microwave, with a free large bath and divers' lockers.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":14600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-peace-island-taketomi","name":"Hotel Peace Island Taketomijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-peace-island-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.33278,"lng":124.083411},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ホテルピースアイランド竹富島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Peace Island Taketomijima is a 20-room cottage hotel near Nishi-sanbashi pier on Taketomi, with February 2027 rooms from ¥30,000 for two with breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":30000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://taketomi.peace-k.jp/"}},{"slug":"hotel-shigira-mirage","name":"Hotel Shigira Mirage","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-shigira-mirage","coordinates":{"lat":24.7208,"lng":125.33908},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ホテルシギラミラージュ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Shigira Mirage is the top tier of the Shigira resort at Ueno on Miyako, and its Pool Villa Premier rooms have private pools heated from November to March.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":113120,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-shigira-mirage-beachfront","name":"Hotel Shigira Mirage Beachfront","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-shigira-mirage-beachfront","coordinates":{"lat":24.7189,"lng":125.33919},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ホテル シギラミラージュ ビーチフロント","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Shigira Mirage Beachfront is a 93-room hotel on the beach at the Shigira resort on Miyako, with an outdoor pool heated for year-round swimming.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":69080,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"hotel-strata-naha","name":"Hotel Strata Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-strata-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2189,"lng":127.6845},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ホテル ストレータ 那覇","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Strata Naha is a 214-room UDS design hotel full of Okinawan crafts and art, and it stands thirty seconds' walk from Yui Rail Miebashi Station; its courtyard pool opens only from April to October.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":14400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.uds-hotels.com/strata-naha/"}},{"slug":"hotel-yugaf-inn-okinawa","name":"Hotel Yugaf Inn Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hotel-yugaf-inn-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.5935,"lng":127.9652},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ホテルゆがふいんおきなわ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Yugaf Inn Okinawa is a 121-room city hotel in central Nago that lends guests bicycles free from 7:00 to 19:00, and the beach is three minutes' walk away.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","website":"https://www.yugaf.com/"}},{"slug":"hyakuna-garan","name":"Hyakuna Garan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hyakuna-garan","coordinates":{"lat":26.1331,"lng":127.7856},"region":"south","nameLocal":"百名伽藍","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Hyakuna Garan is a 16-room luxury hotel on the Hyakuna shore in Nanjo that has held one Michelin Key three years running, and every room faces the sea; February 2027 nights cost ¥121,000 for two on Jalan.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":121000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hyakunagaran.com/"}},{"slug":"hyatt-regency-naha","name":"Hyatt Regency Naha Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hyatt-regency-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2144,"lng":127.69},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ハイアット リージェンシー 那覇 沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Hyatt Regency Naha Okinawa is a 294-room upscale hotel in Makishi, three minutes' walk from Kokusai-dori, and its outdoor pool is closed from December through February.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hyatt-regency-naha/hyatt-regency-naha-tower.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhyatt-regency-naha%2Fhyatt-regency-naha-tower.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall pale tower of the Hyatt Regency Naha rises between green trees into a blue sky streaked with white cloud","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hyatt_Regency_Naha_Okinawa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":26520,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-regency/en-US/okarn-hyatt-regency-naha-okinawa"}},{"slug":"hyatt-regency-seragaki-island","name":"Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/hyatt-regency-seragaki-island","coordinates":{"lat":26.5122,"lng":127.8688},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ハイアット リージェンシー 瀬良垣アイランド 沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Hyatt Regency Seragaki Island Okinawa is a 343-room resort on Seragaki-jima in Onna, which a single bridge joins to the main island, with an indoor pool open 8:00–21:00 all year and Japan's first Camp Hyatt programme…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":41800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.hyatt.com/ja-JP/hotel/japan/hyatt-regency-seragaki-island-okinawa/okaro"}},{"slug":"iluvio-resort-motobu","name":"ILUVIO Resort Motobu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/iluvio-resort-motobu","coordinates":{"lat":26.6932,"lng":127.918},"region":"motobu","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"ILUVIO Resort Motobu is a single luxury villa at Gushiken on the Motobu peninsula whose infinity pool is heated to about 25–30 °C from November to June, and the drive from Naha Airport takes about 105 minutes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":140000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"iraph-sui-luxury-collection-miyako","name":"Iraph SUI, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Okinawa Miyako","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/iraph-sui-luxury-collection-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.80919,"lng":125.18887},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"イラフ SUI ラグジュアリーコレクションホテル 沖縄宮古","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Iraph SUI, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Okinawa Miyako is a 58-room hotel on Irabu, ten minutes from Shimojishima Airport, and its pool is closed from December to February.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":103730,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"iriomote-hotel-by-hoshino-resorts","name":"Iriomote Hotel by Hoshino Resorts","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/iriomote-hotel-by-hoshino-resorts","coordinates":{"lat":24.42137,"lng":123.77498},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島ホテル by 星野リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote Hotel by Hoshino Resorts is the largest resort on Iriomote, with 139 twins of 42 m² ten minutes from Uehara port.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iriomote-hotel-by-hoshino-resorts/iriomote-hotel-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firiomote-hotel-by-hoshino-resorts%2Firiomote-hotel-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A brick path leads through tropical planting to the red-roofed entrance of the Iriomote Hotel by Hoshino Resorts.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nirakanai_Iriomote_Island_Japan13n4500.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-seaside-hotel","name":"Ishigaki Seaside Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ishigaki-seaside-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":24.4715872,"lng":124.1260763},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣シーサイドホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Seaside Hotel is a 108-room hotel by the beach at Kabira, 30 minutes from Ishigaki airport, with bicycle rental and February 2027 rooms from ¥17,390 for two with breakfast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-seaside-hotel/ishigaki-seaside-hotel-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-seaside-hotel%2Fishigaki-seaside-hotel-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The long white block of Ishigaki Seaside Hotel rises beyond tilled farm fields at Kabira.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_Seaside_Hotel.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":17390,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ishigaki-seasidehotel.com/"}},{"slug":"island-hotel-yonaguni","name":"Island Hotel Yonaguni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/island-hotel-yonaguni","coordinates":{"lat":24.4658971,"lng":122.9912992},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"アイランドホテル与那国","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"Island Hotel Yonaguni is a 61-room, room-only hotel five minutes from Yonaguni airport, with self check-in and February 2027 twins from ¥20,500 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":20500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://ailandhotel-yonaguni.com/"}},{"slug":"jo-ya-kabira","name":"Jo-ya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/jo-ya-kabira","coordinates":{"lat":24.4612788,"lng":124.1413715},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"上や","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Jo-ya is an 11-room inn two minutes' walk from Kabira Bay that serves dinner and has a rooftop for stargazing.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","website":"https://jo-ya.jp/"}},{"slug":"jungle-hotel-painumaya","name":"Iriomote Jungle Hotel Painumaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/jungle-hotel-painumaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.38001,"lng":123.90738},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島ジャングルホテル パイヌマヤ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote Jungle Hotel Painumaya is a 30-room hotel deep in the forest at Takana on Iriomote, with no houses or shops nearby and February 2027 rooms from ¥16,200 for two with breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":16200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"http://www.painumaya.com"}},{"slug":"jusandi-ishigaki","name":"JUSANDI","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/jusandi-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.45617,"lng":124.19819},"region":"yaeyama","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"JUSANDI is a five-villa retreat with a private beach at Fukai on Ishigaki's north coast, and it received a Michelin Key in 2024.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":188760,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"kanucha-bay-hotel","name":"Kanucha Bay Hotel & Villas","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/kanucha-bay-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":26.5487,"lng":128.0762},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"カヌチャベイホテル＆ヴィラズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Kanucha Bay Hotel & Villas is a large golf and beach resort at Abu on Nago's east coast with a paid indoor pool open in every season and rental bicycles for the roads north toward Yanbaru.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kanucha-bay-hotel/kanucha-bay-hotel-villas.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkanucha-bay-hotel%2Fkanucha-bay-hotel-villas.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White low-rise villa blocks with red tile roofs look over palm trees and lawns at Kanucha Resort in Nago.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kanucha_Resort_202111_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.kanucha.jp/"}},{"slug":"kerama-terrace","name":"Kerama Terrace","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/kerama-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":26.17198,"lng":127.34472},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ケラマテラス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Kerama Terrace is a seven-room hotel two minutes' walk from Aharen Beach on Tokashiki, and every plan includes dinner and breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":40000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"kurima-resort-seawood-hotel","name":"Miyakojima Kurima Resort Seawood Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/kurima-resort-seawood-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":24.73028,"lng":125.24263},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島来間リゾート シーウッドホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Kurima Resort Seawood Hotel is a 169-room resort on Kurima with pool villas and a planetarium dome, and its main pool is closed from December to mid-March.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":50580,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"lagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan","name":"La'gent Hotel Okinawa Chatan Hotel & Hostel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/lagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3209,"lng":127.7553},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ラ・ジェント・ホテル沖縄北谷／ホテル＆ホステル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"La'gent Hotel Okinawa Chatan Hotel & Hostel is a 188-room hotel in Mihama, Chatan, that mixes private rooms with dormitory beds, within walking distance of American Village and Sunset Beach, and it rents bicycles.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/lagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan/lagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Flagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan%2Flagent-hotel-okinawa-chatan-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white hotel block with a red La'gent sign on its top corner stands behind a parking lot in Chatan.","credit":"運動会プロテインパワー / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La%27gent_Hotel_Okinawa_Chatan.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28940,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://lagent.jp/chatan/"}},{"slug":"lequ-okinawa-chatan","name":"Lequ Okinawa Chatan Spa & Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/lequ-okinawa-chatan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3175,"lng":127.7553},"region":"central","nameLocal":"レクー沖縄北谷スパ＆リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Lequ Okinawa Chatan Spa & Resort is a 277-room Vessel Hotels resort on the Mihama waterfront in Chatan with its own Chatan Onsen and an eighth-floor infinity pool, and the hotel publishes no pool hours for 1 February…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":34400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.vessel-hotel.jp/lequ/okinawa/"}},{"slug":"little-mermaid-village","name":"Little Mermaid Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/little-mermaid-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.23969,"lng":127.31067},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"グランピング リトルマーメイドヴィレッジ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Little Mermaid Village is a four-unit glamping site in Asa on Zamami, where February 2027 stays started at ¥17,000 for two without meals.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"glamping","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":17000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"marine-house-ie-island","name":"Marine House IE Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/marine-house-ie-island","coordinates":{"lat":26.71,"lng":127.8212},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"マリンハウスIEアイランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Marine House IE Island is an 11-room bed and breakfast on Ie-jima under five minutes' walk from Ie Beach that rents bicycles and has a drying room, and the ferry from Motobu takes 30 minutes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":13200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"minshuku-ah-chan-kuroshima","name":"Minshuku Ah-chan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-ah-chan-kuroshima","coordinates":{"lat":24.238398,"lng":123.995134},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"海遊びの宿 民宿あ～ちゃん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Ah-chan is an 11-room minshuku on Kuroshima that lends free bicycles and runs the fishing boat Mare-maru.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open"}},{"slug":"minshuku-amimoto","name":"Minshuku Amimoto","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-amimoto","coordinates":{"lat":26.338712,"lng":126.823336},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"民宿あみもと","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ou-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Amimoto is a 12-room minshuku on Ou-jima, three minutes' walk from the Tatami-ishi rock shelf, and it lends bicycles for the causeway ride to Kume.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open"}},{"slug":"minshuku-kohamaso-taketomi","name":"Minshuku Kohama-so","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-kohamaso-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.32972,"lng":124.08455},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"民宿 小浜荘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Kohama-so is an eight-room family minshuku in Taketomi's preserved village that has run since 1965, and awamori comes free with the owner's dinner.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open","website":"https://www.taketomi-kohamasou.com/"}},{"slug":"minshuku-maruya","name":"Minshuku Maruya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-maruya","coordinates":{"lat":26.6824,"lng":127.9776},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"民宿まるや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Maruya is a budget minshuku in Nakijin run by the family behind the Manten soba restaurant next door, with Japanese-style rooms, covered two-wheeler parking and February 2027 nights from ¥7,600 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":7600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"minshuku-maruyoshi","name":"Minshuku Maruyoshi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-maruyoshi","coordinates":{"lat":24.82625,"lng":125.16996},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"民宿まるよし","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Maruyoshi is an eight-room minshuku by the Irabu post office whose canteen made a list of 100 places to eat in Kyushu and Okinawa.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open"}},{"slug":"minshuku-myojoso","name":"Minshuku Myojoso","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-myojoso","coordinates":{"lat":27.03083,"lng":128.44372},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"民宿 明星荘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Myojoso is an 11-room family minshuku at Mugiya on Yoron, near Oganeku and Akasaki beaches, and it rents six-speed bicycles.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":7200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"minshuku-robinson","name":"Minshuku Robinson","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/minshuku-robinson","coordinates":{"lat":26.22718,"lng":127.294707},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"民宿艪便村（ロビンソン）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Minshuku Robinson is a 14-room minshuku in the quiet village of Ama on Zamami, about 20 minutes' walk from the port and within five minutes of the beach.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open"}},{"slug":"miyakojima-tokyu-hotel-resorts","name":"Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/miyakojima-tokyu-hotel-resorts","coordinates":{"lat":24.739426,"lng":125.262106},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島東急ホテル＆リゾーツ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts is a 247-room resort on Yonaha Maehama Beach, ten minutes from Miyako Airport, with February 2027 rooms from ¥47,344 for two with breakfast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyakojima-tokyu-hotel-resorts/miyakojima-tokyu-lawn.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyakojima-tokyu-hotel-resorts%2Fmiyakojima-tokyu-lawn.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wide green lawn and tall Norfolk pines stand in front of the terraced white block of the Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel and Resorts.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyakojima_Tokyu_Resort04n4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":47344,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"mizu-to-kaze","name":"Mizu to Kaze","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/mizu-to-kaze","coordinates":{"lat":26.3462,"lng":126.74547},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"水と風","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Mizu to Kaze is a single-unit sauna retreat at Torishima on Kume, eight minutes by car from the airport, with February 2027 stays from ¥79,300 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":79300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"munbu-stay-nanta-hama","name":"Yonaguni Munbu Stay Nanta-hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/munbu-stay-nanta-hama","coordinates":{"lat":24.47181,"lng":123.0013},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国むんぶステイナンタ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaguni Munbu Stay Nanta-hama is a 12-room hotel in Sonai that opened in April 2025 near Nanta Beach, with February 2027 twins from ¥26,200 for two.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sonai/nanta-beach-sonai-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsonai%2Fnanta-beach-sonai-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Nanta Beach curves from the seawall toward the breakwaters of Sonai port in bright, hazy light on the north coast of Yonaguni.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nanta_Beach_and_Port_of_Sonai,_Yonaguni.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":26200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"nankurunaisa-kumejima","name":"Nankurunaisa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/nankurunaisa-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.329808,"lng":126.807057},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"旅宿 なんくるないさぁ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Nankurunaisa is a nine-room inn at Hiyajo near Eef Beach on Kume, with February 2027 rooms from ¥11,600 for two without meals.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":11600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.kume-nankuru.com/index.html"}},{"slug":"nest-hotel-naha-kumoji","name":"Nest Hotel Naha Kumoji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/nest-hotel-naha-kumoji","coordinates":{"lat":26.2195,"lng":127.6823},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ネストホテル那覇久茂地","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Nest Hotel Naha Kumoji is a 120-room mid-range hotel five minutes' walk from Yui Rail Miebashi Station, with wood-toned rooms of 18 to 30 square metres and a breakfast Jalan reviewers score 4.7 out of 5.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":23464,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.nesthotel.co.jp/nahakumoji/"}},{"slug":"nitta-so","name":"Nitta-so","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/nitta-so","coordinates":{"lat":24.330649,"lng":124.084016},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"新田荘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nitta-so is a seven-room family minshuku in Taketomi village that charged ¥8,500 per person with two meals in 2026 and cooks dinner from its own garden.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nitta-so/nitta-so-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnitta-so%2Fnitta-so-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A painted stone sign for Minshuku Nitta-so sits in a coral stone wall beside the gravel drive to the red-roofed inn in Taketomi village.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walk_in_Taketomijima_35.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"minshuku","status":"open"}},{"slug":"okinawa-hotel","name":"Okinawa Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/okinawa-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":26.2183,"lng":127.7002},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"沖縄ホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Hotel is a 59-room classic hotel in Naha's Daido district that opened in 1941 as Okinawa's first tourist hotel, and it lends paid rental bicycles for the short ride up to Shuri.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":12600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.okinawahotel.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-kariyushi-ocean-spa","name":"Okinawa Kariyushi Beach Resort Ocean Spa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/okinawa-kariyushi-ocean-spa","coordinates":{"lat":26.526,"lng":127.9301},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"沖縄かりゆしビーチリゾート・オーシャンスパ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Kariyushi Beach Resort Ocean Spa is a 500-room family resort on an 80,000-tsubo site on the Onna hillside, with indoor and outdoor pools and February 2027 nights from ¥17,920 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":17920,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://kariyushi-oceanspa.jp/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-prince-hotel-ginowan","name":"Okinawa Prince Hotel Ocean View Ginowan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/okinawa-prince-hotel-ginowan","coordinates":{"lat":26.277,"lng":127.7323},"region":"central","nameLocal":"沖縄プリンスホテル オーシャンビューぎのわん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Prince Hotel Ocean View Ginowan is a 340-room hotel on the Ginowan coast, about 30 minutes by car from Naha Airport, with two infinity pools and a free indoor pool and spa floor, and it ran an e-bike cycling…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":43338,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.princehotels.co.jp/okinawa-ginowan/"}},{"slug":"okuma-private-beach-resort","name":"Okuma Private Beach & Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/okuma-private-beach-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.7352,"lng":128.1604},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"オクマ プライベートビーチ ＆ リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Okuma Private Beach & Resort is a Yanbaru beach resort in Kunigami whose Okuma Beach is one of the few natural white-sand beaches on the main island, and its pools close from November to February.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":22400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://okumaresort.com/"}},{"slug":"okuyanbaru-no-sato","name":"Okuyanbaru no Sato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/okuyanbaru-no-sato","coordinates":{"lat":26.8367,"lng":128.2881},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"奥やんばるの里","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Okuyanbaru no Sato is a cluster of cottages in the style of old Okinawan houses in Oku village, which lies about ten minutes by car from Cape Hedo, and February 2027 nights start at ¥12,920 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":12920,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://okuyanbarunosato.net/"}},{"slug":"omo5-okinawa-naha","name":"OMO5 Okinawa Naha by Hoshino Resorts","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/omo5-okinawa-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2175,"lng":127.6798},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"OMO5沖縄那覇 by 星野リゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"OMO5 Okinawa Naha by Hoshino Resorts is a 190-room casual hotel in Matsuyama, six minutes' walk from Yui Rail Kenchomae Station, with paid share-cycles, and its front desk takes parcels from the day before you arrive.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":18400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://hoshinoresorts.com/ja/hotels/omo5okinawanaha/"}},{"slug":"oriental-hotel-okinawa","name":"Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/oriental-hotel-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.5301,"lng":127.9337},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"オリエンタルホテル 沖縄リゾート＆スパ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa is the former Okinawa Marriott at Kise in Nago and an official Junglia Okinawa partner hotel, with an indoor pool open all year and e-bikes at the door from ¥1,500 an hour.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/oriental-hotel-okinawa/oriental-hotel-okinawa-lobby.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Foriental-hotel-okinawa%2Foriental-hotel-okinawa-lobby.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone dragon pillars flank a New Year flower display in the marble lobby of the hotel at Kise in Nago.","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kise_Okinawa_Okinawa-Marriott-Resort-%26-Spa-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":34580,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.okinawa.oriental-hotels.com/"}},{"slug":"orion-hotel-motobu","name":"Orion Hotel Motobu Resort & Spa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/orion-hotel-motobu","coordinates":{"lat":26.6984,"lng":127.8794},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"オリオンホテル モトブ リゾート＆スパ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Orion Hotel Motobu Resort & Spa is a 238-room resort at Bise in Motobu next to Ocean Expo Park and Churaumi Aquarium, with an indoor pool open all year and a spa that opened in September 2025, and it bans visible…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/orion-hotel-motobu/orion-motobu-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Forion-hotel-motobu%2Forion-motobu-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The long white curve of Hotel Orion Motobu Resort & Spa rises behind palms and a stone sign at its entrance beside Ocean Expo Park","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hotel_Orion_Motobu_Resort_%26_Spa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":35200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.okinawaresort-orion.com/"}},{"slug":"pension-cha-villa","name":"Pension Cha Villa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/pension-cha-villa","coordinates":{"lat":26.227718,"lng":127.303076},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ペンション チャーヴィラ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Pension Cha Villa is an eight-room pension one minute's walk from Zamami port, and its Japanese rooms each have a small kitchen corner.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open"}},{"slug":"pension-sea-friend","name":"Pension Sea Friend","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/pension-sea-friend","coordinates":{"lat":26.170874,"lng":127.347029},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ペンション シーフレンド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Pension Sea Friend sits a minute's walk from Aharen Beach on Tokashiki and runs its own dive service, with a February 2027 winter plan from ¥13,200 for two including breakfast.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":13200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.seafriend.jp/"}},{"slug":"pricia-resort-yoron","name":"Pricia Resort Yoron","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/pricia-resort-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.04911,"lng":128.398521},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"プリシアリゾートヨロン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Pricia Resort Yoron is a 93-room beach resort three minutes by car from Yoron airport, and it rents bicycles and e-bikes for riding round the island.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pricia-resort-yoron/pricia-resort-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpricia-resort-yoron%2Fpricia-resort-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White cottages of Pricia Resort line a curving beach of pale sand where kayaks and loungers wait beside clear water.","credit":"daipresents / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%97%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28340,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"renaissance-okinawa-resort","name":"Renaissance Okinawa Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/renaissance-okinawa-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.4356,"lng":127.7877},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ルネッサンスリゾートオキナワ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Renaissance Okinawa Resort is a 357-room beach resort at Yamada in southern Onna where guests meet dolphins and swim in indoor and outdoor pools.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/renaissance-okinawa-resort/renaissance-okinawa-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frenaissance-okinawa-resort%2Frenaissance-okinawa-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Calm green water fills the sheltered cove in front of the Renaissance Okinawa Resort tower, where sun loungers line a sandy beach in soft evening light","credit":"pearlbear78 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21339230@N00/14351381922"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":45800,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://renaissance-okinawa.com/"}},{"slug":"riad-lamp","name":"Riad Lamp","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/riad-lamp","coordinates":{"lat":26.1675,"lng":127.824},"region":"south","nameLocal":"リヤド・ランプ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"Riad Lamp is a five-room adults' hideaway in Chinen, Nanjo, built as a Moroccan riad with everything from the lamps to the building materials brought from Morocco, and it is about 40 minutes by car from Naha Airport.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","website":"https://riadlamp.com/"}},{"slug":"rihga-royal-gran-okinawa","name":"Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/rihga-royal-gran-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.2105,"lng":127.6756},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"リーガロイヤルグラン沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa is a 157-room upscale hotel on floors 6 to 13 above Naha Bus Terminal, connected to Yui Rail Asahibashi Station, with every room 35 square metres or larger, and it has no pool.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rihga-royal-gran-okinawa/rihga-royal-gran-riverside.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frihga-royal-gran-okinawa%2Frihga-royal-gran-riverside.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa tower stands above a low glass podium with a sweeping white roof beside the Kumoji River in central Naha","credit":"Prosperosity / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rihga_Royal_Gran_Okinawa_20250304_154608.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.rihga.co.jp/okinawa"}},{"slug":"risonare-kohamajima","name":"RISONARE Kohamajima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/risonare-kohamajima","coordinates":{"lat":24.33293,"lng":123.99691},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"リゾナーレ小浜島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"RISONARE Kohamajima is a 60-suite Hoshino Resorts beach resort on Kohama, ten minutes by shuttle from the port, with Japan's south-westernmost golf course next door.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":38610,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://risonare.com/kohamajima/"}},{"slug":"ritz-carlton-okinawa","name":"The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ritz-carlton-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.528,"lng":127.9393},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ザ・リッツ・カールトン沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa is a 97-room luxury golf and spa hotel on the Kanehide Kise Country Club course at Kise in Nago, with indoor and outdoor pools and bikes to rent for ¥1,500.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":82226,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ritzcarlton.com/en/hotels/okarz-the-ritz-carlton-okinawa/overview/"}},{"slug":"rizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay","name":"Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel Tancha-Bay","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/rizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay","coordinates":{"lat":26.4634,"lng":127.8165},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"リザンシーパークホテル谷茶ベイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tancha","country":"JP","summary":"Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel Tancha-Bay is an 825-room family resort on its own natural beach at Tancha in Onna, about 70 minutes by car from Naha Airport, with a heated indoor pool for winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay/rizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay%2Frizzan-sea-park-tancha-bay-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Blue and white umbrellas and sun loungers stand on the private beach of the Rizzan Sea-Park Hotel at Tancha Bay.","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_beach_3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":38720,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.rizzan.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-hotel-nashiro-beach","name":"Ryukyu Hotel & Resort Nashiro Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ryukyu-hotel-nashiro-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1001,"lng":127.6598},"region":"south","nameLocal":"琉球ホテル＆リゾート 名城ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Hotel & Resort Nashiro Beach is a 443-room resort on Itoman's Nashiro beach that opened in July 2022, with an outdoor pool heated in winter and e-bikes for hire from ¥500 an hour.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":30854,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://ryukyuhotel.kenhotels.com/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel","name":"Ryukyu Onsen Senagajima Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/ryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":26.1763,"lng":127.6414},"region":"south","nameLocal":"琉球温泉 瀬長島ホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Onsen Senagajima Hotel is a 100-room hot-spring hotel on Senaga-jima, about 15 minutes by car from Naha Airport, where the Ryujin no Yu standing bath looks straight at the second runway, and its infinity pool is…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel/ryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel%2Fryukyu-onsen-senagajima-hotel-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A taxi waits by the stone gateway at the front entrance of the Ryukyu Onsen Senagajima Hotel on Senaga Island.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryukyu_Onsen_Senagajima_Hotel_02.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28260,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.senagajima.com/"}},{"slug":"seven-x-seven-ishigaki","name":"seven x seven Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/seven-x-seven-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.33386,"lng":124.18189},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"seven x seven 石垣","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"seven x seven Ishigaki is a 121-room design hotel near Maezato Beach that opened on 9 September 2024, 18 minutes from Ishigaki airport.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":24224,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"sheraton-okinawa-sunmarina","name":"Sheraton Okinawa Sunmarina Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/sheraton-okinawa-sunmarina","coordinates":{"lat":26.4611,"lng":127.8116},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"シェラトン沖縄サンマリーナリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Sheraton Okinawa Sunmarina Resort is a 228-room beach resort at Fuchaku in Onna with the Mega Zip line, a paid indoor pool for winter and an outdoor garden pool open from late March to October.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":66210,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.sheraton-okinawa.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"shigira-bayside-suite-allamanda","name":"Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/shigira-bayside-suite-allamanda","coordinates":{"lat":24.723298,"lng":125.336391},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"シギラベイサイドスイートアラマンダ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda is an all-suite, 174-room hotel inside the Shigira resort at Ueno on Miyako's south coast, where some private pools are heated in winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shigira-bayside-suite-allamanda/shigira-allamanda-canal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshigira-bayside-suite-allamanda%2Fshigira-allamanda-canal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Terraced suites with red-tiled roofs step down to a calm canal of sea water at Shigira Bayside Suite Allamanda on Miyako's south coast.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shigira_Bayside_Suite_ALLAMANDA01n4200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":62920,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"shimojishima-coral-hotel","name":"Shimojishima Coral Hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/shimojishima-coral-hotel","coordinates":{"lat":24.823875,"lng":125.160967},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"下地島コーラルホテル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Shimojishima Coral Hotel is a 16-room hotel on Shimoji, in a renovated former ANA staff lodge, with bicycle rental and rooms from ¥9,900 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open"}},{"slug":"shiraho-nostalgie-garden","name":"Minamijujisei Resort Ishigakijima Shiraho Nostalgie Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/shiraho-nostalgie-garden","coordinates":{"lat":24.35324,"lng":124.24018},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"南十字星リゾート 石垣島 白保ノスタルジーガーデン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"shiraho","country":"JP","summary":"Shiraho Nostalgie Garden is a private villa for up to seven in Shiraho village, five minutes from Ishigaki airport, with February 2027 stays from ¥28,000 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":28000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"smile-hotel-miyakojima","name":"Smile Hotel Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/smile-hotel-miyakojima","coordinates":{"lat":24.80471,"lng":125.28112},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"スマイルホテル宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Smile Hotel Miyakojima is a 135-room budget hotel in central Hirara, 12 minutes from Miyako Airport, with February 2027 rooms from ¥10,032 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":10032,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"soraniwa-hotel-irabu","name":"soraniwa hotel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/soraniwa-hotel-irabu","coordinates":{"lat":24.806744,"lng":125.196457},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ソラニワホテルアンドカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"soraniwa hotel is a five-room hotel and café on Irabu, ten minutes from Shimojishima Airport, where February 2027 ocean-view rooms started at ¥22,000 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":22000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"southern-beach-hotel-okinawa","name":"Southern Beach Hotel & Resort Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/southern-beach-hotel-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.132,"lng":127.6529},"region":"south","nameLocal":"サザンビーチホテル＆リゾート沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Southern Beach Hotel & Resort Okinawa is a 448-room family resort in Itoman's Nishizaki district within a minute's walk of Mibi Beach Itoman and about 20 minutes from Naha Airport, with an indoor pool open year-round.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/southern-beach-hotel-okinawa/southern-beach-hotel-okinawa-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsouthern-beach-hotel-okinawa%2Fsouthern-beach-hotel-okinawa-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The long white block of the Southern Beach Hotel & Resort stands behind the sand and entrance gate of Bibi Beach in Itoman.","credit":"chiyuen / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Southern_Beach_Hotel_%5E_Resort_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":22200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.southernbeach-okinawa.com/"}},{"slug":"st-maire-yoron","name":"St. Maire Yoron","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/st-maire-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0278,"lng":128.45632},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"St.Maire YORON サンメール与論","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"St. Maire Yoron is a single private villa with its own pool above the sea at Akasaki on Yoron, priced at ¥270,000 a night in February 2027.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":270000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"takana-ryokan","name":"Takana Ryokan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/takana-ryokan","coordinates":{"lat":24.32994,"lng":124.08777},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"高那旅館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Takana Ryokan is a long-running inn opposite the post office in Taketomi's red-tile village, and Jalan reviewers rate its island dinners 4.6 out of 5.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ryokan","status":"open"}},{"slug":"the-beach-tower-okinawa","name":"The Beach Tower Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-beach-tower-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.314,"lng":127.7563},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ザ・ビーチタワー沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Beach Tower Okinawa is a 280-room tower hotel on Sunset Beach in Chatan, which it calls the tallest hotel on Okinawa, with a natural hot spring and a hot-spring pool open all year next door at Terme Villa Chura-yu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/the-beach-tower-okinawa/beach-tower-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fthe-beach-tower-okinawa%2Fbeach-tower-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall cream tower of The Beach Tower Okinawa hotel rises above palm trees and the street in Mihama under a deep blue sky","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Beach_Tower_Okinawa.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":58590,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://dormy-hotels.com/resort/hotels/okinawa/"}},{"slug":"the-busena-terrace","name":"The Busena Terrace","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-busena-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":26.5405,"lng":127.9359},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ザ・ブセナテラス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"The Busena Terrace is a resort on the Busena peninsula in Nago whose 760-metre beach is open for swimming all year and whose South Tower indoor pool runs in every season, and its outdoor pools close from December to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/the-busena-terrace/busena-terrace-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fthe-busena-terrace%2Fbusena-terrace-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Footprints cross the wide pale beach in front of The Busena Terrace, whose red-roofed wings stand behind the sand on the Busena peninsula","credit":"TravelingOtter / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/14146962@N07/15007961399"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":44160,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.terrace.co.jp/busena/"}},{"slug":"the-moon-beach-museum-resort","name":"The Moon Beach Museum Resort","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-moon-beach-museum-resort","coordinates":{"lat":26.4509,"lng":127.8025},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ザ・ムーンビーチ ミュージアムリゾート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"The Moon Beach Museum Resort is the new name of Hotel Moon Beach, which opened in 1975 around the crescent of natural sand at Moon Beach in Onna, and guests swim free in its indoor pool and beach lagoon pool.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/the-moon-beach-museum-resort/moon-beach-museum-resort-terraces.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fthe-moon-beach-museum-resort%2Fmoon-beach-museum-resort-terraces.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Planted concrete terraces of The Moon Beach Museum Resort step down toward a lawn of palms and the open sea in soft morning light","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inside_Moon_Beach_Hotel_perimeter_14.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":27840,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.moonbeach.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"the-naha-terrace","name":"The Naha Terrace","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-naha-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":26.2239,"lng":127.6918},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ザ・ナハテラス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"The Naha Terrace is a 145-room hotel from the Busena Terrace group in Naha's Omoromachi district with butler service for a calm city stay, and its outdoor pool closes from December to March.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/the-naha-terrace/naha-terrace-lounge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fthe-naha-terrace%2Fnaha-terrace-lounge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rattan armchairs and cream sofas fill the bright lobby lounge of The Naha Terrace, where tall windows open onto a garden terrace with white umbrellas","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Terrace04ss3200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":26860,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.terrace.co.jp/naha/"}},{"slug":"the-rescape-miyako","name":"The Rescape","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-rescape-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.79046,"lng":125.37386},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ザ・リスケープ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"The Rescape is a 38-room hideaway on Miyako's east coast at Nagama, Gusukube, where every room has a private pool and February 2027 rates came with the pools unheated.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":39000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"the-terrace-club-at-busena","name":"The Terrace Club Wellness Thalasso at Busena","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-terrace-club-at-busena","coordinates":{"lat":26.5371,"lng":127.9366},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ザ・テラスクラブ ウェルネスタラソ アット ブセナ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"The Terrace Club Wellness Thalasso at Busena is a thalassotherapy hotel for guests aged 13 and over on the Busena cape in Nago that belongs to Small Luxury Hotels of the World, and its seawater thalasso pool stays at…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"luxury-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":72960,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://clubatbusena.terrace.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"the-uza-terrace","name":"The Uza Terrace Beach Club Villas","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/the-uza-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":26.4319,"lng":127.7183},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ジ・ウザテラス ビーチクラブヴィラズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"The Uza Terrace Beach Club Villas is a 48-villa luxury resort by the Busena Terrace group at Uza in Yomitan, where every villa has a private pool and the heated ones run from 1 October to 15 May, so ask for one in…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":138080,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.terrace.co.jp/uza/"}},{"slug":"tokashiku-marine-village","name":"Tokashiku Marine Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/tokashiku-marine-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.1865,"lng":127.3483},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"とかしくマリンビレッジ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiku Marine Village is a 50-room hotel on the sand at Tokashiku Beach on Tokashiki, ten minutes by shuttle bus from the ferry port.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open"}},{"slug":"toyoko-inn-naha-miebashi","name":"Toyoko Inn Naha Kokusai-dori Miebashi-eki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/toyoko-inn-naha-miebashi","coordinates":{"lat":26.2186,"lng":127.6838},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"東横INN那覇国際通り美栄橋駅","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Toyoko Inn Naha Kokusai-dori Miebashi-eki is a 94-room budget business hotel one minute from Yui Rail Miebashi Station and ten minutes' walk from Tomari port, with free breakfast and no frills.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open","website":"https://www.toyoko-inn.com/"}},{"slug":"tripshot-hotels-okinawa-koza","name":"Tripshot Hotels Okinawa Koza","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/tripshot-hotels-okinawa-koza","coordinates":{"lat":26.3388,"lng":127.8001},"region":"central","nameLocal":"トリップショットホテルズ・沖縄コザ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Tripshot Hotels Okinawa Koza turns former cabarets and shops in Okinawa City's Koza district into design units named Rock and Yard for a night inside the town's music and base-town history, at ¥31,450 for two on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"design-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":31450,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://koza.tripshot-hotels.com/"}},{"slug":"tsutsuji-eco-park","name":"Higashi Village Tsutsuji Eco Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/tsutsuji-eco-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.6368,"lng":128.1568},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"東村村民の森つつじエコパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"higashi","country":"JP","summary":"Higashi Village Tsutsuji Eco Park is a village-run nature park at Taira in Higashi where cottages sleep up to eight, and canoes and a nature-watching boat run on the prefecture's biggest dam lake nearby.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsutsuji-eco-park/tsutsuji-eco-park-azaleas.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsutsuji-eco-park%2Ftsutsuji-eco-park-azaleas.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Azaleas in full flower cover a mound behind the carved Sonmin no Mori stone at the park in Higashi village in March.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sonmin-no-mori_Azalea_Park_202403_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"villa","status":"open"}},{"slug":"umi-no-ryotei-nakamaso","name":"Umi no Ryotei Okinawa Nakamaso","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/umi-no-ryotei-nakamaso","coordinates":{"lat":26.5153,"lng":127.9144},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"海の旅亭おきなわ名嘉真荘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Umi no Ryotei Okinawa Nakamaso is a 21-room ocean-view ryokan at Nakama in Onna, which it calls the main island's first high-end ryokan, with a large bath and sauna and dinner in a dining room over the sea.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ryokan","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":63360,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"vessel-hotel-campana-okinawa","name":"Vessel Hotel Campana Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/vessel-hotel-campana-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.3152,"lng":127.7541},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ベッセルホテルカンパーナ沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Vessel Hotel Campana Okinawa is a 324-room hotel inside Chatan's American Village facing Sunset Beach, with free parking and a sauna bath open all year, and its rooftop pool runs only from late March to October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/vessel-hotel-campana-okinawa/vessel-hotel-campana-okinawa-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fvessel-hotel-campana-okinawa%2Fvessel-hotel-campana-okinawa-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Vessel Hotel Campana Okinawa stands behind the sand of Sunset Beach in Chatan's American Village.","credit":"そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chatan_Sunset_Beach_and_Vessel_Hotel_Campana_Okinawa_2.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":34484,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.vessel-hotel.jp/campana/okinawa/"}},{"slug":"vessel-hotel-ishigakijima","name":"Vessel Hotel Ishigakijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/vessel-hotel-ishigakijima","coordinates":{"lat":24.339736,"lng":124.151582},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ベッセルホテル石垣島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Vessel Hotel Ishigakijima is a 126-room hotel in Hamasaki-cho, eight minutes' walk from the Ishigaki outer-island ferry terminal, with rental bicycles and February 2027 rooms from ¥14,356 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"business-hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":14356,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.vessel-hotel.jp/hotel/ishigaki/"}},{"slug":"wassa-wassa","name":"WASSA WASSA","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/wassa-wassa","coordinates":{"lat":26.6941,"lng":128.1118},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"海と星空の小さな宿 WASSA WASSA","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ogimi","country":"JP","summary":"WASSA WASSA is a three-room inn at Nerome in Ogimi between the Yanbaru forest and the East China Sea, and it serves dinner courses of local seafood or Agu pork.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guesthouse","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":26400,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"watermark-hotel-okinawa-kume-island","name":"Watermark Hotel Okinawa Kume Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/watermark-hotel-okinawa-kume-island","coordinates":{"lat":26.328498,"lng":126.805406},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ウォーターマークホテル沖縄 久米アイランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Watermark Hotel Okinawa Kume Island is Kume's largest hotel, with 142 rooms a minute's walk from Eef Beach, and it took its new name in June 2025.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"resort","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":16500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://watermark-hotels.com/kumeisland/"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-experience-hotel-nunganiku","name":"Yanbaru Experience Hotel Nunganiku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/yanbaru-experience-hotel-nunganiku","coordinates":{"lat":26.6319,"lng":128.1598},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"ヤンバルエクスペリエンスホテル ヌンガニク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"higashi","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Experience Hotel Nunganiku is a 20-room budget base for outdoor trips at Kawata in Higashi village beside Fukuji River seaside park, and February 2027 rooms start at ¥9,600 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":9600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"yanbaru-manabi-no-mori","name":"Yanbaru Manabi no Mori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori","coordinates":{"lat":26.7234,"lng":128.2649},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる学びの森","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Manabi no Mori is a 14-room nature lodge at Aha in Kunigami beside the Yanbaru World Heritage forest, with forest-view twin rooms and a goemon-buro bath.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori-yonaha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyanbaru-manabi-no-mori%2Fyanbaru-manabi-no-mori-yonaha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The wooden buildings of Yanbaru Manabi no Mori sit on a grassy slope in Aha, Kunigami, with the forested ridge of Mount Yonaha behind them.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yambaru_Discovery_Forest_201911_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open"}},{"slug":"yoshu-ryokan","name":"Yoshu Ryokan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/yoshu-ryokan","coordinates":{"lat":27.04765,"lng":128.41609},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与州旅館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Yoshu Ryokan is a 20-room inn in Yoron's main town of Chabana, two minutes' walk from the town hall, with February 2027 rooms from ¥8,200 for two.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ryokan","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":8200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"yuinchi-hotel-nanjo","name":"Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/stays/yuinchi-hotel-nanjo","coordinates":{"lat":26.165,"lng":127.7693},"region":"south","nameLocal":"ウェルネスリゾート沖縄 ユインチホテル南城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nanjo","country":"JP","summary":"Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo is a 100-room hillside hotel in Sashiki whose Enjin no Yu hot spring runs straight from the source untreated, and it has had no indoor pool since August 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"hotel","status":"open","priceFrom":{"amount":12000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"room-night","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.yuinchi.jp/"}}]},"eat":{"label":"Place to eat","plural":"Eat & drink","noun":"places to eat and drink","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat","items":[{"slug":"aka-fisheries-coop-store","name":"Aka Fisheries Co-op Store","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/aka-fisheries-coop-store","coordinates":{"lat":26.1898,"lng":127.2834},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味村漁協 阿嘉直売所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Aka Fisheries Co-op Store sits a short walk from Aka Port and sells ¥1,000 bowls of marlin and squid on weekdays from 9:30 until they run out.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉60-4"}},{"slug":"akaishi-shokudo","name":"Akaishi Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/akaishi-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.5395,"lng":124.3002},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"明石食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ibaruma","country":"JP","summary":"Akaishi Shokudo in Ishigaki's far north, near the Hirakubo peninsula, is a Yaeyama soba stop known for heaped vegetable soba, and it opens only Thursday to Saturday, 10:30–15:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/akaishi-shokudo/akaishi-shokudo-sign.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fakaishi-shokudo%2Fakaishi-shokudo-sign.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A yellow and white roadside sign reads Minshuku Akaishi and Akaishi Shokudo in front of a grey building with a wooden porch.","credit":"is_kyoto_jp / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/47173486@N00/6880564870"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"石垣市伊原間360"}},{"slug":"akamine-pine-en","name":"Akamine Pine En","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/akamine-pine-en","coordinates":{"lat":26.3776,"lng":126.7557},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"赤嶺パイン園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Akamine Pine En is a pineapple farm stand in Nakandakari on Kume-jima's north side that opens 9:00–18:30 and sells juice at ¥400; outside the fruit season it sells juice only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pineapple/pineapple-ripe-stack.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpineapple%2Fpineapple-ripe-stack.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ripe golden pineapples with green crowns lie stacked on their sides at a fruit stand on Ishigaki","credit":"TR2HG / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapples_in_Ishigakijima,_Okinawa,_Japan.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町仲村渠108-41"}},{"slug":"ao-no-umi-zamami","name":"Ao no Umi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ao-no-umi-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2289,"lng":127.3022},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"南島酒楽 青の海","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ao no Umi is an izakaya in Zamami village for island dishes such as nakami-irichi and somen champuru, and it opens 18:00–23:00 except Mondays; reviewers say a booking is required.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味"}},{"slug":"aoi-sango-sho","name":"Aoi Sango Sho","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/aoi-sango-sho","coordinates":{"lat":27.043,"lng":128.3978},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"蒼い珊瑚礁","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Aoi Sango Sho is a 66-seat mozuku soba restaurant three minutes' walk from Yoron airport, open 11:00–15:00 every day the weather allows, where the noodles contain no buckwheat.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町大字立長637-1"}},{"slug":"aosora-parlor","name":"AOSORA PARLOR","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/aosora-parlor","coordinates":{"lat":24.722961,"lng":125.254168},"region":"miyako","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"AOSORA PARLOR is a container smoothie stand just over the Kurima Ohashi on Kurima island.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-irwin-basket.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-irwin-basket.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red and orange Irwin mangoes heaped in a woven basket with a white card reading Irwin laid across them.","credit":"Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Irwin_Asit_fs8.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地来間104-1"}},{"slug":"arakaki-chinsuko-honpo-makishi","name":"Arakaki Chinsuko Honpo Makishi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/arakaki-chinsuko-honpo-makishi","coordinates":{"lat":26.215768,"lng":127.686239},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"新垣ちんすこう本舗 国際通り牧志店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Arakaki Chinsuko Honpo's Makishi shop on Kokusai-dori is the only place the company sells its chinsuko, and it opens 10:30–14:00 and 15:00–18:30 with irregular closing days.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chinsuko/chinsuko-gift-box.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchinsuko%2Fchinsuko-gift-box.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Individually wrapped chinsuko in flavours such as purple sweet potato, goya, peanut and coconut fill the compartments of a white gift box","credit":"ketou-daisuki from Kyoto, japansko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%A1%E3%82%93%E3%81%99%E3%81%93%E3%81%86_(1735986321).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://chinsuko.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志1-3-68"}},{"slug":"arakaki-zenzai","name":"Arakaki Zenzai-ya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/arakaki-zenzai","coordinates":{"lat":26.660639,"lng":127.895836},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"新垣ぜんざい屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Arakaki Zenzai-ya in Toguchi, Motobu, sells Okinawan zenzai (shaved ice heaped over sweet beans) for ¥350 a bowl in 2026, from noon until it sells out, Tuesday to Sunday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zenzai/zenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzenzai%2Fzenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall cone of finely shaved ice for Okinawa zenzai fills a frosted glass bowl on a dark polished table in soft window light","credit":"gatta_m / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/69988048@N04/7715385088"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町渡久地11-2"}},{"slug":"atarasu-ichiba","name":"Farmers Market Miyako Atarasu Ichiba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/atarasu-ichiba","coordinates":{"lat":24.788246,"lng":125.306591},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ファーマーズマーケットみやこ あたらす市場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Farmers Market Miyako Atarasu Ichiba is the JA farmers market in Nishizato, Hirara, about five minutes from Miyako Airport, and it sells island fruit and umibudo.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良西里1440-1"}},{"slug":"aw-makiminato","name":"A&W Makiminato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/aw-makiminato","coordinates":{"lat":26.2666,"lng":127.7285},"region":"central","nameLocal":"A&W 牧港店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"urasoe","country":"JP","summary":"A&W Makiminato is the Urasoe branch of Okinawa's American burger chain, open every day from 6:00 to 2:00 the next morning. Order the A&W Burger and a root beer.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aw-makiminato/aw-makiminato-drive-in.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faw-makiminato%2Faw-makiminato-drive-in.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The A&W Makiminato restaurant under a clear sky, with its orange A&W sign on a pole above the flat roof, palm trees and a clipped hedge at the entrance","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A%26W_Makiminato.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"burger","status":"open","address":"4-9-1 Makiminato, Urasoe"}},{"slug":"awamori-soko","name":"Awamori Soko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/awamori-soko","coordinates":{"lat":26.214945,"lng":127.676283},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"泡盛倉庫","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Awamori Soko is a members' awamori bar on the fourth floor of the Kume Hachibankan building in Naha's Kume district, and it keeps more than 800 awamori on hand. Visitors book ahead by phone or LINE, and the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-karakara-set.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-karakara-set.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two blue Ryukyu glass tumblers filled with ice flank a painted karakara flask of awamori on a lacquer tray with a water jug and a bowl of ice","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awamori_by_Blue_Lotus_in_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"awamori-bar","status":"open","website":"http://www.awamorisouko.jp/","address":"沖縄県那覇市久米2-8-14 久米八番館4F"}},{"slug":"awanami-saketen","name":"Awanami Saketen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/awanami-saketen","coordinates":{"lat":24.0612,"lng":123.7735},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"泡波酒店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Awanami Saketen is a liquor shop in Hateruma village, 16 minutes' walk from the port, that sells the island's scarce awamori Awanami one small bottle per person when stock allows.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awanami-saketen/awanami-saketen-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawanami-saketen%2Fawanami-saketen-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A plain two-storey concrete shop on Hateruma with a small sign reading Awanami Saketen over the glass door and a van parked in front.","credit":"Curlymmr / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awanamisaketen.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間174"}},{"slug":"ayahashi-kan","name":"Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ayahashi-kan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3323,"lng":127.9289},"region":"central","nameLocal":"海の駅 あやはし館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan is the roadside market at the midpoint of the Kaichu Doro sea road in Uruma, open every day from 9:00 to 17:30 with 300 parking spaces. Its snack counter sells mozuku tempura and Blue Seal ice…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ayahashi-kan/ayahashi-kan-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fayahashi-kan%2Fayahashi-kan-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red and black upper floor of Umi no Eki Ayahashi-kan with its name painted along the side, above a white entrance canopy, picnic tables and parked cars","credit":"Hideyuki KAMON from Takarazuka / 宝塚市, Hyogo / 兵庫県, Japan / 日本 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seaside_Station_Ayahashi.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://r.goope.jp/uminoekiayahashi/","address":"4 Yonashiro-Yahira, Uruma"}},{"slug":"ayumi-makishi","name":"Ayumi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ayumi-makishi","coordinates":{"lat":26.214546,"lng":127.688288},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"歩","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Ayumi sells sata andagi on the second floor of the Daiichi Makishi Public Market in Naha from 11:00 until it sells out, and it closes on Wednesdays and Sundays and takes cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sata-andagi/sata-andagi-kokuto.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsata-andagi%2Fsata-andagi-kokuto.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Three dark brown sugar sata andagi doughnuts with cracked, craggy tops sit together on a plain white surface","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sata_andagi_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾2-10-1 第一牧志公設市場 2F"}},{"slug":"backshore-ranch","name":"Backshore Ranch","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/backshore-ranch","coordinates":{"lat":26.3139,"lng":126.8056},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"バックショアランチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Backshore Ranch is a sea-view pizza café in Shimajiri at Kume-jima's southern tip that opens 10:00–15:30 from Wednesday to Sunday, and its garlic-shrimp pizza cost ¥1,800 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://backshoreranch.shopinfo.jp/","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町島尻169-54"}},{"slug":"beer-garden-border","name":"Beer Garden Kokkyo (Hate)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/beer-garden-border","coordinates":{"lat":24.4687,"lng":123.0011},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ビヤガーデン国境","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Beer Garden Kokkyo is a Sonai izakaya on Yonaguni known for marlin karaage made from fish landed at Kubura, open for dinner except Thursdays and one of the few places serving on Sunday nights.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国22-4"}},{"slug":"beer-rize","name":"Craft Beer Pub Beer Rize","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/beer-rize","coordinates":{"lat":26.3291,"lng":127.745},"region":"central","nameLocal":"クラフトビアパブ ビアライゼ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Beer Rize is a craft-beer pub in Chatan's Sunabe district with 11 Japanese beers on draught, including the Okinawan brewery Wolf Bräu, open 18:00 to 24:00. It closes on Mondays and Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","website":"https://beerrize.com/","address":"1F, 1-464 Miyagi, Chatan"}},{"slug":"benriya-yuriron","name":"Benriya Yuriron","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/benriya-yuriron","coordinates":{"lat":26.217173,"lng":127.697084},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"べんり屋 玉玲瓏","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"sakaemachi","country":"JP","summary":"Benriya Yuriron is a handmade-gyoza counter about 150 m from Yui Rail Asato Station inside Naha's Sakaemachi Market, and Rurubu credits it with starting the market's evening drinking. It opens 17:00–23:00 except…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市字安里388 栄町市場内"}},{"slug":"blue-seal-fukugi-namiki","name":"Blue Seal Fukugi-namiki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-seal-fukugi-namiki","coordinates":{"lat":26.700531,"lng":127.879151},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ブルーシール フクギ並木","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"bise","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal Fukugi-namiki is the ice-cream maker's counter in Bise village on the Motobu Peninsula, and it stands by the fukugi-tree avenue a short ride north of the Churaumi Aquarium.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-cups.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-cups.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Twelve Blue Seal ice cream cups with colourful lids for flavours such as purple sweet potato, shikuwasa sherbet and salt chinsuko sit on a wooden table","credit":"Kanesue / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/36749444@N06/51543041242"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.blueseal.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町備瀬385"}},{"slug":"blue-seal-ishigaki","name":"Blue Seal Starchild Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-seal-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.335643,"lng":124.181858},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ブルーシール スターチャイルド石垣","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal Starchild Ishigaki is the only Blue Seal parlour the company lists on Ishigaki, and it sits inside the Makeman home centre in Maesato on Route 390.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-cups.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-cups.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Twelve Blue Seal ice cream cups with colourful lids for flavours such as purple sweet potato, shikuwasa sherbet and salt chinsuko sit on a wooden table","credit":"Kanesue / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/36749444@N06/51543041242"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.blueseal.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県石垣市真栄里262-1 メイクマン石垣内"}},{"slug":"blue-seal-kokusai-dori","name":"Blue Seal Kokusai-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-seal-kokusai-dori","coordinates":{"lat":26.215372,"lng":127.685086},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ブルーシール 国際通り店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal Kokusai-dori is the Okinawan ice-cream maker's parlour on Naha's main street, and it opens 10:00–23:00 every day for scoops, soft-serve, crêpes and shakes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-cups.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-cups.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Twelve Blue Seal ice cream cups with colourful lids for flavours such as purple sweet potato, shikuwasa sherbet and salt chinsuko sit on a wooden table","credit":"Kanesue / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/36749444@N06/51543041242"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.blueseal.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志1-2-32"}},{"slug":"blue-seal-makiminato","name":"Blue Seal Makiminato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-seal-makiminato","coordinates":{"lat":26.2669,"lng":127.7215},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ブルーシール 牧港本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"urasoe","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal Makiminato is the main store of Okinawa's own ice-cream maker in Urasoe, serving soft-serve, scoops, parfaits and floats with its own car park. The company's ICE DREAM truck parks in the same lot and sells…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-makiminato-store.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-makiminato-store.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An orange, white and blue striped awning runs along the Blue Seal Ice Cream shop in Makiminato beside its tall Big Dip cone sign under a blue sky","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Dip_Makiminato.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.blueseal.co.jp/","address":"5-5-6 Makiminato, Urasoe"}},{"slug":"blue-seal-nago","name":"Blue Seal Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-seal-nago","coordinates":{"lat":26.576208,"lng":127.983973},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ブルーシール 名護店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal Nago is the ice-cream maker's parlour on Route 58 in Agarie, Nago, and it has its own car park and a counter of scoops, soft-serve, crêpes and shakes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-cups.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-cups.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Twelve Blue Seal ice cream cups with colourful lids for flavours such as purple sweet potato, shikuwasa sherbet and salt chinsuko sit on a wooden table","credit":"Kanesue / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/36749444@N06/51543041242"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.blueseal.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県名護市東江5-22-20"}},{"slug":"blue-turtle-farm-mango-cafe","name":"Blue Turtle Farm Mango Cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/blue-turtle-farm-mango-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":24.774754,"lng":125.294833},"region":"miyako","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Turtle Farm Mango Cafe sits a minute from Miyako Airport and serves desserts built on its own Miyako mangoes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-parfait-glass.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-parfait-glass.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall parfait glass layered with mango sorbet, cubes of mango, berry sauce and cream, topped with whipped cream and a green herb sprig.","credit":"kemeko1971 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/8868801@N03/26212240473"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良松原1760-3"}},{"slug":"bobs-cafe","name":"BOB's CAFE","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/bobs-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":24.3457,"lng":123.9916},"region":"yaeyama","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"BOB's CAFE serves burgers and curry beside Kohama port from 11:00 to 15:00 until the food runs out, which makes it a quick lunch before or after the boat.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"竹富町字小浜3400-38"}},{"slug":"boo-no-ie","name":"Boo no Ie","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/boo-no-ie","coordinates":{"lat":24.3381,"lng":123.7286},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ぶーの家","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"shirahama","country":"JP","summary":"Boo no Ie is a small café in Funauki, the village with no road on Iriomote's south-west coast; it sits three minutes' walk from the ferry pier and serves a wild-boar menu from 9:00 to 17:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字西表2462"}},{"slug":"bottle-palm-garden","name":"Bottle Palm Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/bottle-palm-garden","coordinates":{"lat":26.636334,"lng":127.861577},"region":"motobu","area":"sesoko","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Bottle Palm Garden on Sesoko island opens at 8:00 daily for acai bowls and agu pork sandwiches in a garden hung with hammocks under bottle palms.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町瀬底4054-1"}},{"slug":"boulangerie-cafe-yamashita","name":"Boulangerie Café Yamashita","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/boulangerie-cafe-yamashita","coordinates":{"lat":26.3405,"lng":127.9554},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ブロンジェリー カフェ ヤマシタ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"henza","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Boulangerie Café Yamashita is a natural-yeast bakery café on Henza-jima, open 11:00 to 19:00 from Saturday to Tuesday, and its nuchi anpan fills bread with bean paste cooked in Nuchima-su salt and Tarama black sugar…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","website":"http://okinawa-nutianpan.com/","address":"2F, 425-2 Yonashiro-Henza, Uruma"}},{"slug":"cafe-bar-sunrise-kumejima","name":"Cafe and Bar SUNRISE","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cafe-bar-sunrise-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3319,"lng":126.8083},"region":"kume","aliases":["cafe&bar SUNRISE"],"area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe and Bar SUNRISE opened in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima on 30 June 2025 and runs from noon to midnight, with garlic shrimp made from Kumejima prawns and a full bar.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町比嘉160-52"}},{"slug":"cafe-kokuu","name":"Cafe Kokuu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cafe-kokuu","coordinates":{"lat":26.679985,"lng":127.941931},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"カフェ こくう","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Kokuu in Moshi, Nakijin, serves macrobiotic lunch sets of island vegetables and brown rice from Tuesday to Saturday and takes cash only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://cafe-koku-okinawa.com","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村字諸志2031-138 今帰仁サンシティ希望ヶ丘敷地内"}},{"slug":"cafe-shimamun","name":"Cafe Shimamun+","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cafe-shimamun","coordinates":{"lat":26.171,"lng":127.3466},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"Cafe 島むん+","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Shimamun+ is a 14-seat Italian dinner spot in Aharen on Tokashiki-jima that opens 18:00–22:00 except Wednesdays and Thursdays, and you need to book.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村阿波連152"}},{"slug":"cafe-yabusachi","name":"Cafe Yabusachi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cafe-yabusachi","coordinates":{"lat":26.141106,"lng":127.796989},"region":"south","nameLocal":"Cafe やぶさち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Yabusachi is a lunch café above Hyakuna Beach in Tamagusuku, Nanjo, whose big windows look over the sea; Nanjo's listing prices its plate lunch at ¥1,500, it offers vegan and gluten-free food, and it closes on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://yabusachi.com/","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城字百名646-1"}},{"slug":"cafe-yukuruya","name":"Cafe Yukuruya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cafe-yukuruya","coordinates":{"lat":26.2277,"lng":127.302},"region":"kerama","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Yukuruya is the tourism association's café inside Blue Yukuru-kan at Zamami Port, and it opens 9:00–16:45, which makes it the dry place to wait for a ferry on a rough day.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味95 (Blue Yukuru-kan)"}},{"slug":"cahaya-bulan","name":"Cafe Cahaya Bulan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/cahaya-bulan","coordinates":{"lat":26.702131,"lng":127.879886},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"チャハヤブラン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"bise","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Cahaya Bulan in Bise, Motobu, opens at 7:30 every day for pancakes and poke bowls on a terrace that looks across the water to Ie-jima.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://cafe-cahayabulan.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町備瀬429-1"}},{"slug":"charlies-tacos","name":"Charlie's Tacos","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/charlies-tacos","coordinates":{"lat":26.3402,"lng":127.7993},"region":"central","nameLocal":"チャーリー多幸寿","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Charlie's Tacos on Koza's Park Avenue has served tacos for more than 50 years, and Okinawa City calls it the island's first taco specialist. It opens 11:00 to 21:00 and closes on Thursdays, except public holidays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","address":"4-11-5 Chuo, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"chatan-harbor-brewery","name":"Chatan Harbor Brewery & Restaurant","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/chatan-harbor-brewery","coordinates":{"lat":26.3211,"lng":127.754},"region":"central","nameLocal":"チャタンハーバー ブルワリー＆レストラン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Chatan Harbor Brewery & Restaurant brews its own Chatan Beer on the waterfront at Mihama in Chatan and serves American-grill seafood and meat from 17:00 to 22:00. It also runs catamaran sunset cruises from the dock…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"brewery","status":"open","website":"https://www.chatanharbor.jp/","address":"53-1 Mihama, Chatan"}},{"slug":"chiitu-dokoro-fukuya","name":"Chii-tu-dokoro Fukuya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/chiitu-dokoro-fukuya","coordinates":{"lat":26.3485,"lng":126.7448},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ちぃとぅ処 福屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Fukuya is a shaved-ice shop in Nakadomari on Kume-jima's west side that opens 10:00–19:00 except Tuesdays, and its kakigori cost ¥650 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町仲泊427-1"}},{"slug":"chirorin-mura","name":"Chirorin Mura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/chirorin-mura","coordinates":{"lat":24.3253,"lng":124.0863},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ちろりん村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Chirorin Mura is a café-bar at the south end of Taketomi village that stays open until midnight, which makes it the late-night option for anyone sleeping on the island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","website":"http://taketomichirorin.jp","address":"竹富町字竹富653"}},{"slug":"coffee-potohoto","name":"COFFEE potohoto","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/coffee-potohoto","coordinates":{"lat":26.217359,"lng":127.696926},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"sakaemachi","country":"JP","summary":"COFFEE potohoto is a specialty coffee roaster about 140 m from Yui Rail Asato Station inside Naha's Sakaemachi Market, and Q Grader Yamada Tetsushi has run it since 2006. It opens 10:00–18:00, closes on Sundays and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市安里388-1 栄町市場内"}},{"slug":"coral-port-grab-and-go","name":"coral port Grab&Go","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/coral-port-grab-and-go","coordinates":{"lat":24.828896,"lng":125.149685},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"コーラルポート グラブ＆ゴー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"coral port Grab&Go is the café in the check-in hall of the Miyako Shimojishima Airport terminal on Shimoji, and non-flyers can use it.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字佐和田1727 みやこ下地島空港ターミナル"}},{"slug":"coyote-kohama","name":"Coyote","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/coyote-kohama","coordinates":{"lat":24.3455,"lng":123.9915},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"コヨーテ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Coyote is a café at Kohama port that serves gelato and Yaeyama soba from 9:00 to 18:00, and it covers the wait before a boat.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://www.ritou.com/spot/view-kohama-kh52.html","address":"竹富町字小浜3400-1"}},{"slug":"daiwa-shokudo","name":"Daiwa Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/daiwa-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.799709,"lng":125.292589},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"大和食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Daiwa Shokudo serves Miyako soba and diner plates to a mixed crowd of locals and visitors on Nishizato in central Hirara.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/daiwa-shokudo/daiwa-shokudo-soki-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdaiwa-shokudo%2Fdaiwa-shokudo-soki-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two large pieces of stewed pork rib and chopped green onion sit on wheat noodles in clear broth in a dark bowl on a lace tablecloth.","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soki_soba_-_Miyako_island_-_Mar_27_2020_01-20PM.jpeg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字西里819-3"}},{"slug":"densa-shokudo","name":"Densa Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/densa-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.4177,"lng":123.7988},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"デンサー食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Densa Shokudo is a small Yaeyama soba counter one minute's walk from Iriomote's Uehara port, open from 11:30 every day except Wednesday, where reviewers spend under ¥1,000.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町上原558-4"}},{"slug":"dining-hanabusa","name":"Dining Hanabusa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/dining-hanabusa","coordinates":{"lat":24.3511,"lng":124.2419},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ダイニング英","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"shiraho","country":"JP","summary":"Dining Hanabusa is a Yaeyama soba restaurant in Shiraho village near New Ishigaki Airport that makes its own noodles and serves lunch only from Friday to Sunday.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://dining-hanabusa.g-sakura.co.jp/","address":"石垣市白保134"}},{"slug":"duguiwari","name":"Duguiwari","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/duguiwari","coordinates":{"lat":24.4663,"lng":123.0065},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居食処 どぅぐいわり","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Duguiwari is an evening creative-cuisine restaurant in Yonaguni's main village of Sonai, about six minutes by car from the airport, open 18:00–24:00 except Sundays, and it takes same-day bookings only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"https://duguiwari.com/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国564-1"}},{"slug":"eiko-sengyo","name":"Eiko Sengyo-ten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/eiko-sengyo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3459,"lng":124.1511},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"えいこ鮮魚店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Eiko Sengyo-ten is a fishmonger's izakaya in Shinei-cho, west of Ishigaki's town centre, that serves the day's island fish as sashimi and tempura from 17:00 and closes on Sundays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"石垣市新栄町27-5"}},{"slug":"emi-no-mise","name":"Emi no Mise","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/emi-no-mise","coordinates":{"lat":26.7027,"lng":128.1236},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"笑味の店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ogimi","country":"JP","summary":"Emi no Mise in Ogimi serves longevity sets of island vegetables from its own fields, by reservation only, and closes Tuesday to Thursday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/goya-champuru/goya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgoya-champuru%2Fgoya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of green bitter melon, browned tofu, onion, carrot and egg are stir-fried together and served on a square white plate","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goya_chanpuru_-_Okinawan_food_-_June_14_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.eminomise.com/","address":"61 Ogankaku, Ogimi, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"fuchi-nu-pan","name":"Fuchi Nu Pan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fuchi-nu-pan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3473,"lng":126.7465},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ふーちヌーパン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Fuchi Nu Pan is a bakery in Nakadomari on Kume-jima that opens at 7:00 every day, with sandwiches from about ¥450 and QR-code payment.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町仲泊511-2"}},{"slug":"fujiya-tomari","name":"Fujiya Tomari Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fujiya-tomari","coordinates":{"lat":26.224538,"lng":127.687446},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"富士家 泊本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomari","country":"JP","summary":"Fujiya Tomari Honten is a zenzai specialist in Tomari, Naha, that shaves ice frozen from its own bean-cooking liquid so the dessert stays sweet as it melts. It opens 10:00–19:00 every day, and zenzai started at ¥520 in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zenzai/zenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzenzai%2Fzenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall cone of finely shaved ice for Okinawa zenzai fills a frosted glass bowl on a dark polished table in soft window light","credit":"gatta_m / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/69988048@N04/7715385088"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"http://www.zenzainofujiya.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市泊2-10-9"}},{"slug":"fukaki-soba","name":"Fukaki Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fukaki-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3795,"lng":127.8661},"region":"central","nameLocal":"無化調 沖縄そば 帆掛きそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Fukaki Soba in Uruma's Uken district makes Okinawa soba without chemical seasoning, from a broth of Okinawan fish, and opens from 11:00 until sold out. Bowls cost ¥800, or ¥900 large; it takes cash only and closes on…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba with braised pork belly, a soft-boiled egg, two slices of white fish cake and pickled ginger over thick noodles","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_(42195524970).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"7 Uken, Uruma"}},{"slug":"fukugi-shokudo","name":"Fukugi Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fukugi-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.3712,"lng":127.1439},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ふくぎ食堂 (赤瓦の宿 ふくぎ屋)","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tonaki","country":"JP","summary":"Fukugi Shokudo is the dining room of the red-tiled inn Fukugi-ya in Tonaki village, and it serves island home cooking and soba at lunch and dinner except Sundays; phone ahead.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fukugi-shokudo/fukugi-shokudo-dining-room.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffukugi-shokudo%2Ffukugi-shokudo-dining-room.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small wood-panelled dining room with low tables on tatami, a poster for the film Gunjo on the wall and photos pinned around it.","credit":"Nao Iizuka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%B5%E3%81%8F%E3%81%8E%E9%A3%9F%E5%A0%82_(22306260428).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡名喜村1876"}},{"slug":"fukugi-ya","name":"Fukugi-ya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fukugi-ya","coordinates":{"lat":26.700927,"lng":127.879791},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"フクギ屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"bise","country":"JP","summary":"Fukugi-ya at the entrance to the Bise fukugi lanes serves Okinawan home cooking in a converted old house at lunch only, 11:30–14:30, and closes on Thursdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba topped with three-layer pork belly, fish cake and green onion, with a small bowl of juushii rice and a side dish behind it","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_mixed_rice.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"https://fukugiya-okinawa-cuisine.com","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町備瀬388-3"}},{"slug":"funakura-no-sato","name":"Funakura no Sato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/funakura-no-sato","coordinates":{"lat":24.3565,"lng":124.1303},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"舟蔵の里","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Funakura no Sato is a Yaeyama regional-cuisine restaurant in old-house style on the west side of Ishigaki town that serves set dinners with sanshin music and soba at lunch, and it closes on Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"http://www.funakuranosato.com","address":"石垣市字新川2468-1"}},{"slug":"fushikubu-cafe","name":"Fushikubu Café","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fushikubu-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":26.8725,"lng":128.2633},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"ふしくぶカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Fushikubu Café sits upstairs in the HEAD LINE tourist information office at Cape Hedo, at the northern tip of Okinawa Island, and looks out toward Yoron and the Asumui peaks.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open"}},{"slug":"fuu-cafe","name":"fuu cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/fuu-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":26.645233,"lng":127.859142},"region":"motobu","area":"sesoko","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"fuu cafe on Sesoko island serves taco rice and agu pork bowls for lunch five days a week in a log-cabin building in the woods, and turns into a bar and grill on weekend nights.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-fried-egg.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-fried-egg.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Taco rice topped with a fried egg, shredded cheese and lettuce over spiced minced meat and rice, with fried sides and salad on the plate","credit":"t-mizo from Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice;_October_2012.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://fuucafe.stores.jp/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町瀬底557"}},{"slug":"gabusoka-shokudo","name":"Gabusoka Shokudo Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/gabusoka-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.622182,"lng":127.999794},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"我部祖河食堂 本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Gabusoka Shokudo Honten in Nago is the soba shop known as the home of soki soba, and it serves bowls Tuesday to Sunday from 10:30 to 16:00 for cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gabusoka-shokudo/gabusoka-shokudo-nakami-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgabusoka-shokudo%2Fgabusoka-shokudo-nakami-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of nakami soba at Gabusoka Shokudo piled with pale strips of pork intestine, shiitake and green onion over noodles in clear broth","credit":"CatseyeTaku / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%88%91%E9%83%A8%E7%A5%96%E6%B2%B3%E9%A3%9F%E5%A0%82_%E4%B8%AD%E5%91%B3%E3%81%9D%E3%81%B0.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県名護市我部祖河177"}},{"slug":"garden-asahi","name":"Taketomi-jima Garden Asahi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/garden-asahi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3312,"lng":124.0824},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島ガーデンあさひ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Garden Asahi is a lunch and dinner restaurant in a renovated red-tiled house on the road to Taketomi's Nishi pier, and it is best known for nankotsu soki soba.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Chunks of stewed pork rib, a slice of fish cake and a heap of green onion sit on wheat noodles in a cream bowl on a dark wooden table.","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/25463447282"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"http://garden-asahi.okinawa/","address":"竹富町字竹富163-1"}},{"slug":"garden-kitchen-gusuku","name":"Garden Kitchen and Café Gusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/garden-kitchen-gusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.3827,"lng":126.7719},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"がーでんきっちん&かふぇ 城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Garden Kitchen and Café Gusuku is a small lunch café in Uegusuku on Kume-jima's hilly north that serves set meals and Kume soba from 11:30 to 14:00 on irregular days; phone first.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町宇江城991-2"}},{"slug":"geruma-gnon","name":"Trattoria Bar Geruma gnon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/geruma-gnon","coordinates":{"lat":26.1773,"lng":127.2924},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"慶留間gnon","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"geruma","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Geruma gnon is a one-person Italian trattoria on Geruma-jima that cooks island fish and its own vegetables by reservation, with lunch from ¥3,200 and a ¥7,500 dinner course.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://gerumagnon.wixsite.com/gerumagnon","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村慶留間54"}},{"slug":"goya","name":"Goya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/goya","coordinates":{"lat":24.801976,"lng":125.283414},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"郷家","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Goya on Nishizato in Hirara is an awamori izakaya with a live sanshin set most nights and a full house by seven.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字西里570-2"}},{"slug":"grand-bleu-gamin","name":"Grand Bleu Gamin","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/grand-bleu-gamin","coordinates":{"lat":24.838118,"lng":125.286142},"region":"miyako","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Grand Bleu Gamin is a French auberge in Nikadori, north of Hirara, and one of the most expensive dinners on Miyako-jima.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良荷川取1064-1"}},{"slug":"guitar-lounge-alhambra","name":"Guitar Lounge Alhambra","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/guitar-lounge-alhambra","coordinates":{"lat":26.3306,"lng":127.7955},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ギターラウンジ アルハンブラ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Guitar Lounge Alhambra is a Latin bar in Koza's Uechi district, more than 50 years old, with live acoustic music every night from 20:00 to 2:00. It closes on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","address":"2-20-12 Uechi, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"gushikawa-soba","name":"Gushikawa Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/gushikawa-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3488,"lng":127.8695},"region":"central","nameLocal":"具志川そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Gushikawa Soba is a soba and Okinawan-food shop in Uruma's Ota district that locals have used for about 30 years, open 11:00 to 14:30 and closed on Tuesdays. Sets start at ¥800, cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tray set meal of Okinawa soba with a bowl of juushii rice, sashimi, pickles and a small side dish","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawan_noodle_combo_(20589385956).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"702-6 Ota, Uruma"}},{"slug":"guu-guu-akajima","name":"Akajima Cafe and Gohan guu guu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/guu-guu-akajima","coordinates":{"lat":26.1905,"lng":127.2827},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"あかじまのカフェとごはん guu guu","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Guu guu is a ten-seat café in Aka village that one owner has run alone since 2021, known for a chicken plate limited to 20 a week; it takes no reservations.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉53"}},{"slug":"gyokyo-shokudo","name":"Gyokyo Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/gyokyo-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.4513,"lng":122.9428},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"漁協食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Gyokyo Shokudo is the Yonaguni fishing co-operative's own lunch diner at Kubura port, and it serves the local catch from 11:00 to 14:00 except on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町与那国4022-1"}},{"slug":"haaya-nagomi-cafe","name":"HaaYa nagomi-cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/haaya-nagomi-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":24.331,"lng":124.0854},"region":"yaeyama","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"HaaYa nagomi-cafe sits in the middle of Taketomi village near Nagomi-no-to and serves drinks and light Okinawan dishes from 10:30 to 16:30.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://locoplace.jp/t000087165/","address":"竹富町竹富379"}},{"slug":"hama-no-ya","name":"Hama-no-Ya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hama-no-ya","coordinates":{"lat":26.133532,"lng":127.784612},"region":"south","nameLocal":"浜辺の茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Hama-no-Ya is a beachside café on the south coast of Tamagusuku, Nanjo, that opens at 8:00 every day, and its windows open straight onto the sand and the reef flats below Route 331.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://sachibaru.jp/hamacha/","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城字玉城2-1"}},{"slug":"hamaya-soba","name":"Hamaya Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hamaya-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3293,"lng":127.7444},"region":"central","nameLocal":"浜屋そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hamaya Soba is the Okinawa soba shop on Chatan's Sunabe seafront, open 10:00 to 17:30 with a large Hamaya soba at ¥950. It seats 70 in a non-smoking room with wheelchair access.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hamaya-soba/hamaya-soba-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhamaya-soba%2Fhamaya-soba-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The front of Hamaya in Sunabe, with signs reading soba and tebichi specialist above the awning, a painted mensore Hamaya sign on the wall and potted plants along the pavement","credit":"kawanet / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/50902562@N00/5399937311"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://hamayasoba.gorp.jp/","address":"2-99 Miyagi, Chatan"}},{"slug":"hanagasa-shokudo","name":"Hanagasa Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hanagasa-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.214992,"lng":127.688867},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"花笠食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Hanagasa Shokudo is a classic Okinawan diner off Heiwa-dori in Makishi, Naha, that serves set meals of about ¥1,000–1,250 (2026) at lunch only, 11:00–14:00. It closes on Thursdays and takes cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hanagasa-shokudo/hanagasa-shokudo-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhanagasa-shokudo%2Fhanagasa-shokudo-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A woman studies the plastic food display under the big orange Hanagasa Shokudo sign in a covered market lane in Makishi","credit":"jetalone / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92203585@N00/225629736"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志3-2-48"}},{"slug":"hanakume","name":"Oshokuji-dokoro Hanakume","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hanakume","coordinates":{"lat":26.3307,"lng":126.807},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"お食事処 はなくめ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Hanakume is a lunch diner in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima with kuruma-ebi tempura sets from about ¥950 and an English picture menu.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉150-24"}},{"slug":"hau-tree-gelato","name":"Hau Tree","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hau-tree-gelato","coordinates":{"lat":24.3406,"lng":124.1579},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ハウトゥリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Hau Tree is a gelato shop two streets behind Euglena Mall that mixes fruit into gelato on a marble slab chilled to −20 °C; Tabelog named it one of Japan's 100 best ice cream shops in 2023 and 2026, and it closes for…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"http://www.hautree.net","address":"石垣市大川281"}},{"slug":"heart-land-kuroshima","name":"Shima Cafe Heart Land","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/heart-land-kuroshima","coordinates":{"lat":24.253,"lng":124.0016},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島カフェ ハートランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Cafe Heart Land sits just up from Kuroshima port with a view of the sea, and it serves soba and ice cream tempura and rents bicycles from the first boat to the last.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://www.heartland96.com/","address":"竹富町黒島466"}},{"slug":"hedo-koyo-parlor","name":"Hedo-misaki Koyo Parlor","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hedo-koyo-parlor","coordinates":{"lat":26.8721,"lng":128.2636},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"辺戸岬こうようパーラー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Koyo Parlor is the takeaway snack stand by the car park at Cape Hedo, and OpenStreetMap mappers surveyed it in January 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open"}},{"slug":"helios-pub-kumoji","name":"Helios Pub Craft Beer & Rum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/helios-pub-kumoji","coordinates":{"lat":26.213566,"lng":127.679069},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Helios Pub pours Helios Shuzo's Nago-made beer and rum in the Ryubo Food Hall on the second floor of Palette Kumoji. A walkway links that floor to Yui Rail Kencho-mae Station, and the pub has run 11:00–23:00 every day…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"brewery","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市久茂地1-1-1 パレットくもじ2F RYUBO FOOD HALL"}},{"slug":"hirochan","name":"Hirochan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hirochan","coordinates":{"lat":24.720476,"lng":125.324249},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ひろちゃん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Hirochan is a local diner inside the Shigira Resort area in Miyaguni that serves soki soba and island stir-fries from 11:00 to 21:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Chunks of stewed pork rib, a slice of fish cake and a heap of green onion sit on wheat noodles in a cream bowl on a dark wooden table.","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/25463447282"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市上野字宮国749-20"}},{"slug":"hisamatsu-seimenjo","name":"Hisamatsu Seimenjo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hisamatsu-seimenjo","coordinates":{"lat":24.788014,"lng":125.281334},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"久松製麺所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Hisamatsu Seimenjo is a Miyako noodle factory in Kugai that serves fresh soba for two hours each morning, from 7:00 to 9:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良久貝1067-8"}},{"slug":"hitoshi-honten","name":"Hitoshi Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hitoshi-honten","coordinates":{"lat":24.3444,"lng":124.1525},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ひとし 本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Hitoshi Honten is a tuna-led izakaya in Shinei-cho, Ishigaki, with more than 1,200 Tabelog reviews, and Tabelog has named it one of western Japan's 100 best izakaya each year from 2024 to 2026; it takes cash only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"石垣市新栄町15-8"}},{"slug":"honke-arakaki-kashiten","name":"Honke Arakaki Kashiten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/honke-arakaki-kashiten","coordinates":{"lat":26.222555,"lng":127.719788},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"本家 新垣菓子店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Honke Arakaki Kashiten in Shuri is the chinsuko shop run by the direct line of the family that created the sweet, and it opens every day except Saturday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chinsuko/chinsuko-pair.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchinsuko%2Fchinsuko-pair.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two pale golden chinsuko shortbread biscuits with ridged edges lie one across the other on a soft grey cloth","credit":"Kkkdc / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinsuko.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市首里赤平町1-3"}},{"slug":"hoshizuna-tei","name":"Hoshizuna Tei","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hoshizuna-tei","coordinates":{"lat":24.4363,"lng":123.7779},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ほしずな亭","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Hoshizuna Tei is a small diner by Hoshizuna beach on Iriomote where local women cook island set meals and beef broth soba at lunch and early dinner from Monday to Saturday.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字上原289-1"}},{"slug":"hungry-angry-kadena","name":"Hungry Angry","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/hungry-angry-kadena","coordinates":{"lat":26.3681,"lng":127.7741},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ハングリーアングリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kadena","country":"JP","summary":"Hungry Angry is a Hawaiian malasada stand inside Michi-no-Eki Kadena, open 11:00 to 17:00 or until sold out, and its purple-sweet-potato malasada won a special prize at the Michi-1 Grand Prix 2025.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"Michi-no-Eki Kadena, 1026-3 Yara, Kadena"}},{"slug":"ichitaka","name":"Ichitaka","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ichitaka","coordinates":{"lat":24.4302,"lng":123.7702},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"一隼","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Ichitaka is a large dinner restaurant in Uehara on Iriomote that bakes pizza in a stone oven and cooks island fish, wild boar, pineapple and mango, with a free evening shuttle to most hotels.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"https://iriomote-ichitaka.com/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町上原10-720"}},{"slug":"iconoma","name":"iconoma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/iconoma","coordinates":{"lat":24.2438,"lng":124.0166},"region":"yaeyama","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"iconoma is a small café near Iko pier in north-east Kuroshima that opens from 12:00 to 17:00 and closes on Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://ameblo.jp/hurizunhorizon","address":"竹富町黒島1409-1"}},{"slug":"iiyanbee","name":"Iiyanbee","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/iiyanbee","coordinates":{"lat":26.170809,"lng":127.79792},"region":"south","nameLocal":"ぜんざい・かき氷 いいやんべぇ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"sashiki","country":"JP","summary":"Iiyanbee is a roadside zenzai stand on Route 331 at Tedokon in Sashiki, Nanjo, that serves Okinawan bean-and-ice zenzai from ¥300 (Nanjo listing) in the afternoons and closes on irregular days.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zenzai/zenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzenzai%2Fzenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall cone of finely shaved ice for Okinawa zenzai fills a frosted glass bowl on a dark polished table in soft window light","credit":"gatta_m / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/69988048@N04/7715385088"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県南城市佐敷字手登根378"}},{"slug":"ijima-kanko-service","name":"Ijima Kanko Service","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ijima-kanko-service","coordinates":{"lat":24.812006,"lng":125.177735},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊島観光サービス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ijima Kanko Service runs a beach-house soba counter at Toguchi no Hama on Irabu, and local dive and SUP guides send their clients here.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字伊良部1391-1"}},{"slug":"ikema-shokudo","name":"Ikema Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ikema-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.924351,"lng":125.247286},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ikema Shokudo is a fishermen's lunch counter in the Yabiji Center on Ikema harbour, serving island fish as sashimi, tempura or kara-age.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字池間90-12 八重干瀬センター 1F"}},{"slug":"ikemajima-gelato-ninufa","name":"Ikemajima gelato cafe Ninufa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ikemajima-gelato-ninufa","coordinates":{"lat":24.92993,"lng":125.233457},"region":"miyako","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ikemajima Gelato Cafe Ninufa looks over the sea toward Ikema's Heart Rock and makes gelato from Miyako ingredients.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良前里976-1"}},{"slug":"irabu-ohashi-umi-no-eki","name":"Irabu Ohashi Umi no Eki Restaurant","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/irabu-ohashi-umi-no-eki","coordinates":{"lat":24.811081,"lng":125.218309},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"いらぶ大橋 海の駅 レストラン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"sarahama","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu Ohashi Umi no Eki is the roadside station at the Irabu end of the 3,540 m Irabu Ohashi, and its upstairs soba restaurant looks back along the bridge.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字池間添1092-1 いらぶ大橋 海の駅"}},{"slug":"irabu-ryori-kana","name":"Irabu Ryori Kana","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/irabu-ryori-kana","coordinates":{"lat":26.309477,"lng":127.787613},"region":"central","nameLocal":"イラブー料理 カナ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kitanakagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu Ryori Kana in Kitanakagusuku serves irabu-jiru (sea-snake soup) on Friday and Saturday nights by reservation only and takes cash only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県中頭郡北中城村屋宜原515-5"}},{"slug":"irabu-soba-kame","name":"Irabu Soba Kame","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/irabu-soba-kame","coordinates":{"lat":24.840004,"lng":125.165425},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部そば かめ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu Soba Kame in Nagahama is the soba stop on the road to 17END, and reviewers know it for a broth heavy with bonito.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字長浜251"}},{"slug":"irayoi","name":"Irayoi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/irayoi","coordinates":{"lat":24.902333,"lng":125.268131},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"イラヨイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Irayoi is a small café in Karimata that faces Nishinohama beach and opens at 8:00, the earliest coffee on the road to Ikema.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字狩俣186-2"}},{"slug":"irikunyaa-soki-tei","name":"Irikunyaa Soki Tei","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/irikunyaa-soki-tei","coordinates":{"lat":24.835816,"lng":125.164385},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"いりくんやぁ ソーキ亭","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Irikunyaa Soki Tei in Nagahama on western Irabu serves one dish, a bone-in soki pork soup set, and stops at 30 servings a day.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部長浜1"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-gyu-maru","name":"Ishigaki Gyu MARU","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ishigaki-gyu-maru","coordinates":{"lat":24.3369,"lng":124.16},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣牛MARU","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Gyu MARU has grilled Ishigaki beef in Tonoshiro near the town centre since 2009 and opens from 16:00; it warns diners about a similarly named rival.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/ishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Heavily marbled cubes of raw Ishigaki beef for yakiniku sit on a green leaf beside onion, carrot and pepper on a white plate","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7769993920"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://ishigaki-maru.com/","address":"石垣市字登野城26-4"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-public-market","name":"Ishigaki City Public Market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ishigaki-public-market","coordinates":{"lat":24.3398,"lng":124.158},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣市公設市場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"The Ishigaki City Public Market in the middle of Euglena Mall has fed the town since 1899, with fish, meat, kamaboko and fruit downstairs and an eat-in space added when it reopened on 18 May 2021.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-public-market/ishigaki-public-market-stalls.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-public-market%2Fishigaki-public-market-stalls.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Crates of local produce and packaged snacks spill across the ground floor of the Ishigaki Public Market off the Euglena Mall arcade.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-16_Ishigaki_kosetsu_ichiba(%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E5%B8%82%E5%85%AC%E8%A8%AD%E5%B8%82%E5%A0%B4)DSCF2066.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"http://ishigaki-kousetsu-ichiba.com/","address":"石垣市大川208"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-ya","name":"Shima no Ushi Ishigaki-ya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ishigaki-ya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3386,"lng":124.1801},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島のうし 石垣屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki-ya in Maezato, east of the town centre, has grilled Ishigaki beef since 2000 in a dining room of 300-year-old Yoshino cedar under Ryukyu red tiles, and it uses only heifers, according to the city tourism…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/ishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Heavily marbled cubes of raw Ishigaki beef for yakiniku sit on a green leaf beside onion, carrot and pepper on a white plate","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7769993920"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://ishigakiya.com/","address":"石垣市真栄里547-7"}},{"slug":"island-brewing","name":"IslandBrewing","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/island-brewing","coordinates":{"lat":24.802493,"lng":125.279813},"region":"miyako","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"IslandBrewing on Shimozato in Hirara pours Miyako-brewed craft beer from noon to midnight.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"brewery","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良下里615-1"}},{"slug":"itoman-gyomin-shokudo","name":"Itoman Gyomin Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/itoman-gyomin-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.140322,"lng":127.658829},"region":"south","nameLocal":"糸満漁民食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Itoman Gyomin Shokudo is a fishermen's diner in Nishizaki, Itoman, the fishing town south of Naha, that serves lunch and dinner and closes on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県糸満市西崎町4-17-7"}},{"slug":"izakaya-agan","name":"Izakaya Agan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-agan","coordinates":{"lat":24.0624,"lng":123.7745},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居酒屋 あがん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Agan is a Yaeyama-style izakaya in Hateruma village, about 15 minutes' walk from the port, open from 18:00 except Sundays and booked out on many nights.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"https://sites.google.com/view/hateruma-agan-kuromitsu/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間148"}},{"slug":"izakaya-bamboo","name":"Izakaya Bamboo and Cafe Blue","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-bamboo","coordinates":{"lat":24.0643,"lng":123.7653},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居酒屋 バンブー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Bamboo is an izakaya and inn three minutes' walk from Nishihama beach on Hateruma, open for lunch and dinner except Tuesdays, with its sister Cafe Blue opened in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間439-2"}},{"slug":"izakaya-deiriguchi","name":"Izakaya Deiriguchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-deiriguchi","coordinates":{"lat":24.804424,"lng":125.281168},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"居酒家 でいりぐち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Deiriguchi on Nishizato in Hirara is one of the hardest local tables to book, and it cooks Miyako fish in a friendly, noisy room.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字西里224"}},{"slug":"izakaya-hyokin","name":"Izakaya Hyokin","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-hyokin","coordinates":{"lat":27.0498,"lng":128.4166},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"居酒屋 ひょうきん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Hyokin is a Chabana izakaya 250 m from Yoron's town office, open 17:00–24:00, where the island's Shima Yusen shochu can be bottle-kept and the menu runs from island dishes to Chinese.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花2297-1"}},{"slug":"izakaya-maruni","name":"Izakaya Maruni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-maruni","coordinates":{"lat":26.1717,"lng":127.3463},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"居酒屋 丸二","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Maruni is an Aharen izakaya with sashimi and island plates at modest prices, and reviewers describe it as one of the few places in the village that opens in the winter off-season.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村阿波連86"}},{"slug":"izakaya-maruti","name":"Izakaya Maruti","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-maruti","coordinates":{"lat":24.4514,"lng":122.9445},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居酒屋まるてぃ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Maruti is a fish izakaya on the ground floor of Minshuku Tidan in Kubura, three minutes' walk from Yonaguni's fishing port, open 18:00–22:00 except Thursdays and Sundays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町与那国4022-21"}},{"slug":"izakaya-matsunoya","name":"Izakaya Matsunoya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-matsunoya","coordinates":{"lat":26.3448,"lng":126.7519},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"居酒屋 松乃屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Matsunoya in Ota on Kume-jima is a neighbourhood izakaya known for handmade gyoza and ashitebichi, at about ¥3,000–4,000 a person.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字大田567"}},{"slug":"izakaya-takeyoshi","name":"Izakaya Takeyoshi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izakaya-takeyoshi","coordinates":{"lat":26.3456,"lng":126.75},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"居酒屋 武吉","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Takeyoshi in Nakadomari is a locals' izakaya on Kume-jima that serves kuruma-ebi as sashimi, tempura and salt-grilled, with mobile ordering in English; it closes on Thursdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町仲泊1166"}},{"slug":"izumi-soba","name":"Izumi Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/izumi-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.643309,"lng":127.939859},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊豆味そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Izumi Soba in the Izumi hills of Motobu opens on weekdays only, 11:00–15:00, and its namesake bowl cost ¥1,000 in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of sooki soba with large pieces of stewed pork rib, pickled red ginger and green onion over thick wheat noodles in clear broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noodle_with_deeply_cooked_pork_(28370876673).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊豆味1442"}},{"slug":"jacks-steak-house","name":"Jack's Steak House","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/jacks-steak-house","coordinates":{"lat":26.212904,"lng":127.672503},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ジャッキーステーキハウス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Jack's Steak House is a steak house in Nishi, Naha, that opened in 1953 under US administration and still displays its A-sign certificate. It opens 11:00 to about 22:30 except on Wednesdays and takes cash only…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/orion-beer/orion-beer-draft-mugs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Forion-beer%2Forion-beer-draft-mugs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two frosted mugs of Orion draft beer with thick white heads stand on a pale table at Jack's Steak House in Naha","credit":"ume-y / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/29989965@N00/17152021040"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"steak","status":"open","website":"https://www.steak.co.jp/","address":"沖縄県那覇市西1-7-3"}},{"slug":"jetta-burger-market","name":"Jetta Burger Market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/jetta-burger-market","coordinates":{"lat":26.3157,"lng":127.7542},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ジェッタバーガーマーケット","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Jetta Burger Market is a burger kitchen and café-bar up the stairs of a pink building in Chatan's American Village, open 12:00 to 21:00 and closed on Wednesdays. Parking is in the Depot Island car park.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"burger","status":"open","website":"http://ssjcb.jp/","address":"2F Distortion Building, 9-19 Mihama, Chatan"}},{"slug":"jirobe-shoten","name":"Jirobe Shoten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/jirobe-shoten","coordinates":{"lat":26.2272,"lng":127.2934},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"じろべえ商店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Jirobe Shoten is the beach stand on Ama Beach on Zamami-jima, and it serves taco rice and shaved ice through the day; its off-season hours are not confirmed.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿真157-3"}},{"slug":"kabira-farm","name":"Kabira Farm","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kabira-farm","coordinates":{"lat":24.4506,"lng":124.1344},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平ファーム","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira Farm is a passion fruit farm shop on the road into Kabira that pours its own passion fruit and mango juice from 10:00 to 17:00 and closes on Thursdays and Fridays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://www.passion-jp.com/","address":"石垣市川平1291-63"}},{"slug":"kabira-koen-chaya","name":"Kabira Koen Chaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kabira-koen-chaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.4604,"lng":124.1425},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平公園茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira Koen Chaya is the teahouse inside Kabira Park above Kabira Bay, and it has served Yaeyama soba and shaved ice since 1961, every day except Thursday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kabira-koen-chaya/kabira-koen-chaya-yaeyama-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkabira-koen-chaya%2Fkabira-koen-chaya-yaeyama-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Yaeyama soba with strips of pork, slivers of fish cake and green leaves on round noodles in clear broth.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dishes_in_Ishigaki_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"石垣市川平934-37"}},{"slug":"kaede-shokudo","name":"Kaede Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kaede-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.4428,"lng":122.9809},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"楓食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"higawa","country":"JP","summary":"Kaede Shokudo is a village diner beside the Higawa bus stop on Yonaguni's south coast that cooks set meals and azami noodles from 11:00 through the afternoon.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県与那国町与那国3055"}},{"slug":"kafushido","name":"Kafushido","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kafushido","coordinates":{"lat":26.2289,"lng":127.3036},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"かふーし堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kafushido is a café and bar in an old house with a terrace opposite the 105 Store in Zamami village, and it serves taco rice and curry from noon to 21:00 for cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://kahuushido.ti-da.net/","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味71"}},{"slug":"kaichu-chaya","name":"Kaichu Chaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kaichu-chaya","coordinates":{"lat":26.3326,"lng":127.9292},"region":"central","nameLocal":"海中茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Kaichu Chaya is the ocean-view café restaurant inside Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan on the Kaichu Doro, open 10:30 to 21:00, and its Okinawa soba uses noodles kneaded with Katsuren mozuku. Soba starts at ¥900.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://ryukyu-pro.com/","address":"Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan 1F, 4 Yonashiro-Yahira, Uruma"}},{"slug":"kaigan-dori","name":"Kaigan-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kaigan-dori","coordinates":{"lat":27.049,"lng":128.4147},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"海岸通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Kaigan-dori is a kissaten near Chabana beach on Yoron, open for lunch and dinner, whose house dishes such as takoyaki curry and Nikoniko rice draw a queue at midday.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花235-1"}},{"slug":"kaiho-maru","name":"Kaiho Maru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kaiho-maru","coordinates":{"lat":26.682504,"lng":127.883163},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"海人料理 海邦丸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Kaiho Maru in the Hanasaki Marche complex sits three minutes by car from Churaumi Aquarium and cooks fishermen's set meals from fish bought at the market each morning.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町山川1421-1 ハナサキマルシェ内"}},{"slug":"kaimiru","name":"Kaimiru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kaimiru","coordinates":{"lat":24.924804,"lng":125.25523},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"海美来","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kaimiru is the snack and soba stand just after the Ikema Ohashi on Ikema island, and reviewers come for its purple-sweet-potato mochi.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字池間1173-7"}},{"slug":"kajinhou","name":"Kajinhou","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kajinhou","coordinates":{"lat":26.668587,"lng":127.900817},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"花人逢","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Kajinhou in Yamazato, Motobu, bakes one kind of pizza in a tile-roofed Ryukyuan house on a clifftop that looks over Motobu town to the islands offshore.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://kajinhou.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町字山里1153-2"}},{"slug":"kamaitoya-ohara","name":"Izakaya Kamaitoya (Ohara)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kamaitoya-ohara","coordinates":{"lat":24.273,"lng":123.8816},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居酒屋 猪狩家 大原店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Kamaitoya is a wild-boar izakaya seven minutes' walk from Ohara port on Iriomote, open from 18:30 five nights a week, with a free evening pick-up and dinner at about ¥2,000–3,000.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"http://www.iriomote-kamai.com/ohara.html","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字南風見201-112"}},{"slug":"kameshima-pan-maejima","name":"Kameshima Pan Maejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kameshima-pan-maejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.221917,"lng":127.684525},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"かめしまパン 前島店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomari","country":"JP","summary":"Kameshima Pan is a neighbourhood bakery in Maejima, Naha, near Tomari port, that opens 6:00–19:00 Monday to Saturday and sold sandwiches from ¥250 in September 2025.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市前島2-10-10"}},{"slug":"kameyoshi","name":"Kaisen Ajidokoro Kameyoshi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kameyoshi","coordinates":{"lat":26.3312,"lng":126.8083},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"海鮮味処 亀吉","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Kameyoshi is a seafood restaurant in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima that salt-grills kuruma-ebi and serves mozuku at lunch and dinner, with an English menu and card payment; it closes on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉160-39"}},{"slug":"kanifu","name":"Kanifu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kanifu","coordinates":{"lat":24.3298,"lng":124.0874},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"お食事処 かにふ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kanifu serves Okinawan lunches on Taketomi daily from 11:00 to 15:30 and takes no cash at all, only cashless payment.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"https://suigyu.net/free/kanifu","address":"竹富町字竹富494"}},{"slug":"karakara-to-chibuguwa","name":"Karakara to Chibuguwa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/karakara-to-chibuguwa","coordinates":{"lat":26.215782,"lng":127.682528},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"カラカラとちぶぐゎ～","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Karakara to Chibuguwa is an awamori bar and Ryukyu dining room about 340 m from Yui Rail Kencho-mae Station in Kumoji, and Mapple says its three awamori meisters pour about 100 labels from every distillery in the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-karakara-set.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-karakara-set.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two blue Ryukyu glass tumblers filled with ice flank a painted karakara flask of awamori on a lacquer tray with a water jug and a bowl of ice","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awamori_by_Blue_Lotus_in_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"awamori-bar","status":"open","website":"http://bar.ti-da.net/","address":"沖縄県那覇市久茂地3-15-15 やまこ第二ビル1F"}},{"slug":"kayoi-bune","name":"Izakaya Kayoi Bune","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kayoi-bune","coordinates":{"lat":27.0484,"lng":128.4154},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"居酒屋かよい舟","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Kayoi Bune is a 45-seat Chabana izakaya that fills with Yoron regulars from 17:30 and serves seared nigiri of Yoron wagyu and Amami guinea fowl until midnight.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花35-1"}},{"slug":"kikuei-shokudo","name":"Kikuei Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kikuei-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.807112,"lng":125.278773},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"菊栄食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Kikuei Shokudo is a long-running local diner near Hirara port that opens at 9:00 for Miyako soba breakfasts.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字西里13-6"}},{"slug":"kimi-shokudo","name":"Kimi Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kimi-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3417,"lng":124.1666},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"キミ食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Kimi Shokudo in Tonoshiro is the Ishigaki diner known for miso soba, in which a rich miso broth covers the noodles, and it closes on Thursdays or whenever the soup runs out.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"石垣市登野城319-6"}},{"slug":"king-tacos-kin","name":"King Tacos Kin Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/king-tacos-kin","coordinates":{"lat":26.453264,"lng":127.917275},"region":"central","nameLocal":"キングタコス 金武本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kin","country":"JP","summary":"King Tacos Kin Honten is the original shop of the taco-rice chain that grew from Parlor Senri in Kin, and it opens daily 10:30–21:00 in the Shinkaichi district outside Camp Hansen for cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡金武町字金武4244-4"}},{"slug":"king-tacos-kiyuna","name":"King Tacos Kiyuna","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/king-tacos-kiyuna","coordinates":{"lat":26.2871,"lng":127.7622},"region":"central","nameLocal":"キングタコス 喜友名店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"King Tacos Kiyuna is the Ginowan branch of the taco-rice chain that grew out of the Kin bar where the dish was invented in 1984, open since February 2024. It takes cash only and has a small car park.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","address":"1-26-7 Kiyuna, Ginowan"}},{"slug":"kinokawa","name":"Kinokawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kinokawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.647408,"lng":127.886603},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"紀乃川","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Kinokawa in Kenken, Motobu, is a 20-seat shokudo near the Sesoko Bridge that serves Okinawan set meals Monday to Saturday from 11:00 until 17:00 or sellout.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/goya-champuru/goya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgoya-champuru%2Fgoya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of green bitter melon, browned tofu, onion, carrot and egg are stir-fried together and served on a square white plate","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goya_chanpuru_-_Okinawan_food_-_June_14_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町字健堅603"}},{"slug":"kishimoto-shokudo","name":"Kishimoto Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kishimoto-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.660334,"lng":127.895904},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"きしもと食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Kishimoto Shokudo in Toguchi, Motobu, has served Okinawa soba since 1905 and closes on Wednesdays and whenever the noodles run out.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kishimoto-shokudo/kishimoto-shokudo-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkishimoto-shokudo%2Fkishimoto-shokudo-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"People wait at the door of Kishimoto Shokudo in Motobu under a long white sign reading teuchi soba Kishimoto Shokudo in blue and red letters","credit":"kikmoyoo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_restaurant_by_kikmoyoo_in_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町渡久地5"}},{"slug":"kishimoto-shokudo-yaedake","name":"Kishimoto Shokudo Yaedake","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kishimoto-shokudo-yaedake","coordinates":{"lat":26.657186,"lng":127.911043},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"きしもと食堂 八重岳店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Kishimoto Shokudo's Yaedake branch in Inoha, Motobu, serves the 1905 Toguchi shop's wood-ash soba every day of the week, with its own car park and shorter lines.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba topped with three-layer pork belly, fish cake and green onion, with a small bowl of juushii rice and a side dish behind it","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_mixed_rice.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊野波350-1"}},{"slug":"kitauchi-bokujo-hamasaki","name":"Ishigaki-jima Kitauchi Bokujo, Hamasaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kitauchi-bokujo-hamasaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3399,"lng":124.1502},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島きたうち牧場 浜崎本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Kitauchi Bokujo's Hamasaki flagship is a yakiniku room run by an Ishigaki beef company on the harbour side of town, and it has opened every day for lunch and dinner since June 2024.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/ishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Heavily marbled cubes of raw Ishigaki beef for yakiniku sit on a green leaf beside onion, carrot and pepper on a white plate","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7769993920"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"http://krs-beef.jp/company_restaurants/hamasaki/","address":"石垣市浜崎町2-3-24"}},{"slug":"kitchen-inaba","name":"Kitchen Inaba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kitchen-inaba","coordinates":{"lat":24.4233,"lng":123.7779},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"キッチンイナバ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Kitchen Inaba is an evening-only island kitchen in Nakano on Iriomote's north coast, within walking distance of the Iriomote Hotel, where dinner runs about ¥4,000–5,000 a person.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"http://kitcheninaba.com/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町上原742-6"}},{"slug":"klatch-coffee","name":"KLATCH COFFEE","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/klatch-coffee","coordinates":{"lat":24.3405,"lng":124.1583},"region":"yaeyama","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"KLATCH COFFEE in Okawa in central Ishigaki opens daily at 7:00, which makes it one of the earliest breakfasts in town before a ferry or a ride.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://www.klatch-coffee.com/","address":"石垣市大川200-1"}},{"slug":"koja-sobaya","name":"Koja Sobaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/koja-sobaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.790294,"lng":125.284462},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"古謝そば屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Koja Sobaya has made Miyako soba in Hirara since 1932 and still makes its own flat noodles by hand.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koja-sobaya/koja-sobaya-red-tile-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoja-sobaya%2Fkoja-sobaya-red-tile-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A single-storey house with a red tiled roof and lit windows at dusk, with two cars parked on the stone path in front.","credit":"Kuruman / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/56886057@N00/40653109561"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://kojasoba.com/","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字下里1517-1"}},{"slug":"kominka-ajidokoro-yui","name":"Kominka Ajidokoro Yui","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kominka-ajidokoro-yui","coordinates":{"lat":26.7069,"lng":127.807703},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古民家味処 結","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kominka Ajidokoro Yui near Ie Port serves lunch and dinner in a converted old house above the East China Sea, including soba made with Ie-jima wheat.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡伊江村東江前639"}},{"slug":"kouri-jima-no-eki-sorahashi","name":"Kouri-jima no Eki Sorahashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kouri-jima-no-eki-sorahashi","coordinates":{"lat":26.696072,"lng":128.020577},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利島の駅 ソラハシ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri-jima no Eki Sorahashi at the island end of the Kouri Bridge gathers a canteen and a run of food stalls around a market and opens 9:00–19:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sata-andagi/sata-andagi-split.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsata-andagi%2Fsata-andagi-split.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A homemade sata andagi broken open to show its dense yellow crumb rests in brown paper on a dark green glazed plate","credit":"Koji Horaguchi / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/60993083@N00/5616192619"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://sora-hashi.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村古宇利323-1"}},{"slug":"kouri-shrimp","name":"Kouri Shrimp","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kouri-shrimp","coordinates":{"lat":26.69739,"lng":128.021415},"region":"motobu","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri Shrimp near the island end of the Kouri Bridge serves garlic shrimp plates from 11:00 to 16:00 every day, with the last hour take-out only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","website":"https://lovesokinawa.co.jp","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村古宇利436-1"}},{"slug":"kukuru-cafe","name":"kukuru cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kukuru-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":24.0598,"lng":123.7786},"region":"yaeyama","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"kukuru cafe is a small outdoor café in the Minami hamlet of Hateruma village, a minute south of the Minami co-op store and about 2 km by bicycle from the port, open 10:00–14:00 except Thursdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kukuru-cafe/kukuru-cafe-garden.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkukuru-cafe%2Fkukuru-cafe-garden.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red-tiled house on Hateruma half hidden behind a young coconut palm and coral stone walls, with a wooden kukuru cafe sign on the ground.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_kukuru_cafe%E3%80%81Haterumajima_%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9C%80%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%AF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%80%8C%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%80%8DDSCF2495.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字波照間3146"}},{"slug":"kumejimarl-cafe","name":"Kumejimarl Café","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kumejimarl-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":26.3578,"lng":126.8125},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"くめじまーるCafé","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejimarl Café in Maja on Kume-jima's east coast serves blue soft serve and KUMEJIMA612 craft beer made with deep-sea water, and it opens 10:30–16:00 except Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字真謝500-7"}},{"slug":"kunatsuyu","name":"Kunatsuyu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kunatsuyu","coordinates":{"lat":24.3456,"lng":124.1592},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"来夏世","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Kunatsuyu is a Yaeyama soba specialist about 1 km north of Ishigaki's ferry terminal that serves a light pork-bone broth with juushii rice on the side and opens only four lunchtimes a week.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kunatsuyu/kunatsuyu-yaeyama-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkunatsuyu%2Fkunatsuyu-yaeyama-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Yaeyama soba at Kunatsuyu in Ishigaki town comes topped with sliced pork and a heap of green onion over a cloudy broth.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_yaeyama_soba_kunatsuyu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"石垣市字石垣203"}},{"slug":"kunembo-shokudo","name":"Kunembo Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kunembo-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":27.0495,"lng":128.4013},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"くねんぼ食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kunembo Shokudo is a reservation-only island kitchen in Ritcho on Yoron, about 1 km from the airport, open four evenings a week and rated the island's best dinner on Tabelog at 3.56.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町大字立長330-1"}},{"slug":"kuninaka-shoten","name":"Kuninaka Shoten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kuninaka-shoten","coordinates":{"lat":24.828541,"lng":125.16322},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"國仲商店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kuninaka Shoten is a café and bakery in Kuninaka, Irabu, that opens at 8:00 every day, three minutes from Shimojishima Airport.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字国仲531-1"}},{"slug":"kunnatu","name":"Kunnatu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kunnatu","coordinates":{"lat":26.13367,"lng":127.772679},"region":"south","nameLocal":"もずくそばの店 くんなとぅ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Kunnatu is a mozuku soba shop at the Ojima bridge in Tamagusuku, Nanjo, run by a mozuku farmer, and its ¥970 set (Nanjo listing) comes with free refills of fresh mozuku.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mozuku/mozuku-tempura.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmozuku%2Fmozuku-tempura.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Lacy fritters of battered mozuku seaweed rest on white paper on a speckled grey plate with a dab of grated ginger","credit":"chooyutshing / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/53032977478"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城志堅原460-2"}},{"slug":"kuroneko-maru","name":"Akajima Lunch Kuroneko-maru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/kuroneko-maru","coordinates":{"lat":26.1907,"lng":127.2828},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉島ランチくろねこ丸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroneko-maru is a kitchen car that started in 2026 beside Aka's post office, and it sells tuna and squid bowls from ¥1,000 at lunch.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉 (beside the post office)"}},{"slug":"la-toquee-zamami","name":"La Toquee","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/la-toquee-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2284,"lng":127.303},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ラ・トゥーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"La Toquee is a restaurant and bar in Zamami village for seared marlin and awamori cocktails from 18:30 except Tuesdays, with an English menu.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味105"}},{"slug":"little-kitchen-zamami","name":"Little Kitchen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/little-kitchen-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.228,"lng":127.3041},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"リトルキッチン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Little Kitchen in Zamami village cooks a mixed Thai, Chinese and Italian menu, from green curry to ebi chili, and its dinners book out, so reserve ahead; it closes on Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味29"}},{"slug":"live-house-shimauta","name":"Live House Shimauta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/live-house-shimauta","coordinates":{"lat":26.215474,"lng":127.685234},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ライブ居酒屋 島唄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Live House Shimauta is a 150-seat music izakaya on the third floor of the Haisai Building on Kokusai-dori, where the Okinawan women's vocal group Nenes plays three sets from 19:00 Thursday to Monday for a ¥2,380 live…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","website":"http://livehousesimauta.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志1-2-31 ハイサイビル3F"}},{"slug":"lunch-house-tamago","name":"Lunch House Tamago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/lunch-house-tamago","coordinates":{"lat":24.4203,"lng":123.7981},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ランチハウス たまご","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Lunch House Tamago is a set-meal diner five minutes' walk from Uehara port on Iriomote that serves lunch and an early dinner from Monday to Saturday for about ¥1,000–2,000 a person.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字上原681-6"}},{"slug":"maasaa-no-mise","name":"Maasaa no Mise","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/maasaa-no-mise","coordinates":{"lat":26.1724,"lng":127.3456},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"まーさーの店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Maasaa no Mise in Aharen makes Okinawa soba with fish powder kneaded into the noodles and serves it at lunch and dinner, with a soba and tuna bowl set at ¥2,000 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村阿波連70"}},{"slug":"machigwa-shokudo-dotonbori","name":"Machigwa Shokudo Dotonbori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/machigwa-shokudo-dotonbori","coordinates":{"lat":26.214513,"lng":127.688169},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"まちぐゎー食堂 道頓堀","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Machigwa Shokudo Dotonbori is a diner on the second floor of the rebuilt Daiichi Makishi Public Market in Naha that cooks seafood you buy from the stalls downstairs as well as its own Okinawan menu. It opens 9:00–21:00…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾2-10-1 第一牧志公設市場 2F"}},{"slug":"magari-soba","name":"Magari Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/magari-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3334,"lng":126.7945},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"まがりそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Magari Soba opened on 29 April 2026 in Magari, between Gima and Eef Beach on Kume-jima, and says it is the only shop on the island serving fresh-noodle Okinawa soba.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字真我里78"}},{"slug":"mahowbrew","name":"MAHOWBREW","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mahowbrew","coordinates":{"lat":26.212525,"lng":127.693781},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tsuboya","country":"JP","summary":"MAHOWBREW is a craft brewery and 12-seat taproom about 8 minutes' walk from Yui Rail Asato Station on Himeyuri-dori in Naha's Tsuboya pottery district, and Tabelog reviewers know it for sours and IPAs. It opens from…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"brewery","status":"open","website":"https://mahowbrew.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市壺屋2-4-3 1F"}},{"slug":"maipari","name":"Maipari Tropical Fruit Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/maipari","coordinates":{"lat":24.735921,"lng":125.268123},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島熱帯果樹園 まいぱり","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Nettai Kajuen Maipari is a tropical fruit orchard and juice café next to Yonaha Maehama beach.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-irwin-basket.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-irwin-basket.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red and orange Irwin mangoes heaped in a woven basket with a white card reading Irwin laid across them.","credit":"Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Irwin_Asit_fs8.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地字与那覇1210"}},{"slug":"maison-de-fujii","name":"Maison de Fujii","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/maison-de-fujii","coordinates":{"lat":26.220409,"lng":127.680213},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Maison de Fujii is a small omakase-only restaurant in Naha's Matsuyama district that cooks from a French base and seats everyone at 19:00 for a ¥6,600 course and an optional ¥4,400 wine pairing. Seats open online at…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","website":"https://www.maison-de-fujii.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市松山2-20-13 ミネビル202"}},{"slug":"marumiya-zamami","name":"Restaurant Marumiya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/marumiya-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.23,"lng":127.3025},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"レストラン まるみ屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Restaurant Marumiya in Zamami village cooks Okinawan set meals at lunch and dinner every day but Wednesday, with sets around ¥1,000 and an English menu.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味432-2"}},{"slug":"maruyoshi-shokudo","name":"Maruyoshi Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/maruyoshi-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.731649,"lng":125.351755},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"丸吉食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Maruyoshi Shokudo on Route 390 in Sunagawa near Shigira serves big garlicky soki and tebichi soba from 10:30 until it sells out.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/maruyoshi-shokudo/maruyoshi-shokudo-soki-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmaruyoshi-shokudo%2Fmaruyoshi-shokudo-soki-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Large pieces of stewed pork rib, red pickled ginger, cabbage and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a patterned bowl.","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/28370876673"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市城辺字砂川975"}},{"slug":"matsubaraya-seika","name":"Matsubara-ya Seika","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/matsubaraya-seika","coordinates":{"lat":26.215172,"lng":127.68824},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"松原屋製菓","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Matsubara-ya Seika is a sweet shop in Matsuo near the Makishi Public Market that sells sata andagi, mochi and other Okinawan sweets every day from 9:00 to 20:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/muuchii/muuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmuuchii%2Fmuuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A purple-brown rice cake lies unwrapped in its shell-ginger leaf on a plate on Ishigaki, with more wrapped cakes beneath it.","credit":"Anonymous Powered / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muchi_2007.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾2-9-9"}},{"slug":"matsunoshita","name":"Ryukyu Ryori Matsunoshita","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/matsunoshita","coordinates":{"lat":26.505,"lng":127.8503},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"琉球料理 松ノ下","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Matsunoshita is the Okinawan restaurant upstairs in the Cape Manzamo visitor building in Onna, open from 10:00, and its soki soba with handmade pork ribs is the most-ordered bowl. It also serves mozuku soba and Orion…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://www.manzamo.jp/matsunoshita.php","address":"Manzamo visitor facility 2F, 2767 Onna, Onna"}},{"slug":"meedafus-yui","name":"Meedafu's Yui Hostel and Coffee","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/meedafus-yui","coordinates":{"lat":27.0483,"lng":128.4171},"region":"yoron","aliases":["MEEDAFU'S YUI"],"area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Meedafu's Yui is a coffee house and guest house in Chabana on Yoron that opens at 6:00 and serves the island's only breakfast menu, about seven minutes by car from the airport and port.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://yuihostel.okinawa","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花270"}},{"slug":"menya-marusho","name":"Menya Marusho","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/menya-marusho","coordinates":{"lat":26.3105,"lng":127.9096},"region":"central","nameLocal":"麺屋 丸翔","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"katsuren","country":"JP","summary":"Menya Marusho is an Okinawa soba shop in Heshikiya on the Katsuren peninsula, near the Tsuken ferry port, open 11:00 to 14:30 and closed on Thursdays and Fridays. Its Marusho soba piles on several cuts of pork.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"430-2 Katsuren-Heshikiya, Uruma"}},{"slug":"mi-maru","name":"Mi Maru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mi-maru","coordinates":{"lat":24.0603,"lng":123.7793},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"味〇","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Mi Maru is an evening izakaya in the eastern part of Hateruma village, near Hotel Oceans, open from 18:00 and one of a handful of places on the island to eat dinner.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間3112"}},{"slug":"michi-no-eki-itoman","name":"Michi-no-Eki Itoman","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/michi-no-eki-itoman","coordinates":{"lat":26.138372,"lng":127.661684},"region":"south","nameLocal":"道の駅いとまん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Michi-no-Eki Itoman is a large roadside station in Nishizaki, Itoman, open 9:00–20:00 with free parking, where the fisheries co-op's fish market sits beside a JA farmers' market and a local products hall.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/michi-no-eki-itoman/itoman-city-market.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmichi-no-eki-itoman%2Fitoman-city-market.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The dark wooden front of Itoman City Market Yukurun stands under a clear blue sky, with banners by the doors and a small lawn in front","credit":"Kugel / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itoman_City_Market.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://www.city.itoman.lg.jp/site/kankou-navi/1814.html","address":"沖縄県糸満市字西崎4-19-1"}},{"slug":"michi-no-eki-kyoda","name":"Michi-no-eki Kyoda (Yanbaru Products Center)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/michi-no-eki-kyoda","coordinates":{"lat":26.552,"lng":127.97},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"道の駅許田 やんばる物産センター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Michi-no-eki Kyoda was Okinawa's first roadside station, and it sits on Route 58 beside the Kyoda interchange in Nago, selling Yanbaru produce and snacks from 8:30 to 19:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/michi-no-eki-kyoda/michi-no-eki-kyoda-stalls.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmichi-no-eki-kyoda%2Fmichi-no-eki-kyoda-stalls.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Cars fill the car park in front of the row of food stalls at Michi-no-eki Kyoda, each with a bright sign above its counter and flags flying along the roof","credit":"kamiosaki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michinoeki_-_Kyoda_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"http://yanbaru-b.co.jp","address":"17-1 Kyoda, Nago, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"michi-no-eki-ogimi","name":"Michi-no-eki Ogimi (Yanbaru no Mori Visitor Center)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/michi-no-eki-ogimi","coordinates":{"lat":26.661,"lng":128.1021},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"道の駅おおぎみ やんばるの森ビジターセンター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ogimi","country":"JP","summary":"Michi-no-eki Ogimi on Route 58 in Tsuha, Ogimi, is a roadside station and Yanbaru forest visitor centre where a café and a produce shop sit below a lookout over the sea to Kouri-jima.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/michi-no-eki-ogimi/michi-no-eki-ogimi-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmichi-no-eki-ogimi%2Fmichi-no-eki-ogimi-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The yellow roofs and open arches of Michi-no-eki Ogimi beyond an empty road, with forested hills behind under a grey sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michinoeki_Ogimi_202103_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://ogimi-kanko.com/","address":"95 Tsuha, Ogimi, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"mie","name":"Ryukyu Ryori Mie","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mie","coordinates":{"lat":26.21488,"lng":127.678184},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"琉球料理 美榮","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Ryori Mie is a Ryukyu court-cuisine restaurant about 5 minutes' walk from Yui Rail Kencho-mae Station in Kumoji, and it has cooked from Shuri family recipes since 1958. Courses run from ¥3,500 at lunch to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jimami-tofu/jimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjimami-tofu%2Fjimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A smooth dome of peanut tofu sits in a pool of sweet soy sauce in a blue and white floral porcelain bowl against a plain grey background","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimami_Tofu_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","website":"http://ryukyu-mie.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市久茂地1-8-8"}},{"slug":"mikasa-matsuyama","name":"Mikasa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mikasa-matsuyama","coordinates":{"lat":26.217643,"lng":127.679074},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"三笠 松山店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Mikasa is an Okinawan shokudo in Matsuyama, Naha, whose Mikasa-style champon cost ¥800 in August 2026. It opens 9:00–21:00 (21:30 on Sundays) and closes on Wednesdays and Thursdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mikasa-matsuyama/mikasa-champon.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmikasa-matsuyama%2Fmikasa-champon.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A plate of Mikasa champon heaped with stir-fried egg, minced meat, vegetables and green onion, with a bowl of miso soup behind","credit":"Suikotei / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Champon_at_Mikasa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市松山1-12-20 宮城アパート1F"}},{"slug":"milmil-honpo","name":"Milmil Honpo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/milmil-honpo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3711,"lng":124.1227},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ミルミル本舗 本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Milmil Honpo is a gelato shop on the coast road west of Ishigaki town near Kannonzaki that opens every day from 10:00 to 19:00, and Tabelog named it one of Japan's 100 best ice cream shops in 2023 and 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://mirumiru.okinawa/","address":"石垣市新川1583-74"}},{"slug":"mimi-uehara","name":"Mimi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mimi-uehara","coordinates":{"lat":24.4216,"lng":123.7966},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"美々","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Mimi is a soba restaurant on Route 215 in Uehara, a few minutes' walk from Iriomote's north-coast port, open 11:00–17:00 and paid in cash.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町上原"}},{"slug":"minaaiya","name":"Minaaiya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/minaaiya","coordinates":{"lat":24.73487,"lng":125.276492},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"皆愛屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"Minaaiya is a tofu shop and lunch counter in Yonaha near Maehama that serves freshly made yushi tofu on weekdays only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yushi-tofu/yushi-tofu-spoon.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyushi-tofu%2Fyushi-tofu-spoon.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Soft curds of yushi tofu float in their warm broth under chopped chives in a painted stoneware bowl, with a white porcelain spoon dipping in","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/24951541744"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地字与那覇1450-62"}},{"slug":"minato-shokudo","name":"Minato Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/minato-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.816613,"lng":125.280546},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"みなと食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Minato Shokudo near Hirara's Nakadori fishing port made Tabelog's Shokudo 100 list in 2024 and 2026, and its order is bonito-salt soba with sea lettuce.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字荷川取593-10"}},{"slug":"minyo-stage-utahime","name":"Min'yo Stage Utahime","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/minyo-stage-utahime","coordinates":{"lat":26.211633,"lng":127.673189},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"民謡ステージ歌姫","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Min'yo Stage Utahime is a small Okinawan folk-song bar owned by min'yo singer Ganeko Yoriko, and it reopened at 17-11 Higashimachi in Naha on 11 March 2026 after leaving Kokusai-dori. It opens 19:00–01:00 and charges…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","website":"https://www.sunsean.co.jp/utahime.php","address":"沖縄県那覇市東町17-11 東ふくろう館ビル1F"}},{"slug":"miru-taiyo","name":"Miru Taiyo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miru-taiyo","coordinates":{"lat":24.806537,"lng":125.286969},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"美琉太陽","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Miru Taiyo is a Hirara izakaya where a sanshin player performs every evening from about 19:30 to 20:30, between plates of local fish and island vegetables.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良東仲宗根427-7"}},{"slug":"misaki-yoron","name":"Oshokujidokoro Misaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/misaki-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0238,"lng":128.4552},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"お食事処 味咲","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Oshokujidokoro Misaki is a mozuku soba and shaved-ice restaurant at the entrance to Akasaki beach in south-east Yoron, about 15 minutes by car from the airport, with summer queues out the door.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町麦屋815 赤崎海岸入口"}},{"slug":"misato-soba","name":"Misato Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/misato-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3434,"lng":127.8206},"region":"central","nameLocal":"美里そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"okinawa-city","country":"JP","summary":"Misato Soba is an Okinawa soba specialist in Okinawa City's Higashi district, open 11:00 to 16:00 or until sold out and closed on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The fuuchiba (mugwort) topping is free.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba with braised pork belly, a soft-boiled egg, two slices of white fish cake and pickled ginger over thick noodles","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_(42195524970).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"1-23-12 Higashi, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"mitsuya-shokudo","name":"Mitsuya Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mitsuya-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.761407,"lng":125.32538},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"みつや食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Mitsuya Shokudo is a new Miyako soba shop in Nobaru, Ueno, that takes reservations and serves aasa sea-lettuce soba.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市上野野原1121-2"}},{"slug":"miyako-gyu-yakiniku-tamashiro","name":"Miyako Gyu Yakiniku Tamashiro","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyako-gyu-yakiniku-tamashiro","coordinates":{"lat":24.804288,"lng":125.279098},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古牛焼肉 玉城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Gyu Yakiniku Tamashiro buys whole Miyako cattle and grills the beef at its Hirara restaurant beside the public market.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良下里3 セイルイン宮古島 1F"}},{"slug":"miyako-kibi-chaya","name":"Miyako Kibi Chaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyako-kibi-chaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.903851,"lng":125.269948},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古きび茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Kibi Chaya in Karimata presses sugarcane juice to order on the road to the Ikema Ohashi.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良狩俣129"}},{"slug":"miyako-parlor-haisai","name":"Tsumande Nomeru Miyako Parlor Haisai!","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyako-parlor-haisai","coordinates":{"lat":24.802227,"lng":125.28042},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ツマンデ呑める みやこパーラー ハイサイ!","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Tsumande Nomeru Miyako Parlor Haisai! on Shimozato-dori is a modern Okinawan izakaya that ranks among the top-rated dinner tables in Miyako on Tabelog.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良下里601"}},{"slug":"miyako-soba-ai","name":"Miyako Soba Ai","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyako-soba-ai","coordinates":{"lat":26.3331,"lng":127.7967},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宮古そば 愛","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Soba Ai in Koza's Uechi district serves Miyako-style soba from 18:00 until 5:00 the next morning, so it works before a night in Koza or after one. It closes on Sundays and has no car park.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"1-14-6 Uechi, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"miyako-soba-massugu","name":"Miyako Soba Massugu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyako-soba-massugu","coordinates":{"lat":24.741061,"lng":125.314426},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古そば まっすぐ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Soba Massugu in Ueno serves a clear, gentle Miyako soba close to Shigira and the airport, and it takes cards.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市上野字上野437"}},{"slug":"miyara-noen","name":"Miyara Noen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/miyara-noen","coordinates":{"lat":24.3799,"lng":124.1324},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"宮良農園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Miyara Noen is a fruit farm parlour west of Ishigaki town where every seat is outdoors, and it serves pineapple juice and guava shaved ice except on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and days of bad weather.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pineapple/pineapple-ripe-stack.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpineapple%2Fpineapple-ripe-stack.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ripe golden pineapples with green crowns lie stacked on their sides at a fruit stand on Ishigaki","credit":"TR2HG / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapples_in_Ishigakijima,_Okinawa,_Japan.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://www.miyara-nouen.com","address":"石垣市字新川1134"}},{"slug":"moana-beach-house","name":"Moana Beach House","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/moana-beach-house","coordinates":{"lat":26.325,"lng":127.9525},"region":"central","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Moana Beach House is a beach snack bar in Hama village on Hamahiga-jima, open 11:00 to 19:00 on irregular days, with zenzai and mango shaved ice at ¥500 and Orion on draught. It rents trikes by the hour and has no car…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"14 Katsuren-Hama, Uruma"}},{"slug":"mochi-no-mise-yamaya","name":"Mochi no Mise Yamaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mochi-no-mise-yamaya","coordinates":{"lat":26.21611,"lng":127.688057},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"もちの店 やまや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Mochi no Mise Yamaya is a mochi shop in the Suijo Tenpo building by the Makishi market in Naha that sells leaf-wrapped muuchii year-round from 9:00 to 18:30.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/muuchii/muuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmuuchii%2Fmuuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A purple-brown rice cake lies unwrapped in its shell-ginger leaf on a plate on Ishigaki, with more wrapped cakes beneath it.","credit":"Anonymous Powered / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muchi_2007.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志3-1-1 水上店舗1階"}},{"slug":"moist-roll-cafe","name":"Moist Roll Cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/moist-roll-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":24.4501,"lng":122.9432},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"モイストロールカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Moist Roll Cafe is a roll-cake café in Kubura on Yonaguni's west coast, open 10:00–17:00, a short walk from the ferry and the Kubura bus stop.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町与那国4022-119"}},{"slug":"moja-no-pan","name":"Moja no Pan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/moja-no-pan","coordinates":{"lat":24.807578,"lng":125.281737},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"モジャのパン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Moja no Pan is a small Hirara bakery in Higashinakasone whose anpan sells out before lunch.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字東仲宗根20"}},{"slug":"monte-doll","name":"Monte doll honten　factory &  cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/monte-doll","coordinates":{"lat":24.807498,"lng":125.279319},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"モンテドール本店 ファクトリー＆カフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Monte Doll is a Miyako cake maker whose factory café on Nishizato in Hirara sells its banana cake and soft serve.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字西里7-2"}},{"slug":"mozuku-menya-ntsubata","name":"Mozuku Menya Ntsubata","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/mozuku-menya-ntsubata","coordinates":{"lat":24.80294,"lng":125.284726},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"もずく麺屋 んつばた","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Mozuku Menya Ntsubata in central Hirara makes its noodles with mozuku seaweed from local fishermen and serves the seaweed as an all-you-can-eat side.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良西里381 1F"}},{"slug":"muuru-cafe","name":"Muuru Cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/muuru-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":27.0366,"lng":128.4525},"region":"yoron","aliases":["Muuru"],"area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Muuru Cafe is a 32-seat café on the east coast of Yoron next to the Yurigahama boats that opened in July 2025 and serves island-ingredient lunches from 11:00 to 15:00 except Wednesdays and Thursdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町古里16-5"}},{"slug":"nakamoto-tempura","name":"Ganso Nakamoto Tempura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakamoto-tempura","coordinates":{"lat":26.131555,"lng":127.771941},"region":"south","nameLocal":"元祖中本てんぷら店（中本鮮魚てんぷら店）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ojima","town":"ojima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ganso Nakamoto Tempura is a fish shop by the Ojima bridge in Nanjo that sells Okinawan tempura from ¥100 a piece, open 10:30–18:00 except on Thursdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakamoto-tempura/nakamoto-tempura-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakamoto-tempura%2Fnakamoto-tempura-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The two-storey Nakamoto fish shop on Ojima with big tempura signs over the open counter and cars parked out front","credit":"shig2006 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/70244379@N00/4230611055"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城字奥武9"}},{"slug":"nakamura-suisan-zamami","name":"Nakamura Suisan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakamura-suisan-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2278,"lng":127.3026},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"大衆酒場中村水産","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nakamura Suisan is a newer seafood bar in Zamami village that serves fish bowls at lunch and dinner, and its fish yukke don cost ¥1,300 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味99"}},{"slug":"nakayoshi-shokudo","name":"Nakayoshi Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakayoshi-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3449,"lng":124.152},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"なかよし食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Nakayoshi Shokudo is a cheap old-style diner in Shinei-cho, west of Ishigaki's town centre, that serves Yaeyama soba and set meals; Tabelog lists it as closed on Wednesdays and Saturdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-ishigaki-red-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-ishigaki-red-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red bowl of Yaeyama soba on Ishigaki holds round noodles, diced pork, pink fish cake and a heap of green onion beside a dish of pickles","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-16_Yaeyama_soba_%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8D%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%9D%E3%81%B0%EF%BC%88%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89DSCF2045.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"石垣市新栄町26-21"}},{"slug":"nakayukui-shoten","name":"Nakayukui Shoten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakayukui-shoten","coordinates":{"lat":24.825903,"lng":125.17004},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"なかゆくい商店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Nakayukui Shoten in Kuninaka, Irabu, fries sata andagi-style doughnuts called satapanpin, and the 2026 reviews describe hour-long queues on busy days.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字国仲57-3"}},{"slug":"nakijin-ichifuji","name":"Nakijin Ichifuji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakijin-ichifuji","coordinates":{"lat":26.681347,"lng":127.977237},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁 いち藤","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Nakijin Ichifuji in Nakasone, Nakijin, serves a rich pork-bone soba from 11:00 to 15:00, Wednesday to Sunday, and stops when the broth runs out.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba topped with three-layer pork belly, fish cake and green onion, with a small bowl of juushii rice and a side dish behind it","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_mixed_rice.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村仲宗根296"}},{"slug":"nakijin-no-eki-sore","name":"Nakijin no Eki Sore","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakijin-no-eki-sore","coordinates":{"lat":26.68061,"lng":127.972054},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁の駅 そ～れ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Nakijin no Eki Sore in Tamagusuku is Nakijin village's farm market and serves soba and set meals in its dining corner from 10:00 to 18:00, Tuesday to Sunday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tray set meal of Okinawa soba with a bowl of juushii rice, sashimi, pickles and a small side dish","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawan_noodle_combo_(20589385956).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村字玉城157"}},{"slug":"nakijin-soba","name":"Nakijin Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nakijin-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.696493,"lng":127.941468},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Nakijin Soba in Moshi, Nakijin, serves nankotsu soki soba from 10:00 to 16:30 nearly every day, about ten minutes by car from Churaumi Aquarium.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"http://www.nakijinsoba.jp/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村字諸志181"}},{"slug":"nantou-shokurakuen","name":"Nantou Shokurakuen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nantou-shokurakuen","coordinates":{"lat":26.329,"lng":126.8063},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"南島食楽園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Nantou Shokurakuen is a 23-seat Eef Beach izakaya on Kume-jima known for its local sashimi platter and grilled kuruma-ebi, and it opens from 17:30 except Thursdays; book ahead.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉160-81"}},{"slug":"niima-soba","name":"Niima Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/niima-soba","coordinates":{"lat":24.897249,"lng":125.274554},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"にいまそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Niima Soba in Karimata on the road to the Ikema Ohashi runs a morning sign-up board, and reviewers describe it as booked out by mid-morning.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良狩俣3"}},{"slug":"nikuya-shokudo-henza","name":"Nikuya Shokudo in Henza","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nikuya-shokudo-henza","coordinates":{"lat":26.3428,"lng":127.9529},"region":"central","nameLocal":"肉や食堂inへんざ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"henza","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Nikuya Shokudo is a beef restaurant in the village on Henza-jima, run by a former Osaka butcher who serves A5 and A4 wagyu as beef cutlets and rice bowls. Lunch runs daily except Thursdays, and dinner only Friday to…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://nikuya-shokudo-henza.com/","address":"252 Yonashiro-Henza, Uruma"}},{"slug":"nishinsuni","name":"Nishinsuni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nishinsuni","coordinates":{"lat":26.709899,"lng":127.825343},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"味の店 にしんすに","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nishinsuni at Ie Beach serves soki soba with ribs that hang over the bowl from 10:30 until 15:00 or sellout, and closes on Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://www.nishinsuni.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡伊江村東江前2438 伊江村青少年旅行村（伊江ビーチ内）"}},{"slug":"nobare-misaki-noen","name":"Nobare Misaki Kanko Noen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nobare-misaki-noen","coordinates":{"lat":24.4462,"lng":124.2555},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"野原岬観光農園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ibaruma","country":"JP","summary":"Nobare Misaki Kanko Noen is a fruit farm café at Tori on Ishigaki's east coast that makes smoothies and parfaits from its own fruit with a sea view; it closes on Thursdays and Fridays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://nobaremisaki.wix.com/nobaremisaki","address":"石垣市桃里165-395"}},{"slug":"nuchimasu-takahanari","name":"Nuchima-su Restaurant Takahanari","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nuchimasu-takahanari","coordinates":{"lat":26.3604,"lng":127.9911},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ぬちまーすレストランたかはなり","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyagi","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Restaurant Takahanari sits upstairs at the Nuchima-su salt factory on Miyagi-jima, serving lunch from 11:00 to 15:30 and café food from 9:00 to 17:30 every day. Its salt soft-serve is the popular order.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://nuchima-su.co.jp/cafe/","address":"2768 Yonashiro-Miyagi, Uruma"}},{"slug":"nutstown-coffee","name":"NUTSTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/nutstown-coffee","coordinates":{"lat":24.3487,"lng":124.163},"region":"yaeyama","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"NUTSTOWN COFFEE ROASTERS roasts its own coffee in north Okawa, Ishigaki, and serves breakfast every day from 7:00, with croissant sandwiches and croffles.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://lit.link/hellowinc","address":"石垣市大川538-2 u-viento 1F"}},{"slug":"ohshiro-tempura","name":"Ohshiro Tempura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ohshiro-tempura","coordinates":{"lat":26.12855,"lng":127.771202},"region":"south","nameLocal":"大城てんぷら店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ojima","town":"ojima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ohshiro Tempura is a tempura shop on Ojima in Nanjo that fries eleven kinds to order, open 11:00–17:45 except on Mondays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ohshiro-tempura/ohshiro-tempura-shop.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fohshiro-tempura%2Fohshiro-tempura-shop.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Orange tempura banners and plastic chairs stand in the shade outside the white shopfront of the Ohshiro tempura shop on Ojima","credit":"Asacyan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oujima_nanjyou_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城奥武193"}},{"slug":"okashi-goten-yomitan","name":"Okashi Goten Yomitan Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/okashi-goten-yomitan","coordinates":{"lat":26.432817,"lng":127.718671},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"御菓子御殿 読谷本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Okashi Goten Yomitan Honten is the beni-imo tart maker's main shop on the Zanpa road in Uza, and it opens year-round from 9:00 to 19:00 with a café that sells tarts fresh from the line.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/beni-imo/beni-imo-tart-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbeni-imo%2Fbeni-imo-tart-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A slice of purple sweet potato tart sits on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate with a cup of soft-serve, star fruit, dragon fruit and mint","credit":"is_kyoto_jp / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/47173486@N00/37152101486"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.okashigoten.co.jp/yomitan-shop/","address":"沖縄県中頭郡読谷村字宇座657-1"}},{"slug":"okinawa-soba-marukami","name":"Okinawa Soba Marukami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/okinawa-soba-marukami","coordinates":{"lat":24.723744,"lng":125.253167},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"沖縄そば まるかみ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Soba Marukami on Kurima island is the top-rated soba shop in the Miyako islands on Tabelog, and it runs a morning whiteboard sign-up before its 10:30 opening.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地字来間91"}},{"slug":"oku-kyodo-store","name":"Oku Co-op Store","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/oku-kyodo-store","coordinates":{"lat":26.8377,"lng":128.2876},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"奥共同店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"oku","country":"JP","summary":"The Oku Co-op Store in Oku, Kunigami, opened in 1906 as the first of Okinawa's village-owned co-op stores and still serves the village near the northern tip of Okinawa Island.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/oku-kyodo-store/oku-kyodo-store-village.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Foku-kyodo-store%2Foku-kyodo-store-village.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The flat-roofed Oku Co-op Store with its name on the parapet, seen from a hillside above Oku with palms and the river behind","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oku_Community_Store_at_Kunigami_202511.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"unverified","address":"113 Oku, Kunigami-son"}},{"slug":"onna-no-eki","name":"Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/onna-no-eki","coordinates":{"lat":26.4363,"lng":127.7946},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"おんなの駅 なかゆくい市場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Onna no Eki Nakayukui Market is the farm market and food hall in Onna's Nakadomari district, open every day from 10:00 to 19:00, where about 1,300 registered growers sell produce and a ring of stalls sells shaved ice…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://onnanoeki.com/","address":"1656-9 Nakadomari, Onna"}},{"slug":"opyuu-shokudo","name":"Opyuu Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/opyuu-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.91354,"lng":125.308054},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"おぷゆう食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ogami","country":"JP","summary":"Opyuu Shokudo is the only restaurant on Ogami island, a minute's walk from the ferry landing, and it serves the island's dried octopus over rice.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良大神130"}},{"slug":"orion-happy-park","name":"Orion Happy Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/orion-happy-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.587,"lng":127.9895},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"オリオンハッピーパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Orion Happy Park runs guided tours of Orion Beer's Nago brewery, about 10 minutes north of the Kyoda interchange; it closes on Sundays and Mondays and takes online bookings until 16:00 the day before.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/orion-happy-park/orion-happy-park-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Forion-happy-park%2Forion-happy-park-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A curved tan wall at the Orion brewery in Nago carries the Orion stars logo and the words Orion Happy Park in Japanese and English","credit":"othree / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_Happy_Park_(33170774714).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"brewery","status":"open","website":"https://www.orionbeer.co.jp/happypark/index.html","address":"2-2-1 Agarie, Nago, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"oshokuji-dokoro-minna","name":"Oshokuji Dokoro Minna","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/oshokuji-dokoro-minna","coordinates":{"lat":26.648726,"lng":127.817016},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"御食事処 みんな","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"minna","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Oshokuji Dokoro Minna is a container-style beach parlour a short walk from Minna Beach that serves taco rice and Okinawa soba, though it publishes no hours or season.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"unverified","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町瀬底6219"}},{"slug":"oshokujidokoro-arabuchi","name":"Oshokujidokoro Arabuchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/oshokujidokoro-arabuchi","coordinates":{"lat":24.0621,"lng":123.7674},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"お食事処 あらぶち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Oshokujidokoro Arabuchi is a soba and set-meal restaurant in Hateruma village, open 10:00–15:00, one of the few places on Japan's southernmost inhabited island to eat lunch.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間540"}},{"slug":"oshokujidokoro-yuki","name":"Oshokuji-dokoro Yuki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/oshokujidokoro-yuki","coordinates":{"lat":26.3463,"lng":126.7483},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"お食事処 ゆき","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Oshokuji-dokoro Yuki is a local diner in Torishima on Kume-jima that makes its own noodles and opens 11:00–18:00 except Wednesdays and Fridays, at about ¥1,000 a meal.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字鳥島298"}},{"slug":"paness","name":"Paness","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/paness","coordinates":{"lat":24.469,"lng":123.0055},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"手作りパン＆カフェ パネス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Paness is Yonaguni's only bakery and a small café in Sonai, about seven minutes by car from the airport, that sells bread from about 8:30 and lunch until 17:00 and closes on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","website":"https://yonaguni-paness.com/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国312"}},{"slug":"papoiya","name":"Steak Restaurant Papoiya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/papoiya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3396,"lng":124.1569},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ステーキレストラン ぱぽいや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Steak Restaurant Papoiya cooks Ishigaki beef steak on the eighth floor of a building in Okawa in Ishigaki's town centre, and Tabelog named it one of its 100 best steak restaurants in western Japan in 2024 and 2025.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"steak","status":"open","address":"石垣市大川258 レオビル8F"}},{"slug":"parlor-hibiki","name":"Parlor Hibiki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/parlor-hibiki","coordinates":{"lat":26.1917,"lng":127.2827},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"軽食 パーラー ひびき","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Parlor Hibiki is a tatami-floored diner in an old house five minutes from Aka Port, and it serves squid-ink soba and bento from 10:00 to 18:30.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉26"}},{"slug":"parlor-kumi","name":"Parlor Kumi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/parlor-kumi","coordinates":{"lat":26.365,"lng":126.7176},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"パーラー球美","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Parlor Kumi is the soba counter on the ground floor of Kumejima Airport, and it opens 8:00–15:00 every day with a mini soba at ¥500.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字北原566-2 久米島空港ターミナルビル1F"}},{"slug":"parlor-minpika","name":"Parlor Minpika","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/parlor-minpika","coordinates":{"lat":24.0625,"lng":123.7653},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"パーラーみんぴか","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Parlor Minpika is a shaved-ice stand on the road between Nishihama and Hateruma village, open 13:30–16:00, three minutes by bicycle from the beach.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字波照間465"}},{"slug":"parlor-painushima","name":"Parlor Painushima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/parlor-painushima","coordinates":{"lat":24.3313,"lng":124.086},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"パーラーぱいぬ島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Parlor Painushima serves shaved ice in Taketomi village from 10:00 to 17:30 and makes an easy cool-down stop on a bike loop of the island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"竹富町字竹富417"}},{"slug":"parlor-papaya","name":"Parlor Papaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/parlor-papaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.4516,"lng":124.1951},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"パーラーぱぱや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"Parlor Papaya is a roadside juice stand at Yonehara on Ishigaki's north-west coast road that blends fresh fruit and sugarcane juice with no added water or sugar from 8:30; it closes on Wednesdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pineapple/pineapple-ripe-stack.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpineapple%2Fpineapple-ripe-stack.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ripe golden pineapples with green crowns lie stacked on their sides at a fruit stand on Ishigaki","credit":"TR2HG / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pineapples_in_Ishigakijima,_Okinawa,_Japan.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://parlour-papaya.com/","address":"石垣市桴海491"}},{"slug":"peenushima-shokudo","name":"Peenushima Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/peenushima-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.0656,"lng":123.7667},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ぺえ～ぬ島食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Peenushima Shokudo is a soba diner on the north side of Hateruma village, between the village and Nishihama, open 11:00–16:30 and paid in cash.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町波照間405"}},{"slug":"pinacolada","name":"Pinacolada","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/pinacolada","coordinates":{"lat":24.4626,"lng":124.1414},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ピナコラーダ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Pinacolada is a small bakery one street back from the Kabira Bay lookout that opens Thursday to Sunday from 9:00 to 13:00, and its breads sell out early.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","website":"http://pclkabira.exblog.jp/","address":"石垣市川平836-4 コンドミニアムゆがふ川平内"}},{"slug":"ploughmans-lunch-bakery","name":"Ploughman's Lunch Bakery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ploughmans-lunch-bakery","coordinates":{"lat":26.2944,"lng":127.7916},"region":"central","nameLocal":"プラウマンズランチベーカリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kitanakagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Ploughman's Lunch Bakery is a hilltop bakery café in Kitanakagusuku's Adaniya district that serves breakfast all day from 9:00 to 16:00, with a terrace looking toward the sea. Its website has not posted news since…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ploughmans.net/","address":"927-2 Adaniya, Kitanakagusuku"}},{"slug":"pork-tamago-onigiri-american-village","name":"Pork Tamago Onigiri American Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/pork-tamago-onigiri-american-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.31565,"lng":127.753679},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ポーたま 北谷アメリカンビレッジ店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Pork Tamago Onigiri's American Village counter in Mihama, Chatan, makes the pork-and-egg rice sandwiches from 7:00 to 20:00 every day and sells fillings you can't get at its other shops.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A thick slice of luncheon meat and a folded omelette are pressed between two layers of white rice and bound with a strip of nori on a white plate","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pork_and_tamago_onigiri_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://porktamago.com/shop/003-ctn/","address":"沖縄県中頭郡北谷町字美浜9-21"}},{"slug":"pork-tamago-onigiri-makishi","name":"Pork Tamago Onigiri Makishi Market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/pork-tamago-onigiri-makishi","coordinates":{"lat":26.215191,"lng":127.68798},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ポーたま 牧志市場店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Pork Tamago Onigiri's Makishi Market shop in Matsuo, Naha, makes the pork-and-egg rice sandwiches to order from 7:00 to 20:00 every day, and the plain version cost ¥450 on the May 2026 menu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A thick slice of luncheon meat and a folded omelette are pressed between two layers of white rice and bound with a strip of nori on a white plate","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pork_and_tamago_onigiri_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://porktamago.com/shop/001-mks/","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾2-8-35"}},{"slug":"pork-tamago-onigiri-naha-airport","name":"Pork Tamago Onigiri Naha Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/pork-tamago-onigiri-naha-airport","coordinates":{"lat":26.206278,"lng":127.650803},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ポーたま 那覇空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Pork Tamago Onigiri runs two counters at Naha Airport, and both open every day: one beside domestic arrivals gate B from 7:00 to 21:00 and one in the fourth-floor north food court of the international area from 7:00 to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A thick slice of luncheon meat and a folded omelette are pressed between two layers of white rice and bound with a strip of nori on a white plate","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pork_and_tamago_onigiri_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://porktamago.com/shop/002-ntl/","address":"沖縄県那覇市鏡水150 那覇空港国内線ターミナルビル1F"}},{"slug":"rakuen-no-kajitsu","name":"Rakuen no Kajitsu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/rakuen-no-kajitsu","coordinates":{"lat":24.725531,"lng":125.251631},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"楽園の果実","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"Rakuen no Kajitsu is a café and restaurant near the Ryugu-jo observatory on Kurima that serves Miyako mango parfaits.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-parfait-glass.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-parfait-glass.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall parfait glass layered with mango sorbet, cubes of mango, berry sauce and cream, topped with whipped cream and a green herb sprig.","credit":"kemeko1971 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/8868801@N03/26212240473"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地来間476-1"}},{"slug":"rest-house-hoshi-no-suna","name":"Rest House Hoshi no Suna","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/rest-house-hoshi-no-suna","coordinates":{"lat":24.4362,"lng":123.7775},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"レストハウス 星の砂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Rest House Hoshi no Suna is a beachside restaurant above Hoshizuna beach on Iriomote's north-west coast, open 12:00–19:00 for curry and lunch plates at about ¥1,000–2,000.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://www.hoshinosuna.ne.jp/restaurant.html","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字上原289-1"}},{"slug":"restaurant-hateruma","name":"Hateruma (Ohara)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/restaurant-hateruma","coordinates":{"lat":24.2718,"lng":123.8808},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"はてるま","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Hateruma is a small omakase restaurant four minutes' walk from Ohara port on Iriomote that serves one island-cuisine course from 19:00, Monday to Saturday, at about ¥8,000–10,000 a person.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字南風見201-101"}},{"slug":"restaurant-kanaloa","name":"Restaurant Kanaloa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/restaurant-kanaloa","coordinates":{"lat":26.1981,"lng":127.3658},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"レストラン かなろあ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Restaurant Kanaloa belongs to Hotel Kanaloa by Tokashiki Port and serves non-guests seafood bowls and set meals at lunch and dinner every day.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","website":"https://hotel-kanaloa.com/","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村渡嘉敷308"}},{"slug":"restaurant-namiji","name":"Restaurant Namiji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/restaurant-namiji","coordinates":{"lat":26.3325,"lng":126.8086},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"レストラン波路","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Restaurant Namiji in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima is a busy local restaurant for lunch sets and island dinners such as kuruma-ebi sashimi, and it takes cash only and closes on Sundays and Wednesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字謝名堂548-32"}},{"slug":"rikko-gelato","name":"Rikko Gelato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/rikko-gelato","coordinates":{"lat":24.802899,"lng":125.279799},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"リッコジェラート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Rikko Gelato on Shimozato-dori in Hirara makes gelato from Miyako fruit and snow salt, and it ranks as the top-rated sweet shop on Miyako on Tabelog.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字下里550"}},{"slug":"rotary-drive-in","name":"Rotary Drive-In","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/rotary-drive-in","coordinates":{"lat":26.3681,"lng":127.7741},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ロータリードライブイン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kadena","country":"JP","summary":"Rotary Drive-In is a burger counter inside the Michi-no-Eki Kadena roadside station, open 10:00 to 19:00 and closed only on New Year's Day. Its jumbo cheeseburger is the order.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"burger","status":"open","address":"Michi-no-Eki Kadena, 1026-3 Yara, Kadena"}},{"slug":"rulers-tacorice-makabi","name":"RuLer's TACORiCE Makabi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/rulers-tacorice-makabi","coordinates":{"lat":26.221223,"lng":127.701188},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ルーラーズタコライス 真嘉比店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"RuLer's TACORiCE Makabi is a taco-rice counter in Matsukawa, Naha, that opens 11:00–22:00 (last order 21:30) and lists a basic taco rice from ¥500 and a medium avocado taco rice at ¥880 on its October 2026 menu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-fried-egg.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-fried-egg.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Taco rice topped with a fried egg, shredded cheese and lettuce over spiced minced meat and rice, with fried sides and salad on the plate","credit":"t-mizo from Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice;_October_2012.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","website":"https://rulers-tacorice.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市松川718 1F"}},{"slug":"ryotei-naha","name":"Ryotei Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ryotei-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.217699,"lng":127.672543},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"料亭那覇","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Ryotei Naha is a Ryukyu-cuisine ryotei in Naha's old Tsuji quarter where courses start at ¥6,000 before tax and an optional 25-minute programme of Ryukyu dance and folk song costs extra. Dinner runs 18:00–22:00 and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rafute/rafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frafute%2Frafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two glazed cubes of slow-braised pork belly sit with carrot and a slice of bitter melon in a black and red lacquer bowl on a wooden table","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafti,_Okinawan_stewed_pork_belly_by_Blue_Lotus.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","website":"http://www.ryouteinaha.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市辻2-2-11"}},{"slug":"ryugu-heiwa-dori","name":"Ryugu Heiwa-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ryugu-heiwa-dori","coordinates":{"lat":26.215729,"lng":127.688599},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"琉球菓子処 琉宮 平和通り店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Ryugu is a sata-andagi specialist with a café inside the Heiwa-dori arcade in Makishi, Naha, where the Okinawan doughnuts are fried in view and sell from ¥150 each. The shop opens 10:30–18:00 and closes on the third…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sata-andagi/sata-andagi-kokuto.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsata-andagi%2Fsata-andagi-kokuto.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Three dark brown sugar sata andagi doughnuts with cracked, craggy tops sit together on a plain white surface","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sata_andagi_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://ryugu.co.jp/shop/","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志3-1-17 平和通り商店街アーケード内"}},{"slug":"ryugu-irabu","name":"Ryugu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ryugu-irabu","coordinates":{"lat":24.816792,"lng":125.173555},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"琉宮","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ryugu is a reservation-only seafood restaurant in the Irabu settlement that cooks Miyako fish in an ocean-themed room.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fine","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市伊良部字伊良部1492-13"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-meika-mitsuya","name":"Ryukyu Meika Mitsuya (Michi-no-eki Kyoda)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ryukyu-meika-mitsuya","coordinates":{"lat":26.552133,"lng":127.969515},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"琉球銘菓 三矢 道の駅許田","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Meika Mitsuya fries sata andagi at a stand inside Michi-no-eki Kyoda on Route 58 in Nago, and it opens 9:00–19:00 every day or until the batch sells out.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/michi-no-eki-kyoda/michi-no-eki-kyoda-stalls.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmichi-no-eki-kyoda%2Fmichi-no-eki-kyoda-stalls.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Cars fill the car park in front of the row of food stalls at Michi-no-eki Kyoda, each with a bright sign above its counter and flags flying along the roof","credit":"kamiosaki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Michinoeki_-_Kyoda_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県名護市許田17-1 道の駅許田内"}},{"slug":"sabou-ufuta","name":"Sabou Ufuta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sabou-ufuta","coordinates":{"lat":24.4571,"lng":124.2265},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"茶房うふた","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"Sabou Ufuta is a Yaeyama soba house in an old farmhouse at Fukai-Ota on Ishigaki's north-west coast road that serves pork-belly soba from 12:00 to 16:00 on Sundays and Mondays only, according to Tabelog in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"石垣市字桴海大田148-471"}},{"slug":"santa-zamami","name":"Santa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/santa-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2282,"lng":127.3032},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"三楽","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Santa is a Zamami village izakaya known for local sashimi and a good sake list, and it opens 18:00–23:00 except Thursdays; you need to book.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味84"}},{"slug":"sanufa","name":"Izakaya Sanufa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sanufa","coordinates":{"lat":24.3516,"lng":123.9792},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"居酒屋 さぬふぁ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Izakaya Sanufa on Kohama serves Okinawan and creative dishes from 17:30 most nights, and it is one of the island's few evening options outside the resorts.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"http://sanufa.decogr.com/","address":"竹富町字小浜758-1"}},{"slug":"satoukibi","name":"Satoukibi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/satoukibi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3389,"lng":123.9818},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"さとうきび","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Satoukibi is an Okinawan dinner restaurant in Kohama village that opens from 18:00 except on Mondays and Sundays, and it has the highest Tabelog rating on the island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"竹富町小浜2523-6"}},{"slug":"satoya-higawa","name":"Satoya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/satoya-higawa","coordinates":{"lat":24.4445,"lng":122.9804},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"食事処 さとや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"higawa","country":"JP","summary":"Satoya is a Yaeyama soba restaurant at the entrance to Higawa village on Yonaguni's south coast, about 15 minutes by car from the airport, and it is known for soba topped with local kuruma prawns.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国3093"}},{"slug":"sawanoya-motobu","name":"Sawanoya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sawanoya-motobu","coordinates":{"lat":26.660172,"lng":127.896317},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"さわのや もとぶ店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Sawanoya in Toguchi, Motobu, makes its own wood-ash noodles and stews pork rib cartilage soft for the nankotsu soki soba most people come for.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of sooki soba with large pieces of stewed pork rib, pickled red ginger and green onion over thick wheat noodles in clear broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noodle_with_deeply_cooked_pork_(28370876673).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://sawanoya.net/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町渡久地15-7"}},{"slug":"seaside-shokudo-mira","name":"Seaside Shokudo MIRA","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/seaside-shokudo-mira","coordinates":{"lat":26.3411,"lng":126.753},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"シーサイド食堂 MIRA","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Seaside Shokudo MIRA is the diner inside the Kanegusuku Port ferry terminal on Kume-jima, and it opens for lunch from Tuesday to Sunday with Okinawa soba at ¥900 in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町兼城2-3 兼城港ターミナル内"}},{"slug":"seikatsu-no-gara","name":"Seikatsu no Gara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/seikatsu-no-gara","coordinates":{"lat":26.217286,"lng":127.697012},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"生活の柄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"sakaemachi","country":"JP","summary":"Seikatsu no Gara is a tiny counter bar about 150 m from Yui Rail Asato Station inside Naha's Sakaemachi Market that opens 18:00–01:00 except Tuesdays. The owner decides what to cook that night, and the bar takes no…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-karakara-set.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-karakara-set.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two blue Ryukyu glass tumblers filled with ice flank a painted karakara flask of awamori on a lacquer tray with a water jug and a bowl of ice","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awamori_by_Blue_Lotus_in_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市安里388-1 栄町市場内"}},{"slug":"sennichi","name":"Sennichi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sennichi","coordinates":{"lat":26.217711,"lng":127.673225},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"千日","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Sennichi is an old zenzai shop in Kume, Naha, that heaps powder-fine shaved ice about 25 cm high over sweet kintoki beans. It opens 11:30–20:00 (19:00 in winter) except on Mondays, and milk kintoki cost ¥650 in July…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zenzai/zenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzenzai%2Fzenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall cone of finely shaved ice for Okinawa zenzai fills a frosted glass bowl on a dark polished table in soft window light","credit":"gatta_m / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/69988048@N04/7715385088"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市久米1-7-14"}},{"slug":"senor-taco","name":"Señor Taco","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/senor-taco","coordinates":{"lat":26.3192,"lng":127.7933},"region":"central","nameLocal":"セニョールターコ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"okinawa-city","country":"JP","summary":"Señor Taco is a long-running Mexican counter inside the Plaza House shopping centre in Okinawa City, open every day from 10:00 to 22:00 with parking. Its taco shells are crisp outside and chewy inside.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-yachimun-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shredded lettuce and diced tomato cover a mound of rice and spiced ground meat on a hand-painted Okinawan pottery plate","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice_(9504116057).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","address":"Plaza House 1F, 3-1-6 Kubota, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"shidame-kan","name":"Cafe Teedun Shidame-kan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shidame-kan","coordinates":{"lat":24.3306,"lng":124.0852},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"カフェ テードゥン しだめー館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Cafe Teedun Shidame-kan faces Nagomi-no-to in the centre of Taketomi village and serves a mozuku soba that won its category at the second Yaeyama soba championship; it closes at weekends.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shidame-kan/shidame-kan-yaeyama-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshidame-kan%2Fshidame-kan-yaeyama-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red lacquer bowl of Yaeyama soba with strips of pork and a heap of chopped green onion on round noodles.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dishes_on_Taketomijima_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"http://sidame-kan.com/","address":"竹富町字竹富361"}},{"slug":"shikoya","name":"Shikoya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shikoya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3941,"lng":123.7557},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"しこや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"shirahama","country":"JP","summary":"Shikoya is a village restaurant and evening izakaya in Hoshidate on Iriomote's west coast, one minute's walk from the Hoshidate bus stop, and it serves Yaeyama soba at lunch and island food late into the night.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町西表941-1"}},{"slug":"shikuwasa-park","name":"Ogimi Shikuwasa Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shikuwasa-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.6486,"lng":128.0891},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"大宜味シークヮーサーパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ogimi","country":"JP","summary":"Ogimi Shikuwasa Park is a free shikuwasa factory and café in Ogimi, open every day from 10:00, where you can taste the village's citrus and watch it being processed.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://shikuwasa-park.com/"}},{"slug":"shima-bar-awamori-plus","name":"Shima Bar AWAMORI+","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-bar-awamori-plus","coordinates":{"lat":26.219701,"lng":127.684993},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Bar AWAMORI+ is a 16-seat awamori bar about 60 m from Yui Rail Miebashi Station in Naha's Maejima district, and it opens 19:00–02:00 except Sundays. Tabelog reviewers say the staff explain each awamori as they…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-karakara-set.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-karakara-set.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two blue Ryukyu glass tumblers filled with ice flank a painted karakara flask of awamori on a lacquer tray with a water jug and a bowl of ice","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Awamori_by_Blue_Lotus_in_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"awamori-bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市前島1-1-18 麻生ビル1F"}},{"slug":"shima-cafe-tunkaraya","name":"Shima cafe Tunkaraya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-cafe-tunkaraya","coordinates":{"lat":24.725706,"lng":125.348451},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"島cafeとぅんからや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Cafe Tunkaraya in Shinzato, Ueno, serves smoothies and lunch on an ocean-view terrace with swings.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市上野字新里1214"}},{"slug":"shima-gohan-attakaya","name":"Shima Gohan Attakaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-gohan-attakaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.745747,"lng":125.278275},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"島ごはん あったかや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Gohan Attakaya is a home-style Okinawan dinner house in Sukama, Shimoji, and the 2026 reviews call a booking essential.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市下地字洲鎌473-1"}},{"slug":"shima-italian-en","name":"Shima Italian en","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-italian-en","coordinates":{"lat":24.4285,"lng":123.7807},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島イタリアン en","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Italian en is a small weeknight Italian restaurant five minutes by car from Uehara port on Iriomote, open Monday to Friday from 18:00, with dinner at about ¥3,000–4,000 a person.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字上原870-192"}},{"slug":"shima-muchu","name":"Shima Muchu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-muchu","coordinates":{"lat":24.3454,"lng":123.9913},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島夢人","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Muchu has run as a casual Okinawan diner by Kohama port since 2013, and you order from a ticket machine.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"竹富町小浜島"}},{"slug":"shima-no-eki-kurumado","name":"Shima no Eki Kurumado","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-no-eki-kurumado","coordinates":{"lat":27.0254,"lng":128.4513},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"島の駅 くるまどう","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Shima no Eki Kurumado is a black-sugar maker and roadside shop in Mugiya on Yoron's south-east coast, open 9:00–17:00 except Tuesdays and closed for winter in January and February.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"seasonal","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町麦屋668"}},{"slug":"shima-parlor-hamahiga","name":"Shima Parlor Hamahiga","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-parlor-hamahiga","coordinates":{"lat":26.3232,"lng":127.9661},"region":"central","nameLocal":"島パーラー浜比嘉店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Parlor is a snack stand and island information point in Higa village on Hamahiga-jima, open 11:00 to 17:00 with 50 parking spaces. It sells pork-tamago rice balls and, in winter only, a mozuku clam chowder, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A thick slice of luncheon meat and a folded omelette are pressed between two layers of white rice and bound with a strip of nori on a white plate","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pork_and_tamago_onigiri_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"104-4 Katsuren-Higa, Uruma"}},{"slug":"shima-ryori-isun","name":"Shima Ryori Isun","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-ryori-isun","coordinates":{"lat":24.4519,"lng":122.9442},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島料理 海響","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Ryori Isun is a Kubura izakaya three minutes' walk from Yonaguni's fishing port, closed for a break from October to the end of December 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"temporarily-closed","website":"https://r.goope.jp/isun/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国4022-6"}},{"slug":"shima-soba-ichibanchi","name":"Shima Soba Ichibanchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shima-soba-ichibanchi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3407,"lng":124.1563},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"八重山そば専門店 島そば一番地","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Soba Ichibanchi is a Yaeyama soba specialist a block from Euglena Mall that stays open for dinner, which few soba counters in town do, with soba from ¥715 on its 2026 menu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shima-soba-ichibanchi/shima-soba-ichibanchi-pork-belly.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshima-soba-ichibanchi%2Fshima-soba-ichibanchi-pork-belly.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and two golden fried blocks rest on thin round noodles in clear broth with green onion.","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7772006206"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://www.shimasoba-yaeyama.jp/ishigaki","address":"石垣市字石垣1-1"}},{"slug":"shimabar-youji","name":"Shimabar Youji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shimabar-youji","coordinates":{"lat":26.3294,"lng":126.8059},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"シマバル ようじ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Shimabar Youji is an island-food izakaya in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima that opens 18:00–23:00 except Wednesdays, at about ¥3,000 a person in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉160-90"}},{"slug":"shimanchu-soba","name":"Shimanchu Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shimanchu-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3082,"lng":127.8142},"region":"central","nameLocal":"島人そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"okinawa-city","country":"JP","summary":"Shimanchu Soba in Okinawa City's Yogi district is an Okinawa soba shop and the sister shop of Gate 1, a long-running taco-rice shop in Kin, and its set pairs a bowl of soba with taco rice. It opens 11:00 to 20:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba with braised pork belly, a soft-boiled egg, two slices of white fish cake and pickled ginger over thick noodles","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_(42195524970).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"3-8-1 Yogi, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"shimauta-izakaya-kiyama","name":"Shimauta Izakaya Kiyama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shimauta-izakaya-kiyama","coordinates":{"lat":24.804624,"lng":125.280761},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"島唄居酒屋 喜山","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Shimauta Izakaya Kiyama is a Nishizato-dori izakaya with Miyako folk songs and island cooking, open every night except Tuesday.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良西里244"}},{"slug":"shimujo","name":"Shimujo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shimujo","coordinates":{"lat":26.229869,"lng":127.711656},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"しむじょう","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Shimujo is an Okinawa soba shop in a red-tiled old house in Shuri Sueyoshi, Naha, that opens 11:00–15:00 or until sold out and closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The house and its grounds are registered tangible…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-teishoku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tray set meal of Okinawa soba with a bowl of juushii rice, sashimi, pickles and a small side dish","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawan_noodle_combo_(20589385956).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市首里末吉町2-124-1"}},{"slug":"shirahama-soba","name":"Shirahama Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shirahama-soba","coordinates":{"lat":24.3614,"lng":123.7476},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"白浜そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"shirahama","country":"JP","summary":"Shirahama Soba is a soba restaurant at the western road end of Iriomote in Shirahama, open for lunch and dinner from Wednesday to Sunday, about 35 minutes by car from Uehara.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町西表1499-108"}},{"slug":"shiraho-shokudo","name":"Shiraho Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shiraho-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3526,"lng":124.2386},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"白保食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"shiraho","country":"JP","summary":"Shiraho Shokudo is the village diner in Shiraho on Ishigaki's east coast, and it serves soki soba and champuru sets at lunch only, Tuesday to Saturday from 11:30 to 14:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Chunks of stewed pork rib, a slice of fish cake and a heap of green onion sit on wheat noodles in a cream bowl on a dark wooden table.","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/25463447282"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"石垣市白保205-6"}},{"slug":"shirasa-shokudo","name":"Shirasa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shirasa-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.696646,"lng":128.016647},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"しらさ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shirasa on Kouri-jima serves uni-don (sea urchin rice bowl) sets from ¥3,500 (2026) in a tatami dining room, 10:00–17:00 except Thursdays, and takes cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fu-champuru/fu-champuru-shirasa.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffu-champuru%2Ffu-champuru-shirasa.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Egg-soaked wheat gluten stir-fried with luncheon meat and green onion fills a white plate at Shirasa on Kouri, with sata andagi in a dish behind","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fu_champuru_(9499079910).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","website":"http://shirasakouri.blog35.fc2.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村古宇利176"}},{"slug":"shiro-no-chaya","name":"Shiro no Chaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shiro-no-chaya","coordinates":{"lat":26.691182,"lng":127.929229},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"城の茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Shiro no Chaya beside the Nakijin Castle entrance in Imadomari presses sugar cane juice to order for ¥400 (2026), and you can visit without a castle ticket.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡今帰仁村今泊4874"}},{"slug":"shisa-ya-yoron","name":"Ryukyu Ryori Shisa-ya (Yoron)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shisa-ya-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0472,"lng":128.4146},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"琉球料理 シーサー屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Shisa-ya is a 50-seat Okinawan and Yoron izakaya at the entrance to Chabana's Ginza-dori that stocks about 500 kinds of island spirits and awamori.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"http://www.438yoron.com","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花20-15-104"}},{"slug":"shokudo-sachi","name":"Shokudo Sachi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shokudo-sachi","coordinates":{"lat":26.1716,"lng":127.3453},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"食堂 さち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Shokudo Sachi is a diner in Aharen on Tokashiki-jima that serves bonito-broth Okinawa soba and set meals at about ¥1,000, and it stayed open through January and February 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba topped with three-layer pork belly, fish cake and green onion, with a small bowl of juushii rice and a side dish behind it","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_mixed_rice.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村阿波連145-2"}},{"slug":"shop-jugon","name":"Shop Jugon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shop-jugon","coordinates":{"lat":24.2719,"lng":123.8828},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ショップじゅごん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Shop Jugon is the café and shop 30 seconds' walk from Ohara port on Iriomote, open 8:30–17:30, where the Nakama River cruise sells its tickets and reviewers praise the kokuto soft serve.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町南風見201"}},{"slug":"shuraku-ahari","name":"Shuraku Ahari","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shuraku-ahari","coordinates":{"lat":26.1712,"lng":127.345},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"酒楽 あはり。","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Shuraku Ahari is an Aharen izakaya that also serves a short soba lunch, and a yushi-tofu soba set cost ¥1,100 when a reviewer ate there on 19 February 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村阿波連176"}},{"slug":"shuri-horikawa","name":"Shuri Horikawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shuri-horikawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.219531,"lng":127.716326},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里 ほりかわ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri Horikawa is an Okinawa soba shop at the foot of Shuri Castle in Naha that is known for its house-made tofu and sooki. It opens 11:00–15:30 except on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and sooki soba cost ¥950 in January…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of sooki soba with large pieces of stewed pork rib, pickled red ginger and green onion over thick wheat noodles in clear broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noodle_with_deeply_cooked_pork_(28370876673).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市首里真和志町1-27"}},{"slug":"shuri-soba","name":"Shuri Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/shuri-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.217555,"lng":127.722857},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri Soba is a 24-seat Okinawa soba shop in Shuri Akata-cho, Naha, where a medium bowl of its one house soba cost ¥500 in September 2026. It opens 11:00–14:00 or until the noodles run out, and it shuts on Thursdays…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shuri-soba/shuri-soba-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshuri-soba%2Fshuri-soba-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white two-storey building that houses Shuri Soba sits on a quiet corner in Shuri Akata-cho under a blue sky, with a red awning over the shop front","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shuri_Soba_Restaurant.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市首里赤田町1-7 ギャラリーしろま内"}},{"slug":"soba-dokoro-tamaya","name":"Soba-dokoro Tamaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/soba-dokoro-tamaya","coordinates":{"lat":26.190907,"lng":127.74408},"region":"south","nameLocal":"そば処 玉家","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nanjo","country":"JP","summary":"Soba-dokoro Tamaya is a popular Okinawa soba shop in Ozato, Nanjo, about 30 minutes from Naha Airport, that opens 10:00–17:00 and puts out free yomogi to pile on your bowl.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県南城市大里字古堅913-1"}},{"slug":"soba-ya-yoshiko","name":"Soba-ya Yoshiko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/soba-ya-yoshiko","coordinates":{"lat":26.639604,"lng":127.958434},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"そば屋よしこ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Soba-ya Yoshiko on Route 84 in Izumi, Motobu, opens at 10:00 and is the soba-road stop for tebichi (pork trotter stewed until the meat leaves the bone).","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊豆味2662"}},{"slug":"sobaya-chingushi","name":"Soba-ya Chingushi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sobaya-chingushi","coordinates":{"lat":26.1966,"lng":127.3647},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"そば家 金具志","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Soba-ya Chingushi sits behind the post office in Tokashiki village and serves Okinawa soba in a tuna-bone broth at weekday lunch, Monday to Thursday.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村渡嘉敷196"}},{"slug":"steak-house-88-tsuji","name":"Steak House 88 Tsuji Honten","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/steak-house-88-tsuji","coordinates":{"lat":26.217793,"lng":127.671543},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ステーキハウス88 辻本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naminoue","country":"JP","summary":"Steak House 88 Tsuji Honten is the main branch of Okinawa's 88 steak chain in Tsuji, Naha, where a 200 g 88 special red-meat steak cost ¥4,158 in September 2026. It opens every day from 11:00 to 2:00 (last order 1:00).","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"steak","status":"open","website":"https://s88.co.jp/shop/steak88/tsuji/","address":"沖縄県那覇市辻2-8-21"}},{"slug":"sumamunutarama","name":"Sumamunutarama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sumamunutarama","coordinates":{"lat":24.670963,"lng":124.70639},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"すまむぬたらま","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tarama","town":"tarama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Sumamunutarama is a souvenir shop and lunch counter in Shiokawa village on Tarama island, the easiest lunch for a day trip from Miyako.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古郡多良間村塩川445-1"}},{"slug":"sumubari-shokudo","name":"Sumubari Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sumubari-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":24.897048,"lng":125.273248},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"すむばり食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Sumubari Shokudo in Karimata cooks octopus rice bowls and Miyako soba just before the Ikema Ohashi.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sumubari-shokudo/sumubari-shokudo-octopus-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsumubari-shokudo%2Fsumubari-shokudo-octopus-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A stoneware bowl of soba topped with stir-fried octopus, onion, carrot, wakame and spring onion, with yellow pickles on the side.","credit":"Kuruman / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/56886057@N00/40611151352"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字狩俣768-4"}},{"slug":"sunny-coral","name":"Sunny Coral","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/sunny-coral","coordinates":{"lat":26.1984,"lng":127.366},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"サニーコーラル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Sunny Coral is a morning café by Tokashiki Port that serves sandwiches and coffee from 8:00 and rents e-bikes, so it makes the obvious place to start a ride on the island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡渡嘉敷村渡嘉敷343"}},{"slug":"suumanumee","name":"Suumanumee","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/suumanumee","coordinates":{"lat":26.196272,"lng":127.702707},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"すーまぬめぇ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Suumanumee is an Okinawa soba shop in Kokuba, Naha, that opens at 10:00 on weekdays (11:00 at weekends) and serves until 22:00, and its 66 seats include 26 on a terrace. A small nankotsu-sooki soba cost ¥1,100 in March…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of sooki soba with large pieces of stewed pork rib, pickled red ginger and green onion over thick wheat noodles in clear broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noodle_with_deeply_cooked_pork_(28370876673).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市国場40-1"}},{"slug":"suzuran-shokudo","name":"Suzuran Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/suzuran-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.71172,"lng":127.806912},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"すずらん食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Suzuran Shokudo on the main street between Ie Port and the village office fills with islanders by noon and serves lunch 11:00–15:00 except Mondays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡伊江村字東江前461"}},{"slug":"t-and-m-coffee","name":"T&M COFFEE Makishi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/t-and-m-coffee","coordinates":{"lat":26.215841,"lng":127.684795},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"T&M COFFEE is a specialty coffee roaster's café in a renovated old house about 7 minutes' walk from Yui Rail Kencho-mae Station in Naha's Makishi district, and you choose French press or paper drip for each single…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://www.tmcoffee.jp/","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志1-2-6"}},{"slug":"tacos-ya-chatan","name":"Tacos-ya Chatan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tacos-ya-chatan","coordinates":{"lat":26.3233,"lng":127.7504},"region":"central","nameLocal":"タコス屋 北谷店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tacos-ya Chatan is a small taco shop near the Sunabe seafront that makes its own tortillas and salsa every day, open 11:30 to 23:00 and closed on Tuesdays. It seats 18 and takes cash only.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-fried-egg.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-fried-egg.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Taco rice topped with a fried egg, shredded cheese and lettuce over spiced minced meat and rice, with fried sides and salad on the plate","credit":"t-mizo from Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice;_October_2012.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taco-rice","status":"open","address":"1-5 Miyagi, Chatan"}},{"slug":"takaesu-soba","name":"Takaesu Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/takaesu-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.2561,"lng":127.7222},"region":"central","nameLocal":"高江洲そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"urasoe","country":"JP","summary":"Takaesu Soba in Urasoe's Iso district is a long-running Okinawa soba shop best known for yushi-dofu soba, noodles in broth topped with soft fresh tofu. It opens 10:00–15:45 and closes on Sundays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/takaesu-soba/takaesu-soba-dining-room.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftakaesu-soba%2Ftakaesu-soba-dining-room.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Customers eat soba at low tables on a raised tatami floor and at counter seats inside Takaesu Soba","credit":"ayustety / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%AB%98%E6%B1%9F%E6%B4%B2%E3%81%9D%E3%81%B0%E5%BA%97%E5%86%85_(37492710).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"3-36-2 Iso, Urasoe"}},{"slug":"takara-shokudo","name":"Takara Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/takara-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.219001,"lng":127.673455},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"高良食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naminoue","country":"JP","summary":"Takara Shokudo is a 38-seat Okinawan diner in Wakasa, Naha, near Naminoue, where the A lunch plate cost ¥1,000 in 2026. It opens 10:30–19:45 and closes on Thursdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/goya-champuru/goya-champuru-with-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgoya-champuru%2Fgoya-champuru-with-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of goya champuru with bitter melon, egg and pork beside a bowl of Okinawa soba, a glass of beer and a can of Orion on a wooden table","credit":"Blue Lotus / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_goya_chanpuru.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市若狭1-7-10"}},{"slug":"takenoko","name":"Soba Dokoro Takenoko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/takenoko","coordinates":{"lat":24.3313,"lng":124.0836},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"そば処 竹の子","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Soba Dokoro Takenoko has served Yaeyama soba in Taketomi village since 1975, and diners season it with kuchu, the shop's homemade spice; it closes when the soba runs out.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/takenoko/takenoko-storefront.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftakenoko%2Ftakenoko-storefront.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Soba Dokoro Takenoko in Taketomi village, a weathered wooden house with a red tile roof behind a coral stone wall, with green parasols out front.","credit":"Jpatokal / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sobadokoro_Takenoko,_Taketomi.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"http://takenoko-taketomi.com/","address":"竹富町字竹富101-1"}},{"slug":"tamaya-onigiri","name":"Tamaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tamaya-onigiri","coordinates":{"lat":24.3382,"lng":124.1567},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島ポークたまごおにぎり専門店 たまや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Tamaya sells pork tamago onigiri from 7:30 every day in a shop a few steps from Ishigaki's island ferry terminal, and each rice parcel wraps luncheon meat and egg in seaweed.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-studio.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A thick slice of luncheon meat and a folded omelette are pressed between two layers of white rice and bound with a strip of nori on a white plate","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pork_and_tamago_onigiri_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","address":"石垣市美崎町3"}},{"slug":"tasokare-coffee","name":"Tasokare Coffee","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tasokare-coffee","coordinates":{"lat":26.217765,"lng":127.682771},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Tasokare Coffee is a café about 250 m from Yui Rail Miebashi Station in Naha's Makishi district that opens at 08:30 for coffee and house-baked bread. It closes on Thursdays, Sundays and public holidays and takes cash…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市牧志1-14-3"}},{"slug":"teianda","name":"Mendokoro Teianda","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/teianda","coordinates":{"lat":26.230424,"lng":127.690869},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"麺処 てぃあんだー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Mendokoro Teianda is a 20-seat Okinawa soba shop in Ameku, Naha, that makes its own noodles and offers a mugwort-green fuchiba version. It opens 11:00–14:00 from Wednesday to Sunday or until the noodles run out, and a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"http://www.teianda.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市天久1-6-10"}},{"slug":"think-bar","name":"THINK","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/think-bar","coordinates":{"lat":24.804831,"lng":125.280756},"region":"miyako","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"THINK is a cocktail bar on Nishizato-dori in Hirara with a deep back bar and a rule of parties of two or fewer.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良西里231"}},{"slug":"three-piece-kumejima","name":"Three Piece","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/three-piece-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3289,"lng":126.8059},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"スリーピース","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Three Piece is a soba shop in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima that serves spicy miso soba for ¥900 and Okinawan zenzai, for cash only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉160-3"}},{"slug":"tishiraji-soba","name":"Tishiraji Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tishiraji-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.221323,"lng":127.721716},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"てぃしらじそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Tishiraji Soba is a 12-seat Okinawa soba shop in Shuri Teira-cho, Naha, where an ¥800 bowl (2026) carries two thick slabs of sanmai-niku pork belly. It opens 11:30–16:00 from Wednesday to Sunday and on holidays, or…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-with-juushii.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba topped with three-layer pork belly, fish cake and green onion, with a small bowl of juushii rice and a side dish behind it","credit":"Mokkie / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_and_mixed_rice.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市首里汀良町1-1"}},{"slug":"tofu-no-higa","name":"Tofu no Higa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tofu-no-higa","coordinates":{"lat":24.3536,"lng":124.1603},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"とうふの比嘉","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Tofu no Higa is a breakfast-only tofu maker on the north edge of Ishigaki town that serves yushi tofu sets from 6:30 to 10:00 except on Sundays, and Tabelog named it one of its 100 best diners in 2024.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yushi-tofu/yushi-tofu-tofu-no-higa.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyushi-tofu%2Fyushi-tofu-tofu-no-higa.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wide bowl of yushi tofu at Tofu no Higa on Ishigaki holds loose white curds in pale broth with green onion, beside a small bowl of rice","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_higa_yushidofu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"石垣市字石垣570"}},{"slug":"tomari-iyumachi","name":"Tomari Iyumachi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tomari-iyumachi","coordinates":{"lat":26.230075,"lng":127.680264},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"泊いゆまち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomari","country":"JP","summary":"Tomari Iyumachi is the fish market beside Tomari fishing port in Naha, where stalls sell sashimi and takeaway sushi from 6:00 to 18:00 and fish tempura cost ¥100 a piece in May 2026. Go early, because some stalls sell…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市港町1-1-18"}},{"slug":"tomari-shokudo-iejima","name":"Tomari Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tomari-shokudo-iejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.709061,"lng":127.809363},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"とまり食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tomari Shokudo near Ie Port serves soba and set meals straight through from 11:00 to 17:00 except Tuesdays, so it is Ie-jima's best bet for a late lunch.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡伊江村東江前580"}},{"slug":"toya-fishing-port","name":"Toya Fishing Port fish market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/toya-fishing-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.3899,"lng":127.7241},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"都屋漁港","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Toya Fishing Port in Yomitan sells the day's catch from one of the largest fixed nets in Okinawa, with a fish counter downstairs and a restaurant upstairs serving seafood bowls and fish soup. The port also farms…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"Toya Fishing Port, Yomitan"}},{"slug":"transit-cafe","name":"Transit Café","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/transit-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":26.3305,"lng":127.744},"region":"central","nameLocal":"トランジットカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Transit Café is an upstairs ocean-view café and restaurant on Chatan's Sunabe seawall that serves lunch from 11:00 to 15:30 and dinner after. On clear days the Kerama Islands show on the horizon.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://transitcafe-okinawa.com/","address":"2F, 2-220 Miyagi, Chatan"}},{"slug":"tsuchi-kaoru","name":"Tsuchi Kaoru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/tsuchi-kaoru","coordinates":{"lat":26.215136,"lng":127.686117},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"土香る","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Tsuchi Kaoru is a basement Okinawan restaurant opposite Hotel JAL City in Naha's Matsuo district, and its courses of prefectural vegetables and pork start at ¥6,000 a head for two or more. It opens 17:00–23:00 and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jimami-tofu/jimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjimami-tofu%2Fjimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A smooth dome of peanut tofu sits in a pool of sweet soy sauce in a blue and white floral porcelain bowl against a plain grey background","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimami_Tofu_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","website":"https://tsuchikaoru.com/","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾2-6-24 B1F"}},{"slug":"ufuya","name":"Ufuya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/ufuya","coordinates":{"lat":26.621,"lng":127.9636},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"百年古家 大家（うふやー）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Ufuya serves Agu pork soba at lunch and Agu shabu-shabu at dinner in a farmhouse more than 100 years old in the forest above Nago.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ufuya/ufuya-night.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fufuya%2Fufuya-night.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tiled wooden farmhouse of Ufuya lit up at night under dark forest, with a tall wooden sign reading Ufuya beside the open door and diners behind the long windows","credit":"jeff~ / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/72753560@N00/17745829130"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://ufuya.com/"}},{"slug":"umi-no-ie-yui","name":"Umi no Ie Yui","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/umi-no-ie-yui","coordinates":{"lat":26.2007,"lng":127.2874},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"海の家 結","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Umi no Ie Yui is the beach house on Nishibama Beach on Aka-jima, and it serves curry and soba from 10:00 to 16:00; a September 2026 reviewer called it the only lunch within walking distance of the beach.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉1563"}},{"slug":"umibozu-kumejima","name":"Umibozu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/umibozu-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3311,"lng":126.8063},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"海鮮 酒処 海坊主","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Umibozu is a prawn-led seafood izakaya in the Eef Beach strip on Kume-jima that serves live kuruma-ebi sashimi from 17:00 and admits adults only, for cash.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字比嘉150-31"}},{"slug":"undouya","name":"Soba Cafe Undouya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/undouya","coordinates":{"lat":24.2363,"lng":124.0146},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"そばカフェ うんどうや","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Soba Cafe Undouya is a Yaeyama soba café in south-east Kuroshima that serves lunch from 11:00 to 14:00, and the island company behind it also takes snorkellers to the reefs.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://churatown.com/detail/1213/index.html","address":"竹富町字黒島1552"}},{"slug":"urizun","name":"Urizun","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/urizun","coordinates":{"lat":26.217343,"lng":127.696495},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"うりずん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"sakaemachi","country":"JP","summary":"Urizun is a 110-seat Okinawan izakaya about 100 m from Yui Rail Asato Station at the edge of Sakaemachi Market, and it has served home cooking and Ryukyu court dishes since 1972. Mapple says it stocks awamori from…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rafute/rafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frafute%2Frafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two glazed cubes of slow-braised pork belly sit with carrot and a slice of bitter melon in a black and red lacquer bowl on a wooden table","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafti,_Okinawan_stewed_pork_belly_by_Blue_Lotus.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市安里388-5"}},{"slug":"uruma-gelato","name":"Uruma Gelato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/uruma-gelato","coordinates":{"lat":26.3384,"lng":127.8911},"region":"central","nameLocal":"うるまジェラート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Uruma Gelato is a gelato shop in Uruma's Teruma district on the way to the Kaichu Doro, open every day from 11:00 to 18:00 with 50 parking spaces. A single scoop starts at ¥500.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"http://www.urugela.com/","address":"1860-1 Yonashiro-Teruma, Uruma"}},{"slug":"uruma-himono-shokudo","name":"Uruma Himono Shokudo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/uruma-himono-shokudo","coordinates":{"lat":26.3384,"lng":127.8911},"region":"central","nameLocal":"うるま干物食堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Uruma Himono Shokudo grills dried fish as set meals in the TERUMA east coast complex in Uruma, open 11:00 to 16:00 and closed on Mondays, except in August. The complex has 100 parking spaces.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","website":"https://teruma-bbq.com/himono/","address":"TERUMA east coast 1F, 1860-1 Yonashiro-Teruma, Uruma"}},{"slug":"urumarche","name":"Urumarche","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/urumarche","coordinates":{"lat":26.3392,"lng":127.847},"region":"central","nameLocal":"うるマルシェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Urumarche is Uruma's farmers' market and food court, with a produce hall open 9:00 to 20:00 and an outdoor food court from 11:00 to 18:30. It has 160 parking spaces.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mozuku/mozuku-tempura.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmozuku%2Fmozuku-tempura.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Lacy fritters of battered mozuku seaweed rest on white paper on a speckled grey plate with a dab of grated ginger","credit":"chooyutshing / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/25802865@N08/53032977478"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://urumarche.com/","address":"183-2 Maehara, Uruma"}},{"slug":"usagiya-ishigaki","name":"Usagiya Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/usagiya-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3408,"lng":124.1564},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"うさぎや 石垣本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Usagiya is a min'yo izakaya in central Ishigaki where sanshin players perform up close every night from 18:00, with a ¥300 table charge and ¥800 live charge on top of a long Okinawan menu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/goya-champuru/goya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgoya-champuru%2Fgoya-champuru-tofu-onion.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of green bitter melon, browned tofu, onion, carrot and egg are stir-fried together and served on a square white plate","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goya_chanpuru_-_Okinawan_food_-_June_14_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","website":"http://usagiya-ishigaki.com/","address":"石垣市石垣1-1 仲村ハイツ1F"}},{"slug":"utopia-farm-miyakojima","name":"Utopia Farm Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/utopia-farm-miyakojima","coordinates":{"lat":24.738247,"lng":125.322037},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ユートピアファーム宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Utopia Farm Miyakojima in Miyaguni, Ueno, is a fruit and flower farm with a mango dessert parlour about ten minutes from Miyako Airport.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-irwin-basket.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-irwin-basket.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red and orange Irwin mangoes heaped in a woven basket with a white card reading Irwin laid across them.","credit":"Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Irwin_Asit_fs8.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","address":"沖縄県宮古島市上野字宮国1714-2"}},{"slug":"wachichi","name":"Suba-dokoro Wachichi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/wachichi","coordinates":{"lat":26.3155,"lng":127.8234},"region":"central","nameLocal":"すば処 うゎちち","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"okinawa-city","country":"JP","summary":"Suba-dokoro Wachichi in Okinawa City's Hiyagon district came first in Okinawa City's portal ranking of its most-viewed soba shops for April 2023 to March 2024, with a clear bonito broth and seared soft-bone soki. It…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-red-ginger.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of sooki soba with large pieces of stewed pork rib, pickled red ginger and green onion over thick wheat noodles in clear broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noodle_with_deeply_cooked_pork_(28370876673).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"1-16-27 Hiyagon, Okinawa City"}},{"slug":"wakana-soba","name":"Wakana Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/wakana-soba","coordinates":{"lat":24.4442,"lng":122.9798},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"わかなそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"higawa","country":"JP","summary":"Wakana Soba is a Yonaguni soba shop near Higawa on the island's south side, about ten minutes by car from the airport, and it serves pork-bone soba from 11:30 until it sells out, except on Tuesdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-sanmainiku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two slices of braised pork belly and a block of fried tofu rest on thick wheat noodles in a pale broth scattered with chopped green onion","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_with_three_layers_pork_(7772006206).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県八重山郡与那国町字与那国3083"}},{"slug":"wansaka-oura-park","name":"Wansaka Oura Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/wansaka-oura-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.5547,"lng":128.0406},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"わんさか大浦パーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Wansaka Oura Park is a community-run roadside market on Oura Bay on Nago's east coast, where a small kitchen serves soba beside a mangrove boardwalk, and it closes on the second and fourth Wednesdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-nago-kombu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-nago-kombu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thick slabs of braised pork belly and strips of simmered kombu cover flat wheat noodles in a grey bowl on a red gingham tablecloth in Nago","credit":"ayustety from Nago , Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sanmai_niku_soba_by_ayustety_in_Nago,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","website":"https://wansaka-o.jp/"}},{"slug":"wayama-mozuku","name":"Wayama Mozuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/wayama-mozuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.2268,"lng":127.3039},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"和山海雲","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Wayama Mozuku sits three minutes' walk from Zamami's ferry terminal and makes Okinawa soba with mozuku seaweed kneaded into the noodles, hot all year and cold in summer.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mozuku/mozuku-blue-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmozuku%2Fmozuku-blue-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glossy dark strands of mozuku seaweed in vinegar are piled in a blue and white porcelain bowl patterned with flowers","credit":"DryPot / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_Mozuku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"https://wayamamozuku.jp/","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味9"}},{"slug":"yachimun-kissa-shisaen","name":"Yachimun Kissa Shisa-en","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yachimun-kissa-shisaen","coordinates":{"lat":26.643842,"lng":127.941208},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"やちむん喫茶シーサー園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Yachimun Kissa Shisa-en in Izumi, Motobu, serves Okinawan snacks and coffee from Wednesday to Sunday on a forest terrace below a roof crowded with shisa statues.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊豆味1439"}},{"slug":"yaedake-bakery","name":"Yaedake Bakery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yaedake-bakery","coordinates":{"lat":26.642294,"lng":127.928795},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"八重岳ベーカリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Yaedake Bakery in Izumi, Motobu, has baked dark whole-grain bread for more than 30 years, much of it without egg, milk or butter, and closes on Saturdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bakery","status":"open","website":"http://yaedake.com/","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊豆味1254"}},{"slug":"yafayafa","name":"Shima Ryori Yafayafa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yafayafa","coordinates":{"lat":24.3399,"lng":124.1568},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島料理やふぁやふぁ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Ryori Yafayafa has served Okinawan izakaya food near Euglena Mall since 2019, and it needs a reservation most nights; it closes on Sundays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"石垣市大川260"}},{"slug":"yagi-to-soba-taiyou","name":"Yagi to Soba Taiyou","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yagi-to-soba-taiyou","coordinates":{"lat":26.4293,"lng":127.823},"region":"central","nameLocal":"やぎとそば太陽","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Yagi to Soba Taiyou in Uruma's Ishikawa district serves goat dishes and Okinawa soba from its own goat farm, open daily except 1–3 January and until 20:30 from Friday to Sunday. Goat soba starts at ¥1,650.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","website":"http://r.goope.jp/yagisoba-taiyou","address":"2-10-18 Ishikawa, Uruma"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-motobu-bokujo","name":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo (Motobu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo","coordinates":{"lat":26.657846,"lng":127.88543},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"焼肉もとぶ牧場 もとぶ店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo's Motobu branch in Ohama grills wagyu from the company's own Yanbaru farm at lunch and dinner every day of the year.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-beef/motobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-beef%2Fmotobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Marbled slices of Motobu beef for yakiniku sit on a black and gold tray.","credit":"Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobu_Beef_for_Yakiniku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://motobu-farm.com/pages/store-motobu","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町大浜881-1 本部町産業支援センター1F"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-kokusai-dori","name":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo (Kokusai-dori)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-kokusai-dori","coordinates":{"lat":26.213718,"lng":127.68084},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"焼肉もとぶ牧場 国際通り店（県庁前店）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo's Kokusai-dori branch grills Motobu beef on the second floor of Hotel Rocore Naha at the Kenchomae end of the street, and its lunch courses start at ¥3,500 and dinner at ¥7,600.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-beef/motobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-beef%2Fmotobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Marbled slices of Motobu beef for yakiniku sit on a black and gold tray.","credit":"Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobu_Beef_for_Yakiniku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://motobu-farm.com/pages/store-kokusaidori","address":"沖縄県那覇市松尾1-1-2 ホテルロコアナハ2F"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-nago","name":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo (Nago)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-nago","coordinates":{"lat":26.6021,"lng":127.9638},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"焼肉もとぶ牧場 名護店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo in Nago's Umusa-no-mori grills Motobu beef from the company's own farm, with a ¥6,300 course and a weekday-only lunch menu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-beef/motobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-beef%2Fmotobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Marbled slices of Motobu beef for yakiniku sit on a black and gold tray.","credit":"Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobu_Beef_for_Yakiniku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://motobu-farm.com/pages/store-nago","address":"4-2-14 Umusa-no-mori, Nago, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha","name":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo (Naha)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.215258,"lng":127.679359},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"焼肉もとぶ牧場 那覇店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo's Naha branch in Kumoji grills Motobu beef from the company's own farm two minutes' walk from Kenchomae station, and its dinner courses start at ¥6,900.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha/yakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha-kalbi.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha%2Fyakiniku-motobu-bokujo-naha-kalbi.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white plate of marinated Motobu beef kalbi in long marbled strips, ready for the grill at Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo in Naha","credit":"Naha Mama Pavilionz / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP_%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC_Japan_%E6%B2%96%E7%B9%A9_OKINAWA_%E9%82%A3%E9%9C%B8_Naha_%E4%B9%85%E8%8C%82%E5%9C%B0_Kumoji_MK_Building_shop_%E5%92%8C%E7%89%9B%E7%87%92%E8%82%89%E5%BA%97_BBQ_Motobu_WAGYU_Yakiniku_Beef_Restaurant_lunch_meal_January_2025_R12S_08.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","website":"https://motobu-farm.com/pages/store-naha","address":"沖縄県那覇市久茂地2-1-3 久茂地MKビル3F"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-watanabe","name":"JA Ishigaki Beef Yakiniku Watanabe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-watanabe","coordinates":{"lat":24.3401,"lng":124.1553},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"JA石垣牛専門店 本格炭火焼肉 わたなべ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yakiniku Watanabe is the farm co-operative JA's own Ishigaki beef restaurant on the second floor of a Misaki-cho building, and it grills over charcoal for guests who book, mostly on courses with a 10% service fee.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/ishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Heavily marbled cubes of raw Ishigaki beef for yakiniku sit on a green leaf beside onion, carrot and pepper on a white plate","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7769993920"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","address":"石垣市美崎町12-8 TOMOビル2F"}},{"slug":"yakiniku-yamamoto","name":"Sumibi Yakiniku Yamamoto","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yakiniku-yamamoto","coordinates":{"lat":24.3415,"lng":124.1498},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"炭火焼肉やまもと","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Sumibi Yakiniku Yamamoto is a charcoal Ishigaki beef grill in Hamasaki-cho where Tabelog calls reservations essential, and Tabelog has named it among western Japan's 100 best yakiniku restaurants each year from 2023 to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/ishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fishigaki-beef-yakiniku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Heavily marbled cubes of raw Ishigaki beef for yakiniku sit on a green leaf beside onion, carrot and pepper on a white plate","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/7769993920"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"yakiniku","status":"open","address":"石垣市浜崎町2-5-18"}},{"slug":"yamano-chaya-rakusui","name":"Yamano Chaya Rakusui","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yamano-chaya-rakusui","coordinates":{"lat":26.135201,"lng":127.783785},"region":"south","nameLocal":"山の茶屋 楽水","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Yamano Chaya Rakusui is a hillside lunch café above the Tamagusuku coast in Nanjo, built into the natural limestone, that serves meat-free Okinawan sets from 11:00 to 15:00 except on Wednesdays and Thursdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://sachibaru.jp/yamacha/","address":"沖縄県南城市玉城字玉城19-1"}},{"slug":"yan-cafe","name":"YAN CAFE","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yan-cafe","coordinates":{"lat":26.3053,"lng":127.7598},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ヤンカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"YAN CAFE is an art café facing Araha Beach in Chatan that serves specialty coffee and Okinawan mango smoothies and runs resin-art workshops. It opens Mondays, Fridays and weekends, with winter weekend hours of 9:00 to…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"https://www.yancafe-sea.com/","address":"2-20-1 Chatan, Chatan"}},{"slug":"yan-gwa","name":"Yan Gwa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yan-gwa","coordinates":{"lat":26.3475,"lng":126.7466},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"やん小～","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yan Gwa in Nakadomari is a Kume-jima soba shop known for queues and its island-miso bean-sprout soba, and since January 2026 it opens only two weeks a month, so check its schedule first.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字仲泊509"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-soba","name":"Yanbaru Soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yanbaru-soba","coordinates":{"lat":26.650541,"lng":127.949483},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"山原そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Soba on Route 84 in Izumi, Motobu, serves soki soba in a pork-and-bonito broth from 11:00 until it sells out, Wednesday to Sunday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-yanbaru-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-yanbaru-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glossy stewed pork spare ribs on the bone sit on thick wheat noodles with green onion in a bowl at Yanbaru Soba in Motobu","credit":"Banzai Hiroaki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Soba_Yanbaru.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県国頭郡本部町伊豆味70-1"}},{"slug":"yarabo","name":"Shokuji-dokoro Yarabo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yarabo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3317,"lng":124.0841},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"食事処 やらぼ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Yarabo serves soba and set meals in Taketomi village from 11:00 to 16:00 except on Wednesdays, and bikes park right outside.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-pork-strips.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of simmered pork and chopped green onion cover round wheat noodles in a light brown broth, with chopsticks laid beside the bowl","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yae-yama_soba_noodle_(36406849992).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"https://maruhachi-food.com/shop/%E9%A3%9F%E4%BA%8B%E5%87%A6-%E3%82%84%E3%82%89%E3%81%BC/","address":"竹富町字竹富107"}},{"slug":"yashi-no-ie-souya","name":"Yashi no Ie Souya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yashi-no-ie-souya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3523,"lng":124.1583},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"やしの家 想家","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yashi no Ie Souya is a soba house under palm trees on the north edge of Ishigaki town that makes its own hand-pulled noodles and tops its Yaeyama soba with charcoal-grilled pork; it opens Wednesday to Sunday.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-soft-bone-ribs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Chunks of stewed pork rib, a slice of fish cake and a heap of green onion sit on wheat noodles in a cream bowl on a dark wooden table.","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/25463447282"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"石垣市字石垣551-1"}},{"slug":"yashi-no-ki","name":"Yashi no Ki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yashi-no-ki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3401,"lng":123.9824},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ヤシの木","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Yashi no Ki is a curry café in Kohama village that opens from 11:00 to 19:30 and closes on Thursdays and Fridays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://yashinoki.jp/yasinoki.htm","address":"竹富町小浜2584"}},{"slug":"yonamine-house","name":"Yonamine House","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yonamine-house","coordinates":{"lat":26.1902,"lng":127.2789},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ヨナミネハウス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Yonamine House is a bar in Aka village that opens from 18:00 to midnight, and July 2026 reviewers described it as one of the only places open at night on the island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bar","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村阿嘉144"}},{"slug":"yoron-no-ajitara","name":"Restaurant Tara (Yoron-to Village)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yoron-no-ajitara","coordinates":{"lat":27.0608,"lng":128.4218},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ホテルヨロン島ビレッジ レストラン TARA","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Restaurant Tara is the restaurant of the Yoron-to Village hotel on the hill north of Chabana that serves Amami keihan chicken rice at lunch four days a week and reservation-only island dinners.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"shokudo","status":"open","website":"https://yorontouvillage.sakura.ne.jp","address":"鹿児島県大島郡与論町茶花2904-6 ヨロン島ビレッジ内"}},{"slug":"yorudooya","name":"Min'yo Izakaya Yorudooya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yorudooya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3395,"lng":124.156},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"民謡居酒屋 よるど～屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yorudooya is a min'yo izakaya in Misaki-cho where island-born staff sing the old songs of Ishigaki, and Tabelog reviewers in 2026 count its live sets among the best in town.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","website":"https://domonaomidesu0522nn.wixsite.com/mysite","address":"石垣市美崎町10-2 センタービル1F"}},{"slug":"yubujima-chaya","name":"Yubujima Chaya","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yubujima-chaya","coordinates":{"lat":24.3424,"lng":123.9343},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"由布島茶屋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Yubujima Chaya is the gelato tea house inside the Yubu-jima botanical garden off Iriomote's east coast, open 10:15–16:00; you reach it by water buffalo cart or on foot across the shallows.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yubujima-chaya/yubujima-chaya-chalkboard.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyubujima-chaya%2Fyubujima-chaya-chalkboard.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two chalkboards on the grass outside the Yubu Island teahouse list gelato flavours, cakes and drinks in coloured chalk.","credit":"Kentaro Ohno / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/47335063@N08/13427890153"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweets","status":"open","website":"https://www.yubujima.com/","address":"沖縄県八重山郡竹富町字古見689"}},{"slug":"yuikaji","name":"Shimauta Sanshin Live Izakaya Yuikaji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yuikaji","coordinates":{"lat":24.3399,"lng":124.1565},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島唄三線ライブ居酒屋 ゆいかじ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yuikaji is a sanshin live-music izakaya on the second floor of a Misaki-cho building in central Ishigaki, and since 2013 it has opened from 18:00 every night except Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"live-music","status":"open","website":"https://www.yuikaji.com","address":"石垣市美崎町13 吉野ビル2F"}},{"slug":"yuiyui-kunigami","name":"Michi-no-eki Yuiyui Kunigami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yuiyui-kunigami","coordinates":{"lat":26.7319,"lng":128.1695},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"道の駅ゆいゆい国頭","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Michi-no-eki Yuiyui Kunigami is a roadside station on Route 58 at Okuma, Kunigami, with an Okinawan restaurant open 11:00–16:00 and 14 bicycle stands.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","address":"1605 Okuma, Kunigami, Okinawa"}},{"slug":"yukishio-museum","name":"Yukishio Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yukishio-museum","coordinates":{"lat":24.902244,"lng":125.268381},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"雪塩ミュージアム","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"The Yukishio Museum in Karimata is the free showroom and shop of Miyako's snow salt, and its café tops soft serve with flavoured salts.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sea-salt/sea-salt-packets.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsea-salt%2Fsea-salt-packets.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Bags of Okinawan sea salt stand in a row, with a pack of Miyako-jima yukishio among them.","credit":"Mk2010 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Salt_(Okinawa).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"other","status":"open","website":"https://museum.yukishio.com/","address":"沖縄県宮古島市平良字狩俣191"}},{"slug":"yukuidokoro-washima","name":"Yukui-dokoro Washima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yukuidokoro-washima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3507,"lng":126.7461},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"ゆくい処 笑島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yukui-dokoro Washima in Nishime on Kume-jima is the place for kuruma-ebi soba, which tops Okinawa soba with the island's farmed prawns, at ¥1,650 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町字西銘1372-1"}},{"slug":"yunami-diner","name":"The YUNAMI Diner","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yunami-diner","coordinates":{"lat":26.3443,"lng":126.7542},"region":"kume","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"The YUNAMI Diner in Kanegusuku on Kume-jima serves burgers and vegan food at lunch from 11:00 to 15:00 except Tuesdays and Wednesdays, at the address of the former YUNAMI FACTORY.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"burger","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡久米島町兼城1146-1"}},{"slug":"yunangi","name":"Yunangi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yunangi","coordinates":{"lat":26.214472,"lng":127.681919},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ゆうなんぎい","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Yunangi has cooked Okinawan home food in Kumoji since 1970, and its 39 seats sit about 4 minutes' walk from Yui Rail Kencho-mae Station. It takes no reservations or cards and opens 17:00–21:30, so arrive near opening…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rafute/rafute-stoneware-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frafute%2Frafute-stoneware-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two thick slices of soy-braised pork belly show their layers of fat and lean on a speckled stoneware plate beside shredded cabbage","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa-style_stewed_pork_(3820469952).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"izakaya","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市久茂地3-3-3"}},{"slug":"yunta-ichiba","name":"Yunta Ichiba farmers' market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yunta-ichiba","coordinates":{"lat":26.3929,"lng":127.745},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ゆんた市場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Yunta Ichiba is Yomitan's farmers' market in the village's Kina district, open 9:00 to 18:00 almost every day, with island vegetables and Okinawan bento, and free parking. Popo no Mise Hitotoki next door sells…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"open","address":"Yomitan Regional Promotion Centre 1F, 2346-11 Kina, Yomitan"}},{"slug":"yuunami-sakashita","name":"Yuunami Sakashita","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/yuunami-sakashita","coordinates":{"lat":26.218171,"lng":127.702143},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ゆうなみ 坂下店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Yuunami Sakashita is a 50-seat Okinawa soba shop in Matsukawa, Naha, where the mix soba with three cuts of pork on house-made noodles cost ¥1,050 in September 2026. It opens 11:00–21:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yuunami-sakashita/yuunami-sakashita-mix-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyuunami-sakashita%2Fyuunami-sakashita-mix-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of mix soba at Yuunami Sakashita with green yomogi noodles, a slab of pork belly, a bone-in pork rib, fish cake and chopped green onion","credit":"NORTLAUKAU 26088 JP / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP_%E6%B2%96%E7%B9%A9_Okinawa_%E9%82%A3%E9%9C%B8%E5%B8%82_Naha_City_%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E9%80%9A_Kokusai-dori_shop_%E6%B2%96%E7%B9%A9%E8%87%AA%E5%AE%B6%E8%A3%BD%E7%94%9F%E9%BA%B5_Yunami_Sakashita-ten_%E6%9D%BF%E4%B8%8B%E5%BA%97_Restaurant_food_mixed_%E4%B8%89%E6%9E%9A%E8%82%89_Pork_belly_and_%E6%8E%92%E9%AA%A8%E9%BA%B5_rib_noodle_combo_soup_bowl_February_2026_N13P_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"soba","status":"open","address":"沖縄県那覇市松川301-15 テラス坂下 1F"}},{"slug":"zamami-fisheries-coop-store","name":"Zamami Fisheries Co-op Store","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/zamami-fisheries-coop-store","coordinates":{"lat":26.2273,"lng":127.3027},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味村漁協直売店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Zamami Fisheries Co-op Store sits a minute from Zamami Port and sells the co-op's own catch as seafood bowls and fish tempura to eat at the benches outside or in its air-conditioned room.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"seafood","status":"open","address":"沖縄県島尻郡座間味村座間味94"}},{"slug":"zhyvago-coffee-works","name":"Zhyvago Coffee Works","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/eat/zhyvago-coffee-works","coordinates":{"lat":26.3183,"lng":127.7557},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ジバゴコーヒーワークス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Zhyvago Coffee Works is a coffee stand on the Depot Island seafront in Chatan's American Village, opened in August 2015 by an owner inspired by Portland, Oregon. It sits on the seawall promenade, which makes it an easy…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cafe","status":"open","website":"http://zhyvago-okinawa.com/","address":"1F Distortion Seaside Building, 9-46 Mihama, Chatan"}}]},"sights":{"label":"Sight","plural":"Sights","noun":"sights","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights","items":[{"slug":"agarizaki","name":"Agarizaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/agarizaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.4617,"lng":123.0433},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"東崎","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Agarizaki is the cape at the eastern end of Yonaguni, where a cliff rises about 100 m above the sea below a lighthouse and an open pasture grazed by Yonaguni horses.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/agarizaki/agarizaki-headland-lighthouse.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fagarizaki%2Fagarizaki-headland-lighthouse.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The long green ridge of Agarizaki runs out to a small white lighthouse above steep cliffs and deep blue sea at the eastern tip of Yonaguni.","credit":"Metatron / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonaguni_agarizaki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","website":"https://welcome-yonaguni.jp/guide/437/"}},{"slug":"aharen-cape","name":"Aharen Cape Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/aharen-cape","coordinates":{"lat":26.1481,"lng":127.3485},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿波連岬園地","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Aharen Cape Park sits at the southern tip of Tokashiki-jima beyond Aharen village, and footpaths there cross sandstone to cliffs and wind-pruned plants.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aharen-cape/aharen-cape-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faharen-cape%2Faharen-cape-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Aharen observation deck the coast of Tokashiki runs north in a line of green headlands and small white coves above blue water","credit":"Rickard Törnblad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_coast_of_Tokashiki_Island_as_seen_from_Aharen_observation_deck,_Okinawa,_Japan_(3)_-_October_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"aka-ohashi","name":"Aka Ohashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/aka-ohashi","coordinates":{"lat":26.1888,"lng":127.2855},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉大橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Aka Ohashi is the 530 m arch bridge that has joined Aka-jima and Geruma-jima since 24 June 1998, and from its deck you can look down on sea turtles in the channel and west to the Sakubaru rock formations.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka-ohashi/aka-ohashi-from-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka-ohashi%2Faka-ohashi-from-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete arches of the Aka Ohashi carry the road from Aka Port across to the green hills of Geruma under a cloudless sky","credit":"Tomaž Vajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aka_Island_-_Bridge_Connecting_Geruma_and_Aka_Islands_(7769).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"amamichu","name":"Amamichu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/amamichu","coordinates":{"lat":26.3243,"lng":127.9665},"region":"central","nameLocal":"アマミチューの墓","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Amamichu is the tomb of the creator deities Amamikyu and Shinerikyu on a rock islet off Higa village on Hamahiga-jima in Uruma, and you can walk out to it only at low tide. It is a city-designated historic site and a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/amamichu/amamichu-islet-causeway.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Famamichu%2Famamichu-islet-causeway.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A concrete walkway crosses the sand to the rocky green islet of Amamichu off Hamahiga, with clear shallow water on both sides under a deep blue sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Amamichu_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island","status":"unverified","website":"https://uruma-ru.jp/see/first-ryukyu-gods/"}},{"slug":"american-village-seawall","name":"American Village seawall and the Sunabe walk","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/american-village-seawall","coordinates":{"lat":26.3157,"lng":127.7542},"region":"central","nameLocal":"美浜アメリカンビレッジ海沿い遊歩道","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"The American Village seawall is the free waterfront promenade in Chatan that runs from Sunset Beach past the Depot Island boardwalk to the Fisherina marina, and a flat walk or ride north follows the seawall on to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/american-village-seawall/mihama-seawall-sunset.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Famerican-village-seawall%2Fmihama-seawall-sunset.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pink and orange clouds glow over the calm East China Sea at sunset, seen from the tetrapods of the Mihama seawall in Chatan","credit":"Nelo Hotsuma / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/63122283@N06/6671632719"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach-walk","status":"unverified","website":"https://chatantourism.com/area/mihama/"}},{"slug":"banna-park","name":"Banna Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/banna-park","coordinates":{"lat":24.3685,"lng":124.1547},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"バンナ公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Banna Park is a free prefectural forest park of about 290 hectares on 230 m Banna-dake, 4 km north of Ishigaki town, with lookouts that reach Hateruma 55 km away on clear days and a forested road climb close to town.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/banna-park/banna-park-south-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbanna-park%2Fbanna-park-south-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone steps lead between flowering hedges to a tall monument at the south gate of Banna Park on Ishigaki.","credit":"M108t / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Banna_Park_south_gate,_Ishigaki,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/machizukuri/park/1012790/1012794.html"}},{"slug":"bios-hill","name":"Bios Hill","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/bios-hill","coordinates":{"lat":26.4217,"lng":127.7969},"region":"central","nameLocal":"ビオスの丘","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Bios Hill is a subtropical garden park in Uruma's Ishikawa district where a boat takes visitors around a jungle lake, and entry costs ¥2,200 for adults and ¥1,100 for children. It opens 9:00 to 17:30 on most days, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bios-hill/bios-hill-topiary.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbios-hill%2Fbios-hill-topiary.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clipped green shrubs grow over lattice frames in the shape of mushrooms on a lawn at Bios Hill in Uruma.","credit":"Hikomi Moneru / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%93%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%98_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"garden","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.bios-hill.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"busena-marine-park","name":"Busena Marine Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/busena-marine-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.5424,"lng":127.9303},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ブセナ海中公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Busena Marine Park on Nago's Busena peninsula runs an underwater observatory and a glass-bottom boat over the reef all year, with last entry at 17:00 in winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/busena-marine-park/busena-beach-pier.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbusena-marine-park%2Fbusena-beach-pier.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wooden stair leads down to the sand on the Busena peninsula in Nago, and the long pier runs out over grey-green water to the underwater observatory","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busena_Resort01ssb4272.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1050,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.busena-marinepark.com/"}},{"slug":"cape-hedo","name":"Cape Hedo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/cape-hedo","coordinates":{"lat":26.872,"lng":128.2656},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"辺戸岬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Cape Hedo in Kunigami is the northernmost point of Okinawa Island, and from its coral-limestone headland you can see Yoron, 22 km north in the Amami Islands, on clear days.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cape-hedo/cape-hedo-asumui-ridge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcape-hedo%2Fcape-hedo-asumui-ridge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The jagged limestone ridge of Asumui rises above forest and a calm bay near Cape Hedo, with a lone rock pinnacle standing in the water","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Hedo_seen_from_Cape_Hedo_201908_02.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"cape-kyan","name":"Cape Kyan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/cape-kyan","coordinates":{"lat":26.0784,"lng":127.669},"region":"south","nameLocal":"喜屋武岬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Cape Kyan in southern Itoman is a free clifftop lookout with a lighthouse where the Pacific meets the East China Sea; people often call it the southern tip of Okinawa Island, and Arasaki, just to the east, is the true…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cape-kyan/cape-kyan-cliff-path.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcape-kyan%2Fcape-kyan-cliff-path.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wooden railing at Cape Kyan looks along green clifftops to a curving reef coast, with the lighthouse on the left and heavy summer clouds overhead","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/52236169599"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.city.itoman.lg.jp/site/kankou-navi/1808.html"}},{"slug":"cape-manzamo","name":"Cape Manzamo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/cape-manzamo","coordinates":{"lat":26.505,"lng":127.8503},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"万座毛","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Cape Manzamo is a grass-topped limestone headland in Onna with 20 m cliffs over the East China Sea, and entry costs ¥100 a person. It opens daily until sunset, and the visitor building at the gate holds a soba…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cape-manzamo/cape-manzamo-elephant-rock.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcape-manzamo%2Fcape-manzamo-elephant-rock.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Waves break white against the base of Cape Manzamo, where the grassy cliff ends in a limestone arch shaped like an elephant's trunk dipping into the deep blue sea","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Onna_Okinawa_Japan_Cape-Manzamo-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":100,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.manzamo.jp/"}},{"slug":"cape-zanpa","name":"Cape Zanpa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/cape-zanpa","coordinates":{"lat":26.4411,"lng":127.7136},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"残波岬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Cape Zanpa is a headland in Yomitan where cliffs about 30 m high run for roughly 2 km above the East China Sea, topped by a 31 m lighthouse that visitors can climb for ¥300. The cape and its car park are free, and the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cape-zanpa/cape-zanpa-sunset.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcape-zanpa%2Fcape-zanpa-sunset.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The sun sets behind the Zanpa lighthouse over the East China Sea while a few people stand on the dark rocks of the cape in golden light","credit":"jdnx / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21442511@N08/44539056512"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.yomitan-kankou.jp/tourist/watch/1769581604/"}},{"slug":"chinen-misaki-park","name":"Chinen Misaki Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/chinen-misaki-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.1667,"lng":127.8299},"region":"south","nameLocal":"知念岬公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"Chinen Misaki Park is a free clifftop park on the Chinen peninsula in Nanjo that looks east across the Pacific to Kudaka-jima and Komaka-jima, and it sits a few minutes' walk from the Sefa-utaki ticket office.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chinen-misaki-park/chinen-misaki-headland-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchinen-misaki-park%2Fchinen-misaki-headland-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A lookout pavilion crowns a steep green bluff at Chinen Misaki Park, with a sandy beach and wide reef flat curving away below","credit":"そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Chinen_Park.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kankou-nanjo.okinawa/enjoy/250/"}},{"slug":"churaumi-aquarium","name":"Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/churaumi-aquarium","coordinates":{"lat":26.6944,"lng":127.878},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"沖縄美ら海水族館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Ocean Expo Park, Motobu, keeps whale sharks and reef manta rays in its Kuroshio Sea main tank and charges adults ¥2,180 in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/churaumi-aquarium/churaumi-coral-tank.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchuraumi-aquarium%2Fchuraumi-coral-tank.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Sunlight falls through the open-air coral tank at Churaumi Aquarium onto living hard corals where small reef fish feed","credit":"y.naomi from São Paulo, Brazil / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Churaumi_Aquarium_(27081759669).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"aquarium","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2180,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://churaumi.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"daisekirinzan","name":"ASMUI Spiritual Hikes (Daisekirinzan)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/daisekirinzan","coordinates":{"lat":26.8614,"lng":128.2544},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"ASMUI Spiritual Hikes（大石林山）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"ASMUI Spiritual Hikes near Cape Hedo leads walkers through 250-million-year-old limestone karst on a 60-minute main course for ¥2,500 per adult in 2026; until December 2024 the site was called Daisekirinzan.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/daisekirinzan/daisekirinzan-coast-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdaisekirinzan%2Fdaisekirinzan-coast-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the high trail at Daisekirinzan a forested peak drops toward the deep blue East China Sea along the northern coast of Yanbaru","credit":"Y.Kowashi / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%87%91%E5%89%9B%E6%9E%97%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E9%A2%A8%E6%99%AF_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://asmui.jp/"}},{"slug":"dr-koto-clinic-set","name":"Dr. Koto Clinic Set","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/dr-koto-clinic-set","coordinates":{"lat":24.4434,"lng":122.984},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"Dr.コトー診療所オープンセット","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"higawa","country":"JP","summary":"The Dr. Koto Clinic Set in Higawa is the open-air clinic built for Fuji TV's drama 'Dr. Koto Shinryojo', open 9:00–18:00 daily for ¥300 on the beach of Yonaguni's south-coast village.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/dr-koto-clinic-set/dr-koto-clinic-set-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdr-koto-clinic-set%2Fdr-koto-clinic-set-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The weathered concrete clinic building from the Dr. Koto drama stands on the shore at Higawa on Yonaguni, with a flag on its roof.","credit":"Tideline / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shikinajima-shinryojo.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://coto.welcome-yonaguni.jp/"}},{"slug":"euglena-mall","name":"Euglena Mall","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/euglena-mall","coordinates":{"lat":24.3395,"lng":124.158},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ユーグレナモール","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Euglena Mall is Ishigaki's covered shopping arcade, which calls itself Japan's southernmost, and it runs a few blocks north of the ferry terminal with souvenir shops and small restaurants around the Ishigaki City…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/euglena-mall/euglena-mall-arcade.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feuglena-mall%2Feuglena-mall-arcade.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Souvenir stalls stacked with sweets and snacks line both sides of the covered Euglena Mall arcade in central Ishigaki.","credit":"Nikita / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Market_at_Ishigaki-shi.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"street","status":"unverified","website":"http://euglenamall.com/"}},{"slug":"fukushuen","name":"Fukushuen Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/fukushuen","coordinates":{"lat":26.2177,"lng":127.676},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"福州園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Fukushuen is a Fuzhou-style Chinese garden in Naha's Kume district that opens 9:00–21:00 except Wednesdays and charges ¥200 by day and ¥300 after 18:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fukushuen/fukushuen-octagonal-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffukushuen%2Ffukushuen-octagonal-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An eight-sided gateway in a white wall frames a paved path leading past stone balustrades to a pale stone pagoda in the Fukushuen garden","credit":"TurnOnTheNight / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fukushuen_20250504125152.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"garden","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.fksn-okinawa.jp/"}},{"slug":"funaura-kaichu-doro","name":"Funaura Causeway","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/funaura-kaichu-doro","coordinates":{"lat":24.3985,"lng":123.8168},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"船浦海中道路","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"The Funaura Causeway carries Iriomote's Route 215 across Funaura Bay east of Uehara on a flat stretch over the water that opened in 1976, with Pinaisara Falls visible up the bay.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/funaura-kaichu-doro/funaura-causeway.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffunaura-kaichu-doro%2Ffunaura-causeway.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Funaura Causeway carries the road and a line of power poles low across the water of Funaura Bay toward the hills of Iriomote.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_kendo215_funaura_kaichudoro.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-road","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"gangala-valley","name":"Gangala Valley","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gangala-valley","coordinates":{"lat":26.1416,"lng":127.7469},"region":"south","nameLocal":"ガンガラーの谷","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Gangala Valley in Tamagusuku, Nanjo is a forest grown in a collapsed limestone cave that you can visit only on a booked 80-minute guided walk of about 1 km for ¥2,500.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gangala-valley/gangala-cave-cafe.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgangala-valley%2Fgangala-cave-cafe.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ferns and tree roots drape the mouth of a limestone cave in the Valley of Gangala, where cafe umbrellas stand in the shade beneath the stalactites","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cave_Caffe,_the_Valley_of_Gangala_202312_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://gangala.com/"}},{"slug":"gate-2-street","name":"Koza Gate Street","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gate-2-street","coordinates":{"lat":26.335,"lng":127.7995},"region":"central","nameLocal":"コザゲート通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"koza","country":"JP","summary":"Koza Gate Street runs from Goya crossroads to Gate 2 of Kadena Air Base in Okinawa City, and its bars and shops sign their names in English and Japanese. Koza Music Town on the street holds the Ongaku Ichiba live venue…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"street","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kozaweb.jp/"}},{"slug":"gesashi-mangroves","name":"Gesashi Bay mangroves and Higashi Fureai Hirugi Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gesashi-mangroves","coordinates":{"lat":26.6043,"lng":128.145},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"慶佐次湾のヒルギ林・東村ふれあいヒルギ公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"higashi","country":"JP","summary":"The Gesashi Bay mangroves in Higashi make up the largest mangrove forest on Okinawa Island and a national natural monument, and you can see them from a free 670 m boardwalk or by canoe at high tide.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gesashi-mangroves/gesashi-mangrove-canopy.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgesashi-mangroves%2Fgesashi-mangrove-canopy.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A dense green canopy of mangroves fills Gesashi Bay in Higashi, and forested hills close in around the estuary under a pale sky","credit":"Ray_go / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mangrove_of_Gesashi_Bay.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"mangrove","status":"unverified","website":"https://hirugipark.com/"}},{"slug":"gushikawa-castle-ruins","name":"Gushikawa Castle Ruins","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gushikawa-castle-ruins","coordinates":{"lat":26.3833,"lng":126.751},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"具志川城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Gushikawa Castle Ruins is a national historic site on the cliffs of Kume-jima's north-west coast, where the town says Madafutsu Aji built a gusuku in the early fifteenth century with four enclosures inside walls of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gushikawa-castle-ruins/gushikawa-castle-kume-clifftop.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgushikawa-castle-ruins%2Fgushikawa-castle-kume-clifftop.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low stone walls of Gushikawa Castle ruins crown a green clifftop on Kume-jima's north-west coast, with the grey sea stretching to the horizon","credit":"Kiken68 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%85%B7%E5%BF%97%E5%B7%9D%E5%9F%8E%E8%B7%A1%EF%BC%88%E4%B9%85%E7%B1%B3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"gusuku-yama","name":"Gusuku-yama (Ie-jima Tacchu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gusuku-yama","coordinates":{"lat":26.7192,"lng":127.8066},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"城山（伊江島タッチュー）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Gusuku-yama, which locals call Ie-jima Tacchu, is the only mountain on Ie-jima at 172.2 m, and you climb it by 291 concrete steps in 15–20 minutes from the trailhead car park.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gusuku-yama/gusuku-yama-peak.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgusuku-yama%2Fgusuku-yama-peak.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The bare rock summit of Gusuku-yama juts above a skirt of dense green forest on Ie-jima against a bright blue sky with white cloud","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Gusuku_Ie_201910.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.iejima.org/"}},{"slug":"gyokusendo","name":"Gyokusendo Cave (Okinawa World)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/gyokusendo","coordinates":{"lat":26.1404,"lng":127.7495},"region":"south","nameLocal":"玉泉洞（おきなわワールド）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Gyokusendo is a limestone cave in Tamagusuku, Nanjo, whose show section of about 800 m is walked as part of the Okinawa World park (adult ¥2,000, 9:00–17:30, last entry 16:00).","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gyokusendo/gyokusendo-blue-spring.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgyokusendo%2Fgyokusendo-blue-spring.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rimstone terraces step down into a pool of glowing blue water under dripping formations in the Gyokusendo cave","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyokusendo_Nanjo_Okinawa_Japan17s3104.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cave","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.gyokusendo.co.jp/okinawaworld/"}},{"slug":"hateruma-star-observatory","name":"Hateruma Star Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/hateruma-star-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":24.0499,"lng":123.7977},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間島星空観測タワー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Hateruma Star Observatory near Takanasaki was Japan's southernmost public observatory and has been closed since July 2022 because of salt and typhoon damage; Taketomi Town has decided to demolish it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/takanasaki/takanasaki-coastline.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftakanasaki%2Ftakanasaki-coastline.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rugged limestone shelf of Takanasaki runs along the south coast of Hateruma with the star observatory standing on the skyline.","credit":"Tokyo-Good / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haterumajima-Takanazaki-headland.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hatoma-lighthouse","name":"Hatoma Lighthouse","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/hatoma-lighthouse","coordinates":{"lat":24.4707,"lng":123.82},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"鳩間島灯台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hatoma","country":"JP","summary":"Hatoma Lighthouse has stood on the 34 m hill of Hatoma Nakamori at the centre of the island since 1948, when it went up after shipwrecks nearby, and the hill looks across to the mountains of Iriomote.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hatoma-lighthouse/hatoma-lighthouse-palms.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhatoma-lighthouse%2Fhatoma-lighthouse-palms.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Hatoma lighthouse rises between fan palms against a deep blue sky at the top of the small island.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatoma_hatomajima_lighthouse.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"lighthouse","status":"unverified","website":"https://painusima.com/808/"}},{"slug":"higashi-hennazaki","name":"Higashi-Hennazaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/higashi-hennazaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.719,"lng":125.4691},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"東平安名崎","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Higashi-Hennazaki is the 2 km cape at the eastern tip of Miyako-jima; it is a national Place of Scenic Beauty, and its lighthouse is open to climb for ¥300.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/higashi-hennazaki/higashi-hennazaki-cape-tip.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhigashi-hennazaki%2Fhigashi-hennazaki-cape-tip.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A paved path winds over the grassy, rock-studded spine of Higashi-Hennazaki as white surf breaks against its flank and the Pacific stretches deep blue beyond.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Higashi-Hennazaki_(51923939821).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.tokokai.org/tourlight/tourlight15/"}},{"slug":"hiji-falls","name":"Hiji Falls","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/hiji-falls","coordinates":{"lat":26.711,"lng":128.1855},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"比地大滝","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Hiji Falls in Kunigami, at about 26 m the highest waterfall in Yanbaru National Park, has been closed, car park and trail included, since heavy rain damaged the site in November 2024, with no reopening date published…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hiji-falls/hiji-falls-pool.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhiji-falls%2Fhiji-falls-pool.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Grey boulders ring the green plunge pool at the foot of Hiji Falls, where the water fans out over a ledge in the forested gorge","credit":"Philipmj24 at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiji_Falls.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"waterfall","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hirakubozaki-lighthouse","name":"Hirakubozaki Lighthouse","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/hirakubozaki-lighthouse","coordinates":{"lat":24.6103,"lng":124.316},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"平久保埼灯台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"hirakubo","country":"JP","summary":"Hirakubozaki Lighthouse stands at the end of the Hirakubo peninsula on Ishigaki's northern tip, which Ishigaki City puts about 80 minutes by car from town, and it looks out over a full circle of reef and ocean. The…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirakubozaki-lighthouse/hirakubozaki-lighthouse-islet.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirakubozaki-lighthouse%2Fhirakubozaki-lighthouse-islet.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Hirakubozaki lighthouse stands on a grassy headland at Ishigaki's northern tip above deep blue water and a small rocky islet offshore.","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/40497295883"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"lighthouse","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"hiyajo-banta","name":"Hiyajo Banta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/hiyajo-banta","coordinates":{"lat":26.3741,"lng":126.789},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"比屋定バンタ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Hiyajo Banta is the clifftop lookout that stands about 200 m above the sea on Kume-jima's north-east coast and looks over Hatenohama and the reef to Aguni, Tonaki and the Kerama Islands; for a cyclist it is the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kanko-kumejima.com/spot/see/663/"}},{"slug":"ikema-bridge","name":"Ikema Ohashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ikema-bridge","coordinates":{"lat":24.9201,"lng":125.2604},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間大橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"The Ikema Ohashi carries the road 1,425 m from Karimata on Miyako-jima to Ikema island, and it has done so since 14 February 1992.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema-bridge/ikema-bridge-clear-water.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema-bridge%2Fikema-bridge-clear-water.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Morning light shows the sandy bottom through clear shallow water beside the long, low Ikema Bridge and a rocky limestone outcrop.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikema_Ohashi_Bridge_(51923938941).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ikema-wetland","name":"Ikema Wetland","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ikema-wetland","coordinates":{"lat":24.9331,"lng":125.2433},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間湿原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ikema Wetland is a 38 ha freshwater marsh in the middle of Ikema island, the largest wetland in Okinawa Prefecture and part of a national wildlife protection area.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema-wetland/ikema-wetland-reeds.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema-wetland%2Fikema-wetland-reeds.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Channels of still water wind through reeds and grass in the Ikema Wetland at the heart of the island.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_ikema_shitsugen.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"iko-sanbashi","name":"Iko Pier","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/iko-sanbashi","coordinates":{"lat":24.2486,"lng":124.0169},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"伊古桟橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Iko Pier is a 354 m stone and concrete jetty that islanders built in 1935 on Kuroshima's north coast; it is now a registered cultural property, and you can still walk to its end over the shallows. High tide and sunrise…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iko-sanbashi/iko-pier-clouds.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fiko-sanbashi%2Fiko-pier-clouds.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Iko Pier stretches far out across the shallow reef on the east side of Kuroshima beneath a long bank of white cloud.","credit":"mariemon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E4%BC%8A%E5%8F%A4%E6%A1%9F%E6%A9%8B4402.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://painusima.com/884/"}},{"slug":"inazaki-observatory","name":"Inazaki Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/inazaki-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":26.2396,"lng":127.2958},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"稲崎展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Inazaki Observatory on Zamami-jima's north coast is where whale spotters watch for humpbacks each winter morning and radio the boats, and the Japan Tourism Agency names it Zamami's best place to watch whales from land…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"irabu-bridge","name":"Irabu Ohashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/irabu-bridge","coordinates":{"lat":24.7967,"lng":125.2395},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部大橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"The Irabu Ohashi is a 3,540 m toll-free bridge that has linked Miyako-jima and Irabu since 31 January 2015, and it is the signature ride on the island.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irabu-bridge/irabu-bridge-deck-ride.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firabu-bridge%2Firabu-bridge-deck-ride.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The two-lane deck of the Irabu Bridge runs ahead between low railings with open sea on both sides and Irabu on the horizon.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_Bridge_(52204774130).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"iriomote-wildlife-conservation-center","name":"Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/iriomote-wildlife-conservation-center","coordinates":{"lat":24.331,"lng":123.9089},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表野生生物保護センター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"The Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center in Komi is the Ministry of the Environment's free visitor centre for the Iriomote cat and the island's rare wildlife, open 10:00–17:00 except Mondays, about 15 minutes by car…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iriomote/iriomote-cat-forest-floor.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firiomote%2Firiomote-cat-forest-floor.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An Iriomote cat with spotted grey-brown fur looks up from the leaf litter beside a tree trunk in the island's forest.","credit":"Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Centre (IWCC) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_cat_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://iwcc.jp/"}},{"slug":"irizaki-cape","name":"Irizaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/irizaki-cape","coordinates":{"lat":24.4499,"lng":122.9343},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西崎","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Irizaki is the cape at the western tip of Yonaguni, above Kubura, where the 'westernmost point of Japan' monument and a lighthouse look out towards Taiwan, 111 km away.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irizaki-cape/irizaki-pavilion-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firizaki-cape%2Firizaki-pavilion-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Late sun warms the red-tiled pavilion at Irizaki, the westernmost point of Japan, as the grass around it falls into shadow.","credit":"Melkov / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pavilion_at_Irizaki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified","website":"https://welcome-yonaguni.jp/guide/426/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-limestone-cave","name":"Ishigaki-jima Limestone Cave","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ishigaki-limestone-cave","coordinates":{"lat":24.3617,"lng":124.1544},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島鍾乳洞","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki-jima Limestone Cave is the island's largest cave, and 660 m of its 3.2 km open to visitors on Route 208 just north of town, at ¥1,200 for adults in 2026. It suits a wet or windy winter day.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-limestone-cave/ishigaki-cave-flowstone.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-limestone-cave%2Fishigaki-cave-flowstone.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Warm lamps light a rounded column of flowstone and the ribbed walls around it inside the Ishigaki-jima Limestone Cave.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki-Cave07s5s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cave","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ishigaki-cave.com/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-yaima-mura","name":"Ishigaki Yaima-mura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ishigaki-yaima-mura","coordinates":{"lat":24.4043,"lng":124.1444},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣やいま村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Yaima-mura gathers red-tiled houses over 100 years old on a hill above Nagura Bay on Route 208, with sanshin music in the houses and a squirrel monkey enclosure; adult entry costs ¥1,200 in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-yaima-mura/yaima-mura-makishi-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-yaima-mura%2Fyaima-mura-makishi-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Coral-stone walls and a clay shisa guard the gate of the old red-tiled Makishi house at Ishigaki Yaima-mura.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_yaimamura_makishi_house.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"theme-park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.yaimamura.com/"}},{"slug":"japan-southernmost-monument","name":"Japan's Southernmost Monument","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/japan-southernmost-monument","coordinates":{"lat":24.0479,"lng":123.7949},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"日本最南端之碑","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Japan's Southernmost Monument on Hateruma's south coast near Takanasaki is a concrete marker that a student who had travelled the length of Japan from Hokkaido built in 1970; it stands beside the 1995 Peace Monument…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/japan-southernmost-monument/southernmost-monument-markers.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjapan-southernmost-monument%2Fsouthernmost-monument-markers.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone markers and a pillar painted with the Japanese flag stand among the coral rock and grass at Japan's Southernmost Monument on Hateruma.","credit":"iloverjoa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%9C%80%E5%8D%97%E7%AB%AF%E3%81%AE%E7%A2%91_Southernmost_tip_of_Japan_(manned_Island)_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kabira-bay","name":"Kabira Bay","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kabira-bay","coordinates":{"lat":24.4613,"lng":124.143},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平湾","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira Bay is the inlet of pale green water and small wooded islets below Kabira Park on Ishigaki's north-west coast, and the city counts it among the most visited sights in Okinawa Prefecture. Swimming is banned, so…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kabira-bay/kabira-bay-boats-from-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkabira-bay%2Fkabira-bay-boats-from-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glass-bottom boats ride at anchor over pale green shallows in Kabira Bay, where a wooded limestone islet sits below Ishigaki's hills under soft cloud.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island04s3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/kabira-bay/"}},{"slug":"kafu-banta","name":"Kafu Banta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kafu-banta","coordinates":{"lat":26.3608,"lng":127.9922},"region":"central","nameLocal":"果報バンタ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyagi","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Kafu Banta is a free cliff-top lookout in the grounds of the Nuchima-su salt factory on Miyagi-jima in Uruma, open from 9:00 to 17:30 every day. The salt company translates its Okinawan name as the cape of happiness…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kafu-banta/kafu-banta-cove.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkafu-banta%2Fkafu-banta-cove.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Kafu Banta lookout on Miyagi a small white sand cove sits below green cliffs, and a shallow reef flat runs out to the open Pacific","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kafu_Banta_202107.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://nuchima-su.co.jp/walking/"}},{"slug":"kaichu-doro","name":"Kaichu Doro","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kaichu-doro","coordinates":{"lat":26.3323,"lng":127.9289},"region":"central","nameLocal":"海中道路","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"The Kaichu Doro is the 4.75 km sea road in Uruma that links the Katsuren peninsula to Henza-jima, and every car or bike bound for Hamahiga, Miyagi or Ikei crosses it. Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan sits at the midpoint with a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kaichu-doro/kaichu-doro-causeway-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkaichu-doro%2Fkaichu-doro-causeway-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Four lanes of the Kaichu Doro causeway run straight across the sea toward Henza, with palms along the shoulder and a long green island on the horizon","credit":"N / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaichu-Doro.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-road","status":"unverified","website":"https://uruma-ru.jp/see/sea-road/"}},{"slug":"kakazu-takadai-park","name":"Kakazu Takadai Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kakazu-takadai-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.2587,"lng":127.7365},"region":"central","nameLocal":"嘉数高台公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"Kakazu Takadai Park is a hilltop park in Ginowan built on Kakazu Ridge, where fighting raged for more than two weeks from about 6 April 1945 in the Battle of Okinawa. A Japanese pillbox and trench remains still stand…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kakazu-takadai/kakazu-takadai-memorial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkakazu-takadai%2Fkakazu-takadai-memorial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Kakazu and Kyoto memorial stones stand among palms at Kakazu Takadai Park in Ginowan, with strings of folded paper cranes hung between them","credit":"Suikotei / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kakazu_Takadai_Park_20160720_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.city.ginowan.lg.jp/soshiki/keizai/shiminkyodo/1/2/4/heiwakinenn/kakazutakadai01.html"}},{"slug":"kaminohama-observatory","name":"Kami-no-hama Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kaminohama-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":26.2284,"lng":127.2831},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"神の浜展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kami-no-hama Observatory stands on the cliffs at the western tip of Zamami-jima beyond Ama, and its roofed deck faces Aka and the outer islands; the village rates its sunsets from about April to October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kaminohama-observatory/kaminohama-sunset.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkaminohama-observatory%2Fkaminohama-sunset.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The sun drops toward a dark island on the horizon as gold light spreads across the sea below the wooden deck of the Kami-no-hama Observatory on Zamami","credit":"Guillaume 1995 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sunset_at_Kaminohama_observatory.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kanbire-falls","name":"Kanbire Falls","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kanbire-falls","coordinates":{"lat":24.3551,"lng":123.8069},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"カンビレーの滝","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Kanbire Falls is a 200 m run of low, wide cascades on Iriomote's Urauchi River, about 250 m upstream of Mariyudu Falls, whose name is said to mean 'seat of the gods'.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kanbire-falls/kanbire-falls-cascade.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkanbire-falls%2Fkanbire-falls-cascade.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White water spills over wide rock steps at Kanbire Falls on the upper Urauchi River with jungle-covered slopes on either side.","credit":"Geomr / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kampire_iriomote_2007-04-05.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"waterfall","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":3500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.urauchigawa.com/taki/"}},{"slug":"kannonzaki-lighthouse","name":"Kannonzaki Lighthouse","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kannonzaki-lighthouse","coordinates":{"lat":24.3657,"lng":124.1116},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"観音崎灯台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Kannonzaki Lighthouse stands on the coast just west of Ishigaki town and looks straight across calm water at Taketomi, and a shelter with picnic tables makes it an easy sunset stop.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kannonzaki-lighthouse/kannonzaki-lighthouse-seawall.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkannonzaki-lighthouse%2Fkannonzaki-lighthouse-seawall.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A concrete seawall walk leads along clear shallow water to the small white Kannonzaki lighthouse on its wooded point west of Ishigaki town.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kannonzaki_Ishigaki_Island_Japan02s3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"lighthouse","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"kayauchi-banta","name":"Kayauchi Banta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kayauchi-banta","coordinates":{"lat":26.8542,"lng":128.2498},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"茅打バンタ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Kayauchi Banta in Kunigami is an 80 m limestone cliff above Ginama whose lookout takes in the whole west coast of Yanbaru down to the Motobu Peninsula.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kayauchi-banta/kayauchi-banta-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkayauchi-banta%2Fkayauchi-banta-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From Kayauchi Banta the reef glows turquoise below the cliffs, and a small harbour and the forested west coast of Yanbaru stretch away south","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Kayauchi_Banta_202306.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kokusai-dori-street","name":"Kokusai-dori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kokusai-dori-street","coordinates":{"lat":26.2161,"lng":127.6892},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"国際通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kokusai-dori","country":"JP","summary":"Kokusai-dori is Naha's main shopping street and runs a little over a mile from the Prefectural Office to Asato; on Sundays from 12:00 to 18:00 about 1.3 km of it closes to traffic.","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1647336963732-7446b9da7a6f?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MzkwfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1647336963732-7446b9da7a6f?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MzkwfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"Palm trees line both pavements of Kokusai-dori in Naha under a bright blue sky, and shop signs in red and yellow run toward the far end of the street","credit":"Roméo A. / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-city-street-lined-with-palm-trees-and-shops-RHd0VtC0bLw?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"street","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.naha-navi.or.jp/magazine/2018/03/8791/"}},{"slug":"kondoi-beach-walk","name":"Kondoi sandbar walk","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kondoi-beach-walk","coordinates":{"lat":24.3254,"lng":124.077},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"コンドイ浜の砂州","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"At low tide the water off Kondoi beach on Taketomi's west coast grows too shallow to swim, and a sandbar appears offshore that you can wade out to, with Iriomote and its neighbours across the water.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kondoi-beach-walk/kondoi-sandbar-ripples.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkondoi-beach-walk%2Fkondoi-sandbar-ripples.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Sunlight draws a net of ripples on the clear shallows that lead out to the pale sandbar off Kondoi Beach at low tide.","credit":"Yasunori Koide / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kondoi_Beach.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach-walk","status":"unverified","website":"https://painusima.com/52/"}},{"slug":"kouri-bridge","name":"Kouri Bridge","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kouri-bridge","coordinates":{"lat":26.686,"lng":128.0169},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利大橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Kouri Bridge carries Prefectural Route 247 for 1,960 m from Yagaji-jima in Nago to Kouri-jima in Nakijin, and it has been toll-free since it opened on 8 February 2005.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kouri-bridge/kouri-bridge-arches.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkouri-bridge%2Fkouri-bridge-arches.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete arches of the Kouri Bridge curve down to the Kouri shore over wind-ruffled blue water, with the white Kouri Ocean Tower on the hill above","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nago_Okinawa_Kouri-Bridge-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kouri-ocean-tower","name":"Kouri Ocean Tower","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kouri-ocean-tower","coordinates":{"lat":26.7001,"lng":128.0242},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利オーシャンタワー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri Ocean Tower on Kouri-jima takes visitors by cart up to a white tower about 82 m above sea level that looks straight down the Kouri Bridge, and adult entry costs ¥1,000.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kouri-ocean-tower/kouri-ocean-tower-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkouri-ocean-tower%2Fkouri-ocean-tower-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Kouri Ocean Tower the reef spreads in bands of turquoise and deep blue across the channel toward the long green coast of the main island","credit":"jdnx / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21442511@N08/43679459845"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.kouri-oceantower.com/"}},{"slug":"kubura-bari","name":"Kubura-bari","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kubura-bari","coordinates":{"lat":24.4572,"lng":122.9427},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"久部良バリ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Kubura-bari is a deep crevasse in the coastal rock just north of Kubura on Yonaguni, and island tradition remembers it as a place where pregnant women were made to jump the gap to reduce the population under the old…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kubura-bari/kubura-bari-from-irizaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkubura-bari%2Fkubura-bari-from-irizaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low rocky point of Kubura-bari reaches into the sea past the breakwaters of Kubura harbour, seen from the Irizaki side.","credit":"Melkov / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kubura-bari_from_Irizaki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://welcome-yonaguni.jp/guide/854/"}},{"slug":"kuina-no-mori","name":"Yambaru Kuina no Mori (Okinawa Rail Ecology Center)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kuina-no-mori","coordinates":{"lat":26.7413,"lng":128.296},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"クイナの森（ヤンバルクイナ生態展示学習施設）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Yambaru Kuina no Mori in Ada, Kunigami, is the one place where you can see the flightless Yanbaru kuina, or Okinawa rail, in captivity, and it opens 9:00–17:00 except on Wednesdays.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuina-no-mori/kuina-no-mori-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuina-no-mori%2Fkuina-no-mori-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two Okinawa rail statues stand on the lawn outside the curved entrance canopy of Kuina no Mori in Ada, Kunigami.","credit":"Hisenv / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E7%94%9F%E6%85%8B%E5%B1%95%E7%A4%BA%E5%AD%A6%E7%BF%92%E6%96%BD%E8%A8%AD_%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8A%E3%81%AE%E6%A3%AE_%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A%E5%8F%A3IMG_0042-1.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kumejima-firefly-museum","name":"Kumejima Firefly Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kumejima-firefly-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.3486,"lng":126.7552},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島ホタル館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"The Kumejima Firefly Museum is a small town-run nature centre in Ota with a boardwalk biotope, and it opens 9:30–17:00 for ¥100; it tells the story of the Kumejima firefly, which flies from mid-April to early May and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":100,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.town.kumejima.okinawa.jp/docs/hotaru_museum/"}},{"slug":"kumejima-sea-turtle-museum","name":"Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kumejima-sea-turtle-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.3364,"lng":126.8262},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島ウミガメ館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ou-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"The Kumejima Sea Turtle Museum stands beside Tatami-ishi on Ou-jima and shows live sea turtles in a large tank; adults pay ¥500 (since April 2024), and it opens from 9:00 and closes on Tuesdays.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"aquarium","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://kumejimataro.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"kurima-bridge","name":"Kurima Ohashi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kurima-bridge","coordinates":{"lat":24.7261,"lng":125.2644},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"来間大橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"The Kurima Ohashi carries a farm road 1,690 m from the Yonaha Maehama end of Miyako-jima to Kurima island, and it opened on 13 March 1995.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kurima-bridge/kurima-bridge-from-kurima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkurima-bridge%2Fkurima-bridge-from-kurima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the wooded hillside on Kurima the Kurima Bridge runs across shallow reef water toward Miyako and the sweep of Yonaha Maehama.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurimajima_Miyakojima_Okinawa_Japan02n4500.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-observation-tower","name":"Kuroshima Observation Tower","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kuroshima-observation-tower","coordinates":{"lat":24.2412,"lng":124.0084},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima Observation Tower stands beside the school in Higashisuji at the centre of a flat island whose land tops out at 15.3 m, and tiles on its top floor map the islands around you.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-observation-tower/kuroshima-observation-tower-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-observation-tower%2Fkuroshima-observation-tower-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The round, rock-clad Kuroshima Observation Tower rises behind a lawn and a red-tiled rest hut on flat Kuroshima.","credit":"mariemon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%BB%92%E5%B3%B6%E5%B1%95%E6%9C%9B%E5%8F%B05167.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-visitor-center","name":"Kuroshima Visitor Center","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/kuroshima-visitor-center","coordinates":{"lat":24.2376,"lng":123.9953},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島ビジターセンター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima Visitor Center is the Ministry of the Environment's national park centre in Miyazato, with displays on the island's history and the sea life around Kuroshima. It sits a short ride from Nakamoto beach.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-visitor-center/kuroshima-visitor-center-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-visitor-center%2Fkuroshima-visitor-center-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low red-tiled Kuroshima Visitor Center sits at the back of a shaded lawn in Miyazato on Kuroshima.","credit":"mariemon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC2471.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"lily-field-park","name":"Ie-jima Lily Field Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/lily-field-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.7366,"lng":127.8101},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"リリーフィールド公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ie-jima Lily Field Park on the island's north coast fills with about a million white Easter lilies from late April to early May, when the free Ie-jima Lily Festival runs.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/lily-field-park/lily-field-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Flily-field-park%2Flily-field-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White Easter lilies cover the gentle slope of Lily Field Park on Ie-jima's north coast, and the open sea runs along the horizon behind them","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iejima_Lily_Festival_202604_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.iejima.org/"}},{"slug":"makishi-public-market","name":"Daiichi Makishi Public Market","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/makishi-public-market","coordinates":{"lat":26.2145,"lng":127.6883},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇市第一牧志公設市場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"The Daiichi Makishi Public Market in Naha is the city's fish and meat market, and since reopening in a new building in March 2023 it still lets you buy seafood on the ground floor and have it cooked upstairs for a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/makishi-public-market/makishi-market-new-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmakishi-public-market%2Fmakishi-market-new-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rebuilt Makishi First Public Market rises on a street corner in central Naha under a blue sky, and its name runs in Japanese and English above the entrance","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_City_First_Makishi_Public_Market_new_building.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"market","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.makishi-public-market.jp/"}},{"slug":"makiyama-observatory","name":"Makiyama Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/makiyama-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":24.8178,"lng":125.2178},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"牧山展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Makiyama Observatory stands on Irabu's highest point at 89.0 m, and its white sashiba-shaped deck looks back to Miyako-jima.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/makiyama-observatory/makiyama-observatory-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmakiyama-observatory%2Fmakiyama-observatory-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Makiyama observation building spreads its wing-shaped roof over a stone base at the top of a stairway on Irabu.","credit":"Rsa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_makiyama_observation_platform.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mariyudu-falls","name":"Mariyudu Falls","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/mariyudu-falls","coordinates":{"lat":24.3572,"lng":123.8031},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"マリユドゥの滝","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Mariyudu Falls is a two-tier, 16 m waterfall on Iriomote's Urauchi River and one of Japan's 100 best waterfalls; you see it from a viewing platform about 40 minutes' walk from the upper boat landing.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mariyudu-falls/mariyudu-falls-pool.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmariyudu-falls%2Fmariyudu-falls-pool.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Mariyudu Falls drops in two broad tiers into a dark round pool surrounded by thick forest on the upper Urauchi River.","credit":"Nikita / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mariyudu_waterfall.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"waterfall","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":3500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.urauchigawa.com/taki/"}},{"slug":"michi-no-eki-kadena","name":"Michi-no-Eki Kadena","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/michi-no-eki-kadena","coordinates":{"lat":26.3681,"lng":127.7741},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"道の駅かでな","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kadena","country":"JP","summary":"Michi-no-Eki Kadena is a roadside station in Kadena whose fourth-floor deck looks straight over Kadena Air Base, open free from 8:30 to 22:00 every day. A third-floor exhibition room explains what living beside the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/michi-no-eki-kadena/michi-no-eki-kadena-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmichi-no-eki-kadena%2Fmichi-no-eki-kadena-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The curved cream and yellow building of Michi-no-eki Kadena stands behind a paved plaza with benches under its arches on a clear day","credit":"そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roadside_Station_Kadena_20150317.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://michinoeki-kadena.jp/"}},{"slug":"minatogawa-stateside-town","name":"Minatogawa Stateside Town","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/minatogawa-stateside-town","coordinates":{"lat":26.2642,"lng":127.7162},"region":"central","nameLocal":"港川外国人住宅街（港川ステイツサイドタウン）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"urasoe","country":"JP","summary":"Minatogawa Stateside Town is a block of about 70 concrete one-storey houses in Urasoe that were built in the 1960s for US military families and now hold cafés and shops. Residents still live among the shops, so Urasoe…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minatogawa-stateside-town/minatogawa-stateside-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminatogawa-stateside-town%2Fminatogawa-stateside-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A whitewashed former foreign-housing bungalow in Minatogawa has a blue door, potted plants and a small lawn, seen from the open doorway of the shop across the lane","credit":"thomascheang / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/45112502@N03/28917867254"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"street","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.urasoenavi.jp/yorimichi-plan/2020012300019/"}},{"slug":"miyako-tropical-botanical-garden","name":"Miyakojima City Tropical Botanical Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/miyako-tropical-botanical-garden","coordinates":{"lat":24.8002,"lng":125.3159},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島市熱帯植物園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"The Miyakojima City Tropical Botanical Garden is a free garden east of Hirara with about 1,600 subtropical tree species and a 400 m avenue of deigo trees that flowers in February and March.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"garden","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"miyakojima-sea-park","name":"Miyakojima Sea Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/miyakojima-sea-park","coordinates":{"lat":24.8788,"lng":125.2747},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島海中公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Sea Park in Karimata is an underwater observatory where 24 acrylic windows look straight onto the reef, for ¥1,000 an adult.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyakojima-sea-park/miyakojima-sea-park-windows.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyakojima-sea-park%2Fmiyakojima-sea-park-windows.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A curved row of underwater viewing windows glows blue along the observation room at Miyakojima Sea Park in Karimata.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_miyakojima_kaichukoen.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"aquarium","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"http://miyakojima-kaichukoen.com/"}},{"slug":"miyara-donchi","name":"Miyara Donchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/miyara-donchi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3411,"lng":124.1597},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"宮良殿内","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Miyara Donchi is the house a Yaeyama district head built around 1819 in Ishigaki town, and the city calls it the only samurai-class residence of the Ryukyu Kingdom era left standing in Okinawa; Japan lists its dry…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyara-donchi/miyara-donchi-house-garden.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyara-donchi%2Fmiyara-donchi-house-garden.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A path of fallen red petals leads past rock and fern beds to the deep veranda of the red-tiled Miyara Donchi residence in Ishigaki town.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyara-dunchi_Ishigaki_Okinawa01s3s4350.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"garden","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":200,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"nago-castle-park","name":"Nago Central Park and Nagogusuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nago-castle-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.5888,"lng":127.9934},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"名護中央公園・名護城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Nago Central Park covers the hill of the Nago Castle ruins above central Nago and flowers with hikanzakura cherry from late January to early February, when the city holds the Nago Sakura Matsuri.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nago-castle-park/nago-from-castle-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnago-castle-park%2Fnago-from-castle-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From a lookout in Nago Central Park the city spreads along Nago Bay below green hills, with a gazebo beside a curving red path in the foreground","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Nangusuku_Park_202508.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"nago-pineapple-park","name":"Nago Pineapple Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nago-pineapple-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.6166,"lng":127.9705},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ナゴパイナップルパーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Nago Pineapple Park on Route 84 in Nago runs a pineapple garden and winery, and its homepage listed adult entry at ¥850 in October 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nago-pineapple-park/nago-pineapple-park-cart.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnago-pineapple-park%2Fnago-pineapple-park-cart.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small yellow pineapple-shaped cart carries visitors along a track through the dense tropical greenhouse at Nago Pineapple Park","credit":"Laika ac / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nago_Pineapple_Park_(32183097142).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"farm","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":850,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.nagopine.com/"}},{"slug":"nagomi-no-to","name":"Nagomi-no-to","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nagomi-no-to","coordinates":{"lat":24.3307,"lng":124.0855},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"なごみの塔","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nagomi-no-to is the small concrete lookout tower in the middle of Taketomi village that residents built in 1953; it is a listed cultural property and has been closed to climbing since September 2016 because of its age.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nagomi-no-to/taketomi-village-from-nagomi-tower.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnagomi-no-to%2Ftaketomi-village-from-nagomi-tower.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red-tiled roofs and coral-stone walls fill the view over Taketomi village from the top of Nagomi-no-to on a day of big white clouds.","credit":"maru0522 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taketomi_Island_seen_from_the_top_of_the_tower.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"nagura-anparu","name":"Nagura Anparu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nagura-anparu","coordinates":{"lat":24.3956,"lng":124.1424},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"名蔵アンパル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Nagura Anparu is a Ramsar-listed mangrove and tidal-flat wetland at the mouth of the Nagura River on Ishigaki's west coast, and the coast road crosses it on a sandbar between town and Kabira. Low tide shows its crabs…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nagura-anparu/nagura-anparu-tidal-flat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnagura-anparu%2Fnagura-anparu-tidal-flat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Low tide leaves rippled sand and shallow channels across the Nagura Anparu wetland under green hills on the west side of Ishigaki.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anparu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"mangrove","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"nakama-river","name":"Nakama River","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nakama-river","coordinates":{"lat":24.2719,"lng":123.8828},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"仲間川","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"The Nakama River at Ohara on Iriomote holds one of Japan's largest mangrove forests, and Iriomote Kotsu's walk-on cruise from Ohara port runs 50–60 minutes up it for ¥3,500 (from October 2026) all year.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakama-river/nakama-river-cruise-boat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakama-river%2Fnakama-river-cruise-boat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white cruise boat heads up the wide Nakama River from Ohara between banks of mangrove under a grey sky.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakama_River_Iriomote_Okinawa_Japan01bsf.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"mangrove","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":3500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://iriomote.com/cruise/"}},{"slug":"niraikanai-bridge","name":"Niraikanai Bridge","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/niraikanai-bridge","coordinates":{"lat":26.1673,"lng":127.8151},"region":"south","nameLocal":"ニライカナイ橋（ニライ橋・カナイ橋）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"The Niraikanai Bridge in Chinen, Nanjo is a pair of road bridges about 660 m long and 80 m high that swing down from the Tsukishiro hills to the coast road with a view over the Pacific to Kudaka-jima.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/niraikanai-bridge/niraikanai-bridge-curve.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fniraikanai-bridge%2Fniraikanai-bridge-curve.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The double hairpin of the Niraikanai Bridge sweeps down through green forest toward the coast at Chinen, with the wide blue Pacific beyond","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nirai_Kanai_Bridge_202208.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bridge","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kankou-nanjo.okinawa/enjoy/246/"}},{"slug":"nishi-hennazaki","name":"Nishi-Hennazaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nishi-hennazaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.9095,"lng":125.2573},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"西平安名崎","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Nishi-Hennazaki is the cape at Miyako-jima's north-west tip in Karimata, and from it you see the Ikema Ohashi and Irabu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nishi-hennazaki/nishi-hennazaki-turbines.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnishi-hennazaki%2Fnishi-hennazaki-turbines.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two white wind turbines turn above green scrub at Nishi-Hennazaki on Miyako's northern tip while Ikema sits low on the sea beyond.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_nishihenna_turbines.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"nishi-sanbashi","name":"Nishi Pier","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/nishi-sanbashi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3315,"lng":124.0791},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西桟橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nishi Pier is a 105 m stone and concrete jetty on Taketomi's west coast that islanders built in 1938; it is now a registered cultural property, and people gather there to watch the sun set over Iriomote. It sits a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nishi-sanbashi/nishi-sanbashi-jetty.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnishi-sanbashi%2Fnishi-sanbashi-jetty.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete Nishi Pier runs straight out from the beach into pale green water on the west side of Taketomi under puffy white cloud.","credit":"maru0522 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taketomi_island_-_West_jetty.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://painusima.com/899/"}},{"slug":"ocean-expo-park","name":"Ocean Expo Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ocean-expo-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.6897,"lng":127.8767},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"海洋博公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Ocean Expo Park in Motobu is a free national park that commemorates the 1975 Okinawa International Ocean Exposition, and the Churaumi Aquarium and Emerald Beach both stand inside it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ocean-expo-park/ocean-expo-park-gate-pillars.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Focean-expo-park%2Focean-expo-park-gate-pillars.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two carved stone pillars topped with shisa frame the seaward plaza of Ocean Expo Park, and Ie-jima's peak rises across the water between them","credit":"Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Ocean_Expo_Park_view_hdsr_Vlux5_04.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://oki-park.jp/kaiyohaku/"}},{"slug":"ogan-zaki-lighthouse","name":"Ogan-zaki Lighthouse","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ogan-zaki-lighthouse","coordinates":{"lat":24.4526,"lng":124.0787},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"御神崎灯台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Ogan-zaki Lighthouse stands on high cliffs at the tip of the Sakieda peninsula in western Ishigaki and looks over deep blue water to the long shape of Iriomote; many people come for the sunset.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ogan-zaki-lighthouse/ogan-zaki-cove-boat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fogan-zaki-lighthouse%2Fogan-zaki-cove-boat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small boat floats over clear reef water in a cove below the dark volcanic cliffs at Ogan-zaki on the west coast of Ishigaki.","credit":"Tzuhsun Hsu / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%BE%A1%E7%A5%9E%E5%B4%8E_-_4984927730.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"lighthouse","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-zoo","name":"Okinawa Zoo & Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/okinawa-zoo","coordinates":{"lat":26.3278,"lng":127.8034},"region":"central","nameLocal":"沖縄こどもの国","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"okinawa-city","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Zoo & Museum is the zoo and children's museum in Okinawa City that locals call Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni, and admission costs ¥1,000 from age 16 with free entry for anyone 15 or under. It closes on Tuesdays and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-zoo/okinawa-zoo-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-zoo%2Fokinawa-zoo-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A carved wooden arch topped with giraffe, elephant and monkey figures spans the road at the entrance to the Okinawa Zoo and Museum under a summer sky","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Okinawa_Zoo_%26_Museum.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.okzm.jp/"}},{"slug":"pinaisara-falls","name":"Pinaisara Falls","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/pinaisara-falls","coordinates":{"lat":24.382,"lng":123.8204},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ピナイサーラの滝","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Pinaisara Falls on Iriomote drops about 55 m, more than any other waterfall in Okinawa Prefecture, and since 1 March 2025 you may reach it only with a registered guide and Taketomi Town's prior approval, within a cap…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pinaisara-falls/pinaisara-falls-from-afar.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpinaisara-falls%2Fpinaisara-falls-from-afar.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The thin white line of Pinaisara Falls drops down a dark cliff in the forested hills across a stretch of calm water on Iriomote.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_pinaisara_fall.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"waterfall","status":"unverified","website":"https://iriomote-ecotourism.jp/field/%e3%83%92%e3%83%8a%e3%82%a4%e5%b7%9d%ef%bc%9c%e3%83%94%e3%83%8a%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b5%e3%83%bc%e3%83%a9%e3%81%ae%e6%bb%9d%ef%bc%9e/"}},{"slug":"ryugu-jo-observatory","name":"Ryugu-jo Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ryugu-jo-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":24.7259,"lng":125.2514},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"竜宮城展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"The Ryugu-jo Observatory is a three-storey tower styled on the Dragon Palace of folklore, and from its hilltop on Kurima it looks across to Yonaha Maehama and Irabu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ryugu-jo-observatory/ryugu-jo-observatory-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fryugu-jo-observatory%2Fryugu-jo-observatory-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The top of the Ryugu-jo Observatory on Kurima looks over scrub and reef shallows to the Kurima Bridge and the long beach of Yonaha Maehama.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryuuguujo_Observation_Deck_(51924273014).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"senaga-jima-umikaji-terrace","name":"Senaga-jima and Umikaji Terrace","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/senaga-jima-umikaji-terrace","coordinates":{"lat":26.1764,"lng":127.6404},"region":"south","nameLocal":"瀬長島ウミカジテラス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Senaga-jima is a small island joined by road to Tomigusuku just south of Naha Airport, and its hillside Umikaji Terrace of white-walled shops and restaurants is open 10:00–21:00 every day.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/senaga-jima-umikaji-terrace/umikaji-terrace-steps.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsenaga-jima-umikaji-terrace%2Fumikaji-terrace-steps.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White terraced shops and cafes of Umikaji Terrace step up the slope of Senagajima under a deep blue sky with palms along the stairs","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umikaji_Terrace_Senagajima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.umikajiterrace.com/"}},{"slug":"shirumichu","name":"Shirumichu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/shirumichu","coordinates":{"lat":26.3127,"lng":127.9598},"region":"central","nameLocal":"シルミチュー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Shirumichu is the cave on Hamahiga-jima in Uruma where Ryukyuan tradition says the creator deities Amamikyu and Shinerikyu lived and had their children, and it is an active prayer site that visitors may walk up to. A…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shirumichu/shirumichu-torii-steps.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshirumichu%2Fshirumichu-torii-steps.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A plain stone torii stands at the foot of a long flight of steps that climbs through shady woods toward the Shirumichu cave on Hamahiga","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shirumichu_Sacred_Cave_03.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cave","status":"unverified","website":"https://uruma-ru.jp/see/first-ryukyu-gods/"}},{"slug":"shuri-kinjo-ishidatami","name":"Shuri Kinjo-cho Stone-paved Road","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/shuri-kinjo-ishidatami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2145,"lng":127.7144},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里金城町石畳道","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"The Shuri Kinjo-cho Stone-paved Road is a 238 m stretch of the Ryukyu kingdom's old Madama-michi highway whose limestone paving climbs the slope below Shuri Castle in Naha; it is free to walk at any hour.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shuri-kinjo-ishidatami/kinjo-rest-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshuri-kinjo-ishidatami%2Fkinjo-rest-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wooden rest house with a red tile roof and open sides stands on a stone terrace beside the cobbles of the Kinjo-cho path","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinjocho_ishidatami-michi_Shuri_Naha08n4272.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"street","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"sueyoshi-park","name":"Sueyoshi Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/sueyoshi-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.2288,"lng":127.7154},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"末吉公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Sueyoshi Park is a free 7.74 ha park on the edge of Shuri in Naha that holds the national historic site of Sueyoshi-gu shrine and the cherry tree Okinawa's weather observatory uses to declare the year's first blossoms.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sueyoshi-park/sueyoshi-shrine-hall.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsueyoshi-park%2Fsueyoshi-shrine-hall.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red lacquered hall of Sueyoshi Shrine stands on a high limestone platform reached by worn stone steps in the woods of Sueyoshi Park","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sueyoshi_Park_Naha_Okinawa_Japan27s3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.naha-navi.or.jp/recommend/14535/"}},{"slug":"sugar-road","name":"Sugar Road","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/sugar-road","coordinates":{"lat":24.3368,"lng":123.9863},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"シュガーロード","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Sugar Road is a straight lane between sugar cane fields on Kohama that the 2001 NHK drama Churasan made famous as a school route, and the Taketomi Town Tourism Association recommends it for cycling with the sea…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sugar-road/sugar-road-fields.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsugar-road%2Fsugar-road-fields.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The narrow Sugar Road runs dead straight between cane fields and power poles toward the sea on Kohama under a sky of drifting cloud.","credit":"Tokyo-Good / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kohama-sugar-road.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-road","status":"unverified","website":"https://painusima.com/869/"}},{"slug":"tachigami-iwa","name":"Tachigami-iwa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/tachigami-iwa","coordinates":{"lat":24.4481,"lng":123.0262},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"立神岩","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Tachigami-iwa is a sea stack about 20 m high off Yonaguni's south-east coast that islanders treat as sacred and as the island's symbol; two viewpoints on the Sanninudai coast road look down on it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tachigami-iwa/tachigami-iwa-sea-stack.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftachigami-iwa%2Ftachigami-iwa-sea-stack.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall rock pillar of Tachigami-iwa stands in rough water below the dark cliffs of Yonaguni's southeast coast.","credit":"sota-k / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21493557@N00/1841797269"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://welcome-yonaguni.jp/guide/453/"}},{"slug":"takanasaki","name":"Takanasaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/takanasaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.0498,"lng":123.8051},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"高那崎","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Takanasaki is the cape on Hateruma's south-east coast that Japan treats as its southernmost, where a 1 km line of limestone sea cliffs a dozen or so metres high stands above open Pacific swell.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/takanasaki/takanasaki-cliffs-surf.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftakanasaki%2Ftakanasaki-cliffs-surf.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Dark blue swell surges against the undercut limestone cliffs of Takanasaki on the south coast of Hateruma.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_Haterumajima,Takanazaki_%E9%AB%98%E9%82%A3%E5%B4%8E_DSCF3450%E2%98%86%E5%BD%A1.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cape","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"takatsukiyama-observatory","name":"Takatsuki-yama Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/takatsukiyama-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":26.2309,"lng":127.3095},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"高月山展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Takatsuki-yama Observatory is the lookout closest to Zamami Port, at the top of a steep 1.4 km road about 137 m above the sea, and the Ministry of the Environment points whale watchers to its second deck from late…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/takatsukiyama-observatory/takatsukiyama-view-east.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftakatsukiyama-observatory%2Ftakatsukiyama-view-east.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pines give way to a wide blue bay below the Takatsuki-yama Observatory on Zamami, where green hills and pale beaches ring the water","credit":"Guillaume 1995 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takatsukiyama.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"takibaru-observatory","name":"Takibaru Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/takibaru-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":26.199,"lng":127.2807},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"タキバル展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Takibaru Observatory crowns a hill of about 165 m on Aka-jima and gives a 360° view over the Kerama group; the climb from Aka Port is a steep 3 km.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tamatorizaki-observatory","name":"Tamatorizaki Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/tamatorizaki-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":24.4905,"lng":124.2789},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"玉取崎展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ibaruma","country":"JP","summary":"Tamatorizaki Observatory is a free lookout off Route 390 in north-east Ishigaki where the island narrows, so you see the Pacific on one side and the East China Sea on the other, with the green Hirakubo peninsula…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tamatorizaki-observatory/tamatorizaki-pavilion-path.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftamatorizaki-observatory%2Ftamatorizaki-pavilion-path.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A paved path climbs through low scrub to the red-tiled pavilion at Tamatorizaki, where the reef edge draws a white line across the deep blue sea.","credit":"malfet_ / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/74504731@N00/4378658897"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"tatami-ishi","name":"Tatami-ishi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/tatami-ishi","coordinates":{"lat":26.3357,"lng":126.8253},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"畳石","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ou-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Tatami-ishi is a pavement of andesite lava columns on Ou-jima's south-west shore that has been a national natural monument since 29 July 2014; Ou-jima lies just off Kume-jima's east coast, and the columns show best at…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tatami-ishi/tatami-ishi-pavement.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftatami-ishi%2Ftatami-ishi-pavement.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pentagonal and hexagonal slabs of lava rock form the flat pavement of Tatami-ishi on Ou-jima, with the low hills of Kume-jima across the water","credit":"Snap55 at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatami_ishi.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach-walk","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"teruyama-observatory","name":"Teruyama Observatory","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/teruyama-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":26.1797,"lng":127.3466},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"照山展望台","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Teruyama Observatory is the tower lookout on the ridge between Tokashiku and Aharen beaches on Tokashiki-jima, where whale spotters work in season and Kerama azaleas bloom from February to March; it lies 3.3 km by road…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tindabana","name":"Tindabana","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/tindabana","coordinates":{"lat":24.4675,"lng":122.9981},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ティンダバナ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Tindabana is an 85 m limestone cliff behind Sonai on Yonaguni that has been a national scenic place since 2014 and serves as a natural lookout over Sonai and Nanta beach.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tindabana/tindabana-cliff-sonai.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftindabana%2Ftindabana-cliff-sonai.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The flat-topped cliff of Tindabana rises above the forest and the beach at Sonai on the north coast of Yonaguni.","credit":"Melkov / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tindabana_from_Sonai_Port_2019.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://welcome-yonaguni.jp/guide/416/"}},{"slug":"toriike","name":"Toriike","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/toriike","coordinates":{"lat":24.8243,"lng":125.1364},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"通り池","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"Toriike is a pair of sinkhole ponds on Shimoji's west coast that join underwater and open to the sea; they measure 75 m and 55 m across and 45 m and 25 m deep.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/toriike/toriike-blue-water.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoriike%2Ftoriike-blue-water.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Deep blue water fills the round basin of Toriike below a ledge of eroded limestone on the west coast of Shimoji.","credit":"sota-k / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21493557@N00/2334438579"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cave","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"uegusuku-castle-ruins","name":"Uegusuku Castle Ruins","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/uegusuku-castle-ruins","coordinates":{"lat":26.3766,"lng":126.7694},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"宇江城城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Uegusuku Castle Ruins sit on the summit of Uegusuku-dake, which at about 310 m is Kume-jima's highest point, and the Agency for Cultural Affairs calls it the highest gusuku in Okinawa; it has been a national historic…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/uegusuku-castle-ruins/uegusuku-castle-summit.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fuegusuku-castle-ruins%2Fuegusuku-castle-summit.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A stack of weathered stones marks the summit of the Uegusuku Castle ruins on Kume-jima, where a metal stairway climbs past grass and scattered boulders","credit":"Kiken68 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%AE%87%E6%B1%9F%E5%9F%8E%E5%9F%8E%E8%B7%A1%EF%BC%88%E4%B9%85%E7%B1%B3%E5%B3%B6%E7%94%BA%EF%BC%89.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ufudaki-observatory","name":"Ufudaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ufudaki-observatory","coordinates":{"lat":24.3469,"lng":123.9785},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"大岳","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ufudaki is Kohama's 99 m summit just above the village, and Taketomi Town says the top shows eight islands of Yaeyama, with only Yonaguni out of view. It also holds a beacon-fire site from the Ryukyu era.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ufudaki-observatory/ufudaki-view-kayama.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fufudaki-observatory%2Fufudaki-view-kayama.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the summit of Ufudaki the reef water around the flat sandy islet of Kayama shades from turquoise to deep blue, and Ishigaki's mountains line the horizon.","credit":"FoxyStranger Kawasaki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kayama_island_view_from_Nishi-Uhudaki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/about/kohama/"}},{"slug":"ufugi-nature-museum","name":"Yanbaru World Heritage Center and Ufugi Nature Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/ufugi-nature-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.7283,"lng":128.1791},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる世界遺産センター ウフギー自然館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"The Yanbaru World Heritage Center and Ufugi Nature Museum in Hiji, Kunigami, is the Ministry of the Environment's visitor centre for the Yanbaru forest, and it opens 10:00–17:00 except on Mondays for a ¥300 contribution.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ufugi-nature-museum/ufugi-nature-museum-building.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fufugi-nature-museum%2Fufugi-nature-museum-building.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low brown-roofed Yanbaru World Heritage Center stands at the foot of a forested hill in Hiji, Kunigami, with its YAMBARU sign beside the car park.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ufugi_Nature_Museum,_the_Yambaru_World_Heritage_Conservation_Center_202607_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ufugi-yambaru.com/"}},{"slug":"urasoe-castle-ruins","name":"Urasoe Gusuku and Urasoe Yodore","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/urasoe-castle-ruins","coordinates":{"lat":26.2475,"lng":127.7316},"region":"central","nameLocal":"浦添城跡・浦添ようどれ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"urasoe","country":"JP","summary":"Urasoe Gusuku is the hilltop castle site in Urasoe from which kings ruled Okinawa for about 220 years before Shuri, and the royal tombs of Urasoe Yodore lie on its flank. The ruins are free and the small museum charges…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/urasoe-castle-ruins/urasoe-castle-ramparts.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Furasoe-castle-ruins%2Furasoe-castle-ramparts.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"High curved limestone walls of the Urasoe Yodore royal tombs climb the cliff below the Urasoe Castle ruins, with Ryukyu pines on the ridge against a clear blue sky","credit":"Ken FUNAKOSHI from Yokohama, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urasoe_Youdore_-_The_royal_tomb_of_the_Ryukyu_king.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":100,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.urasoenavi.jp/tokushu/2023041000011/"}},{"slug":"urauchi-river","name":"Urauchi River","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/urauchi-river","coordinates":{"lat":24.4031,"lng":123.7787},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"浦内川","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"The Urauchi River on Iriomote is the longest river in Okinawa Prefecture at 18.8 km, and Urauchi Kanko's boats carry visitors 8 km up through mangroves in about 30 minutes to the trail for Mariyudu and Kanbire falls.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/urauchi-river/urauchi-mangrove-flats.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Furauchi-river%2Furauchi-mangrove-flats.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Young mangroves stand on wet tidal mud near the mouth of the Urauchi River in front of a dense green mangrove forest.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_mangroves_(52117082031).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"river","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":3000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.urauchigawa.com/"}},{"slug":"yaedake-sakura","name":"Yaedake cherry blossoms","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yaedake-sakura","coordinates":{"lat":26.6516,"lng":127.9164},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"八重岳の桜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Yaedake in Motobu rises to 453.4 m, higher than any other point on the Motobu Peninsula, and about 7,000 deep-pink kanhizakura cherry trees flower on its road from late January, when the Motobu Yaedake Sakura Matsuri…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaedake-sakura/yaedake-sakura-to-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaedake-sakura%2Fyaedake-sakura-to-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pink cherry trees fill the slope below a forested ridge on Yaedake, and the road drops through the valley toward a strip of blue sea","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_at_Mount_Yae_202301_04.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-manabi-no-mori","name":"Yanbaru Manabi no Mori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori","coordinates":{"lat":26.7234,"lng":128.265},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる学びの森（国頭村環境教育センター）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Manabi no Mori in Aha, Kunigami, is the village's forest education centre, with a 1.5 km nature trail for ¥300 and two-hour guided walks into the Yanbaru forest for ¥3,500.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori/yanbaru-manabi-no-mori-yonaha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyanbaru-manabi-no-mori%2Fyanbaru-manabi-no-mori-yonaha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The wooden buildings of Yanbaru Manabi no Mori sit on a grassy slope in Aha, Kunigami, with the forested ridge of Mount Yonaha behind them.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yambaru_Discovery_Forest_201911_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yonehara-palm-grove","name":"Yonehara Yaeyama Palm Grove","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yonehara-palm-grove","coordinates":{"lat":24.4509,"lng":124.195},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"米原のヤエヤマヤシ群落","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"Yonehara's Yaeyama palm grove is one of only three natural stands of the Yaeyama palm, which grows wild only on Ishigaki and Iriomote, and a boardwalk leads beneath palms 10 to 20 m tall beside Route 79. It makes a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonehara-palm-grove/yonehara-palm-grove-canopy.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonehara-palm-grove%2Fyonehara-palm-grove-canopy.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Feathery crowns of Yaeyama palms rise against a pale sky in the native palm grove at Yonehara on the north side of Ishigaki.","credit":"雷太 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/128275472@N07/51924272379"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"forest","status":"unverified","website":"https://ooritoori-ishigaki.com/spot/"}},{"slug":"yoron-castle-ruins","name":"Yoron Castle Ruins","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yoron-castle-ruins","coordinates":{"lat":27.0274,"lng":128.4292},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"The Yoron Castle Ruins are the unfinished stone walls of a gusuku begun around 1405–1416 on a 90 m plateau in southern Yoron; they became a national historic site on 10 March 2025 and are the stage for the Yoron Jugoya…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"viewpoint","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.yorontou.info/spot/5166.html"}},{"slug":"yoron-minzoku-mura","name":"Yoron Minzoku-mura","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yoron-minzoku-mura","coordinates":{"lat":27.0259,"lng":128.4526},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論民俗村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Minzoku-mura is a private open-air folk museum in Mugiya on Yoron's south-east coast, where the Kiku family shows rebuilt thatched houses and tools and keeps the island's bashofu weaving alive, open 9:00–18:00…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"park","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://yoronminzokumura.com/"}},{"slug":"yubu-island","name":"Yubu-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/sights/yubu-island","coordinates":{"lat":24.3428,"lng":123.9336},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"由布島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Yubu-jima is a 0.15 km² sand island 0.5 km off Iriomote's east coast that you reach by water buffalo cart through the shallows, and a subtropical botanical garden has covered the whole island since 1981.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yubu-island/yubu-buffalo-cart-crossing.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyubu-island%2Fyubu-buffalo-cart-crossing.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A water buffalo pulls a red-roofed cart of passengers through the knee-deep shallows between Iriomote and Yubu-jima as a second cart follows behind.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yubu_Island_Okinawa_Pref_Japan24n4200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":2000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.yubujima.com/"}}]},"culture":{"label":"Culture","plural":"Culture","noun":"culture and history","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture","items":[{"slug":"32nd-army-headquarters","name":"32nd Army Headquarters Tunnels","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/32nd-army-headquarters","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"第32軍司令部壕","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"The 32nd Army Headquarters Tunnels run about 1,000 m beneath Shuri Castle, where the Japanese army directed the Battle of Okinawa until it withdrew south at the end of May 1945. The tunnels are closed to the public…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","statusNote":"The prefecture adopted a basic plan for preserving and opening the tunnels in March 2025, and on 29 November 2024 it designated the No. 2 and No. 3 shafts and the No. 5 entrance as a prefectural historic site, and it was the first site of the Battle of Okinawa to be designated that way. Excavation around the No. 1 entrance took place in fiscal 2025, and the prefecture held resident meetings on a planned exhibition facility in December 2025. No opening date has been set.","website":"https://32okinawa.com/"}},{"slug":"akagawara","name":"Akagawara red-tile roofs","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/akagawara","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄赤瓦","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Akagawara are Okinawa's red clay roof tiles, bedded in white lime mortar, and they once marked royal and aristocratic buildings before spreading to ordinary homes after the Meiji era. Today the best place to see them…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/akagawara/akagawara-hateruma-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fakagawara%2Fakagawara-hateruma-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An old wooden house under a red-tile roof stands behind a dry coral stone wall and a gap-toothed gateway in the shade of trees on Hateruma","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_Haterumajima_old_house_%E6%B3%A2%E7%85%A7%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E7%90%89%E7%90%83%E7%93%A6%E5%8F%A4%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%B6_DSCF2611.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"awamori","name":"Awamori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/awamori","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"泡盛","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Awamori is Okinawa's own distilled spirit, made from long-grain Thai rice that is turned wholly into black-koji rice, fermented once and distilled once in a pot still. Aged awamori is called kusu, and since August 2015…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-sakimoto-onna.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-sakimoto-onna.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Large brown earthenware awamori jars stand along the front of the Sakimoto distillery's low red-tiled building across a sunny lawn in Onna","credit":"Yuet Man Lee / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakimoto_Awamori_Distillery.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified","website":"https://okinawa-awamori.or.jp/"}},{"slug":"bashofu","name":"Kijoka bashofu and the Bashofu Kaikan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/bashofu","coordinates":{"lat":26.7058,"lng":128.1439},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"喜如嘉の芭蕉布・大宜味村立芭蕉布会館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ogimi","country":"JP","summary":"Bashofu is cloth woven from the fibre of the thread-banana plant, and the village of Kijoka in Ogimi is where it survived the war and became an Important Intangible Cultural Property in 1974. The free Bashofu Kaikan…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bashofu/bashofu-center-kijoka.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbashofu%2Fbashofu-center-kijoka.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The two-storey Bashofu Center with its concrete lattice balcony sits among flowering shrubs at the foot of a forested hill in Kijoka, Ogimi","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bashofu_Center_202404.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","statusNote":"Toshiko Taira, the Living National Treasure who revived Kijoka bashofu after the war, died on 13 September 2022 at the age of 101. The Kijoka Bashofu Preservation Society carries on the work, and her daughter-in-law Mieko Taira took over her role.","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.vill.ogimi.okinawa.jp/sitekanri/gaiyo/profile/bashofu_village/index.html"}},{"slug":"bingata","name":"Bingata","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/bingata","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"紅型","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Bingata is Okinawa's brightly coloured stencil-dyed cloth, which dyers around Shuri Castle made for the royal family and aristocracy of the Ryukyu Kingdom. You can watch it being made or try a short class in Shuri and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bingata/bingata-palms-and-birds.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbingata%2Fbingata-palms-and-birds.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bingata panel repeats stylised palms with red trunks, small birds, coral flowers and pink cloud bands on a deep blue ground","credit":"Bruno Cordioli / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bingata_pattern_1.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"bise-fukugi-trees","name":"Bise Fukugi tree lanes","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/bise-fukugi-trees","coordinates":{"lat":26.7014,"lng":127.88},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"備瀬のフクギ並木","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"bise","country":"JP","summary":"The Bise Fukugi tree lanes in Motobu run for about 1 km through a seaside village of some 250 houses, each wrapped in fukugi trees planted as windbreaks, and the oldest are thought to be 300 years old. The shaded lanes…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bise-fukugi-trees/bise-fukugi-dappled.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbise-fukugi-trees%2Fbise-fukugi-dappled.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Dappled sunlight falls on a sandy lane in Bise where the straight grey trunks of old fukugi trees line both sides","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bise_Fukugi_Tree_Road_02.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.motobu-ka.com/tourist_info/tourist_info-post-687/"}},{"slug":"chibichiri-gama","name":"Chibichiri-gama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/chibichiri-gama","coordinates":{"lat":26.406,"lng":127.7242},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"チビチリガマ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Chibichiri-gama in Hanza, Yomitan, is the cave where 83 of about 140 villagers died on 2 April 1945 as relatives killed one another or themselves in fear of the American soldiers who had landed the day before. The cave…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chibichiri-gama/chibichiri-gama-memorial-sculpture.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchibichiri-gama%2Fchibichiri-gama-memorial-sculpture.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A memorial sculpture at the mouth of Chibichiri-gama in Yomitan shows a seated figure with a sanshin among skulls and burial urns set into the rock.","credit":"Vitalie Ciubotaru / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chibichiri_cave_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://yomitan-sonsi.jp/sonsi/senseki/index.html"}},{"slug":"chuko-distillery","name":"Chuko Distillery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/chuko-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":26.1741,"lng":127.6669},"region":"south","nameLocal":"忠孝酒造","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Chuko Distillery's visitor centre in Tomigusuku, about 10 minutes by car from Naha Airport, shows a hand-made awamori line, a cellar full of ageing kusu and the Chuko kiln where the company fires its own jars. Tours…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.chuko-awamori.com/chukogura/"}},{"slug":"eisa","name":"Eisa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/eisa","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"エイサー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Eisa is the drum dance that the young men of Okinawa's main island perform through the streets at the lunar-calendar Obon to welcome and send off the ancestors, and the big show is the Okinawa Zento Eisa Matsuri in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/eisa/eisa-dancers-kokusai-dori.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feisa%2Feisa-dancers-kokusai-dori.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rows of hand dancers in white head cloths, polka-dot kimono and red sashes raise their arms in step along Kokusai-dori during the Shuri Castle Festival parade","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131027_Shuri_Castle_Festival_Naha_Okinawa_pref_Japan01s3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"former-navy-hq","name":"Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/former-navy-hq","coordinates":{"lat":26.1865,"lng":127.6768},"region":"south","nameLocal":"旧海軍司令部壕","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"The Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters in Tomigusuku is the tunnel complex where the naval commander Minoru Ota and his staff died in June 1945, with about 300 m of passages open to walk. Adult admission is…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/former-navy-hq/navy-hq-memorial-hill.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fformer-navy-hq%2Fnavy-hq-memorial-hill.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Steps climb past a tall white memorial tower to the museum building on the hilltop above the Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters on a cloudy day","credit":"Ray_go / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kaigun-Gou_Memorial.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://kaigungou.ocvb.or.jp/"}},{"slug":"hamahiga-sacred-sites","name":"Sacred sites of Hamahiga","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/hamahiga-sacred-sites","coordinates":{"lat":26.3206,"lng":127.9583},"region":"central","nameLocal":"アマミチュー・シルミチュー・シヌグ堂","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hamahiga","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Hamahiga Island in Uruma holds the cave where Ryukyuan tradition says the creator deities Amamikyu and Shinerikyu lived and the tomb where they are enshrined, along with the Shinugu-do shrine in Hama village. The sites…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/amamichu/amamichu-islet-causeway.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Famamichu%2Famamichu-islet-causeway.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A concrete walkway crosses the sand to the rocky green islet of Amamichu off Hamahiga, with clear shallow water on both sides under a deep blue sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Amamichu_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://uruma-ru.jp/see/first-ryukyu-gods/"}},{"slug":"helios-distillery","name":"Helios Distillery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/helios-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":26.5382,"lng":127.9627},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ヘリオス酒造","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Helios Distillery at Kyoda in Nago makes the kusu awamori Kura and other drinks, and it runs factory tours every day along with a shop of distillery-only goods. Kyoda lies near the Kyoda Interchange of the Okinawa…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/helios-distillery/helios-distillery-head-office.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhelios-distillery%2Fhelios-distillery-head-office.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white four-storey head office of Helios Distillery stands under a blue sky in Nago, with red-tiled awnings over its entrances.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_office_of_Helios_Distillery_202510.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.helios-syuzo.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"himeyuri-monument","name":"Himeyuri Monument and Himeyuri Peace Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/himeyuri-monument","coordinates":{"lat":26.0967,"lng":127.6903},"region":"south","nameLocal":"ひめゆりの塔・ひめゆり平和祈念資料館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"The Himeyuri Monument in Itoman marks the cave where students and teachers of two girls' schools died in June 1945, and the Himeyuri Peace Museum beside it tells their story through survivors' testimony. The museum…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/himeyuri-monument/himeyuri-monument.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhimeyuri-monument%2Fhimeyuri-monument.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Flowers and incense sit before the Himeyuri monument in Itoman, a white stone wall carved with names behind a wooden railing in the shade of trees","credit":"Hyougushi / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/71481771@N00/135882457"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":450,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.himeyuri.or.jp/"}},{"slug":"ishiganto","name":"Ishiganto","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/ishiganto","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"石敢當","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ishiganto are small stone tablets carved with the characters 石敢當 that Okinawans set at T-junctions and dead ends to stop wandering evil spirits, which can only travel in straight lines. They come from a Chinese custom…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishiganto/ishiganto-taishan-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishiganto%2Fishiganto-taishan-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A large grey boulder carved with the words Taishan Ishiganto stands on a low plinth at a road junction on Ishigaki, backed by hedges and trees","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_ishigantou.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kakazu-takadai","name":"Kakazu Takadai Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/kakazu-takadai","coordinates":{"lat":26.2585,"lng":127.7366},"region":"central","nameLocal":"嘉数高台公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"Kakazu Takadai Park in Ginowan is a wooded hill where Japanese and American forces fought back and forth in April 1945, and a preserved Japanese pillbox and memorial towers stand below its globe-shaped lookout. The…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kakazu-takadai/kakazu-takadai-memorial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkakazu-takadai%2Fkakazu-takadai-memorial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Kakazu and Kyoto memorial stones stand among palms at Kakazu Takadai Park in Ginowan, with strings of folded paper cranes hung between them","credit":"Suikotei / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kakazu_Takadai_Park_20160720_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.city.ginowan.lg.jp/sightseeing/tourist_attractions/7130.html"}},{"slug":"kamekobaka","name":"Kamekobaka turtleback tombs","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/kamekobaka","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"亀甲墓","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kamekobaka are Okinawa's turtleback tombs, family graves whose curved roofs look like a turtle's shell, with a walled forecourt where relatives gather at the Seimei-sai (Qingming) festival. They are private graves, so…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kamekobaka/kamekobaka-sueyoshi-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkamekobaka%2Fkamekobaka-sueyoshi-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An old turtleback tomb with a curved stone roof and a small sealed door sits behind a stone wall among trees in Sueyoshi Park, Naha.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sueyoshi_Park_Naha_Okinawa_Japan14s3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"tomb","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"karate","name":"Karate and the Okinawa Karate Kaikan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/karate","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"空手・沖縄空手会館","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Karate began in Okinawa as the martial art of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Okinawa Karate Kaikan in Tomigusuku is the place for visitors to learn its story, watch training and try it. The Kaikan's exhibition opens…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/karate/karate-kaikan-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkarate%2Fkarate-kaikan-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Broad stone steps lead up to the arched entrance wall and pale main hall of the Okinawa Karate Kaikan in Tomigusuku under a summer sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Karate_Kaikan_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified","website":"https://karatekaikan.jp/"}},{"slug":"katsuren-castle","name":"Katsuren Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/katsuren-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.3304,"lng":127.8792},"region":"central","nameLocal":"勝連城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"katsuren","country":"JP","summary":"Katsuren Castle in Uruma is the hilltop fortress where the 15th-century lord Amawari grew rich on overseas trade, and its stepped stone walls rise to 98 m above sea level. Adult entry costs ¥850 including the museum…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/katsuren-castle/katsuren-castle-bastion.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkatsuren-castle%2Fkatsuren-castle-bastion.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tall stone prow of the upper enclosure at Katsuren Castle rises above a steep lawn edged by an old limestone wall against a deep blue sky","credit":"Nelo Hotsuma / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/63122283@N06/15252302264"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"gusuku","status":"unverified","statusNote":"Uruma City began work on Amawari Park around the castle in January 2026, and the plans toward 2027 add a large park with shops and a tourist information centre. The ruin and the exhibition stay open during the work.","priceFrom":{"amount":850,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.katsuren-jo.jp/"}},{"slug":"kudaka-island-utaki","name":"Sacred sites of Kudaka Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/kudaka-island-utaki","coordinates":{"lat":26.1623,"lng":127.8948},"region":"south","nameLocal":"久高島の御嶽と拝所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kudaka","town":"nanjo","country":"JP","summary":"Kudaka Island off Nanjo is revered in Ryukyuan belief as the island where the goddess Amamikyu first came down, and its utaki and prayer sites remain in active use. The holiest grove of Fubo-utaki is closed to everyone…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kudaka-island-utaki/kudaka-island-utaki-kubo-entrance.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkudaka-island-utaki%2Fkudaka-island-utaki-kubo-entrance.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Signs asking visitors to keep out stand at the edge of the Kubo Utaki grove on Kudaka Island, where a sandy path meets dense trees.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kubo_Utaki_in_Kudaka_Island_202401_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://kudaka-island.com/"}},{"slug":"masahiro-distillery","name":"Masahiro Distillery and Gallery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/masahiro-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":26.1428,"lng":127.6543},"region":"south","nameLocal":"まさひろ酒造・泡盛まさひろギャラリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Masahiro Distillery's gallery in Itoman, about 15 minutes south of Naha Airport, lets you view the plant, see a collection of 50-year-old vintage awamori and taste distillery-only kusu, all for free. It opens daily…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"minsah","name":"Yaeyama minsah and the Minsah Kogeikan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/minsah","coordinates":{"lat":24.3417,"lng":124.1708},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"八重山ミンサー・みんさー工芸館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yaeyama minsah is a cotton weave from the Yaeyama Islands whose five-and-four squares read as itsu no yo made mo, meaning forever and ever, because women once wove it into a sash for the man they would marry. The…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minsah/minsah-loom-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminsah%2Fminsah-loom-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Hands guide a dark shuttle wound with blue thread across a minsah cloth of pale blue stripes and woven squares on a wooden loom on Ishigaki","credit":"norio nakayama / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_Island_minsa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.minsah.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"miyako-jofu","name":"Miyako jofu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/miyako-jofu","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古上布","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako jofu is a fine ramie cloth from Miyako Island, ranked with Echigo jofu in the saying 'Echigo in the east, Miyako in the west', and a single bolt takes more than two months to weave. Only about 20 bolts a year…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","website":"http://miyako-joufu.com/"}},{"slug":"nakagusuku-castle","name":"Nakagusuku Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/nakagusuku-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.2842,"lng":127.8014},"region":"central","nameLocal":"中城城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Nakagusuku Castle in Nakagusuku village is a ridge-top gusuku where three styles of Ryukyuan stonework stand side by side, and the arched rear gate impressed Commodore Perry's surveyors in 1853. Adult entry costs ¥500…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakagusuku-castle/nakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakagusuku-castle%2Fnakagusuku-castle-arched-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Stone steps lead up to an arched gate cut through the massive coral limestone wall of Nakagusuku Castle in warm late afternoon light","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakagusuku_Castle05n3104.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"gusuku","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.nakagusuku-jo.jp/"}},{"slug":"nakijin-castle","name":"Nakijin Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/nakijin-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.6908,"lng":127.9298},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Nakijin Castle on the Motobu Peninsula is the ruin of the Hokuzan kings' stronghold, with stone walls that snake for several hundred metres along a ridge about 100 m above sea level. Adult entry costs ¥1,000, and from…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakijin-castle/nakijin-castle-enclosures.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakijin-castle%2Fnakijin-castle-enclosures.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pampas grass and scrub fill the lower enclosures of Nakijin Castle as its winding walls lead the eye toward the sea and the village below","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakijin_Okinawa_Japan_Nakikjin-Castle-05.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"gusuku","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":1000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.nakijinjoseki-osi.jp/"}},{"slug":"ogami-island","name":"Ogami Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/ogami-island","coordinates":{"lat":24.9169,"lng":125.3081},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"大神島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ogami","country":"JP","summary":"Ogami Island off northern Miyako is a 0.24 km² island held sacred by the few people who live there, and most of it outside the village is closed to visitors. It keeps the secret Uyagan ancestral rites, and the only way…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ogami-island/ogami-island-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fogami-island%2Fogami-island-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from the air, the small green hump of Ogami Island sits at the edge of a wide reef flat in deep blue sea north of Miyako-jima.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogamijima_Okinawa_Japan01s3s1800.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"okinawa-prefectural-museum","name":"Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/okinawa-prefectural-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.2272,"lng":127.6939},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"沖縄県立博物館・美術館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum in Omoromachi, Naha, tells the story of the Ryukyu islands from their geology to the present, and its art museum wing shows modern Okinawan art. Adult tickets cost ¥530 for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-prefectural-museum/prefectural-museum-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-prefectural-museum%2Fprefectural-museum-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white stepped bulk of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum rises like a gusuku wall beyond a wide lawn and young trees in Omoromachi","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Prefectural_Museum_%26_Art_Museum02bss3200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"museum","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":530,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://okimu.jp/"}},{"slug":"on-uganju","name":"On of Yaeyama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/on-uganju","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"御嶽（オン）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"In the Yaeyama Islands the sacred groves known elsewhere in Okinawa as utaki are called on, and each village keeps its own; many have a torii, a prayer hall and a walled inner sanctuary that visitors must not enter…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/on-uganju/on-uganju-misaki-on.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fon-uganju%2Fon-uganju-misaki-on.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A stone torii hung with a straw rope stands in front of the tiled prayer hall at Misaki-on in central Ishigaki.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Misaki-On_Ishigakijima01s3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp/kurashi_gyosei/kanko_bunka_sport/rekishi_bunka/8613.html"}},{"slug":"peace-memorial-park","name":"Okinawa Peace Memorial Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/peace-memorial-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.0952,"lng":127.725},"region":"south","nameLocal":"沖縄県平和祈念公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Peace Memorial Park at Mabuni in Itoman stands where the Battle of Okinawa's organized fighting ended in June 1945, and its Cornerstone of Peace carries 242,659 names of the dead of every nationality as of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/peace-memorial-park/mabuni-coast-from-peace-park.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpeace-memorial-park%2Fmabuni-coast-from-peace-park.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green scrub drops from a fenced viewpoint at Mabuni to the reef and the deep blue Pacific along the southern cliffs of Okinawa","credit":"mdid / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/58246614@N00/2885113566"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","statusNote":"The Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum is planning a renewal. The basic design was completed on 4 September 2026, and the dates for construction and reopening have not been set (museum notice, 2026).","priceFrom":{"amount":300,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.peace-museum.okinawa.jp/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-buyo","name":"Ryukyu dance and kumiodori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/ryukyu-buyo","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"琉球舞踊・組踊","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu classical dance and kumiodori are the court arts of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and kumiodori is a musical theatre first staged for Chinese envoys in 1719 that now sits on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ryukyu-buyo/ryukyu-buyo-tanchame.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fryukyu-buyo%2Fryukyu-buyo-tanchame.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two dancers in striped cotton kimono perform the folk dance Tanchame, one with a wooden oar and one with a woven basket, on a stage painted with flowers","credit":"Savannah Rivka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanchame_Bushi_-_Ryukyuan_dance_in_Japan_(10).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified","statusNote":"The National Theatre Okinawa's winter 2026–27 programme includes a gala of Ryukyu dance on 16–17 January 2027 (adults ¥5,000), Okinawan theatre on 13–14 February 2027 (adults ¥4,300) and a kumiodori showcase by its trainees, Nido Tekiuchi, at 18:30 on 4 March 2027.","website":"https://www.nt-okinawa.or.jp/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-glass","name":"Ryukyu glass and the Ryukyu Glass Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/ryukyu-glass","coordinates":{"lat":26.0976,"lng":127.6772},"region":"south","nameLocal":"琉球ガラス・琉球ガラス村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu glass is Okinawa's thick, brightly coloured blown glass, which began when glassblowers melted down empty bottles thrown out by the US military after the war. The Ryukyu Glass Village in Itoman runs the largest…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ryukyu-glass/ryukyu-glass-furnace-itoman.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fryukyu-glass%2Fryukyu-glass-furnace-itoman.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glassblowers in blue shirts work at the glowing mouths of a large hooded furnace on the concrete floor of a glass workshop in Itoman","credit":"Nelo Hotsuma / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/63122283@N06/15505842179"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.ryukyu-glass.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-kasuri","name":"Ryukyu kasuri and the Ryukyu Kasuri Kaikan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/ryukyu-kasuri","coordinates":{"lat":26.1894,"lng":127.7276},"region":"south","nameLocal":"琉球絣・琉球かすり会館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"haebaru","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu kasuri is Okinawa's ikat cloth, woven with threads dyed in sections so the pattern appears on the loom, and today almost all of it comes from the town of Haebaru just east of Naha. The Ryukyu Kasuri Kaikan there…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ryukyu-kasuri/ryukyu-kasuri-flax-kimono.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fryukyu-kasuri%2Fryukyu-kasuri-flax-kimono.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An early twentieth-century Okinawan kimono of dark flax is woven in narrow stripes with small white kasuri marks and hangs on a pale gallery wall","credit":"Hiart / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kimono_from_Okinawa,_Honolulu_Museum_of_Art_14188.1.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"sakima-art-museum","name":"Sakima Art Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/sakima-art-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.278,"lng":127.7749},"region":"central","nameLocal":"佐喜眞美術館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"The Sakima Art Museum in Ginowan shows Iri Maruki and Toshi Maruki's 4 m by 8.5 m painting The Battle of Okinawa on permanent display, on land the founder's family won back from a US base. Adult admission is ¥900, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sakima-art-museum/sakima-art-museum-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsakima-art-museum%2Fsakima-art-museum-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low grey concrete colonnade of the Sakima Art Museum faces a broad lawn under a clear sky, with a clipped pine at the corner","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakima_Art_Museum03n3000.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"museum","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":900,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://sakima.jp/"}},{"slug":"sanshin","name":"Sanshin","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/sanshin","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"三線","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The sanshin is Okinawa's three-stringed lute with a snakeskin-covered body, and it descends from the Chinese sanxian and carries both Ryukyu court music and Okinawan folk song. Japan made it a designated traditional…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sanshin/sanshin-ryukyu-mura-veranda.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsanshin%2Fsanshin-ryukyu-mura-veranda.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A woman in a checked kimono plays the sanshin on the veranda of an old red-tiled house at Ryukyu Mura in Onna.","credit":"jeff~ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%90%89%E7%90%83%E6%9D%91%E5%94%B1%E6%B0%91%E8%AC%A01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"sefa-utaki","name":"Sefa-utaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/sefa-utaki","coordinates":{"lat":26.1733,"lng":127.8267},"region":"south","nameLocal":"斎場御嶽","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"Sefa-utaki in Nanjo is the most sacred site of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a forest of six prayer spaces where the kingdom's chief priestess was installed, and it remains a place of worship. Adult entry is ¥600 from 1 October…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sefa-utaki/sefa-utaki-cycads-above-sangui.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsefa-utaki%2Fsefa-utaki-cycads-above-sangui.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Cycads crown the top of a sheer limestone cliff above Sangui at Sefa-utaki, their fronds silhouetted against a bright sky","credit":"そらみみ (Soramimi) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fern_Palms_above_Sangui_(Triangle_Rock)_of_Sefa-Utaki.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","statusNote":"Conservation work runs in two stages. From 1 July to 1 November 2026 the path between the three-way junction and Yuinchi is closed at the normal price. From 2 November 2026 to 5 January 2027 the inner sites past Ujoguchi close and entry is free (Nanjo City notice of 13 March 2026).","priceFrom":{"amount":600,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://sefa.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"seifuku-distillery","name":"Seifuku Distillery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/seifuku-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":24.3543,"lng":124.2203},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"請福酒造","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Seifuku Distillery in Miyara, near New Ishigaki Airport, runs walk-in factory tours at 11:00, 13:30 and 16:00 on weekdays, and its shop lets you taste more than ten of its awamori. It has made spirit on Ishigaki for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/seifuku-distillery/seifuku-distillery-street.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fseifuku-distillery%2Fseifuku-distillery-street.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The pale concrete Seifuku distillery building stands on a quiet street in Ishigaki city with its name in large characters above the entrance","credit":"Ray_go / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seifuku_Distillery.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shikinaen","name":"Shikinaen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/shikinaen","coordinates":{"lat":26.205,"lng":127.7148},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"識名園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Shikinaen in Naha is the garden villa that the Ryukyu royal family completed in 1799 to entertain envoys from China, and its pavilions around a spring-fed pond were rebuilt after 1945. It opens 9:00–17:30 from October…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shikinaen/shikinaen-bridge-deigo.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshikinaen%2Fshikinaen-bridge-deigo.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A deigo tree in red flower leans over the pond at Shikinaen beside a small arched bridge of grey limestone and a grassy rise","credit":"CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Okinawa_Japan_Shikinaen-02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"garden","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shimuku-gama","name":"Shimuku-gama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/shimuku-gama","coordinates":{"lat":26.402,"lng":127.731},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"シムクガマ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Shimuku-gama in Hanza, Yomitan, is the cave where about 1,000 villagers sheltered when US forces landed on 1 April 1945, and around a thousand came out alive after two older men who had lived in Hawaii persuaded them…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"memorial","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://yomitan-sonsi.jp/sonsi/senseki/index.html"}},{"slug":"shisa","name":"Shisa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/shisa","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"シーサー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shisa are the lion-dog guardians on Okinawan roofs and gateposts, set there to keep evil away, and they often come in pairs with one mouth open and one closed. The oldest village shisa is said to be the stone lion of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shisa/shisa-roof-kuroshima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshisa%2Fshisa-roof-kuroshima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A grey clay shisa guards the ridge of a roof of red tiles set in thick white mortar on Kuroshima under a pale sky","credit":"倶楽部オータム / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%BB%92%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BCP1243497.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shuri-castle","name":"Shuri Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/shuri-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.217,"lng":127.7195},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里城","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri Castle in Naha was the royal seat of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the main hall that burned on 31 October 2019 reopens to the public at noon on 23 November 2026. From that day an adult ticket costs ¥1,000, and going…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shuri-castle/shuri-castle-evening-walls.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshuri-castle%2Fshuri-castle-evening-walls.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Late afternoon light falls on the walls and gates of Shuri Castle while the city of Naha spreads out to the horizon below","credit":"Suicasmo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Shuri_Castle_20150211.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"gusuku","status":"unverified","statusNote":"The Seiden that burned on 31 October 2019 is due to open to the public at noon on 23 November 2026, after a completion ceremony on 22 November. Adult admission rises from ¥400 to ¥1,000 the same day (Shurijo Castle Park notices of 4 June and 31 July 2026).","priceFrom":{"amount":1000,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/"}},{"slug":"shuri-ori","name":"Shuri-ori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/shuri-ori","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"首里織","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri-ori is the family of fine woven textiles from the old royal capital of Shuri above Naha, and Japan designated it a traditional craft in 1983. You can try weaving it in a short class at Tenbusu Naha on Kokusai-dori.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"sonohyan-utaki","name":"Sonohyan-utaki Stone Gate","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/sonohyan-utaki","coordinates":{"lat":26.2181,"lng":127.7174},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"園比屋武御嶽石門","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"The Sonohyan-utaki Stone Gate on the approach to Shuri Castle is the 1519 shrine where Ryukyu's kings prayed for a safe journey before leaving the castle, and it stands free to see between the Shureimon and Kankaimon…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sonohyan-utaki/sonohyan-utaki-gate-detail.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsonohyan-utaki%2Fsonohyan-utaki-gate-detail.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Carved coral limestone and a stone roof frame the weathered wooden doors of the Sonohyan-utaki gate on a bright summer day in Shuri","credit":"xiquinhosilva / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_Gate_of_Sonohyan-utaki_(53942776085).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"utaki","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"taketomi-village-townscape","name":"Taketomi village townscape","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/taketomi-village-townscape","coordinates":{"lat":24.33,"lng":124.0877},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島重要伝統的建造物群保存地区","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"The village on Taketomi Island off Ishigaki keeps its red-tiled houses behind coral-stone walls along white-sand lanes, and Japan selected it as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi-village-townscape/taketomi-buffalo-cart-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi-village-townscape%2Ftaketomi-buffalo-cart-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A buffalo cart with a tiled roof turns the corner of a coral-stone wall topped with red flowers in Taketomi village.","credit":"ajari / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/25766289@N00/3843201654"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"village","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/soshiki/kyoikuiinkai/syakaibunka/1761628946/"}},{"slug":"tamaudun","name":"Tamaudun","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/tamaudun","coordinates":{"lat":26.2182,"lng":127.7147},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"玉陵","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Tamaudun in Shuri is the stone mausoleum that King Sho Shin built in 1501 for his father Sho En, and it holds the kings of the second Sho dynasty in three chambers carved to look like a timber palace. It opens…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tamaudun/tamaudun-burial-chambers.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftamaudun%2Ftamaudun-burial-chambers.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Three stone burial chambers of the Tamaudun royal mausoleum line a raked courtyard of white coral gravel under a clear blue sky in Shuri","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tamaudun01s3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"tomb","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tsuboya-yachimun-street","name":"Tsuboya Yachimun Street","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/tsuboya-yachimun-street","coordinates":{"lat":26.2123,"lng":127.6925},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"壺屋やちむん通り","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tsuboya","country":"JP","summary":"Tsuboya Yachimun Street in Naha is a 400 m lane paved with Ryukyu limestone where about 20 pottery workshops, shops and galleries carry on a craft that the royal government gathered here in 1682. The street is free to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsuboya-yachimun-street/tsuboya-yachimun-street.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsuboya-yachimun-street%2Ftsuboya-yachimun-street.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pottery shops with red tile roofs and potted plants line the stone-paved Tsuboya Yachimun Street as it curves gently uphill on a sunny afternoon","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Tsuboya04n4272.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","statusNote":"Naha City closed the Tsuboya Pottery Museum on 1 September 2026 to rebuild its exterior walls, with reopening set for 1 April 2027, so a February 2027 visit will find it shut.","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.city.naha.okinawa.jp/shisetsu/bunka/1004864/1004867.html"}},{"slug":"tsushima-maru-memorial-museum","name":"Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/tsushima-maru-memorial-museum","coordinates":{"lat":26.22,"lng":127.6728},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"対馬丸記念館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"The Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum in Wakasa, Naha, remembers the evacuation ship that a US submarine sank on 22 August 1944. The names of 1,484 victims are known, and 1,040 of them were 15 or younger. Adult admission…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsushima-maru-memorial-museum/tsushima-maru-memorial-museum-facade.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsushima-maru-memorial-museum%2Ftsushima-maru-memorial-museum-facade.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Large white characters reading Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum run across the tall windows of the museum's concrete front in Naha.","credit":"Yuet Man Lee / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tsushima_Maru_Memorial_Museum,_4_December_2024.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"museum","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":500,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://tsushimamaru.or.jp/"}},{"slug":"us-bases","name":"US military bases in Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/us-bases","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄の米軍基地","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"US military bases cover 18,668 ha of Okinawa, 8.2% of the prefecture's land and 14.6% of Okinawa's main island, and the prefecture holds 70.3% of the land used exclusively by US forces in Japan (prefectural figures as…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/us-bases/us-bases-futenma-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fus-bases%2Fus-bases-futenma-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An aerial view shows the runway of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma running through the middle of Ginowan, with dense housing on every side and the sea beyond.","credit":"Sonata(talk / Contributions) at the Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma_20100526.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified","statusNote":"Japan and the US agreed in 1996 to return Marine Corps Air Station Futenma once a replacement is built at Camp Schwab in Henoko, Nago. Landfill began on 14 December 2018, and in December 2019 the Defense Ministry said construction would take 12 years and push Futenma's return into the 2030s. The prefecture lost its court challenges, and the Supreme Court made the last of those rulings final in February 2024.","website":"https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/heiwakichi/kichi/index.html"}},{"slug":"utaki","name":"Utaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/utaki","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"御嶽","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"An utaki is a sacred grove or prayer site of the Ryukyu islands where communities honour their ancestral and village gods, and other islands call the same places ugan, on or wan. Most still hold rites, and visitors…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/utaki/utaki-teniya-nago.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Futaki%2Futaki-teniya-nago.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Concrete steps lead up through a plain torii to a small altar under large trees at Teniya Utaki in Nago.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teniya_Utaki,_Nago_202609.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"practice","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yachimun-no-sato","name":"Yachimun no Sato","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/yachimun-no-sato","coordinates":{"lat":26.4076,"lng":127.7541},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"やちむんの里","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Yachimun no Sato in Yomitan is a village of pottery workshops and wood-fired climbing kilns where potters from Tsuboya began moving in the late 1960s, and you can buy straight from the makers. The yearly Yomitan…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yachimun-no-sato/yomitan-kitagama-dot-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyachimun-no-sato%2Fyomitan-kitagama-dot-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A shallow stoneware dish from the Kitagama kiln in Yomitan carries alternating brown and green glaze dots around a cream glaze with an unglazed ring at the centre","credit":"sota-k / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21493557@N00/6317658649"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft","status":"unverified","statusNote":"The 34th Yomitan Yachimun Ichi pottery market is set for 27–28 February 2027 at the square in front of the JA Yunta Market in Kina, Yomitan.","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"}}},{"slug":"yonejima-distillery","name":"Yonejima Distillery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/yonejima-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":26.3457,"lng":126.7512},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"米島酒造","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yonejima Distillery on Kume Island is a small, hand-made awamori maker founded in 1948, and it welcomes visitors by appointment from 10:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 for a look at the plant and a tasting. It is about…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"zakimi-castle","name":"Zakimi Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/zakimi-castle","coordinates":{"lat":26.4082,"lng":127.7425},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"座喜味城跡","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Zakimi Castle in Yomitan is a free, open-air gusuku that the builder Gosamaru raised in the early 15th century, with curving limestone walls 365 m around and arch gates locked by keystones. Entry to the ruins costs…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zakimi-castle/zakimi-castle-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzakimi-castle%2Fzakimi-castle-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A low arched gate pierces the curving limestone wall of Zakimi Castle in Yomitan, with cycads beside it and a sandy path across the lawn under a deep blue sky","credit":"Renate Hano / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zakimi_Eingang.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"gusuku","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.vill.yomitan.okinawa.jp/kanko_bunka_sports/rekishi_bunkazai/3682.html"}},{"slug":"zuisen-distillery","name":"Zuisen Distillery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/culture/zuisen-distillery","coordinates":{"lat":26.2152,"lng":127.7205},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"瑞泉酒造","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Zuisen Distillery stands two minutes' walk from Shuri Castle's Keiseimon gate and is one of the old awamori houses of the royal capital, with a free film and free tastings of its kusu. It also makes Usaki, an awamori…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-zuisen-showroom.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-zuisen-showroom.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Straw-wrapped clay pots and rows of bottled awamori fill the wooden shelves of the Zuisen distillery showroom in Shuri","credit":"BehBeh / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20080328ZuisenShowRoom.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"distillery","status":"unverified","priceFrom":{"amount":0,"currency":"JPY","year":2026,"per":"adult","kind":"published"},"website":"https://www.zuisen.co.jp/"}}]},"food":{"label":"Food","plural":"Food","noun":"dishes and drinks","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food","items":[{"slug":"agu-pork","name":"Agu pork","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/agu-pork","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"アグー / あぐー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Agu is Okinawa's native black pig, and it descends from Chinese pigs brought to the Ryukyus around the end of the 14th century. Its tender, fatty meat goes into shabu-shabu and soba across the main island, and pork…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/agu-pork/agu-pork-salt-grilled-nakijin.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fagu-pork%2Fagu-pork-salt-grilled-nakijin.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Salt-grilled slices of Agu pork with crisp golden fat are fanned over shredded cabbage with lemon wedges on a white plate at a restaurant in Nakijin","credit":"pelican / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85936780@N00/9499082532"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"ashitibichi","name":"Ashitibichi (pig's trotters)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/ashitibichi","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"足ティビチ / てびち","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ashitibichi is pig's trotter simmered for about three and a half hours with knotted kombu and daikon until the meat slides off the bone, and Okinawans eat it as a stew or on soba as tebichi soba. MAFF records it as a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ashitibichi/ashitibichi-tebichi-soba.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fashitibichi%2Fashitibichi-tebichi-soba.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Three dark braised pig's trotters sit on a bowl of Okinawa soba noodles with green onion on Miyako-jima.","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tebichi_soba_-_Miyako_island_-_Mar_27_2020_01-20_PM.jpeg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"awamori","name":"Awamori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/awamori","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"泡盛","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Awamori is Okinawa's own distilled spirit. Distillers turn long-grain rice entirely into black-koji rice koji, ferment it and distil it once in a pot still, and the Okinawa awamori distillers' association lists 47…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-sakimoto-onna.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-sakimoto-onna.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Large brown earthenware awamori jars stand along the front of the Sakimoto distillery's low red-tiled building across a sunny lawn in Onna","credit":"Yuet Man Lee / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakimoto_Awamori_Distillery.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"beni-imo","name":"Beni-imo (purple sweet potato)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/beni-imo","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"紅芋 / 紅いも","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Beni-imo is Okinawa's purple-fleshed sweet potato, and it colours the islands' best-known sweets, from the beni-imo tart first baked in Yomitan in 1986 to Blue Seal ice cream. The sweet potato itself reached Okinawa…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/beni-imo/beni-imo-soft-serve.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbeni-imo%2Fbeni-imo-soft-serve.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A swirl of lilac purple sweet potato soft-serve rises from a waffle cone in Naha, with a clear plastic spoon tucked into its side","credit":"CatseyeTaku / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%BD%E3%83%95%E3%83%88%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0_%E7%B4%85%E8%8A%8B%E5%91%B3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"blue-seal","name":"Blue Seal ice cream","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/blue-seal","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ブルーシール","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Blue Seal is Okinawa's own ice cream. It began in 1948 as a Foremost dairy plant on a US base supplying American troops, and the main store has stood in Makiminato, Urasoe, since 1963; its Okinawan flavours include…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/blue-seal/blue-seal-makiminato-store.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fblue-seal%2Fblue-seal-makiminato-store.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An orange, white and blue striped awning runs along the Blue Seal Ice Cream shop in Makiminato beside its tall Big Dip cone sign under a blue sky","credit":"Abasaa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Big_Dip_Makiminato.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweet"}},{"slug":"bukubuku-cha","name":"Bukubuku-cha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/bukubuku-cha","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ぶくぶく茶","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Bukubuku-cha is Naha's whipped ceremonial tea: a mound of foam beaten from roasted-rice water is spooned over sanpin-cha or bancha with a little red rice and sprinkled with crushed peanuts. It nearly died out after the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/bukubuku-cha/bukubuku-cha-tray.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbukubuku-cha%2Fbukubuku-cha-tray.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A finished dome of bukubuku-cha foam sits on a black lacquer tray with crushed peanuts, small cakes and a dish of dragon fruit","credit":"Opqr / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bukubuku_cha3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"champuru","name":"Champuru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/champuru","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"チャンプルー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Champuru is the Okinawan home stir-fry of firm shima-dofu island tofu with a vegetable, and goya champuru is its best-known version. Okinawan cooks keep the name for stir-fries built on tofu and use other words for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fu-champuru/fu-champuru-shirasa.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffu-champuru%2Ffu-champuru-shirasa.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Egg-soaked wheat gluten stir-fried with luncheon meat and green onion fills a white plate at Shirasa on Kouri, with sata andagi in a dish behind","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fu_champuru_(9499079910).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"chinsuko","name":"Chinsuko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/chinsuko","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ちんすこう","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Chinsuko is Okinawa's crumbly shortbread of wheat flour, sugar and lard, first made for the Ryukyu royal court and now the island's standard souvenir in individually wrapped bars. The Arakaki (新垣) family opened…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chinsuko/chinsuko-gift-box.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchinsuko%2Fchinsuko-gift-box.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Individually wrapped chinsuko in flavours such as purple sweet potato, goya, peanut and coconut fill the compartments of a white gift box","credit":"ketou-daisuki from Kyoto, japansko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%81%A1%E3%82%93%E3%81%99%E3%81%93%E3%81%86_(1735986321).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweet"}},{"slug":"craft-beer","name":"Okinawan craft beer","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/craft-beer","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄のクラフトビール","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawan craft beer runs from Helios in Nago and Chatan Harbor Brewery on the Chatan waterfront to small brewers such as MAHOWBREW in Naha's Tsuboya district and IslandBrewing in Hirara on Miyako. The big local brewer…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/craft-beer/craft-beer-ishigaki-jima-weizen.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcraft-beer%2Fcraft-beer-ishigaki-jima-weizen.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A brown bottle of Ishigaki-jima ji-beer weizen with a red label stands beside a full glass on a bar counter in Naha.","credit":"Hideyuki KAMON / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_Island_Beer.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"fu-champuru","name":"Fu champuru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/fu-champuru","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"フーチャンプルー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Fu champuru is an Okinawan stir-fry of kurumabu wheat-gluten rings soaked in egg and fried with vegetables, and Naha shokudo serve it as a soft, savoury set meal. Cooks keep the champuru name even when they leave the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fu-champuru/fu-champuru-shirasa.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffu-champuru%2Ffu-champuru-shirasa.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Egg-soaked wheat gluten stir-fried with luncheon meat and green onion fills a white plate at Shirasa on Kouri, with sata andagi in a dish behind","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fu_champuru_(9499079910).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"goya-champuru","name":"Goya champuru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/goya-champuru","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ゴーヤーチャンプルー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Goya champuru is a stir-fry of bitter goya melon with firm island tofu, egg and pork or Spam, and it is the dish MAFF calls one of Okinawa's most representative home meals. Okinawa grew 6,247 tonnes of goya in 2018…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/goya-champuru/goya-champuru-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgoya-champuru%2Fgoya-champuru-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Bitter melon, firm island tofu, a slice of luncheon meat and scrambled egg are piled on a white plate under a scatter of bonito flakes at an Ishigaki restaurant","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-16_Goya_champru_in_Ishigakijima_%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A4%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%EF%BC%88%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89DSCF2191.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"inamuruchi","name":"Inamuruchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/inamuruchi","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"イナムドゥチ / いなむるち","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Inamuruchi is a thick, sweet white-miso soup of pork belly, konnyaku, shiitake and kamaboko, and its name means 'mock boar' because pork replaced the wild boar of the original. It is a Ryukyu court celebration dish…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"irabu-jiru","name":"Irabu-jiru (sea snake soup)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/irabu-jiru","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"イラブー汁","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu-jiru is a Ryukyu court soup of smoked, dried sea krait simmered at length with pork and kombu, and Okinawans have long eaten it as a restorative after childbirth or illness. Very few restaurants still cook it…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irabu-jiru/irabu-jiru-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firabu-jiru%2Firabu-jiru-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of irabu-jiru holds two chunks of smoked sea snake with scaled black skin, a pork bone and chopped herbs in broth.","credit":"Ishimochi / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E6%B1%81.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-beef","name":"Ishigaki beef","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/ishigaki-beef","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"石垣牛","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki beef is Japanese Black wagyu raised in the Yaeyama Islands for about 20 months or more, with a yield grade of A or B and a quality grade of 2 to 5 under JA Okinawa's brand rules, and most of it is eaten on…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-beef/kuroshima-black-cattle.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-beef%2Fkuroshima-black-cattle.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Black beef cattle graze on short grass beneath a broad shade tree on Kuroshima under a clear blue sky","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yaeyama_kuroshima_beef_cattle.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"jimami-tofu","name":"Jimami tofu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/jimami-tofu","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ジーマーミ豆腐","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Jimami tofu is a smooth, springy Okinawan 'tofu' made from peanut milk set with sweet-potato starch, and Okinawans eat it chilled with a sweet soy and dashi sauce and grated ginger. It contains no soybeans, and MAFF…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jimami-tofu/jimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjimami-tofu%2Fjimami-tofu-blue-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A smooth dome of peanut tofu sits in a pool of sweet soy sauce in a blue and white floral porcelain bowl against a plain grey background","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jimami_Tofu_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"juushii","name":"Juushii","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/juushii","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ジューシー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Juushii is Okinawan seasoned rice cooked in pork broth with diced pork belly, and most soba shops sell a small bowl of it beside the noodles. Cooks make it two ways: kufa-juushii is firm and cooked like a pilaf, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/juushii/juushii-yumenoya-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjuushii%2Fjuushii-yumenoya-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A black bowl holds juushii, rice cooked with pork, carrot and seasoning, at Yumenoya on Ishigaki.","credit":"Jpatokal / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jushi_Rice_at_Yumenoya.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"kokuto","name":"Kokuto (Okinawan black sugar)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/kokuto","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"黒糖","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kokuto is Okinawa's black sugar. Makers boil down pure sugarcane juice without removing the molasses, and the Okinawa Kokuto cooperative's mark goes only on sugar from eight small island factories on Iheya, Ie-jima…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"kusu","name":"Kusu (aged awamori)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/kusu","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"古酒","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kusu is awamori aged for three years or more, and since 1 August 2015 a bottle may carry the name only if all of its contents have aged at least that long. Families once kept kusu for 100 or 200 years by the shitsugi…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/awamori/awamori-taragawa-cellar.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fawamori%2Fawamori-taragawa-cellar.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Bottles and dark clay pots of awamori left to age as kusu line the wooden shelves of the lamp-lit cave cellar at the Taragawa distillery on Miyako","credit":"User:Object In Space / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taragawa_Cellar.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"mangoes","name":"Okinawan mangoes","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/mangoes","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"マンゴー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawan mangoes are mostly the red-skinned Irwin variety sold as apple mango, and growers raise them under plastic and pick them from June to September. Okinawa grows more mangoes than any other prefecture in Japan…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mangoes/mangoes-irwin-basket.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmangoes%2Fmangoes-irwin-basket.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Red and orange Irwin mangoes heaped in a woven basket with a white card reading Irwin laid across them.","credit":"Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Irwin_Asit_fs8.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fruit"}},{"slug":"mimiga","name":"Mimiga (pig's ear)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/mimiga","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ミミガー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Mimiga is boiled pig's ear skin sliced thin and dressed, most often as mimiga sashimi in a peanut and vinegar sauce, and its texture is chewy and crunchy like cartilage. Supermarkets and markets in Okinawa sell it…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mimiga/mimiga-sliced-plate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmimiga%2Fmimiga-sliced-plate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Thin strips of sliced pig's ear are piled on a white plate.","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mimiga_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"miyako-soba","name":"Miyako soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/miyako-soba","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"宮古そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako soba is the Miyako-jima style of Okinawa soba, with thin, flat noodles in a light bonito broth and the pork traditionally hidden under the noodles. Most Hirara shops now put the toppings on top, and a few still…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-soba/miyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-soba%2Fmiyako-soba-dark-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Slices of braised pork and fried fish cake rest on wheat noodles in a dark lacquered bowl of clear broth under warm restaurant light","credit":"mersy / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/85384495@N00/3731782886"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"noodle"}},{"slug":"motobu-beef","name":"Motobu beef","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/motobu-beef","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"もとぶ牛","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Motobu beef is Japanese Black wagyu that Motobu Farm raises in Yanbaru on the north of Okinawa's main island, and the cattle eat fermented lees from Orion beer. You eat it at the company's own yakiniku restaurants in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-beef/motobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-beef%2Fmotobu-beef-yakiniku-slices.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Marbled slices of Motobu beef for yakiniku sit on a black and gold tray.","credit":"Miyuki Meinaka / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobu_Beef_for_Yakiniku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"mozuku","name":"Mozuku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/mozuku","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"もずく","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Mozuku is a slippery brown seaweed that Okinawa farms in shallow coastal water, and the prefecture grows more than 90% of Japan's supply. Okinawans eat it in sweet vinegar or deep-fried as mozuku tempura, and a few…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mozuku/mozuku-blue-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmozuku%2Fmozuku-blue-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glossy dark strands of mozuku seaweed in vinegar are piled in a blue and white porcelain bowl patterned with flowers","credit":"DryPot / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_Mozuku.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"muuchii","name":"Muuchii","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/muuchii","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ムーチー（鬼餅）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Muuchii is a sticky rice-flour cake sweetened with kokuto and steamed inside a shell-ginger leaf. Okinawans make it for Muuchii day on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month to ward off misfortune and pray for children's…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/muuchii/muuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmuuchii%2Fmuuchii-leaf-wrapped.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A purple-brown rice cake lies unwrapped in its shell-ginger leaf on a plate on Ishigaki, with more wrapped cakes beneath it.","credit":"Anonymous Powered / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muchi_2007.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweet"}},{"slug":"nakami-jiru","name":"Nakami-jiru","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/nakami-jiru","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"中身汁","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Nakami-jiru is a clear Okinawan soup of pork stomach and intestines in pork and bonito stock, and cooks scrub and boil the offal so many times that it tastes light. Okinawans serve it for New Year and other…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakami-jiru/nakami-jiru-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakami-jiru%2Fnakami-jiru-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red bowl of clear broth holds pork tripe, strips of konnyaku, grated ginger and chopped green onion beside a can of Orion beer.","credit":"self / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakami-jiru.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"okinawa-soba","name":"Okinawa soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/okinawa-soba","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa soba is the everyday noodle soup of the islands: wheat noodles with no buckwheat in a broth of pork bone and katsuobushi bonito. Shops across the prefecture serve it all year, and it carries soba in its name…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-soba/okinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-soba%2Fokinawa-soba-egg-kamaboko.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bowl of Okinawa soba with braised pork belly, a soft-boiled egg, two slices of white fish cake and pickled ginger over thick noodles","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_soba_noodle_(42195524970).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"noodle"}},{"slug":"okinawan-longevity-diet","name":"Traditional Okinawan diet","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/okinawan-longevity-diet","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄の伝統的な食と長寿","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The traditional Okinawan diet was built on sweet potato, green and yellow vegetables, soy foods and seaweed, with little meat and few calories, and researchers link it to the long lives of Okinawans born before the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawan-longevity-diet/okinawan-longevity-diet-umibudo-set.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawan-longevity-diet%2Fokinawan-longevity-diet-umibudo-set.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A lunch tray at Shirasa on Kouri-jima holds a big bowl of sea grapes beside small dishes of tofu, mozuku, goya, miso soup and pickles.","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Green_caviar_lunch_combo_(9499081312).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"orion-beer","name":"Orion Beer","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/orion-beer","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"オリオンビール","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Orion Beer has been brewed in Nago since 1959 by a company founded there in 1957, and it holds about half of the Okinawan beer market. You can tour the Nago brewery at Orion Happy Park by reservation, except on Sundays…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/orion-beer/orion-beer-can-at-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Forion-beer%2Forion-beer-can-at-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A hand holds a can of Orion Draft Beer up against a calm sea and a pale evening sky with the sun low behind the clouds","credit":"Banzai Hiroaki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orion_beer.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"pineapple","name":"Okinawan pineapple","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/pineapple","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"パイナップル（パイン）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa is where Japan grows its pineapples, mainly in Higashi village and Nago in the north of the main island and on Ishigaki and Iriomote, since the plant will not grow outdoors north of Miyazaki. The small Bogor…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pineapple/pineapple-field-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpineapple%2Fpineapple-field-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rows of spiky pineapple plants line a sandy farm track on Ishigaki beside a white kei truck, with green hills under a bright blue sky","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/25214455709"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fruit"}},{"slug":"pork-tamago-onigiri","name":"Pork tamago onigiri","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/pork-tamago-onigiri","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ポーク玉子おにぎり","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Pork tamago onigiri is an Okinawan rice parcel of fried luncheon meat and a thin omelette wrapped in nori. Konbini across Okinawa sell it, specialist counters such as Pork Tamago Onigiri in Naha's Makishi market make…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/pork-tamago-onigiri/pork-tamago-onigiri-counter.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri%2Fpork-tamago-onigiri-counter.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rows of nori-wrapped pork tamago onigiri and rice balls sit on orange trays on a counter covered in a bright floral cloth, with handwritten price cards","credit":"Bo-Yi Wu / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B4%E3%81%8A%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8E%E3%82%8A_%E7%99%BD%E7%B1%B3_(37271579650).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snack"}},{"slug":"rafute","name":"Rafute","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/rafute","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ラフテー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Rafute is skin-on pork belly simmered for hours in awamori, soy sauce, sugar and bonito stock until the skin cuts with chopsticks, and it is the signature pork dish of Ryukyu cuisine. Okinawan restaurants serve it in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rafute/rafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frafute%2Frafute-lacquer-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two glazed cubes of slow-braised pork belly sit with carrot and a slice of bitter melon in a black and red lacquer bowl on a wooden table","credit":"Blue Lotus from Okinawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rafti,_Okinawan_stewed_pork_belly_by_Blue_Lotus.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"sanpin-cha","name":"Sanpin-cha (jasmine tea)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/sanpin-cha","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"さんぴん茶","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Sanpin-cha is Okinawa's everyday jasmine tea. It starts from a semi-fermented tea scented with jasmine flowers, supermarkets and konbini across the prefecture sell it chilled in cans and bottles, and the name comes…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sanpin-cha/sanpin-cha-orion-mug.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsanpin-cha%2Fsanpin-cha-orion-mug.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Iced sanpin-cha glows amber in a tall Orion beer mug on a dark izakaya table under warm low light","credit":"sekido / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/62068690@N00/3018047426"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"drink"}},{"slug":"sata-andagi","name":"Sata andagi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/sata-andagi","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"サーターアンダギー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Sata andagi is Okinawa's fried sugar doughnut. The dense dough of flour, egg, sugar and baking powder cracks open in the oil like a laughing mouth, and MAFF calls it the most popular sweet in the prefecture; market…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sata-andagi/sata-andagi-kokuto.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsata-andagi%2Fsata-andagi-kokuto.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Three dark brown sugar sata andagi doughnuts with cracked, craggy tops sit together on a plain white surface","credit":"Ocdp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sata_andagi_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweet"}},{"slug":"sea-salt","name":"Okinawan sea salt","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/sea-salt","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄の塩（雪塩・ぬちまーす）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa's best-known sea salts are Yukishio and Nuchi Masu. Yukishio is a powder-fine 'snow salt' made from underground seawater on Miyako, and Nuchi Masu comes from seawater drawn at Miyagi-jima in Uruma. Both makers…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sea-salt/sea-salt-packets.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsea-salt%2Fsea-salt-packets.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Bags of Okinawan sea salt stand in a row, with a pack of Miyako-jima yukishio among them.","credit":"Mk2010 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sea_Salt_(Okinawa).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"shikuwasa","name":"Shikuwasa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/shikuwasa","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"シークヮーサー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shikuwasa is Okinawa's small native citrus (Citrus depressa). Growers pick it green and very sour from August for its juice, and fruit left on the tree ripens yellow and sweet for eating from mid-January to early…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shikuwasa/shikuwasa-orchards-katsuyama.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshikuwasa%2Fshikuwasa-orchards-katsuyama.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A grassy farm track runs between low, twisted shikuwasa trees in the orchards below Mount Awa in Nago, with steep green ridges behind","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trail_of_Mount_Awa,_Okinawa_2018_01.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"fruit"}},{"slug":"shima-dofu","name":"Shima-dofu (island tofu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/shima-dofu","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"島豆腐","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shima-dofu is Okinawa's firm island tofu. Makers squeeze the soy milk raw before cooking it and set it with seawater or nigari, and supermarkets sell it warm in plastic bags on the day it is made; it holds together…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shima-dofu/shima-dofu-sesame-dressing.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshima-dofu%2Fshima-dofu-sesame-dressing.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A round of island tofu sits in sesame dressing under strips of carrot in a patterned dish at Yumenoya on Ishigaki.","credit":"Jpatokal / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shima-dofu_at_Yumenoya.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"shima-rakkyo","name":"Shima-rakkyo (island shallots)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/shima-rakkyo","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"島らっきょう","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shima-rakkyo is Okinawa's small island shallot, and it tastes sharper and more fragrant than mainland rakkyo. Izakaya serve it salt-pickled under bonito flakes or fried as tempura, Ie-jima grows the most, and the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"sooki-soba","name":"Soki soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/sooki-soba","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ソーキそば","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Soki soba is a bowl of Okinawa soba with braised pork spare ribs on top, and Okinawans call the ribs soki. Gabusoka Shokudo in Nago opened in 1966 and describes itself as the original soki soba restaurant.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sooki-soba/sooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsooki-soba%2Fsooki-soba-brown-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Glazed pieces of stewed pork rib and green onion sit on wheat noodles in a wide brown bowl of pale broth","credit":"pelican from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_sooki_soba_noodle_(44042924222).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"noodle"}},{"slug":"sukugarasu-tofu","name":"Sukugarasu tofu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/sukugarasu-tofu","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"スクガラス豆腐","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Sukugarasu tofu is a block of firm Okinawan island tofu topped with a row of salt-fermented baby rabbitfish, and izakaya serve it as a small, very salty plate to go with awamori. You eat a fish whole with a bite of tofu.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sukugarasu-tofu/sukugarasu-tofu-blocks.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsukugarasu-tofu%2Fsukugarasu-tofu-blocks.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two blocks of island tofu each carry a pair of small salted fish on top, served on a black tray.","credit":"User: (WT-shared) Tatata at wts wikivoyage / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JP-47_Sukugarasu_on_Shima-Tofu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"taco-rice","name":"Taco rice","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/taco-rice","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"タコライス","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Taco rice is seasoned taco mince, shredded cheese, lettuce and tomato piled on white rice with salsa. Matsuzo Gibo invented it in 1984 at Parlor Senri in Kin, outside the gate of the US Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taco-rice/taco-rice-fried-egg.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaco-rice%2Ftaco-rice-fried-egg.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Taco rice topped with a fried egg, shredded cheese and lettuce over spiced minced meat and rice, with fried sides and salad on the plate","credit":"t-mizo from Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taco_rice;_October_2012.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"umibudo","name":"Umibudo (sea grapes)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/umibudo","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"海ぶどう","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Umibudo (sea grapes) is the seaweed Caulerpa lentillifera, and its strands of tiny green beads pop in the mouth. Okinawa farms most of Japan's supply in land-based tanks, and you eat it raw with a vinegar-soy dip added…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/umibudo/umibudo-close-up.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fumibudo%2Fumibudo-close-up.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A close view of sea grapes shows hundreds of small translucent green beads clustered along thin dark stems","credit":"kawanet / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/50902562@N00/3109968369"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ingredient"}},{"slug":"yaeyama-soba","name":"Yaeyama soba","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/yaeyama-soba","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"八重山そば","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yaeyama soba is the Ishigaki and Yaeyama style of Okinawa soba. Thin, round noodles sit in a slightly sweet pork-bone broth under strips of soy-simmered pork and kamaboko, and you season it at the table with ground…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaeyama-soba/yaeyama-soba-ishigaki-red-bowl.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaeyama-soba%2Fyaeyama-soba-ishigaki-red-bowl.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red bowl of Yaeyama soba on Ishigaki holds round noodles, diced pork, pink fish cake and a heap of green onion beside a dish of pickles","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-16_Yaeyama_soba_%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8D%E5%B1%B1%E3%81%9D%E3%81%B0%EF%BC%88%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89DSCF2045.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"noodle"}},{"slug":"yushi-tofu","name":"Yushi-dofu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/yushi-tofu","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ゆし豆腐","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yushi-dofu is the soft, loose curd of Okinawan island tofu taken before it is pressed, and shops serve it warm in a bowl of light broth or ladled over noodles as yushi-dofu soba. Tofu makers sell it from early morning…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yushi-tofu/yushi-tofu-spoon.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyushi-tofu%2Fyushi-tofu-spoon.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Soft curds of yushi tofu float in their warm broth under chopped chives in a painted stoneware bowl, with a white porcelain spoon dipping in","credit":"USIO Design Project / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/100935925@N03/24951541744"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dish"}},{"slug":"zenzai","name":"Okinawa zenzai","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/food/zenzai","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ぜんざい（沖縄ぜんざい）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa zenzai is a mound of shaved ice over sweet simmered kintoki beans, often with shiratama rice dumplings, and zenzai shops from Naha to the outer islands serve it all year. Mainland Japan uses the same word for a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zenzai/zenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzenzai%2Fzenzai-shaved-ice-mound.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall cone of finely shaved ice for Okinawa zenzai fills a frosted glass bowl on a dark polished table in soft window light","credit":"gatta_m / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/69988048@N04/7715385088"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sweet"}}]},"operators":{"label":"Operator","plural":"Operators","noun":"tours, guides and rentals","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators","items":[{"slug":"24-north-miyako","name":"24°NORTH","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/24-north-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.8193,"lng":125.2808},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"24°NORTH（ニイ・ヨン・ノース）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"24°NORTH opened Miyako's first dive service in 1977 and now runs catamaran yacht cruises from Nikadori fishing port in Hirara, from ¥16,500 for a five-hour snorkel day in 2026 up to a five-day liveaboard dive cruise.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"http://www.24north.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"adventure-pipi-miyako","name":"Miyakojima Adventure PiPi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/adventure-pipi-miyako","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島 ADVENTURE PiPi","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Adventure PiPi bills itself as Miyako's biggest activity shop, and in 2026 it sells a ¥7,900 sunset SUP and sea turtle snorkelling from ¥6,900, with English-speaking staff at every branch and free pickup…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sup","status":"unverified","website":"https://miyako-pipi.com/"}},{"slug":"anei-kanko-tours","name":"Anei Kanko day tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/anei-kanko-tours","coordinates":{"lat":24.3376,"lng":124.1555},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"安栄観光 観光コース","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko runs ferries from Ishigaki's port terminal and sells day tours with the boat fare included, from a ¥12,100 Hateruma cycling day to the ¥17,400 Iriomote, Yubu-jima and Taketomi three-island trip (2026 prices…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://aneikankou.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"aoyagi-cycle-miyako","name":"Aoyagi Cycle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/aoyagi-cycle-miyako","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"あおやぎさいくる","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Aoyagi Cycle is a mobile bike mechanic on Miyako-jima who comes to you free on Miyako, Ikema, Kurima and Irabu and works on road bikes and e-bikes, with puncture repair from ¥1,500 on its April 2026 price list.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.aoyagicycle.com/"}},{"slug":"arcturus-yoron-star-tours","name":"Arcturus star tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/arcturus-yoron-star-tours","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"アークトゥルス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Arcturus runs private stargazing tours on Yoron led by a certified star sommelier, from ¥3,300 a person for an hour with free pickup, and children of junior-high age and under go free.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://sites.google.com/view/yoron-arcturus"}},{"slug":"awamori-masahiro-gallery","name":"Awamori Masahiro Gallery","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/awamori-masahiro-gallery","coordinates":null,"region":"south","nameLocal":"泡盛まさひろギャラリー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Awamori Masahiro Gallery in Nishizaki, Itoman, about 15 minutes by car from Naha Airport, shows how Masahiro Shuzo makes awamori and pours tastings daily 9:00–17:00, with a ¥1,100 label-making session and a mini bottle…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"food-tour","status":"unverified","website":"https://awamori-masahiro.com/"}},{"slug":"beach-boy-club-yoron","name":"Beach Boy Club","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/beach-boy-club-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0544,"lng":128.4486},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ビーチボーイクラブ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Beach Boy Club runs boat trips to Yurigahama from ¥4,400 in 2026 and night-sky tours led by a certified star sommelier, from Minata beach on Yoron's northeast coast, where it has worked since 1970.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://sites.google.com/view/yoronto-beach-boy-club"}},{"slug":"bigjoy-ishigaki","name":"Rental Cycle Ishigaki BigJoy","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/bigjoy-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3424,"lng":124.1616},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"レンタサイクル石垣島BigJoy","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Rental Cycle Ishigaki BigJoy rents six road bikes from ¥2,500 to ¥4,000 per 24 hours, city bikes for ¥2,000 and e-bikes for ¥2,500 from Okawa in central Ishigaki, open 10:00–22:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://bigjoy-ishigaki.com/"}},{"slug":"bigjoy-miyakojima","name":"BIGJOY Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/bigjoy-miyakojima","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"BIGJOY宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"BIGJOY Miyakojima rents e-bikes with large Yamaha batteries for ¥2,500 per 24 hours from Hirara, diagonally across from the Miyako Health Center, with paid hotel delivery and English support on its 2026 listing.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://miyakojiman.com/list/en"}},{"slug":"boraga-pumpkin-hole-kayak","name":"Boraga Pool adventure kayak to Pumpkin Hole","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/boraga-pumpkin-hole-kayak","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"保良泉ビーチ 冒険カヤック（パンプキンホール）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Boraga Beach on Miyako's southeast coast runs adventure kayak trips to the Pumpkin Hole sea cave from ¥12,000 per adult in 2026, and its staff speak English.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://boraga-pool.com/"}},{"slug":"busena-marine-park","name":"Busena Marine Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/busena-marine-park","coordinates":{"lat":26.5423,"lng":127.9304},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ブセナ海中公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Busena Marine Park on Cape Busena in Nago runs 20-minute glass-bottom boat trips over the reef every 20 minutes for ¥1,560 an adult, alongside an underwater observatory 5 m below the surface, open every day of the year.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/busena-marine-park/busena-beach-pier.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbusena-marine-park%2Fbusena-beach-pier.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wooden stair leads down to the sand on the Busena peninsula in Nago, and the long pier runs out over grey-green water to the underwater observatory","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Busena_Resort01ssb4272.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.busena-marinepark.com/"}},{"slug":"cafe-and-bike-miyakojima","name":"Rental Cycle Miyakojima Cafe&Bike","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/cafe-and-bike-miyakojima","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"レンタサイクル宮古島 Cafe&Bike","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Rental Cycle Miyakojima Cafe&Bike delivers electric-assist bicycles to hotels in Miyakojima city and collects them at no charge, opening 11:00–18:00. Its website doesn't list a day rate, and a guided plan on Rakuten…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://miyakojima-ebike.com/"}},{"slug":"cerulean-blue","name":"Cerulean Blue","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/cerulean-blue","coordinates":{"lat":26.2145,"lng":127.6667},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"セルリアンブルー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Cerulean Blue runs three-hour whale-watching boats from Naha's Miegusuku Port and from Chatan between 19 December 2026 and 4 April 2027, from ¥5,000 an adult, with a no-whale refund or free re-ride from 1 February to…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"whale-watching","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.cerulean-blue.co.jp/en/"}},{"slug":"chatan-information-center","name":"Chatan Town Information Center","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/chatan-information-center","coordinates":{"lat":26.3163,"lng":127.7578},"region":"central","nameLocal":"北谷町観光情報センター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Chatan Town Information Center near American Village in Mihama rents e-assist bikes for ¥1,500 for the first hour up to a ¥4,500 daily cap, and keeps luggage for ¥500 an item.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://chatantourism.com/information-center/"}},{"slug":"churaboshi-island-ishigaki","name":"Churaboshi Island star and sanshin tour","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/churaboshi-island-ishigaki","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"美ら星アイランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Churaboshi Island runs a one-hour stargazing tour with live sanshin songs on private land in Ishigaki's Touri district, at 21:00 for ¥5,000 per adult in 2026, with free pickup from the port terminal and big hotels.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"http://churaboshi-island.com"}},{"slug":"churachari","name":"Churachari bike share","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/churachari","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ちゅらチャリ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Churachari is the e-assist bike share run by Docomo Bike Share in Naha and neighbouring towns, costing ¥220 per 30 minutes or ¥1,650 for a one-day pass, with returns at any port and an app sign-up that needs a…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://docomo-cycle.jp/okinawa/"}},{"slug":"coco-sea-miyako","name":"COCO SEA Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/coco-sea-miyako","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"COCO SEA宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","country":"JP","summary":"COCO SEA Miyakojima runs private snorkel and SUP tours for one family at a time, guided by trained nursery teachers, with sea turtle snorkelling from ¥6,000 a person in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://cocosea.jp/"}},{"slug":"coco-sup-zamami","name":"COCO SUP","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/coco-sup-zamami","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ココサップ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"COCO SUP, which calls itself the only dedicated SUP shop on Zamami, runs sunrise-to-sunset paddleboard tours from ¥6,000 and a half-day SUP and snorkel trip for ¥8,000, plus a winter-only combination with whale watching.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sup","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.coco-cats.com/"}},{"slug":"cycle-plaza-ikehara","name":"Cycle Plaza Ikehara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/cycle-plaza-ikehara","coordinates":{"lat":26.4296,"lng":127.8283},"region":"central","nameLocal":"サイクルプラザ池原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Cycle Plaza Ikehara has run a bike shop in Ishikawa, Uruma, since 1985 and rents road bikes for ¥3,000 a day from a spot between the Onna coast and the Kaichu Doro, about halfway up Okinawa's main island.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://cyp-ikehara.com/"}},{"slug":"cycle-shop-yoshida-ishigaki","name":"Cycle Shop Yoshida Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/cycle-shop-yoshida-ishigaki","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"サイクルショップよしだ 吉田ルーム 石垣島店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Cycle Shop Yoshida's Ishigaki branch rents e-bikes for ¥15,000 a day and road bikes for ¥12,000 a day from the Kawahira Maetake farm near Kabira, with helmets included and delivery for ¥3,000, bookable in English…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.yoshidaroom.com/ishigaki/rental/"}},{"slug":"dive-center-noi","name":"Dive Center No-Y","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/dive-center-noi","coordinates":{"lat":26.2299,"lng":127.3037},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ダイブセンターノーイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Dive Center No-Y is a Zamami dive shop and pension, open since 1994, that dives the Keramas all year from ¥7,700 a boat dive and runs two-hour whale watching from January to March for ¥6,600 an adult, with English on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://kerama-zamami.com/"}},{"slug":"dive-gobies","name":"Dive Gobies","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/dive-gobies","coordinates":{"lat":26.1907,"lng":127.2848},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ダイブ ゴビーズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Dive Gobies has run drift dives from Aka Island since 1996 and takes experienced divers (about 70–100 logged dives) to the outer Kerama reefs such as Shimozone, at ¥22,000 for three dives in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://gobies.net/"}},{"slug":"drifter-zamami","name":"DRIFTER (Kerama Kayak Center)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/drifter-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.23,"lng":127.3009},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ドリフター／ケラマカヤックセンター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"DRIFTER, also called Kerama Kayak Center, runs sea kayak and SUP days with coral snorkelling on Zamami from ¥13,750 (half day ¥8,300) and goes whale watching on its cruiser Misaki until 31 March, with English booking…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://drifter.okinawa.jp/"}},{"slug":"e-bike-okinawa","name":"e-bike-okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/e-bike-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.2184,"lng":127.6729},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"イーバイクオキナワ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"e-bike-okinawa in Wakasa, Naha, is an e-assist bike dealer that rents Panasonic and Yamaha city e-bikes for ¥3,850 up to four hours or ¥5,500 up to 24 hours, with liability insurance and Naha roadside help included.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ebike-okinawa.com/"}},{"slug":"e-charity-okinawa","name":"e-CHARIty Okinawa (Discovery Bicycle Tours)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/e-charity-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.2174,"lng":127.6918},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"イーチャリティ那覇国際通り本店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"e-CHARIty Okinawa runs English-speaking guided e-bike tours on Tokashiki Island from ¥15,000 for three hours, meeting at Cafe Sunny Coral by the port, and delivers e-bikes to stays in Nago, Nakijin and Motobu from…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-tour","status":"unverified","website":"https://discovery-tours.jp/"}},{"slug":"earth-life-marine-club","name":"Earth Life Marine Club","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/earth-life-marine-club","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"アースライフマリンクラブ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Earth Life Marine Club in Janado, Kumejima, rents e-assist bicycles from ¥2,500 for six hours alongside its snorkel, dive and cruise trips and room-only lodging, with cash payment only and a little English.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://umikarakumejima.com"}},{"slug":"eco-guide-cafe-miyako","name":"Eco Guide Cafe","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/eco-guide-cafe-miyako","coordinates":{"lat":24.8383,"lng":125.2143},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"エコガイドカフェ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"sarahama","country":"JP","summary":"Eco Guide Cafe runs boat snorkelling from Sarahama on Irabu to the Blue Cave and the Bijyas reef, at ¥10,000 for three hours in 2026, and holds GSTC sustainable tourism certification.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://webman.jp/"}},{"slug":"eight-cycling-ishigaki","name":"Eight Cycling Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/eight-cycling-ishigaki","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"エイトサイクリング石垣島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Eight Cycling Ishigaki rents mountain bikes and e-bikes from Yashima-cho in Ishigaki city and runs guided rides that start from Banna-dake, Kabira Bay or Yonehara, open 9:00–19:00; its website lists no prices.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://ishigaki-eight.com/"}},{"slug":"giant-adventure","name":"Giant Adventure: Okinawa loop with Kohei Uchima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/giant-adventure","coordinates":{"lat":26.2246,"lng":127.6816},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ジャイアントアドベンチャー（内間康平と走る、沖縄本島1周サイクリングツアー）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomari","country":"JP","summary":"Giant Adventure's guided loop of Okinawa's main island with Olympian Kohei Uchima covers about 420 km with about 3,500 m of climbing over four days, 10–13 December 2026, from ¥164,000 twin share with hotels, meals and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-tour","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.giant-bicycles.com/jp/events/2026-1/10210"}},{"slug":"gooddays-standup","name":"GOODDAYS STANDUP","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/gooddays-standup","coordinates":{"lat":26.2267,"lng":127.2924},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"グッデイズスタンドアップ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"GOODDAYS STANDUP is a SUP and whale-watching shop beside Ama Beach on Zamami whose 2027 whale season runs 23 January to 22 March on its own boat, the CALENDA GT, at ¥7,700 an adult; its 2026 SUP tours were limited to…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sup","status":"unverified","website":"https://gooddaysstandup.com/"}},{"slug":"green-ride-okinawa","name":"GREEN RIDE OKINAWA","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/green-ride-okinawa","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"グリーンライド沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"GREEN RIDE OKINAWA is Okinawa Cellular's app-based e-bike rental with stations at resorts and cafés from Kouri to Naha and on Zamami, Aka and Tokashiki, costing ¥1,500 for the first hour or ¥6,000 for 6–9 hours, with…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.greenride-okinawa.jp/"}},{"slug":"happy-pedal-ishigaki","name":"Happy Pedal","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/happy-pedal-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3935,"lng":124.2061},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ハッピーペダル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Happy Pedal rents Specialized and Cannondale road bikes and Specialized Diverge gravel bikes on Ishigaki for ¥8,000 the first day and ¥5,000 each extra day, tax included, delivered to hotels or the airport with a…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://happy-pedal.jp/"}},{"slug":"heartland-kuroshima","name":"Shima Cafe Heartland","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/heartland-kuroshima","coordinates":{"lat":24.252,"lng":123.9997},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"島カフェ ハートランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Shima Cafe Heartland rents bicycles on Kuroshima from ¥800 for two hours to ¥1,600 a day and e-bikes from ¥1,500 to ¥3,000, beside the cow monument at Kuroshima port, open from the first ferry to the last.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.heartland96.com/rentalcycle/"}},{"slug":"hi-cycling-okinawa","name":"Hi!cycling","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/hi-cycling-okinawa","coordinates":null,"region":"south","nameLocal":"Hi!cycling（ハイサイクリング）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nanjo","country":"JP","summary":"Hi!cycling is Sky Tours' e-assist bike share on the HELLO CYCLING network in Okinawa, costing ¥120 per 15 minutes or ¥2,500 for 12 hours, and Nanjo City's tourism site lists it for visitors who want share bikes in Nanjo.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://hicycling.hellocycling.jp/"}},{"slug":"hotel-oceans-hateruma","name":"Hotel Oceans rentals","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/hotel-oceans-hateruma","coordinates":{"lat":24.0612,"lng":123.7747},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ホテルオーシャンズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Hotel Oceans on Hateruma rents bicycles, scooters and cars, with a discount for hotel guests and a pickup from Hateruma port 5 minutes away by car; it doesn't publish prices, so phone 0980-85-8787.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hub-cycle-okinawa","name":"HUBCYCLE OKINAWA","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/hub-cycle-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.591,"lng":127.9815},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ハブサイクル沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"HUBCYCLE OKINAWA is a repair and sales shop in Minato, central Nago, that fixes any bike and rents road, cross and kids' bikes from one hour with a free helmet and lock; it doesn't publish rental prices, so ask when…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.hubcycleokinawa.com/"}},{"slug":"ikutouen-yachimun-dojo","name":"Ikutouen Yachimun Dojo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ikutouen-yachimun-dojo","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"壺屋焼窯元育陶園 やちむん道場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tsuboya","country":"JP","summary":"Ikutouen, a Tsuboya pottery run by the Takaesu family for six generations, teaches shisa making and other pottery classes at its Yachimun Dojo on Tsuboya Yachimun Street in Naha from ¥4,400 (2026), with the fired piece…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ikutouen.com/yachimun-dojo/"}},{"slug":"iriomote-rent-a-car","name":"Iriomote Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/iriomote-rent-a-car","coordinates":{"lat":24.2865,"lng":123.8878},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表レンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote Rent-a-Car keeps its cars in Ohara village and delivers free to Ohara Port and nearby inns, with kei cars from ¥4,000 for six hours or ¥5,000 for 24 hours in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"http://www.iriomote-rentcar.jp/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-hoshizora-farm","name":"Ishigaki Hoshizora Farm star tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ishigaki-hoshizora-farm","coordinates":{"lat":24.444,"lng":124.2545},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島星空ファーム（星空ツーリズム）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Hoshizora Farm runs a one-hour stargazing tour at 21:00 on Nobare Cape on Ishigaki's east coast for ¥4,500 per adult in 2026, every night from February to November and never in December or January.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://hoshisora.jp/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-total-marine","name":"Ishigaki Total Marine","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ishigaki-total-marine","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島トータルマリン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Total Marine is an Ishigaki city dive shop run by an Ishigaki-born fisherman, with two boat dives from ¥17,600 in 2026 including hotel pickup and lunch, and a September 2026 blog post reporting mantas three…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://ishigaki-marine.com/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-yaki-kiln","name":"Ishigaki-yaki Kiln pottery class","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ishigaki-yaki-kiln","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣焼窯元 体験陶芸教室","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki-yaki Kiln in Nagura teaches 60–90 minute pottery classes for ¥6,000 in 2026 and fires your piece in its signature glass-glazed sea blue, then posts it home about eight or nine months later.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ishigaki-yaki.com/"}},{"slug":"island-expert-miyako","name":"Island Expert","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/island-expert-miyako","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"アイランドエキスパート","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Island Expert is a Hirara dive and snorkel shop whose sea turtle search snorkel runs only from December to April, and it charges ¥16,500 for two boat dives in 2026 with hotel pickup.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"http://ie-miyako.com/"}},{"slug":"island-message-chatan","name":"Island Message","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/island-message-chatan","coordinates":{"lat":26.323,"lng":127.7499},"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Island Message runs three-hour morning whale-watching trips in winter from Chatan's Minato district on the ISAMI, a 57-seat cruiser it now limits to 30 passengers, for ¥7,500 a person aged 4 and up, with a money-back…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"whale-watching","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"jelly-fish-yonehara","name":"Jelly Fish","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/jelly-fish-yonehara","coordinates":{"lat":24.4542,"lng":124.1863},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ジェリーフィッシュ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"Jelly Fish runs guided sea turtle snorkels and Blue Cave kayak trips for ¥8,000 in 2026 from a beach shop 30 seconds' walk from Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki's north coast, with island-born guides and English spoken.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://jellyfish-ishigaki.com/"}},{"slug":"joy-joy-zamami","name":"Diving School & Service JOYJOY","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/joy-joy-zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2299,"lng":127.3027},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ダイビングスクール＆サービス ジョイジョイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"JOYJOY is a long-running Zamami dive shop and guesthouse near Zamami Port that takes certified divers on two boat dives a day for ¥14,300 (tax included, 2024–26 rate), with an English page for visiting divers.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"http://keramajoyjoy.com/"}},{"slug":"kabira-marine-service","name":"Kabira Marine Service","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kabira-marine-service","coordinates":{"lat":24.4613,"lng":124.143},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平マリンサービス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira Marine Service runs 30-minute glass-bottom boat trips on Kabira Bay every 15 minutes from 9:00 to 17:00, at ¥2,300 for adults in 2026, from its desk in the Kabira community building by Kabira Park.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kabiramarine.jp/"}},{"slug":"kayak-sup-ease","name":"Kayak & SUP ease","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kayak-sup-ease","coordinates":{"lat":26.3631,"lng":127.7468},"region":"west-coast","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kadena","country":"JP","summary":"Kayak & SUP ease runs two-hour guided mangrove kayak tours on the Hija River in Kadena five times a day, every day, for ¥6,000 an adult (October 2026), from a shop in Mizugama with free parking.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kazaguruma-iriomote","name":"Iriomote Canoe Tour Kazaguruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kazaguruma-iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.4067,"lng":123.809},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島カヌーツアー風車","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote Canoe Tour Kazaguruma runs guided canoe and trekking trips from Uehara to Pinaisara Falls, at ¥13,500–15,000 for the full day in 2026 with lunch and the ¥500 Taketomi Town permit fee included, and lists…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://kazaguruma-iriomote.jp/"}},{"slug":"kohama-kanko-rent-a-car","name":"Kohama-jima Kanko rent-a-car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kohama-kanko-rent-a-car","coordinates":{"lat":24.3377,"lng":123.9891},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島観光","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kohama-jima Kanko rents cars by the hour on Kohama, at ¥1,500 for an hour or ¥5,000 for up to six hours, with pickup at Kohama port when you book ahead.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kohama-sogo-annaijo","name":"Kohama-jima Sogo Annaijo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kohama-sogo-annaijo","coordinates":{"lat":24.3457,"lng":123.9917},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島総合案内所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kohama-jima Sogo Annaijo rents bicycles, scooters and cars 50 m from the Kohama ferry pier, two minutes on foot; it doesn't publish prices online, so phone 0980-85-3571.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kumejima-escort-tours","name":"Kumejima Escort Tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kumejima-escort-tours","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島エスコートツアーズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Escort Tours runs glass-bottom boats to the Hatenohama sandbar off Kume-jima, with hotel pickup and a 2.5-hour half day at ¥3,500 for adults in 2026, and a full day with lunch from late May to October.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"http://k-escort-tours.com/"}},{"slug":"kumejima-kaiyo-leisure","name":"Kumejima Kaiyo Leisure","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kumejima-kaiyo-leisure","coordinates":{"lat":26.3412,"lng":126.8162},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島海洋レジャー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Kaiyo Leisure sails from Tomari Fisherina to the Hatenohama sandbar year-round, with a ¥3,500 half day that runs three hours in summer and two in winter. The company says its glass-bottom boat shows sea…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://umini15.ti-da.net/d2022-01.html"}},{"slug":"kumejima-kaiyu-jimusho","name":"Kumejima Kaiyu Jimusho","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kumejima-kaiyu-jimusho","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島海遊事務所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Kaiyu Jimusho is a Kume-jima dive shop whose owner belongs to the local fishing co-op and has guided divers for more than 25 years, and it takes small groups diving and snorkelling from ¥11,000 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://kumejima-kaiyu.com/"}},{"slug":"kumejima-sea-kayak-hidden-islets","name":"Kumejima Tourism Association sea kayak to the hidden islets","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kumejima-sea-kayak-hidden-islets","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島町観光協会 シーカヤックで秘島を巡る","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ou-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kumejima Tourism Association's sea kayak trip paddles two-person sit-on-tops from Ou-jima's east coast to small reef islets for about 2.5 hours, at ¥11,000 per adult in 2026, from April to September only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kanko-kumejima.com/plan/306/"}},{"slug":"kumejima-uma-bokujo","name":"Kumejima Uma Bokujo horse ranch","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kumejima-uma-bokujo","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島馬牧場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Uma Bokujo is a family horse ranch on Kume-jima where you ride small, gentle Yonaguni horses along Eef beach from ¥7,000 for 30 minutes in 2026, or into the hills on longer routes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kumejimaumabokujyo.com/"}},{"slug":"kunigami-forest-park-tours","name":"Kunigami Village Forest Park guided tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kunigami-forest-park-tours","coordinates":{"lat":26.7334,"lng":128.1905},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"国頭村森林公園 ガイドツアー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"hentona","country":"JP","summary":"Kunigami Village Forest Park in Hentona, Kunigami, runs 90-minute guided night walks in the Yanbaru forest and 75-minute stargazing sessions at its observatory for ¥6,600 an adult (VELTRA, October 2026), meeting at the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kunigami-forest-park.org/activity/"}},{"slug":"kunigami-tourism-association-rental","name":"Kunigami Village Tourist Information rental bikes","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kunigami-tourism-association-rental","coordinates":{"lat":26.7328,"lng":128.1703},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"国頭村観光案内所（レンタサイクル）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"The Kunigami Village Tourism Association lends three geared bikes from its information desk in Okuma, next to the Yuiyui Kunigami roadside station, for ¥800 up to four hours or ¥1,500 until the 17:00 close.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://kunigami-kanko.com/sightseeing-spots/cycling/"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-rental-cycle","name":"Kuroshima Rental Cycle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/kuroshima-rental-cycle","coordinates":{"lat":24.2512,"lng":123.9997},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島レンタサイクル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima Rental Cycle rents bicycles for ¥1,200 a day and e-bikes for ¥2,500 a day near Kuroshima port, rents by the hour too, and collects riders from the ferry by tuk-tuk; it opens 9:00–17:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mangrove-rent-a-car-kumejima","name":"Mangrove Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/mangrove-rent-a-car-kumejima","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"マングローブレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Mangrove Rent-a-Car rents mostly kei cars on Kume-jima, with a counter at Kumejima Airport for direct pickup and return, and since April 2025 no handovers at Kaneshiro port.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://mangroverentacar.wixsite.com/mysite"}},{"slug":"marine-club-berry-naha","name":"Marine Club Berry Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/marine-club-berry-naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.243,"lng":127.6808},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"マリンクラブベリー那覇店","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Marine Club Berry Naha, the sister shop of Marine House Seasir, runs year-round Kerama snorkel days from Naha from ¥7,000 (by season) and four-hour whale-watching trips from 19 December 2026 to 31 March 2027 from…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.berry7.com/lang/en/naha"}},{"slug":"marine-guide-kumejima","name":"Marine Guide Kumejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/marine-guide-kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3412,"lng":126.8162},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"マリンガイド久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Marine Guide Kumejima takes small private groups from Tomari Fisherina to the far tip of the Hatenohama sandbar from ¥7,000 a person in 2026, and dogs are welcome on board.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://marine-kumejima.com/"}},{"slug":"marine-house-seasir","name":"Marine House Seasir","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/marine-house-seasir","coordinates":{"lat":26.243,"lng":127.6808},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"マリンハウスシーサー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Marine House Seasir runs Kerama day dives from its Naha shop for ¥22,800 (2026–27 rate) and dive-and-stay packages at its Aka Island base, and both branches close for part of winter 2026–27; the company began on Aka in…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://seasir.com/lang/"}},{"slug":"marine-shop-heartland","name":"Marine Shop Heartland","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/marine-shop-heartland","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"マリンショップハートランド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Marine Shop Heartland, five minutes' walk from Zamami Port, runs 2.5-hour whale-watching trips from January to March on the Cetius, a 30-passenger association boat, for ¥6,000 an adult including tax, and welcomes…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"whale-watching","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.heartland105.com/"}},{"slug":"maruhachi-rental-cycle-taketomi","name":"Maruhachi Rental Cycle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/maruhachi-rental-cycle-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3293,"lng":124.0853},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"丸八レンタサイクル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Maruhachi Rental Cycle rents bicycles on Taketomi-jima for ¥1,000 for two hours and ¥2,000 flat for four hours or more, and e-bikes for ¥1,600 and ¥3,200, from the middle of the village with a shuttle waiting at the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mine-kohama","name":"Kohama Asobi Senmonten mine","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/mine-kohama","coordinates":{"lat":24.3482,"lng":123.9985},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島遊び専門店 mine","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"mine is a Kohama snorkel shop whose most popular day visits Panari (Aragusuku), Kuroshima and the phantom island sandbar for ¥16,500 per adult in 2026, leaving from Kohama port.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"http://mine-kohama.com/"}},{"slug":"minemoto-rental-cycle-taketomi","name":"Minemoto Rental Cycle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/minemoto-rental-cycle-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3354,"lng":124.0898},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"嶺本レンタサイクル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Minemoto Rental Cycle rents city bikes, e-bikes, kids' bikes and child-seat bikes on Taketomi-jima three minutes' walk from the port, next to the Yugafu-kan visitor centre, with English-capable staff and hours of…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"minsah-kogeikan-ishigaki","name":"Azamiya Minsah Kogeikan weaving experience","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/minsah-kogeikan-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3415,"lng":124.1707},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"あざみ屋 みんさー工芸館 手織り体験","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Azamiya's Minsah Kogeikan in Ishigaki city teaches visitors to weave Yaeyama minsah on hand looms, starting with a ¥2,000 coaster that takes about 30 minutes (2026 prices).","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://minsah.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"miyako-taiken-kogeimura-weaving","name":"Miyako Craft Village weaving and dyeing workshop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/miyako-taiken-kogeimura-weaving","coordinates":{"lat":24.8002,"lng":125.3159},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島市体験工芸村 織物＆染物工房","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"The weaving and dyeing workshop in the Miyako Craft Village teaches Miyako-ori mat weaving and indigo shibori from ¥2,750 in 2026, and it sits inside the city's Tropical Plant Garden in Hirara. It is the place for…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://miyakotaiken.com/experience/dye.php"}},{"slug":"miyakojima-kanko-rent-a-car","name":"Miyakojima Kanko Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/miyakojima-kanko-rent-a-car","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島観光レンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Miyakojima Kanko Rent-a-Car rents kei cars from ¥3,000 a day in 2026 from its Hirara office, with free pickup at Miyako and Shimojishima airports and navigation and a dashcam in every car.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://miyakojima-renta.com/"}},{"slug":"nakama-river-mangrove-cruise","name":"Nakama River Mangrove Cruise (Iriomote Kotsu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nakama-river-mangrove-cruise","coordinates":{"lat":24.2718,"lng":123.8806},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"仲間川マングローブクルーズ（西表島交通）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote Kotsu's Nakama River Mangrove Cruise leaves from beside Ohara Port for a 50–60 minute run up the Nakama River through Japan's largest mangrove forest, at ¥3,500 for adults from October 2026, with no booking…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakama-river/nakama-river-cruise-boat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakama-river%2Fnakama-river-cruise-boat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white cruise boat heads up the wide Nakama River from Ohara between banks of mangrove under a grey sky.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakama_River_Iriomote_Okinawa_Japan01bsf.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://iriomote.com/cruise/"}},{"slug":"nangoku-rent-a-car-yoron","name":"Nangoku Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nangoku-rent-a-car-yoron","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"南国レンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"chabana","country":"JP","summary":"Nangoku Rent-a-Car has rented cars and two-wheelers in Chabana for more than 40 years, and in 2026 its kei cars start at ¥3,300 and mopeds at ¥2,000. The office is five minutes from Yoron's airport and port.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://yoron-nangoku.com/"}},{"slug":"nature-land-kayaks","name":"Nature Land Kayaks","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nature-land-kayaks","coordinates":{"lat":26.2302,"lng":127.3027},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ネイチャーランドカヤックス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nature Land Kayaks is a family-run kayak and whale-watching outfit that has guided on Zamami since 2001, with half-day whale trips for ¥7,700 an adult from 8 January to 28 March 2027 and an English booking form.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"http://okinawakayak.jp/"}},{"slug":"nature-mirai-kan","name":"Nature Mirai-kan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nature-mirai-kan","coordinates":null,"region":"central","nameLocal":"ネイチャーみらい館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kin","country":"JP","summary":"Nature Mirai-kan in Kin runs two-hour guided canoe trips through the Okukubi River mangroves for ¥4,950 an adult, year-round on a tide timetable, with children welcome from age 2.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"http://www.nature-kin.com/"}},{"slug":"neos-ginowan","name":"neos","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/neos-ginowan","coordinates":{"lat":26.2625,"lng":127.731},"region":"central","nameLocal":"neos（ネオス）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"ginowan","country":"JP","summary":"neos is an outdoor shop in Kakazu, Ginowan, with a Trek road-bike corner and a sports-bike mechanic, open Monday to Friday 11:00–20:00 and weekends 9:30–19:00 (closed Wednesdays); it runs occasional free group rides…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://neos-od.com/"}},{"slug":"nippon-rent-a-car","name":"Nippon Rent-A-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nippon-rent-a-car","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ニッポンレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Nippon Rent-A-Car rents from four Naha-area offices (Naha Airport, Naha Airport Naminoue, Omoromachi Station and Kencho-mae) with an English booking site, and accepts 1949 Geneva Convention International Driving…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.nipponrentacar.co.jp/english/"}},{"slug":"nitta-kanko-taketomi","name":"Nitta Kanko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/nitta-kanko-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3316,"lng":124.0823},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"新田観光","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nitta Kanko rents city bikes on Taketomi-jima for ¥1,000 up to two hours, ¥1,500 up to three and ¥2,000 at most, tax included, from the village near the Nagomi tower, with a free shuttle from the port and no…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"http://www.nitta-k.net/"}},{"slug":"ohana-outfitters-iriomote","name":"'Ohana Outfitters","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ohana-outfitters-iriomote","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"オハナアウトフィッターズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"'Ohana Outfitters is a small Uehara guiding outfit that starts most trips before dawn, with sunrise kayaks to Pinaisara Falls from ¥19,800 and a sunrise trek to the top of Mt Komi for ¥33,000 a person in 2026, permits…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ohana923.com/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-karate-kaikan","name":"Okinawa Karate Kaikan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/okinawa-karate-kaikan","coordinates":{"lat":26.1872,"lng":127.6807},"region":"south","nameLocal":"沖縄空手会館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Karate Kaikan, the prefecture's karate centre on the old Tomigusuku castle grounds, has exhibition rooms on the history of Okinawan karate (¥400 an adult, closed Wednesdays) and books visitors into hands-on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://karatekaikan.jp/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-kenpo-nakamura-dojo","name":"Okinawa Kenpo Sohonbu Nakamura Dojo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/okinawa-kenpo-nakamura-dojo","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"沖縄拳法総本部 中村道場","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nago","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Kenpo Sohonbu Nakamura Dojo teaches visitors 90-minute karate and kobudo sessions with Ryukyu history at its dojos in Nago and Nakijin; Matsuda Tatsunori, Hanshi 9th dan, leads them, and English is available on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"okinawa-longevity-table","name":"Okinawa Longevity Table","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/okinawa-longevity-table","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Longevity Table, in an old-style house five minutes' walk from Ocean Expo Park in Motobu, serves a 90-minute experience of a short film made with near-centenarian grandmothers and a traditional Okinawan tray…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"food-tour","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"okinawa-ringyo","name":"Okinawa Ringyo","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/okinawa-ringyo","coordinates":{"lat":26.1954,"lng":127.7188},"region":"south","nameLocal":"沖縄輪業","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Ringyo, which calls itself Okinawa's largest bicycle specialist, rents GIANT and Anchor road bikes from ¥4,400 a day (2026) out of its Haebaru workshop 25–30 minutes by car from Naha Airport, and takes English…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://okirin.ti-da.net/"}},{"slug":"orix-rent-a-car","name":"ORIX Rent-A-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/orix-rent-a-car","coordinates":{"lat":26.1579,"lng":127.6549},"region":"south","nameLocal":"オリックスレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"ORIX Rent-A-Car runs a dedicated foreign-language counter at its Toyosaki station in Tomigusuku, about 20 minutes by free shuttle from Naha Airport and open 9:00–19:00 daily, with compact cars from ¥8,250 for 24 hours…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://car.orix.co.jp/eng/"}},{"slug":"ots-rent-a-car","name":"OTS Rent-a-car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ots-rent-a-car","coordinates":{"lat":26.1589,"lng":127.6544},"region":"south","nameLocal":"OTSレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"OTS Rent-a-car is an Okinawa-based rental company whose main office at Rinku-Toyosaki in Tomigusuku sits about 15 minutes from Naha Airport by free shuttle, with English-speaking staff, multilingual voice navigation in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/car-rental-okinawa/car-rental-okinawa-ots-shuttle.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcar-rental-okinawa%2Fcar-rental-okinawa-ots-shuttle.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue and white OTS Rent-A-Car shuttle bus with OTS painted large on its side waits at a kerb in Okinawa.","credit":"Rsa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OTS_Rent-A-Car_Okinawa_0182.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.otsinternational.jp/otsrentacar/en/"}},{"slug":"piranha-divers","name":"Piranha Divers Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/piranha-divers","coordinates":{"lat":26.5204,"lng":127.9257},"region":"west-coast","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Piranha Divers Okinawa is an English- and German-speaking dive shop in northern Onna that runs shore dives at Maeda and Sunabe from ¥20,900, boat trips to the USS Emmons wreck and Minna, and Kerama days for experienced…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://piranha-divers.jp/"}},{"slug":"polepole-marine-385-miyako","name":"PolePoleMarine385","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/polepole-marine-385-miyako","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ポレポレマリン385","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"PolePoleMarine385 runs private sea turtle snorkel tours on Miyako-jima for one group at a time, at ¥7,000 a person in 2026, and its tourism association listing claims a 100% turtle encounter rate.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"http://polepolemarine385.com/"}},{"slug":"pottering-okinawa-ishigaki","name":"Pottering Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/pottering-okinawa-ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3369,"lng":124.1782},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ポタリングおきなわ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Pottering Okinawa rents road bikes on Ishigaki from ¥7,000 for the first 24 hours (¥9,000 for its Felt Z4 and Colnago carbon bikes, tax excluded) and Panasonic Jetter e-bikes from ¥8,800, with delivery to hotels, the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://pottering.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"rakuni-koto-yonaguni","name":"Rakuni Koto","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/rakuni-koto-yonaguni","coordinates":{"lat":24.4416,"lng":122.9792},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ラクにコトー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"Rakuni Koto rents Panasonic ViVi DX e-bikes on Yonaguni from Higawa for ¥2,500 (4 hours), ¥3,000 (8 hours) or ¥3,500 (24 hours), with delivery for ¥500 each way and free cancellation for rain.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://tanpoporyu.com/rental"}},{"slug":"reef-encounters","name":"Reef Encounters Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/reef-encounters","coordinates":{"lat":26.3257,"lng":127.7483},"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Reef Encounters Okinawa has looked after international divers from its shop on the Miyagi coast in Chatan since 1995, with Sunabe shore dives from ¥13,200 and three-tank Kerama boat days for ¥24,200 including tax.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.reefencounters.org/"}},{"slug":"rental-ishikawa-zamami","name":"Rental Ishikawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/rental-ishikawa-zamami","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"レンタル石川","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Rental Ishikawa on Zamami rents bicycles, e-assist bikes, scooters and kick-scooters for cash, one of the counters on the Zamami Village Tourism Association's 2026 rental list; prices aren't published, so phone…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.zamamitourism.com/rental"}},{"slug":"rental-ya-yui-kohama","name":"Rental-ya Yui","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/rental-ya-yui-kohama","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"レンタル屋さん結","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"Rental-ya Yui rents bicycles, electric-assist bikes, children's bikes, scooters and cars in front of Kohama port, with bicycles listed from ¥300 an hour to ¥1,500 for five to twelve hours in a 2023 roundup.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kohama-yui.com/"}},{"slug":"ryu-q-rental-cycle","name":"Ryu-Q Rental Cycle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ryu-q-rental-cycle","coordinates":{"lat":26.2164,"lng":127.694},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"琉Qレンタサイクル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Ryu-Q Rental Cycle rents road bikes in Naha's Makishi neighbourhood for ¥3,000 a day or ¥12,400 a week (2025 price list), two minutes' walk from Makishi or Asato monorail station, and will store a bike box or rinko bag…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"http://cycle.sunnyday.jp/rental/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-glass-village","name":"Ryukyu Glass Village","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ryukyu-glass-village","coordinates":{"lat":26.0975,"lng":127.6778},"region":"south","nameLocal":"琉球ガラス村","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Glass Village in Fukuchi, Itoman, opens every day 9:30–17:30 for glass blowing with a craftsman from ¥4,400 (the piece ships 2–7 days later) and walk-in glass crafts from ¥3,300 that you take home the same day.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.ryukyu-glass.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-indigo-dyeing-kogei-no-mori","name":"Ryukyu indigo dyeing at Okinawa Kogei no Mori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/ryukyu-indigo-dyeing-kogei-no-mori","coordinates":{"lat":26.1886,"lng":127.6833},"region":"south","nameLocal":"おきなわ工芸の杜 琉球藍染め体験","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"A Ryukyu indigo workshop on the second floor of Okinawa Kogei no Mori in Tomigusuku, about 15 minutes by car from Naha Airport, teaches tie-dye with Yanbaru-grown indigo from ¥2,500 for a handkerchief, ready to take…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"sawes-yonaguni","name":"Marine Club Sa-Wes Yonaguni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/sawes-yonaguni","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"マリンクラブ サーウェス与那国","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Marine Club Sa-Wes is the Yonaguni dive shop of Kihachiro Aratake, who found the island's underwater ruins in 1986, and it dives the hammerhead sites from November to May, with two boat dives at ¥17,000 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.yonaguni.jp/"}},{"slug":"sealovers-okinawa","name":"SEALOVERS OKINAWA","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/sealovers-okinawa","coordinates":{"lat":26.4475,"lng":127.7999},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"シーラバーズ沖縄","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"SEALOVERS OKINAWA runs two-hour Blue Cave snorkel trips by boat from Maeganeku in Onna for ¥4,950–¥5,450 (OneTwoSmile, October 2026); the guides brief in simple English, and the boat carries warm water and loaner coats…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"seven-oceans-club","name":"Seven Ocean's Club (Blue Ocean Okinawa)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/seven-oceans-club","coordinates":{"lat":26.4475,"lng":127.7999},"region":"west-coast","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"onna","country":"JP","summary":"Seven Ocean's Club, which also trades as Blue Ocean Okinawa, runs two-hour Blue Cave boat snorkel trips with fish feeding from Maeganeku in Onna for ¥4,500 a person (October 2026), open daily 7:30–18:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shima-no-cycling-miyakojima","name":"Shima no Cycling Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/shima-no-cycling-miyakojima","coordinates":{"lat":24.7987,"lng":125.2842},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"シマのサイクリング宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Shima no Cycling Miyakojima rents Tokyobike Sport road bikes for ¥4,000 a day and 8-speed cross bikes for ¥3,000 a day from central Hirara when you book two or more days ahead (October 2026 price list), with no…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"http://miyakojimacycling.com/"}},{"slug":"shimasora-pottering-shimojishima","name":"Shimasora Pottering","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/shimasora-pottering-shimojishima","coordinates":{"lat":24.8267,"lng":125.1447},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"しまそらポタリング","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"Shimasora Pottering rents geared folding bicycles for ¥3,000 a day and 16-inch folding e-bikes for ¥4,800 a day from the information counter at Miyako Shimojishima Airport (2026/27 prices), for riders aged 10 and over…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://en.tabirai-japan.com/activity/okinawa/detail?plan_id=11370&lang=en"}},{"slug":"shuri-ryusen","name":"Shuri Ryusen","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/shuri-ryusen","coordinates":{"lat":26.2191,"lng":127.7099},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里琉染","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"shuri","country":"JP","summary":"Shuri Ryusen, a dye house five minutes' walk from Shuri Castle, runs 50-minute coral-dyeing sessions on a T-shirt or tote for ¥3,850 an adult (2026), with the piece ready to take home the same day and English…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.shuri-ryusen.com/"}},{"slug":"sky-rent-a-car","name":"Sky Rent-a-car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/sky-rent-a-car","coordinates":{"lat":26.1818,"lng":127.6555},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"スカイレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Sky Rent-a-car's Naha Airport office at Gushi 1-chome in Naha is a free shuttle ride from the terminal and opens every day 8:00–20:00, with a second main-island office in Onna since July 2025; its site is in Japanese.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.skyrent.jp/okinawa/naha-airport/"}},{"slug":"smile-fish-diving-iriomote","name":"Smile Fish Diving Service","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/smile-fish-diving-iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.4338,"lng":123.7765},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"スマイルフィッシュ ダイビングサービス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Smile Fish Diving Service in Uehara runs boat dives and snorkelling on Iriomote's north coast and Barasu reefs, with English-speaking instructors on staff and two fun dives for ¥15,000 in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://smile-fish.com/"}},{"slug":"southward-kayak-club","name":"Southward Kayak Club","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/southward-kayak-club","coordinates":null,"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kin","country":"JP","summary":"Southward Kayak Club takes groups from age 3 up the Okukubi River mangrove in Kin, which Japan's environment ministry lists among its 500 important wetlands, then out to sea for a beach landing, for ¥4,800 an adult…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"spiceroads-okinawa","name":"SpiceRoads: Okinawa by Road Bike","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/spiceroads-okinawa","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"SpiceRoads' Okinawa by Road Bike is an eight-day, English-guided clockwise loop of Okinawa's main island covering 387 km over six riding days, priced at US$4,695–4,995 with departures in January and March 2027 and hire…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-tour","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.spiceroads.com/tours/japan-okinawa-road-cycling"}},{"slug":"sunset-bikes","name":"Sunset Bikes","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/sunset-bikes","coordinates":{"lat":26.3181,"lng":127.7595},"region":"central","nameLocal":"サンセットバイク","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Sunset Bikes on Mihama's main street near American Village in Chatan repairs bikes of any brand and rents three road bikes from ¥1,200 for the first hour or ¥8,400 for 24 hours (2026).","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-shop","status":"unverified","website":"https://sunset-bikes.com/"}},{"slug":"taketomi-kanko-center","name":"Taketomi Kanko Center","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/taketomi-kanko-center","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富観光センター","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Taketomi Kanko Center rents city bikes on Taketomi-jima alongside its water-buffalo cart rides, at 441 Taketomi with a free shuttle from the port, open 8:45–16:35; it takes cashless payment only.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://suigyu.net/"}},{"slug":"taketomi-kotsu","name":"Taketomi-jima Kotsu bus tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/taketomi-kotsu","coordinates":{"lat":24.3273,"lng":124.0847},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島交通","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Taketomi-jima Kotsu runs the island's route bus at ¥300 a ride and a one-hour guided bus tour from the port to the star-sand beach and the red-tiled village for ¥2,800 per adult.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tandy-marine-yoron","name":"TANDY Marine","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tandy-marine-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0358,"lng":128.4492},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"TANDYマリン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"TANDY Marine has run a beach service on Okanekuu beach since Yoron's tourism began, and its boat snorkel tours start at ¥9,500 in 2026, with rented wetsuits for the winter months.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"https://yoron-love.com/"}},{"slug":"tenbusu-naha-craft-experience","name":"Tenbusu Naha Traditional Craft Experience","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tenbusu-naha-craft-experience","coordinates":{"lat":26.2161,"lng":127.6893},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"てんぶす那覇 伝統工芸体験","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"makishi","country":"JP","summary":"Tenbusu Naha, the city-run cultural centre at the Makishi end of Kokusai-dori, teaches 30- to 90-minute sessions in bingata dyeing from ¥1,650, Shuri weaving from ¥2,200, raised lacquer and Ryukyu glass blowing on its…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://tenbusukan.jp/craftexperience.html"}},{"slug":"times-car-rental","name":"Times Car Rental","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/times-car-rental","coordinates":{"lat":26.2111,"lng":127.6582},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"タイムズカーレンタル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Times Car Rental's Naha Airport station sits about 1.5 km from the terminal in Kagamizu, reached by a free shuttle from bus stop No. 11, open every day 9:00–18:00, with English, Chinese and Korean support and an ETC…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.timescar-rental.com/en/"}},{"slug":"tm-planning-iejima","name":"TM Planning (Ie-jima rentals)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tm-planning-iejima","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ＴM. Planning 企画","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"TM Planning is the bicycle, scooter and car rental in Kawahira that Ie Village's official site lists for Ie-jima, with 240 bikes at ¥400 an hour or ¥1,000 a day on the village's 2019 page; we could not confirm 2026…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.iejima.org/document/2014121700013/"}},{"slug":"tokashiki-whale-watching-association","name":"Tokashiki Whale Watching Association","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tokashiki-whale-watching-association","coordinates":{"lat":26.1993,"lng":127.368},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷村ホエールウォッチング協会","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Tokashiki Whale Watching Association runs one two-hour morning whale trip a day from Tokashiki Port during a deliberately short season (24 January to 8 March in 2026), at ¥8,000 before tax, through thirteen member…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"whale-watching","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.wwtokashiki.jp/"}},{"slug":"tome-cruise-yoron","name":"Tome Cruise","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tome-cruise-yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0449,"lng":128.4436},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"トメクルーズ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Tome Cruise runs small boats to Yoron's Yurigahama sandbar from Okanekuu beach, from ¥3,850 per adult in 2026, and adds sea turtle snorkel trips.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://tomecruise.crayonsite.com"}},{"slug":"tomori-kanko-taketomi","name":"Tomori Kanko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/tomori-kanko-taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3291,"lng":124.0888},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"友利観光","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tomori Kanko rents bicycles on Taketomi-jima from ¥1,000 for two hours and e-bikes from ¥1,750, with a shuttle from Taketomi port for renters who have registered online beforehand; it opens 9:00–17:00 and staff speak…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://tomori-kankou.com/bicycle"}},{"slug":"total-marine-spot-news","name":"Total Marine Spot NEWS","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/total-marine-spot-news","coordinates":{"lat":26.2145,"lng":127.6667},"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naha","country":"JP","summary":"Total Marine Spot NEWS runs three-hour catamaran trips from Naha's Miegusuku Port to snorkel the Kerama national park waters from ¥7,500, and in winter the same boat goes whale watching twice a day (20 December 2025 to…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"umiasibi-kadena","name":"UMIUSAGI / UMIASIBI","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/umiasibi-kadena","coordinates":null,"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"海あしび","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kadena","country":"JP","summary":"UMIASIBI runs two-hour mangrove SUP tours on the calm lower Hija River in Kadena for ¥6,000 an adult (OneTwoSmile, October 2026), from age 6, with gear and same-day guide photos included.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sup","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"urauchigawa-kanko","name":"Urauchigawa Kanko","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/urauchigawa-kanko","coordinates":{"lat":24.4031,"lng":123.7787},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"浦内川観光","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Urauchigawa Kanko runs the sightseeing boats about 8 km up the Urauchi River on Iriomote to Gunkan-iwa, from ¥3,000 for adults in 2026, and sells a self-guided add-on walk to Mariyudu and Kampire falls.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.urauchigawa.com/"}},{"slug":"utuimuchi-project-sanshin","name":"Utuimuchi Project sanshin experience","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/utuimuchi-project-sanshin","coordinates":null,"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Utuimuchi Project in Mihama, Chatan, a seven-minute walk from American Village, teaches beginners to play Okinawan folk songs on the sanshin in hourly sessions, with a free photo in Ryukyu court dress, booked through…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yaeyama-kanko-ferry-tours","name":"Yaeyama Kanko Ferry day tours","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yaeyama-kanko-ferry-tours","coordinates":{"lat":24.3376,"lng":124.1555},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"八重山観光フェリー 観光ツアー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Yaeyama Kanko Ferry sells day tours from Ishigaki's port terminal with the ferry fare built in, from a ¥5,200 Taketomi buffalo cart package to its ¥16,000 Nakama River and Yubu-jima day on Iriomote (2026 prices…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.yaeyama.co.jp/"}},{"slug":"yamaneko-rent-a-car-iriomote","name":"Yamaneko Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yamaneko-rent-a-car-iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.2735,"lng":123.8795},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"やまねこレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Yamaneko Rent-a-Car is Iriomote Kotsu's car rental, with offices at Ohara and Uehara, free pickup at both ports, fuel included and kei cars from ¥7,500 for 24 hours in 2026.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"car-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://iriomote.com/rent-a-car/"}},{"slug":"yambaru-nature-guide-wanyu","name":"Yambaru Nature Guide Wanyu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yambaru-nature-guide-wanyu","coordinates":{"lat":26.7514,"lng":128.2985},"region":"yanbaru","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Yambaru Nature Guide Wanyu is a Kunigami-certified nature guide who leads night drives for the Okinawa rail from ¥12,000 a person and dawn birding in the Yanbaru forest, best from March to October, and describes the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://yanbaru-guide.com/en/"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-ecotourism-institute","name":"Yanbaru Eco-Tourism Institute","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yanbaru-ecotourism-institute","coordinates":{"lat":26.7469,"lng":128.3161},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばるエコツーリズム研究所","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Eco-Tourism Institute in Ada, on Kunigami's east coast, guides small groups by canoe through the Ada River mangrove, by sea kayak to the reef island of Ada-ga-shima and on forest treks, with times set by the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://yanbaru-eco.jp/"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-experience-higashi","name":"Yanbaru Experience (Higashi Village Tourism Promotion Council)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yanbaru-experience-higashi","coordinates":{"lat":26.6043,"lng":128.145},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"ヤンバルエクスペリエンス（NPO法人 東村観光推進協議会）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"higashi","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Experience is Higashi Village's tourism council booking site, and it places guests on 1.5–2 hour guided canoe trips through the protected Gesashi Bay mangroves from ¥7,000 an adult and on three-hour night…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://yanbaru-experience.com/"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-shizenjuku","name":"Yanbaru Shizenjuku (Yanbaru Nature School)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yanbaru-shizenjuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.6036,"lng":128.1445},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる自然塾","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"higashi","country":"JP","summary":"Yanbaru Shizenjuku, the Higashi village nature school founded in Gesashi in April 1999, runs small-group canoe tours through the Gesashi River mangrove at high tide, from ¥5,500 for two hours to ¥7,000 for three hours…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"kayak","status":"unverified","website":"https://gesashi.com/"}},{"slug":"yonaguni-honda","name":"Yonaguni Honda","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yonaguni-honda","coordinates":{"lat":24.4685,"lng":123.0019},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国ホンダ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"sonai","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaguni Honda rents non-electric bicycles for ¥2,000 for up to 24 hours, alongside mopeds and cars, from Sonai, 2.5 km east of Yonaguni Airport, open 8:00–18:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"https://yonagunihonda.jp/tenpo/"}},{"slug":"yoron-diving-service","name":"Yoron Diving Service","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yoron-diving-service","coordinates":{"lat":27.0324,"lng":128.4297},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ヨロンダイビングサービス","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Diving Service dives all year by moving to south-coast sites in the winter north wind, and it charges ¥14,000 for two boat dives including pickup. The Yoron Tourism Association calls it the island's oldest dive…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive","status":"unverified","website":"https://yoron-diving.com/"}},{"slug":"yoron-rent-a-car","name":"Yoron Rent-a-Car","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yoron-rent-a-car","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ヨロンレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Rent-a-Car rents Bridgestone e-bikes for ¥2,000 and three-speed bicycles for ¥1,500 per 24 hours on Yoron, or ¥2,500 and ¥1,800 with delivery and collection, from inside the Yoron Honda dealership.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bike-rental","status":"unverified","website":"http://yoron-rentalcars.sakura.ne.jp/"}},{"slug":"yoron-seamans-club","name":"Yoron-to Seamans Club","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yoron-seamans-club","coordinates":{"lat":27.0315,"lng":128.4547},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ヨロン島シーマンズクラブ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron-to Seamans Club runs glass-bottom boats from Mugiya Seamans Beach to the Yurigahama sandbar all year, from ¥3,850 a person in 2026, timed to each day's low tide.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"boat","status":"unverified","website":"https://yorontouseamansclub.com/"}},{"slug":"yubujima-buffalo-carts","name":"Yubu Island Subtropical Botanical Garden water buffalo carts","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yubujima-buffalo-carts","coordinates":{"lat":24.3451,"lng":123.9271},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"由布島 亜熱帯植物楽園 水牛車","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","country":"JP","summary":"Yubu Island's water buffalo carts haul visitors across the shallow channel from Iriomote's east coast to a subtropical botanical garden, every 15 minutes from 9:15, for ¥2,000 return with admission in 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yubu-island/yubu-buffalo-cart-crossing.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyubu-island%2Fyubu-buffalo-cart-crossing.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A water buffalo pulls a red-roofed cart of passengers through the knee-deep shallows between Iriomote and Yubu-jima as a second cart follows behind.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yubu_Island_Okinawa_Pref_Japan24n4200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"guide","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.yubujima.com/"}},{"slug":"yuimarukan-kumejima-tsumugi","name":"Kumejima Tsumugi no Sato Yuimaru-kan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/yuimarukan-kumejima-tsumugi","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島紬の里 ユイマール館","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yuimaru-kan in Maja is the Kumejima tsumugi co-op's centre, where visitors weave a coaster of the island's silk tsumugi in about 30 minutes for ¥3,000 in 2026 or dye cloth with its plant dyes.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"craft-class","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.kume-tumugi.com/"}},{"slug":"zamami-life","name":"ZAMAMI LIFE","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/zamami-life","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"ザマミライフ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"ZAMAMI LIFE is a Zamami boat-snorkelling and skin-diving guide with more than 20 years on the island who takes small groups to over 30 sites, including turtle spots out of reach from the shore, from ¥8,000 for a…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel","status":"unverified","website":"http://zamami-life.moon.bindcloud.jp/"}},{"slug":"zamami-whale-watching-association","name":"Zamami Whale Watching Association","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/operators/zamami-whale-watching-association","coordinates":{"lat":26.2265,"lng":127.3014},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味村ホエールウォッチング協会","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Zamami Whale Watching Association runs 1–2 hour humpback trips from Zamami Port between early January and late March (8 January to 25 March in 2026), at ¥7,700 an adult in 2026, with spotters on the island's…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"whale-watching","status":"unverified","website":"https://zwwa.okinawa/"}}]},"transport":{"label":"Transport","plural":"Getting around","noun":"ways to get around","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around","items":[{"slug":"aharen-port","name":"Aharen Port (Tokashiki-jima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/aharen-port","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿波連港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Aharen Port is the small harbour at Aharen on Tokashiki-jima, where Zamami Village's boat Mitsushima calls on request and links Tokashiki with Aka in 20 minutes and Zamami in 35 minutes for ¥1,100 one way, and it is a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aharen-port/aharen-port-from-hill.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faharen-port%2Faharen-port-from-hill.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Small boats and a yellow tour boat sit inside the breakwaters of Aharen Port on Tokashiki-jima, with a forested hill on the left and rocky islets offshore.","credit":"Snap55 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aharen_port.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"airport-limousine","name":"Okinawa Airport Limousine Bus","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/airport-limousine","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"空港リムジンバス","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Airport Limousine Bus is Okinawa Bus's seated coach from Naha Airport stop 1 to resort hotels in Ginowan, Chatan, Yomitan, Onna and Nago, with adult fares of ¥700 to ¥2,200 from 1 April 2026, one to four…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/airport-limousine/airport-limousine-okinawa-bus-98.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fairport-limousine%2Fairport-limousine-okinawa-bus-98.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue Okinawa Bus coach running the airport limousine service waits at the bus stand outside Naha Airport on a wet day.","credit":"地図帳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_airport_limousine_bus_98.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bus","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"aka-port","name":"Aka Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/aka-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.1903,"lng":127.2847},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Aka Port is the harbour on Aka-jima in the Keramas, where Zamami Village's boats from Naha call before or after Zamami (50 minutes on the Queen Zamami 3, 90 minutes on Ferry Zamami 3) and the village boat Mitsushima…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka-ohashi/aka-ohashi-from-port.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka-ohashi%2Faka-ohashi-from-port.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete arches of the Aka Ohashi carry the road from Aka Port across to the green hills of Geruma under a cloudless sky","credit":"Tomaž Vajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aka_Island_-_Bridge_Connecting_Geruma_and_Aka_Islands_(7769).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ana","name":"All Nippon Airways (ANA)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ana","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"全日本空輸","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"ANA flies Naha–Ishigaki, Naha–Miyako and Miyako–Ishigaki plus mainland routes into Okinawa, and on economy fares it carries a bicycle free as one of two 23 kg pieces, with no size charge up to 292 cm.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana/ana-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana%2Fana-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ground crew stand in front of an ANA Boeing 787 parked at New Ishigaki Airport under a blue sky with big white clouds.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_airport_(57840).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"azama-kudaka","name":"Azama to Kudaka-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/azama-kudaka","coordinates":null,"region":"south","nameLocal":"安座真港〜久高島（徳仁港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kudaka Kaiun runs a high-speed boat (about 15 minutes, ¥770 one way) and Ferry Kudaka (about 25 minutes, ¥680) from Azama Port in Nanjo to Kudaka-jima, six departures a day each way between them from 8:00 to 17:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/azama-kudaka/azama-kudaka-new-kudaka-3.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fazama-kudaka%2Fazama-kudaka-new-kudaka-3.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The high-speed boat New Kudaka III with KUDAKA LINE on its side waits at the covered pier in Azama Port.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Kudaka_III_202401.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"azama-port","name":"Azama Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/azama-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.181,"lng":127.8258},"region":"south","nameLocal":"安座真港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Azama Port in Chinen, Nanjo, is the departure point for Kudaka Kaiun's boats to Kudaka-jima, six round trips a day in 15–25 minutes, with a ticket office open 8:00–17:30 and a car park.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/azama-port/azama-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fazama-port%2Fazama-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The small white Azama Port ferry terminal has a red-tiled roof edge and vending machines by the steps, with a green hill behind it.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Azama_Ferry_Terminal_202401.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"car-rental-okinawa","name":"Car rental in Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/car-rental-okinawa","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄のレンタカー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Renting a car in Okinawa means a free shuttle from Naha Airport to an off-airport lot, and visitors need an International Driving Permit issued under the 1949 Geneva Convention, or a JAF Japanese translation for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/car-rental-okinawa/car-rental-okinawa-ots-shuttle.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcar-rental-okinawa%2Fcar-rental-okinawa-ots-shuttle.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue and white OTS Rent-A-Car shuttle bus with OTS painted large on its side waits at a kerb in Okinawa.","credit":"Rsa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OTS_Rent-A-Car_Okinawa_0182.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"rental","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"daiichi-koku","name":"Daiichi Koku (First Flying)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/daiichi-koku","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"第一航空","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Daiichi Koku (First Flying) flies a DHC-6-400 Twin Otter from New Ishigaki Airport to Hateruma about three times a week and to Tarama about twice a week. Each 30-minute flight costs ¥14,000 one way for an adult, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/daiichi-koku/daiichi-koku-twin-otter-hateruma.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdaiichi-koku%2Fdaiichi-koku-twin-otter-hateruma.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue and white First Flying Twin Otter is parked on the apron at Hateruma Airport.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Daiichi_Airlines_DHC-6_Twin_Otter_parked_at_Hateruma_Airport.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hateruma-port","name":"Hateruma Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hateruma-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.0673,"lng":123.7658},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hateruma Port is the harbour on Hateruma-jima, served only by Anei Kanko from Ishigaki in 60–90 minutes, twice a day on the high-speed boat in winter 2026/27.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hateruma-port/hateruma-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhateruma-port%2Fhateruma-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red-tiled Hateruma passenger terminal has its name in Japanese across the front and faces a car park under a blue sky.","credit":"Tokyo-Good / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa-Port-of-Hateruma-2019.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hatoma-port","name":"Hatoma Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hatoma-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.4679,"lng":123.8205},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"鳩間港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hatoma Port is the harbour on the south side of Hatoma-jima, where Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry boats land from Ishigaki twice a day each in winter 2026/27, and Taketomi Town says the north wind cancels as many…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hatoma-port/hatoma-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhatoma-port%2Fhatoma-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two people walk across the gravel forecourt toward the small red-tiled terminal at Hatoma Port, with the floating pier behind it.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatoma_hatoma_port_terminal.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"heshikiya-port","name":"Heshikiya Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/heshikiya-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.309,"lng":127.9218},"region":"central","nameLocal":"平敷屋港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Heshikiya Port on the Katsuren peninsula in Uruma is where Kamiya Kanko's boats leave for Tsuken-jima five times a day; the crossing takes about 15 minutes on the high-speed boat and 30 minutes on the car ferry.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/heshikiya-port/heshikiya-port-new-kugani.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fheshikiya-port%2Fheshikiya-port-new-kugani.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Kamiya Kanko high-speed boat New Kugani lies at the quay of Heshikiya Port in front of the low passenger waiting building.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Kunagni_202311.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"heshikiya-tsuken","name":"Heshikiya to Tsuken-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/heshikiya-tsuken","coordinates":null,"region":"central","nameLocal":"平敷屋港〜津堅港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kamiya Kanko's boats cross from Heshikiya Port in Uruma to Tsuken-jima five times a day, in about 15 minutes on the high-speed New Kugani or 30 minutes on Ferry Kugani, for ¥650–800 one way, and carry a bicycle for ¥200.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/heshikiya-tsuken/heshikiya-tsuken-ferry-kugani.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fheshikiya-tsuken%2Fheshikiya-tsuken-ferry-kugani.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white car ferry Ferry Kugani with its name and two cartoon carrots on the hull is moored at Heshikiya Port with its bow ramp raised.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Kugani_202311.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hirara-port","name":"Hirara Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hirara-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.8066,"lng":125.2745},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"平良港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hirara Port in Miyako's main town is where Tarama Kaiun's Ferry Tarama Yu leaves for Tarama-jima at 9:00 every day except Sunday and takes about 2 hours.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirara-tarama/hirara-tarama-ferry-tarama-yu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirara-tarama%2Fhirara-tarama-ferry-tarama-yu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Tarama Yu with a blue stripe along its hull sails across open blue water.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_taramayu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hirara-tarama","name":"Hirara (Miyako) to Tarama-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hirara-tarama","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"平良港〜多良間（普天間港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tarama Kaiun's Ferry Tarama Yu sails from Hirara Port on Miyako to Tarama-jima in about 2 hours for ¥2,510 one way, once a day except Sundays, and carries a bicycle for ¥1,180.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirara-tarama/hirara-tarama-ferry-tarama-yu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirara-tarama%2Fhirara-tarama-ferry-tarama-yu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Tarama Yu with a blue stripe along its hull sails across open blue water.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_taramayu.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hnd","name":"Tokyo Haneda Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hnd","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"東京国際空港（羽田空港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) has direct flights to Naha, Ishigaki, Miyako and Shimojishima, plus Kume-jima in summer: JAL, ANA, Skymark and Solaseed fly to Naha, JAL and ANA fly to Ishigaki and Miyako, and Skymark flies…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hnd/hnd-terminal-1.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhnd%2Fhnd-terminal-1.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Buses and a red car pull up along the covered kerb outside Terminal 1 at Tokyo Haneda Airport.","credit":"Aimaimyi / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokyo_International_Airport_Terminal_1_-01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hnd-shi","name":"Tokyo Haneda to Shimojishima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hnd-shi","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"羽田〜宮古（下地島）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Skymark flies once a day from Tokyo Haneda to Shimojishima in winter 2026/27; the flight leaves Haneda at 11:05 and lands at 14:30, so you reach Miyako from Tokyo without changing in Naha.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hnd-ueo","name":"Tokyo Haneda to Kume-jima (summer)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/hnd-ueo","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"羽田〜久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"JAL flew Tokyo Haneda to Kume-jima once a day from 17 July to 31 August 2026, 2 hours 40 minutes outbound, and the route doesn't run in winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jal/jal-haneda.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjal%2Fjal-haneda.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 rolls along the runway at Tokyo Haneda with Terminal 1 and parked ANA jets behind it.","credit":"Takeshi Osada / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JA13XJ_Japan_Airlines_Airbus_A350-941_Haneda_Airport_-_Terminal_1.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"htr","name":"Hateruma Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/htr","coordinates":{"lat":24.0596,"lng":123.8053},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hateruma Airport (HTR) has a regular Daiichi Koku Twin Otter service to Ishigaki that takes 30 minutes and normally runs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline planned suspension periods from November 2026…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/htr/htr-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhtr%2Fhtr-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The small terminal of Hateruma Airport sits under a red tiled roof beside an empty forecourt with hibiscus in the foreground.","credit":"Tokyo-Good / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hateruma-Airport-building-2019.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ie-port","name":"Ie Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ie-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.7073,"lng":127.8008},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ie Port is the harbour on Ie-jima, 30 minutes from Motobu on Ie Village's ferries, with the first boat to the main island at 8:00 and the last at 16:00 on the normal timetable.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gusuku-yama/gusuku-yama-from-ferry.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgusuku-yama%2Fgusuku-yama-from-ferry.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rocky cone of Gusuku-yama rises above the white houses of Ie village as the ferry from Motobu approaches the harbour wall","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Gusuku_on_Ie_Island_202604_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"iheya-port","name":"Maedomari Port (Iheya-jima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/iheya-port","coordinates":{"lat":27.0371,"lng":127.9695},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"前泊港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Maedomari Port on the east side of Iheya-jima is where Iheya Village's Ferry Iheya 3 arrives from Unten Port in Nakijin after 80 minutes. It sails twice a day, leaving Iheya at 9:00 and 13:00.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iheya-port/iheya-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fiheya-port%2Fiheya-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Iheya Village port terminal at Maedomari Port has a red-tiled roof and a welcome banner, and it faces the harbour water with green hills behind.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iheya_Port_Terminal_202603.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ish","name":"New Ishigaki Airport (Painushima Ishigaki Airport)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ish","coordinates":{"lat":24.3907,"lng":124.2457},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"新石垣空港（南ぬ島 石垣空港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"New Ishigaki Airport (ISG, branded Painushima Ishigaki Airport) sits on Ishigaki's east coast, 25 minutes by taxi or 32 minutes by Azuma Bus route 4 from the Ritou ferry terminal, with buses every 30 minutes for ¥550…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ish/ish-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fish%2Fish-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The long covered kerb of New Ishigaki Airport runs beside the terminal under a blue sky.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_new_ishigaki_airport.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ish-htr","name":"Ishigaki to Hateruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ish-htr","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣〜波照間","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Daiichi Koku flies Ishigaki to Hateruma in 30 minutes on selected dates (six in November 2026), and those flights give another way to the island besides the ferry. Daiichi Koku grounded the route from 15 July to 11…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/daiichi-koku/daiichi-koku-twin-otter-hateruma.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fdaiichi-koku%2Fdaiichi-koku-twin-otter-hateruma.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue and white First Flying Twin Otter is parked on the apron at Hateruma Airport.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Daiichi_Airlines_DHC-6_Twin_Otter_parked_at_Hateruma_Airport.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ish-ogn","name":"Ishigaki to Yonaguni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ish-ogn","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣〜与那国","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC flies Ishigaki to Yonaguni three times a day each way in November 2026 in 30 minutes, on turboprops that JAL says may not have room for a bike box.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ish-ogn/ish-ogn-rac-yonaguni.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fish-ogn%2Fish-ogn-rac-yonaguni.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Ryukyu Air Commuter Dash 8 with the JAL crane on its tail stands on the apron at Yonaguni Airport in late light as baggage carts wait beside it.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020-11-03_JA85RC-RYUKYU_AIR_COMMUTER,_Yonaguni_Airport_%E4%B8%8E%E9%82%A3%E5%9B%BD%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF_DSCF7461.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ish-tra","name":"Ishigaki to Tarama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ish-tra","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"石垣〜多良間","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Daiichi Koku flies Ishigaki to Tarama in 30 minutes on selected dates, five in November 2026 per Ishigaki Airport's timetable.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-buses","name":"Ishigaki buses","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-buses","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島の路線バス","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Azuma Bus runs Ishigaki's route buses, and its route 4 links the Bus Terminal and the Ritou ferry terminal with New Ishigaki Airport every 30 minutes in 35 minutes; a ¥1,000 24-hour pass or ¥2,000 three-day pass covers…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-buses/ishigaki-buses-azuma-airport.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-buses%2Fishigaki-buses-azuma-airport.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A light blue Azuma Bus airport line bus waits at the covered stop outside New Ishigaki Airport as a passenger walks to the door.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-01-13_Azuma-unyu_Bus_in_New_Ishigaki_Airport_%E6%96%B0%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%9D%B1%E9%81%8B%E8%BC%B8%E3%83%90%E3%82%B9%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF%E7%B7%9A_DSCF9586.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bus","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-hateruma","name":"Ishigaki to Hateruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-hateruma","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜波照間港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko alone sails from Ishigaki to Hateruma, twice a day each way in winter 2026/27; the open-sea crossing takes 60–90 minutes for ¥4,990 one way and cancels often in winter north wind.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-hateruma/ishigaki-hateruma-anei-boat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-hateruma%2Fishigaki-hateruma-anei-boat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An Anei Kanko high-speed boat lies at the covered floating pier in Hateruma Port on turquoise water.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anei_go_No.1_at_the_Port_of_Hateruma.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-hatoma","name":"Ishigaki to Hatoma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-hatoma","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜鳩間港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hatoma is reached by Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry boats from Ishigaki in 45–75 minutes for ¥3,290 one way, twice a day with each company in winter 2026/27, and the sailings stop whenever the Uehara route is…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-hatoma/ishigaki-hatoma-irikaji.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-hatoma%2Fishigaki-hatoma-irikaji.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Anei Kanko catamaran Irikaji with its name on the bow sails into Hatoma Port with Iriomote on the horizon.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anei_irikaji.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-kohama","name":"Ishigaki to Kohama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-kohama","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜小浜港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry run high-speed boats from Ishigaki to Kohama in 25–30 minutes for ¥1,720 one way, 10 departures a day between them in winter 2026/27.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-kohama/ishigaki-kohama-yaima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-kohama%2Fishigaki-kohama-yaima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Yaeyama Kanko Ferry catamaran Yaima has painted plants along its side and an Ishigaki to Kohama sign on its upper deck as it waits at Ishigaki Port.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YKF_yaima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-kuroshima","name":"Ishigaki to Kuroshima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-kuroshima","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜黒島港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry each run three high-speed boats a day from Ishigaki to Kuroshima in winter 2026/27, and the 25–30 minute crossing costs ¥1,850 one way.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-kuroshima/ishigaki-kuroshima-anei-88.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-kuroshima%2Fishigaki-kuroshima-anei-88.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Anei Kanko high-speed boat Anei No. 88 takes on passengers at the covered floating pier in Kuroshima Port.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_anei_88.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-ohara","name":"Ishigaki to Ohara (Iriomote)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-ohara","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜大原港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry run high-speed boats from Ishigaki to Ohara on Iriomote's south-east coast in 40–45 minutes for ¥2,520 one way, nine departures a day between them in winter 2026/27, and Ohara keeps…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-ohara/ishigaki-ohara-anei-1.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-ohara%2Fishigaki-ohara-anei-1.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Anei Kanko high-speed boat Anei No. 1 lies alongside the covered pier with orange posts at Ohara Port on Iriomote.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_anei_1.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-port","name":"Ishigaki Port Ritou Terminal","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.3376,"lng":124.1555},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ユーグレナ石垣港離島ターミナル","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Ishigaki Port Ritou Terminal in central Ishigaki is where Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry run every high-speed boat to Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Iriomote, Hatoma and Hateruma, about 30 minutes by taxi or…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-port/ishigaki-port-morning.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-port%2Fishigaki-port-morning.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Early light falls on the island ferries tied up at the piers of Ishigaki's Ritou Terminal while a cruise ship rides at anchor out in the harbour.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_rito_terminal_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-taketomi","name":"Ishigaki to Taketomi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-taketomi","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜竹富港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry run high-speed boats from Ishigaki to Taketomi in 10–15 minutes for ¥970 one way, 18 departures a day between them in winter 2026/27, and only Anei's boats load an unbagged bicycle.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-taketomi/ishigaki-taketomi-churasan-2.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-taketomi%2Fishigaki-taketomi-churasan-2.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The blue and white Yaeyama Kanko Ferry boat Churasan 2 shows an Ishigaki to Taketomi sign on its upper deck as it waits at Ishigaki Port.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YKF_churasan2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-uehara","name":"Ishigaki to Uehara (Iriomote)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-uehara","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港〜上原港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry each run four high-speed boats a day from Ishigaki to Uehara on Iriomote's north coast in winter 2026/27; the 45–55 minute crossing costs ¥3,290 one way and cancels often in winter…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-uehara/ishigaki-uehara-paijima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-uehara%2Fishigaki-uehara-paijima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Anei Kanko catamaran Paijima with its name on the bow lies moored at the covered pier in Uehara Port on Iriomote.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paijima_anchored_at_Uehara_Port.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-yonaguni","name":"Ishigaki to Yonaguni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ishigaki-yonaguni","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣港（八島）〜久部良港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Fukuyama Kaiun's Ferry Yonakuni sails between Ishigaki and Yonaguni twice a week each way in about 4 hours for ¥3,610, from Ishigaki on Mondays and Thursdays and from Yonaguni on Tuesdays and Fridays, and it carries a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-yonaguni/ishigaki-yonaguni-ferry-yonakuni.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-yonaguni%2Fishigaki-yonaguni-ferry-yonakuni.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Yonakuni with its name in Japanese on the bow lies moored at the quay of Kubura Port on Yonaguni.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Ferry_Yonakuni.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"izena-port","name":"Nakada Port (Izena-jima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/izena-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.9287,"lng":127.9522},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"仲田港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Nakada Port on the east side of Izena-jima is where Izena Village's Ferry Izena Shoen lands from Unten Port in Nakijin after about 55 minutes. It sails twice a day, leaving Izena at 9:00 and 13:30.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"jac","name":"Japan Air Commuter (JAC)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/jac","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"日本エアコミューター","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Japan Air Commuter (JAC) is the JAL group airline that flies ATR turboprops to Kagoshima Prefecture's outer islands, and in Ride Okinawa's area it flies Kagoshima–Yoron both ways and a one-way leg from Yoron to Naha.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koj-rnj/koj-rnj-jac-yoron.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoj-rnj%2Fkoj-rnj-jac-yoron.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Japan Air Commuter ATR turboprop bound for Kagoshima boards on the apron at Yoron Airport while a fuel truck waits nearby.","credit":"Narutora / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E4%B8%8E%E8%AB%96%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF%E9%A7%90%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B42019.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"jal","name":"Japan Airlines (JAL)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/jal","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"日本航空","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Japan Airlines flies Tokyo Haneda and Osaka Itami to Naha itself and sells JTA and RAC flights within Okinawa through its own booking system, and it carries a bicycle free inside its 20 kg domestic allowance.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jal/jal-haneda.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjal%2Fjal-haneda.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Japan Airlines Airbus A350 rolls along the runway at Tokyo Haneda with Terminal 1 and parked ANA jets behind it.","credit":"Takeshi Osada / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JA13XJ_Japan_Airlines_Airbus_A350-941_Haneda_Airport_-_Terminal_1.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"jetstar","name":"Jetstar Japan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/jetstar","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ジェットスター・ジャパン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Jetstar Japan flies to Naha, its only Okinawa destination, and a bike costs a purchased checked-bag allowance plus a ¥2,500 oversized fee per flight when added in advance.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jetstar/jetstar-kansai.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjetstar%2Fjetstar-kansai.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A silver Jetstar Japan Airbus A320 with an orange star on its tail lands at Kansai Airport after a flight from Naha.","credit":"lasta29 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jetstar_Japan,_A320-200,_JA07JJ_(18371120841).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"jta","name":"Japan Transocean Air (JTA)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/jta","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"日本トランスオーシャン航空","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Japan Transocean Air is the Naha-based JAL group airline that flies Boeing 737-800s from Naha to Ishigaki, Miyako and Kume-jima and from several mainland cities to Okinawa, and it carries a bicycle free inside JAL's 20…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jta/jta-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjta%2Fjta-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Japan Transocean Air Boeing 737 with the JAL crane on its tail taxis at New Ishigaki Airport below green hills and grey cloud.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_airport_(40706).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kohama-port","name":"Kohama Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/kohama-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.3457,"lng":123.9917},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kohama Port is the harbour on Kohama-jima, 25–30 minutes from Ishigaki on Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry boats, with 10 departures a day for Ishigaki between them in winter 2026/27.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kohama-port/kohama-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkohama-port%2Fkohama-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low terminal building of Kohama Port faces the ferry berth across a wide concrete quay on an overcast day.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kohama_Port_Kohamajima_Okinawa_Japan01s3s4440.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"koj","name":"Kagoshima Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/koj","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"鹿児島空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kagoshima Airport (KOJ) has two Solaseed flights a day to Naha and one JAC flight a day to Yoron, and riders can build or pack a bike at its free cycle station.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koj/koj-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoj%2Fkoj-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A covered walkway runs along the kerb in front of the terminal at Kagoshima Airport on a bright day.","credit":"くろふね / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%B9%BF%E5%85%90%E5%B3%B6%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF20210923-IMG_6375.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"koj-rnj","name":"Kagoshima to Yoron","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/koj-rnj","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"鹿児島〜与論","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"JAC flies Kagoshima to Yoron daily in 95 minutes on Kagoshima Airport's timetable (11:10 to 12:45).","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/koj-rnj/koj-rnj-jac-yoron.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkoj-rnj%2Fkoj-rnj-jac-yoron.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Japan Air Commuter ATR turboprop bound for Kagoshima boards on the apron at Yoron Airport while a fuel truck waits nearby.","credit":"Narutora / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E4%B8%8E%E8%AB%96%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF%E9%A7%90%E6%A9%9F%E5%A0%B42019.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kubura-port","name":"Kubura Port (Yonaguni)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/kubura-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.4507,"lng":122.9421},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"久部良港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kubura Port is Yonaguni's ferry harbour, where Fukuyama Kaiun's Ferry Yonakuni leaves for Ishigaki at 9:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays, about 7 minutes by car from Yonaguni Airport.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kubura-port/kubura-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkubura-port%2Fkubura-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A red-tiled shelter and the small passenger terminal stand beside the car park at Kubura Port, with a ferry moored behind them.","credit":"Yasu (talk) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_of_Kubura_passenger_terminal.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kudaka-port","name":"Tokujin Port (Kudaka-jima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/kudaka-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.1542,"lng":127.8855},"region":"south","nameLocal":"徳仁港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tokujin Port is the ferry harbour on the southwest corner of Kudaka-jima, where Kudaka Kaiun's high-speed boat (about 15 minutes) and Ferry Kudaka (about 25 minutes) land from Azama Port in Nanjo on six round trips a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kudaka-port/kudaka-port-tokujin.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkudaka-port%2Fkudaka-port-tokujin.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ferries lie at the quay inside the breakwater of Tokujin Port on Kudaka-jima, with the terminal buildings and green trees behind.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokujin_Port_202401.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kumejima-port","name":"Kanegusuku Port (Kume-jima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/kumejima-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.3414,"lng":126.7532},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"兼城港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kanegusuku Port is Kume-jima's ferry harbour, where Kume Shosen's ferries from Tomari Port in Naha arrive after 3 hours direct or 3 hours 30 minutes via Tonaki, and the Kumejima Ocean Jet high-speed boat from Naha Port…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-port","name":"Kuroshima Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/kuroshima-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.2569,"lng":124.0034},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima Port is the harbour on Kuroshima, 25–30 minutes from Ishigaki, with six departures a day back to Ishigaki between Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry in winter 2026/27.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-port/kuroshima-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-port%2Fkuroshima-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The small red-tiled Kuroshima passenger terminal sits on coral stone footings beside the port car park.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuroshima_kuroshima_port_terminal.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"minna-port","name":"Minna Port (Minna-jima, Motobu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/minna-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.6503,"lng":127.8182},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"水納港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Minna Port is the pier beside Minna Beach on Minna-jima, where Minna Kaiun's boat from Toguchi in Motobu lands after 15 minutes. From November to March it makes three round trips a day, and the last boat back to Motobu…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minna-port/minna-port-waiting-area.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminna-port%2Fminna-port-waiting-area.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low passenger waiting building at Minna Port sits on white sand behind the beach, seen from the end of the concrete pier.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minnajima_port_passenger_ship_waiting_area.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"miyako-buses","name":"Miyako-jima buses","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/miyako-buses","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島の路線バス","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Kyoei Bus runs most of Miyako-jima's route buses, from Hirara to Miyako Airport, Maehama and Kurima, Ueno and Yoshino for ¥170 to ¥560 from its garage, and Kyoei and Chuo Kotsu both run flight-timed buses from…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bus","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mmy","name":"Miyako Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/mmy","coordinates":{"lat":24.7794,"lng":125.2975},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako Airport (MMY) is Miyako-jima's main airport, 15 to 25 minutes by car from Hirara, with JTA, RAC and ANA flights from Naha, RAC hops to Tarama and Ishigaki, Miyako Kyoei Bus routes into town from ¥290, and a free…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mmy/mmy-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmmy%2Fmmy-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Potted bougainvillea line a paved forecourt in front of Miyako Airport's terminal and its red tiled roofs.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_Airport_Okinawa_Japan01s3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mmy-ish","name":"Miyako to Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/mmy-ish","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"宮古〜石垣","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC flies twice a day and ANA once a day each way between Miyako and Ishigaki in November 2026, and the hop takes 30–35 minutes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana/ana-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana%2Fana-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ground crew stand in front of an ANA Boeing 787 parked at New Ishigaki Airport under a blue sky with big white clouds.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_airport_(57840).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"mmy-tra","name":"Miyako to Tarama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/mmy-tra","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古〜多良間","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC flies Miyako to Tarama twice a day each way in 25 minutes on Miyako Airport's October 2026 schedule, and Tarama Kaiun's ferry from Hirara takes 2 hours and carries bikes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mmy-tra/mmy-tra-rac-tarama.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmmy-tra%2Fmmy-tra-rac-tarama.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Passengers walk across the apron at Tarama Airport toward a Ryukyu Air Commuter Dash 8 with the JAL crane on its tail.","credit":"ジガンザン8108 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%AF%E9%96%93%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF%E3%81%AE%E3%83%9C%E3%83%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A2DHC8-Q400CC%E6%A9%9F.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"motobu-ie","name":"Motobu to Ie-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/motobu-ie","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"本部港〜伊江港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ie Village's ferries cross from Motobu Port to Ie-jima in 30 minutes for ¥730 one way, four round trips a day on the normal timetable, and carry a bicycle for ¥600.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/gusuku-yama/gusuku-yama-from-ferry.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgusuku-yama%2Fgusuku-yama-from-ferry.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The rocky cone of Gusuku-yama rises above the white houses of Ie village as the ferry from Motobu approaches the harbour wall","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Gusuku_on_Ie_Island_202604_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"motobu-port","name":"Motobu Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/motobu-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.6413,"lng":127.8801},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"本部港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Motobu Port on the Motobu peninsula is the departure point for Ie Village's 30-minute ferries to Ie-jima, four round trips a day, and a call for the A-Line and Marix Line ferries between Naha and Yoron.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-port/motobu-port-ferry-gusuku.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-port%2Fmotobu-port-ferry-gusuku.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Gusuku waits at the quay in Motobu Port before its crossing to Ie-jima, with green hills rising behind the harbour","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Gusuku_at_Motobu_Port_202604.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"naha-motobu-yoron","name":"Naha and Motobu to Yoron by ferry","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/naha-motobu-yoron","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"那覇港・本部港〜与論港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The A-Line and Marix Line ferries leave Naha at 7:00 and Motobu at 9:20 daily and reach Yoron at 11:50. From Naha the 4 hour 50 minute trip costs ¥4,290 in second class plus a ¥960 fuel adjustment (September 2026), and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-motobu-yoron/naha-motobu-yoron-queen-coral-plus.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-motobu-yoron%2Fnaha-motobu-yoron-queen-coral-plus.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Marix Line car ferry Queen Coral Plus with MARIX LINE on its blue hull sails across turquoise water off Yoron.","credit":"Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Coral_Plus_near_Island_of_Yoronjima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"naha-port","name":"Naha Port passenger terminal (Naha Futo)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/naha-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.2113,"lng":127.6698},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇港 船客待合所（那覇ふ頭）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Naha Port passenger terminal in Tsudo-cho, about 10–15 minutes' walk from Asahibashi station, is where the A-Line and Marix Line ferries for Motobu, Yoron and Kagoshima leave at 7:00 each morning, and the Kumejima…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-port/naha-port-passenger-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-port%2Fnaha-port-passenger-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Naha Futo passenger waiting building has its name in Japanese on the wall, with a white A-Line ferry docked behind it across the road.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Wharf_Passenger_Waiting_Area.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ogn","name":"Yonaguni Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ogn","coordinates":{"lat":24.4654,"lng":122.9798},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaguni Airport (OGN) is a five-minute ride on the free town bus from Sonai, with RAC flying twice a day from Naha and three times a day from Ishigaki as of March 2026, and JAL rental bicycles at the check-in counter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ogn/ogn-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fogn%2Fogn-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white terminal of Yonaguni Airport has patterned breeze-block walls and red lettering under a blue sky with summer clouds.","credit":"Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terminal_building_in_Yonaguni_Airport_Ryukyu,_JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ohara-port","name":"Ohara Port (Iriomote)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ohara-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.2719,"lng":123.8841},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"大原港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ohara Port on the south-east coast of Iriomote is 40–45 minutes from Ishigaki, sails more often than Uehara in north wind by Anei Kanko's account, and in winter it takes the Uehara passengers when the north-coast route…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ohara-port/ohara-port-nakamarin.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fohara-port%2Fohara-port-nakamarin.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red-tiled Nakamarin passenger waiting building at Ohara Port on Iriomote has its name over the entrance and cars parked out front.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakamarin_waiting_area.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ohara-taketomi","name":"Ohara (Iriomote) to Taketomi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ohara-taketomi","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"大原港〜竹富港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Anei Kanko's 14:00 from Ohara on Iriomote calls at Taketomi on its way to Ishigaki and gets there in 35–45 minutes for ¥2,320. No other sailing on either company's winter timetable links the two islands directly.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka","name":"Naha Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka","coordinates":{"lat":26.2063,"lng":127.6508},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Naha Airport (OKA) sits 13 minutes by Yui Rail from Kencho-mae in central Naha, and its single passenger terminal handles domestic and international flights, with expressway buses to Nago and the Churaumi Aquarium, the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/airport-limousine/airport-limousine-okinawa-bus-98.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fairport-limousine%2Fairport-limousine-okinawa-bus-98.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue Okinawa Bus coach running the airport limousine service waits at the bus stand outside Naha Airport on a wet day.","credit":"地図帳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_airport_limousine_bus_98.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-ish","name":"Naha to Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-ish","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"那覇〜石垣","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Naha to Ishigaki is a flight of about 1 hour with 14 departures a day from Naha in November 2026 on JTA, ANA and Solaseed Air, and all three carry a bike inside their free allowances.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ana/ana-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fana%2Fana-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ground crew stand in front of an ANA Boeing 787 parked at New Ishigaki Airport under a blue sky with big white clouds.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_airport_(57840).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-mmy","name":"Naha to Miyako","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-mmy","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"那覇〜宮古","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Naha to Miyako is a flight of about 50 minutes, with 13 departures a day each way on JTA, ANA and RAC on Miyako Airport's October 2026 schedule, and Skymark flies Naha to Shimojishima, Miyako's second airport.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-ogn","name":"Naha to Yonaguni","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-ogn","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"那覇〜与那国","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC flies Naha to Yonaguni twice a day each way, according to Yonaguni's tourism site in March 2026, and sells the flights through JAL.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ish-ogn/ish-ogn-rac-yonaguni.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fish-ogn%2Fish-ogn-rac-yonaguni.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Ryukyu Air Commuter Dash 8 with the JAL crane on its tail stands on the apron at Yonaguni Airport in late light as baggage carts wait beside it.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2020-11-03_JA85RC-RYUKYU_AIR_COMMUTER,_Yonaguni_Airport_%E4%B8%8E%E9%82%A3%E5%9B%BD%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF_DSCF7461.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-rnj","name":"Naha to Yoron","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-rnj","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"那覇〜与論","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC flies Naha to Yoron daily in about 40 minutes, by the Yoron tourism association's figure, and the daily A-Line or Marix Line ferry takes 4 hours 50 minutes with room for a bike.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-shi","name":"Naha to Shimojishima (Miyako)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-shi","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"那覇〜宮古（下地島）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Skymark flies Naha to Miyako's Shimojishima Airport twice a day each way in winter 2026/27 in 45–55 minutes, and it takes a bike box up to 280 cm long.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/skymark/skymark-naha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fskymark%2Fskymark-naha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white Skymark Boeing 737 with a yellow star on its blue tail climbs out of Naha Airport against a clear sky.","credit":"Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skymark_B737-800(JA737N)_(4264640442).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"oka-ueo","name":"Naha to Kume-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/oka-ueo","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"那覇〜久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"JTA and RAC fly Naha to Kume-jima six or seven times a day, by the Kumejima Town Tourism Association's count, in about 35 minutes on RAC and 40 on JTA by Kumejima Airport's figures, and JAL adds a Haneda–Kume-jima…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"okinawa-buses","name":"Okinawa main-island route buses","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/okinawa-buses","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄本島の路線バス","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa's main-island route buses are run by Ryukyu Bus Kotsu, Naha Bus, Okinawa Bus and Toyo Bus, with a ¥280 flat fare on Naha city routes and expressway buses from Naha Airport to Nago in about 1 hour 50 minutes…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-buses/okinawa-buses-okinawa-bus-28.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-buses%2Fokinawa-buses-okinawa-bus-28.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A blue and white Okinawa Bus on route 28 stands at the Kencho Kitaguchi stop in central Naha.","credit":"TurnOnTheNight / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Bus_Route_28_at_Kencho_Kitaguchi_bus_stop_20250504092050.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"bus","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"okinawa-taxis","name":"Taxis in Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/okinawa-taxis","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄のタクシー","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa main-island taxis charge ¥630 to ¥650 for the first 1.65 km and ¥100 for each further 350 to 361 m in an ordinary car, within the fare range the Okinawa General Bureau set from 1 October 2026, and the GO app…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"taxi","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"peach","name":"Peach Aviation","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/peach","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ピーチ・アビエーション","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Peach is the ANA group's low-cost airline flying to Naha and Ishigaki, and a bike box costs ¥2,000 as a checked bag on its Minimum fare plus a ¥1,900 size option online when it measures 204 cm or more.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/peach/peach-naha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpeach%2Fpeach-naha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A pink Peach Airbus A320 stands at a jet bridge at Naha Airport, seen past the wing of another plane.","credit":"Dltl2010 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JA820P_(18_Jun_2025).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"rac","name":"Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/rac","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"琉球エアーコミューター","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Air Commuter is the JAL group's turboprop airline for Okinawa's small islands, flying to Yonaguni, Tarama, Yoron and between Miyako and Ishigaki, and it carries a bicycle inside JAL's 20 kg allowance with no…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rac/rac-ishigaki.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frac%2Frac-ishigaki.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Ryukyu Air Commuter Dash 8 taxis past the jet bridges at New Ishigaki Airport with green hills behind the runway.","credit":"USMCkohama125 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Q400_RAC.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"rnj","name":"Yoron Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/rnj","coordinates":{"lat":27.0432,"lng":128.3998},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Airport (RNJ), in Kagoshima Prefecture, takes RAC's daily flight from Naha in about 40 minutes and sits about five minutes by car from Chabana; no bus or taxi serves it, so book a rental car, the island's one…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/rnj/rnj-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Frnj%2Frnj-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white arch spelling YORON stands in front of the low white terminal of Yoron Airport under a blue sky with heavy clouds.","credit":"Si-take at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Terminal_building_in_Yoron_Airport_Kagoshima,_JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shi","name":"Shimojishima Airport (Miyako Shimojishima Airport Terminal)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/shi","coordinates":{"lat":24.8283,"lng":125.1491},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"下地島空港（みやこ下地島空港ターミナル）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shimojishima Airport (SHI) is Miyako's second airport, on Shimoji beside Irabu, where Skymark flies from Haneda, Kobe and Naha and Jin Air and Starlux fly from Korea and Taiwan; its terminal has a bike-assembly stand…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shimoji/shimoji-airport-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshimoji%2Fshimoji-airport-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from an aircraft, the long runway of Shimojishima Airport runs the length of Shimoji between its reef edge and the farmland of Irabu.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shimojishima_Okinawa_Japan01s3s3900.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"shimajiri-ogami","name":"Shimajiri to Ogami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/shimajiri-ogami","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"島尻漁港〜大神島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ogami Kaiun's boat crosses from Shimajiri fishing port on Miyako's north coast to Ogami in about 15 minutes, four times a day each way, for ¥370 one way, and it takes no bookings.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"skymark","name":"Skymark Airlines","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/skymark","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"スカイマーク","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Skymark is the airline for Shimojishima, with two flights a day from Naha plus Haneda and Kobe in winter 2026/27, and it flies Haneda, Kobe, Fukuoka, Chubu and Ibaraki to Naha. It carries a bike box up to 280 cm long…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/skymark/skymark-naha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fskymark%2Fskymark-naha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A white Skymark Boeing 737 with a yellow star on its blue tail climbs out of Naha Airport against a clear sky.","credit":"Kentaro Iemoto from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skymark_B737-800(JA737N)_(4264640442).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"solaseed","name":"Solaseed Air","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/solaseed","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ソラシドエア","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Solaseed Air flies Naha–Ishigaki twice a day and links Naha with Haneda, Kobe, Kagoshima, Chubu, Fukuoka and Miyazaki, and it carries a bicycle free as one of two 23 kg pieces, with sports items accepted up to 292 cm.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/solaseed/solaseed-naha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsolaseed%2Fsolaseed-naha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A Solaseed Air Boeing 737 with a lime green tail taxis past the terminal at Naha Airport.","credit":"Alec Wilson from Hampton-in-Arden, United Kingdom / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JA806X_(45099631532).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airline","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"taketomi-port","name":"Taketomi Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/taketomi-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.3357,"lng":124.1},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富東港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Taketomi Port is the harbour on Taketomi-jima, 10–15 minutes from Ishigaki with 18 departures a day from Ishigaki between Anei Kanko and Yaeyama Kanko Ferry in winter 2026/27.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi-port/taketomi-port-pier.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi-port%2Ftaketomi-port-pier.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The covered floating pier of Taketomi Port reaches into calm water under a bright sky while a few people wait at its far end.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taketomi_taketomi_port_pier.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tarama-port","name":"Tarama Port (Futenma and Maedomari)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tarama-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.6445,"lng":124.7211},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"多良間港（普天間港・前泊港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tarama Port is the ferry harbour on Tarama-jima, where Tarama Kaiun's Ferry Tarama Yu arrives from Hirara on Miyako at 11:00 and leaves at 13:00 every day except Sunday. The ferry usually berths at Futenma in the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tarama-port/tarama-port-maedomari-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftarama-port%2Ftarama-port-maedomari-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from a plane, a dredged channel runs through the reef into the breakwaters of the Maedomari harbour on the north coast of Tarama-jima.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarama_tarama_port_maedomari.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"toguchi-minna","name":"Toguchi (Motobu) to Minna-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/toguchi-minna","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"渡久地港〜水納島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Minna Kaiun's New Wing Minna II crosses from Toguchi Port in Motobu to Minna-jima in 15 minutes for ¥1,050 one way, three times a day each way from November to March.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minna/minna-ferry-new-wing.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminna%2Fminna-ferry-new-wing.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white ferry New Wing Minna 2 waits at the quay on Minna with its striped stern toward the open sea on a bright winter day","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_wing_minna2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"toguchi-port","name":"Toguchi Port (Motobu)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/toguchi-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.659,"lng":127.8894},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"渡久地港（本部港渡久地地区）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Toguchi Port at Tancha 29 in Motobu town is where Minna Kaiun's boat leaves for Minna-jima, and the 15-minute crossing runs three times a day from November to March.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/toguchi-port/toguchi-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoguchi-port%2Ftoguchi-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Cars fill the car park in front of the Toguchi passenger terminal at Motobu, which has a Minna-jima sign on its front, under heavy grey cloud.","credit":"Narutora / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motobuport-toguchi.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tokashiki-port","name":"Tokashiki Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tokashiki-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.1991,"lng":127.3695},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiki Port is the village harbour on the east coast of Tokashiki-jima, where Tokashiki Village's Marine Liner (40 minutes) and Ferry Tokashiki (70 minutes) land from Naha's Tomari Port, and village buses run on to…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tokashiki-port/tokashiki-port-waiting-area.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftokashiki-port%2Ftokashiki-port-waiting-area.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Travellers with a pink suitcase wait under the canopy of the red-tiled Tokashiki Port passenger building, which has its name in Japanese above the door.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokashiki_port_passenger_waiting_area.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tomari-aka","name":"Tomari Port to Aka","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tomari-aka","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"泊港〜阿嘉港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Zamami Village's boats reach Aka-jima from Naha's Tomari Port in 50 minutes on the high-speed Queen Zamami 3 (¥3,950 one way) or 90 minutes on the car ferry Ferry Zamami 3 (¥2,900), and the ferry carries a bicycle as…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka/aka-port-and-ohashi.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka%2Faka-port-and-ohashi.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A ferry sits at Aka Port below a wooded hill on Geruma, and the curved Aka Ohashi bridge crosses the blue channel between the two islands","credit":"ja:User:Si-take. / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Aka_and_Geruma_Island,Okinawa_JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tomari-kume","name":"Naha to Kume-jima by sea","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tomari-kume","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"泊港〜渡名喜〜久米島（兼城港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kume Shosen's ferries take 3 hours from Naha's Tomari Port to Kume-jima direct, or 3 hours 30 minutes via Tonaki, for ¥3,970 one way and ¥1,400 for a bicycle (fares from 1 October 2026), and the Kumejima Ocean Jet's…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tomari-kume/tomari-kume-ferry-ryukyu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftomari-kume%2Ftomari-kume-ferry-ryukyu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Kume Line car ferry Ferry Ryukyu with its name on the bow crosses Naha harbour in front of grain silos and warehouses.","credit":"Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Ryukyu_entering_Port_of_Naha.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tomari-port","name":"Tomari Port (Tomarin)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tomari-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.2237,"lng":127.6838},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"泊港（とまりん）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tomari Port in Naha is the harbour for the Kerama and Kume-jima boats, and the village boats and Kume Shosen's ferries sell tickets in its Tomarin terminal building. Miebashi station on the Yui Rail is about a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tomari-port/tomari-breakwater-ferries.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftomari-port%2Ftomari-breakwater-ferries.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A rock breakwater curls into the blue water of Tomari harbour while large ferries wait at the quays behind under a bright sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tomari_Fishing_Port,_Naha,_Okinawa_202407_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tomari-tokashiki","name":"Tomari Port to Tokashiki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tomari-tokashiki","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"泊港〜渡嘉敷港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiki Village's high-speed Marine Liner Tokashiki crosses from Naha's Tomari Port to Tokashiki in 40 minutes for ¥3,300 one way, and the car ferry Ferry Tokashiki takes 70 minutes for ¥2,200 and carries an unbagged…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tokashiki/ferry-tokashiki-tomari.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftokashiki%2Fferry-tokashiki-tomari.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Tokashiki waits at its berth in Naha's Tomari Port beside the curved roof of the terminal building","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Tokashiki.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tomari-zamami","name":"Tomari Port to Zamami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tomari-zamami","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"泊港〜座間味港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Zamami Village's high-speed Queen Zamami 3 runs from Naha's Tomari Port to Zamami-jima in 50 minutes for ¥3,950 one way, and its car ferry Ferry Zamami 3 takes 90 minutes to two hours for ¥2,900 and carries a bicycle…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zamami/ferry-zamami-arriving.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzamami%2Fferry-zamami-arriving.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Passengers line the rails of the white Ferry Zamami III as it slides into harbour in the Keramas below green hills and a stone breakwater","credit":"Guillaume 1995 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Zamami_III.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tonaki-port","name":"Tonaki Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tonaki-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.3721,"lng":127.1403},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡名喜港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tonaki Port is the harbour on Tonaki-jima, where Kume Shosen's morning ferry from Tomari Port in Naha arrives after 1 hour 55 minutes and the one from Kume-jima after 1 hour 20 minutes. From November to March those are…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tonaki-port/tonaki-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftonaki-port%2Ftonaki-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The red-tiled Tonaki Village passenger terminal has its name in Japanese on the wall and stands beside a quiet road, with a cat on the forecourt and the sea behind.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tonaki_Ferry_Terminal_202407_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tra","name":"Tarama Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tra","coordinates":{"lat":24.6541,"lng":124.6775},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"多良間空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"RAC links Tarama Airport (TRA) on Tarama-jima with Miyako twice a day each way in about 25 minutes, First Flying flies there from Ishigaki, and the village runs a shuttle timed to the flights because the island has no…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tra/tra-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftra%2Ftra-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Tarama Airport's terminal spreads under red tiled roofs below a tall bank of white cloud, with a white van parked at the kerb.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tarama_tarama_airport_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tsuken-port","name":"Tsuken Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/tsuken-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.2446,"lng":127.9353},"region":"central","nameLocal":"津堅港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tsuken Port is the harbour on Tsuken-jima off the Katsuren peninsula, where Kamiya Kanko's boats from Heshikiya in Uruma land five times a day in 15 to 30 minutes, and the last boat back to the main island leaves at…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsuken-port/tsuken-port-carrot-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsuken-port%2Ftsuken-port-carrot-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Carrot Island Marine Terminal at Tsuken Port has red pillars along its front and its name in Japanese above them.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carrot.island.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"uehara-port","name":"Uehara Port (Iriomote)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/uehara-port","coordinates":{"lat":24.418,"lng":123.7998},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"上原港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Uehara Port on Iriomote's north coast is 45–55 minutes from Ishigaki, and in winter north wind its boats cancel often and divert passengers through Ohara.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/uehara-port/uehara-port-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fuehara-port%2Fuehara-port-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low Uehara Port ferry terminal on Iriomote stands beside an empty forecourt in early morning sun.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_uehara_port_terminal.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ueo","name":"Kumejima Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ueo","coordinates":{"lat":26.3649,"lng":126.7176},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kumejima Airport (UEO) is Kume-jima's airport, about 35 minutes from Naha on RAC and 40 on JTA, with six rental-car desks in the arrivals hall and a flight-timed town bus to the Eef Beach hotels in 38 minutes for ¥500.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ueo/ueo-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fueo%2Fueo-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two people walk across the apron toward the terminal of Kumejima Airport, which carries KUMEJIMA in red letters on its upper floor.","credit":"ブルーノ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kumejima.airports2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ukb","name":"Kobe Airport","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ukb","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"神戸空港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kobe Airport (UKB) has direct flights to Naha on Skymark and Solaseed, and Skymark's daily flight to Shimojishima for the Miyako islands leaves Kobe at 10:40 on its winter 2026/27 timetable.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ukb/ukb-terminal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fukb%2Fukb-terminal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Kobe Airport's terminal shows KOBE on its upper wall above baggage carts parked on the apron under a streaked blue sky.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kobe_Airport06s5s3200.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"airport","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ukb-shi","name":"Kobe to Shimojishima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/ukb-shi","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"神戸〜宮古（下地島）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Skymark flies Kobe to Shimojishima once a day in winter 2026/27; the flight leaves Kobe at 10:40 and lands at 13:15.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"flight","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"unten-iheya","name":"Unten to Iheya-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/unten-iheya","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"運天港〜伊平屋島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Iheya Village's Ferry Iheya 3 sails from Unten Port in Nakijin to Iheya-jima in 80 minutes, twice a day, for ¥2,480 one way plus a ¥100 village tax, and carries a bicycle for ¥1,030.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/unten-iheya/unten-iheya-ferry-iheya-3.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Funten-iheya%2Funten-iheya-ferry-iheya-3.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white Ferry Iheya III with its name in Japanese on the bow sits moored at the quay of Maedomari Port on Iheya-jima.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Iheya_III_at_Maedomari_Port,_Iheya_Island_202603.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"unten-izena","name":"Unten to Izena-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/unten-izena","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"運天港〜伊是名（仲田港）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Izena Village's Ferry Izena Shoen sails from Unten Port in Nakijin to Izena-jima in about 55 minutes, twice a day, for ¥1,840 one way plus a ¥100 village tax, and carries a bicycle for ¥710.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"unten-port","name":"Unten Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/unten-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.6775,"lng":127.9976},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"運天港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Unten Port in Nakijin is the departure point for the village ferries to Iheya-jima (80 minutes) and Izena-jima (55 minutes), each twice a day, and Iheya Village notes that the port has no car park.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yoron-port","name":"Yoron Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/yoron-port","coordinates":{"lat":27.0364,"lng":128.401},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron Port is the harbour on Yoron-jima in Kagoshima Prefecture, where the daily A-Line or Marix Line ferry from Naha (4 hours 50 minutes) and Motobu (2 hours 30 minutes) arrives at 11:50 and the southbound boat leaves…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yoron-port/yoron-port-pier.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyoron-port%2Fyoron-port-pier.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Containers sit on the long concrete pier of Yoron Port, which reaches out into deep blue water below a rocky shore.","credit":"Rsa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoron_Port_Kagoshima_Kagoshima_JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yui-rail","name":"Yui Rail (Okinawa Urban Monorail)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/yui-rail","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"ゆいレール（沖縄都市モノレール線）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yui Rail is Naha's 17 km monorail, running all 19 stations from Naha Airport to Tedako-Uranishi in Urasoe in 37 minutes, with adult fares of ¥250 to ¥390 and trains from Naha Airport between 6:00 and 23:30…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yui-rail/yui-rail-asahimachi.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyui-rail%2Fyui-rail-asahimachi.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A two-car Yui Rail monorail train in silver and red glides along its concrete guideway above Naha against a blue sky full of white clouds","credit":"MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa-Monorail_Series1000_Asahimachi.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"monorail","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"zamami-aka","name":"Zamami to Aka (village boat Mitsushima)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/zamami-aka","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味〜阿嘉（村内航路みつしま）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Mitsushima is Zamami Village's own boat between Zamami and Aka; it crosses in 15 minutes four times a day for ¥500, and on request it runs on to Aharen on Tokashiki in 35 minutes for ¥1,100.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zamami-aka/zamami-aka-mitsushima-aharen.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzamami-aka%2Fzamami-aka-mitsushima-aharen.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The small Zamami Village boat Mitsushima with its name painted on the stern is tied up at the floating pier in Aharen Port.","credit":"Tetsuji / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitsushima@Aharen_port.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"ferry","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"zamami-port","name":"Zamami Port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/getting-around/zamami-port","coordinates":{"lat":26.2265,"lng":127.3014},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味港","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Zamami Port is the harbour in Zamami village, where Zamami Village's Queen Zamami 3 (50 minutes) and Ferry Zamami 3 (about two hours) arrive from Naha and the village boat Mitsushima leaves for Aka four times a day.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zamami/ferry-zamami-arriving.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzamami%2Fferry-zamami-arriving.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Passengers line the rails of the white Ferry Zamami III as it slides into harbour in the Keramas below green hills and a stone breakwater","credit":"Guillaume 1995 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferry_Zamami_III.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"port","status":"unverified"}}]},"events":{"label":"Event","plural":"Events","noun":"events and seasons","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events","items":[{"slug":"beach-opening","name":"Beach opening season (umibiraki)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/beach-opening","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"海開き","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa's beaches hold their umibiraki (海開き, opening ceremonies) between late March and late April, and OCVB says the swimming season then lasts until about October. The Yaeyama Islands hold their beach opening in March.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/beach-opening/beach-opening-aharen-swimmer.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbeach-opening%2Fbeach-opening-aharen-swimmer.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A swimmer floats on a pink ring in clear turquoise water off Aharen Beach on Tokashiki, and the rocky green islet of Hanarejima rises behind","credit":"SteFou! / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerama_Island_-_6080688995.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"season","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-03-22","end":"2026-03-22","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4139","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4163"}},{"slug":"cherry-blossom-season","name":"Okinawa cherry blossom season","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/cherry-blossom-season","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"沖縄の桜（カンヒザクラ）の季節","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa's cherry blossom season runs from January to mid-February, when the deep pink kanhizakura (寒緋桜) opens first in the north of Okinawa Island and the bloom works its way south. The big festivals at Yaedake in…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cherry-blossom-season/cherry-blossom-mejiro-naha.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcherry-blossom-season%2Fcherry-blossom-mejiro-naha.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A green Japanese white-eye hangs upside down to feed among deep pink Kanhizakura blossoms against a clear blue winter sky in Naha","credit":"rorisi_okinawa / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/186168935@N02/49320775952"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"season","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4102"}},{"slug":"churashima-okinawa-century-run","name":"Churashima Okinawa Century Run","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/churashima-okinawa-century-run","coordinates":null,"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"美ら島オキナワセンチュリーラン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Churashima Okinawa Century Run was a January ride from Onna with a 167 km century course through central and northern Okinawa, last confirmed as its 10th edition on 19–20 January 2019; we found no later edition, so…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/churashima-okinawa-century-run/churashima-okinawa-century-run-onna-coast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchurashima-okinawa-century-run%2Fchurashima-okinawa-century-run-onna-coast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The coast road in Onna curves along a rocky seawall toward a pale beach as Mount Onna rises over the bay","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Onna_from_Akatida_Banta_2018.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2013,"start":"2013-01-20","end":"2013-01-20","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/prentry-201848.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2019,"start":"2019-01-19","end":"2019-01-20","status":"confirmed","source":"https://cs.sportsentry.ne.jp/feature/english/event/76135e.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}]}},{"slug":"cycle-ball-okiichi","name":"Cycle Ball Okiichi (Okinawa island loop challenge)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/cycle-ball-okiichi","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"サイクルボール おきいち","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Cycle Ball Okiichi was Tour de Nippon's Okinawa island-loop challenge for winter 2025–26, a free app-tracked ride of 15 to 380 km open from 21 November 2025 to 15 February 2026 plus a supported 415 km group loop on…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/cycle-ball-okiichi/cycle-ball-okiichi-cape-hedo.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fcycle-ball-okiichi%2Fcycle-ball-okiichi-cape-hedo.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A path crosses green scrub to the monument on the tip of Cape Hedo, where deep blue sea surrounds the northern end of Okinawa","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Hedo_202011.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-02-07","end":"2026-02-10","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/prtimes/entry-4834387.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://tour-de-nippon.jp/cycle-ball/"}},{"slug":"eisa-festival","name":"Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/eisa-festival","coordinates":null,"region":"central","nameLocal":"沖縄全島エイサーまつり","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Zento Eisa Festival brings eisa drum dance groups from across the island to Okinawa City on the first weekend after the lunar Obon holiday. The 71st festival ran from 4 to 6 September 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/eisa-festival/eisa-festival-koza-street-drummers.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feisa-festival%2Feisa-festival-koza-street-drummers.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Eisa drummers in white and purple swing their drums along a lit street in Okinawa City during the 2010 Okinawa International Carnival while a crowd watches from the kerb","credit":"TSGT Jason W. Edwards / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_eisa_folk_dancing_troupe_performs_at_the_2010_Okinawa_International_Carnival_Nov_101127-F-HZ730-008.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-09-04","end":"2026-09-06","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.zentoeisa.com/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.zentoeisa.com/"}},{"slug":"ie-jima-lily-festival","name":"Ie-jima Lily Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/ie-jima-lily-festival","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江島ゆり祭り","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Ie-jima Lily Festival fills Lily Field Park on Ie-jima with white Easter lilies (teppō-yuri) and lilies from around the world from late April into early May. The 29th festival ran from 25 April to 5 May 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ie-jima-lily-festival/ie-jima-lily-festival-field.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fie-jima-lily-festival%2Fie-jima-lily-festival-field.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rows of white Easter lilies fill Lily Field Park on Ie-jima with the sea and a low green headland behind.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iejima_Lily_Festival_202604_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-04-25","end":"2026-05-05","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.iejima.org/document/2026032600047/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.iejima.org/document/2026032600047/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-marathon","name":"Ishigaki Island Marathon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/ishigaki-marathon","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島マラソン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Ishigaki Island Marathon starts and finishes at Ishigaki City Central Sports Park with races from 10 km up to the full marathon. The 24th edition is on Sunday 17 January 2027, and online entry closes on 31 October…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"running","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2027,"start":"2027-01-17","end":"2027-01-17","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.ishigakijima-marathon.jp/outline/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.ishigakijima-marathon.jp/"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-triathlon","name":"Ishigaki Triathlon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/ishigaki-triathlon","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島トライアスロン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Ishigaki Triathlon is an Olympic-distance race on Ishigaki (1.5 km swim, 40 km bike, 10 km run) held in April; the 2027 race is on Sunday 18 April, and the 2026 race ran on 12 April.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sport","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2024,"start":"2024-04-21","end":"2024-04-21","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ishigaki-triathlon.jp/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-04-12","end":"2026-04-12","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ishigaki-triathlon.jp/%e5%a4%a7%e4%bc%9a%e7%b5%82%e4%ba%86%e3%81%ae%e3%81%8a%e7%9f%a5%e3%82%89%e3%81%9b/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2027,"start":"2027-04-18","end":"2027-04-18","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ishigaki-triathlon.jp/2027%e5%a4%a7%e4%bc%9a%e9%96%8b%e5%82%ac%e6%97%a5%e6%b1%ba%e5%ae%9a%ef%bc%81/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://ishigaki-triathlon.jp/"}},{"slug":"jellyfish-season","name":"Habu-kurage box jellyfish season","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/jellyfish-season","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"ハブクラゲ発生注意報","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Prefecture's habu-kurage warning runs from 1 June to 30 September, the months when this venomous box jellyfish stings the most swimmers. In 2025 habu-kurage caused 81 of the 199 stings and bites by dangerous…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/jellyfish-season/jellyfish-season-habu-kurage.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fjellyfish-season%2Fjellyfish-season-habu-kurage.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A habu-kurage box jellyfish with a square pale bell swims sideways in an aquarium tank and trails long thin tentacles behind it","credit":"Totti / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chironex_yamaguchii_Enosui_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"season","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-06-01","end":"2026-09-30","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/005/048/r8japanese.pdf","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.pref.okinawa.lg.jp/kurashikankyo/petgaiju/1018721/1005068/1005048.html"}},{"slug":"miyakojima-triathlon","name":"All Japan Triathlon Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/miyakojima-triathlon","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"全日本トライアスロン宮古島大会","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The All Japan Triathlon Miyakojima is a 168.195 km race on Miyako-jima (3 km swim, 123 km bike, 42.195 km run) held each April; the 41st edition is on Sunday 25 April 2027, with entries open 1–31 October 2026 at ¥65,000.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyakojima-triathlon/miyakojima-triathlon-1991-finish.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyakojima-triathlon%2Fmiyakojima-triathlon-1991-finish.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two triathletes wearing race numbers walk to the finish together at night during the 1991 All Japan Triathlon Miyakojima as a cameraman films them","credit":"谷本 一郎 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%85%A8%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E5%AE%AE%E5%8F%A4%E5%B3%B6%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sport","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-04-20","end":"2025-04-20","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/sports/entry-3515841.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-04-19","end":"2026-04-19","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/sports/entry-5200183.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2027,"start":"2027-04-25","end":"2027-04-25","status":"confirmed","source":"https://tri-miyako.com/guidelines/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://tri-miyako.com/"}},{"slug":"motobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri","name":"Motobu Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/motobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"もとぶ八重岳桜まつり","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Motobu Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival opens in mid-January at Yaedake Sakura-no-Mori Park in Motobu, where more than 7,000 kanhizakura trees line the road of about 4 km to the 453.4 m summit. The 48th festival ran…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri/motobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri-slope.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri%2Fmotobu-yaedake-sakura-matsuri-slope.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pink cherry trees and a tall tree fern line the slopes of Mount Yae in Motobu above a road with parked cars.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_at_Mount_Yae_202001_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-01-18","end":"2025-02-02","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.motobu-ka.com/event_info/event_info-post-2776/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-01-17","end":"2026-02-08","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.motobu-ka.com/event_info/event_info-post-3075/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.motobu-ka.com/event_info/event_info-post-3075/"}},{"slug":"nago-sakura-matsuri","name":"Nago Cherry Blossom Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/nago-sakura-matsuri","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"名護さくら祭り","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Nago Cherry Blossom Festival takes over Nago Castle Park and the centre of Nago on the last weekend of January. The 64th festival is planned for 30–31 January 2027.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nago-sakura-matsuri/nago-castle-park-sakura-steps.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnago-sakura-matsuri%2Fnago-castle-park-sakura-steps.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Deep pink Kanhizakura branches and red and white paper lanterns hang over the long stone stairway of Nago Castle Park, with the town spread out below","credit":"アラツク / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nago-jyo_Park_Sakura.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-01-31","end":"2026-02-01","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4102","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2027,"start":"2027-01-30","end":"2027-01-31","status":"confirmed","source":"https://nagomun.or.jp/recommend/18205/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://nagomun.or.jp/recommend/18205/"}},{"slug":"naha-marathon","name":"NAHA Marathon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/naha-marathon","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"NAHAマラソン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The NAHA Marathon runs 42.195 km from central Naha through the southern towns of Haebaru, Yaese, Itoman and Tomigusuku by way of the Peace Memorial Park. The 40th race is on Sunday 6 December 2026, with 30,000 places…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-marathon/naha-marathon-finish-arch.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-marathon%2Fnaha-marathon-finish-arch.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Finishers walk under the white arch of the NAHA Marathon at the stadium in Naha as palm trees and floodlight towers stand against a cloudy sky","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NAHA_Marathon03n.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"running","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-12-07","end":"2025-12-07","status":"confirmed","source":"https://naha-marathon.jp/course","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-12-06","end":"2026-12-06","status":"confirmed","source":"https://naha-marathon.jp/info","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://naha-marathon.jp/"}},{"slug":"naha-tug-of-war","name":"Naha Great Tug-of-War","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/naha-tug-of-war","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇大綱挽","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Naha Great Tug-of-War pulls a 200 m rice-straw rope weighing 40 tonnes across Route 58 at the Kumoji crossing in central Naha. The 56th tug is planned for Sunday 11 October 2026, from 13:30 to 16:10.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-tug-of-war/naha-tug-of-war-rope-58.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-tug-of-war%2Fnaha-tug-of-war-rope-58.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"One half of the giant straw tug-of-war rope lies along Route 58 in Naha with its looped head raised on a red and white frame beside two flags","credit":"Matthew Rings / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Rope_001.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-10-11","end":"2026-10-11","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.naha-otsunahiki.org/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.naha-otsunahiki.org/"}},{"slug":"nakijin-gusuku-sakura-matsuri","name":"Nakijin Gusuku Cherry Blossom Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/nakijin-gusuku-sakura-matsuri","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"今帰仁グスク桜まつり","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Nakijin Gusuku Cherry Blossom Festival lights up the stone walls of Nakijin Castle (今帰仁城跡) while its kanhizakura are in bloom. The 19th festival ran from 31 January to 8 February 2026, and the 2027 dates had not…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-01-31","end":"2026-02-08","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4102","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}]}},{"slug":"okinawa-cycling-association-monthly-ride","name":"Okinawa Cycling Association monthly ride","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/okinawa-cycling-association-monthly-ride","coordinates":null,"region":"south","nameLocal":"沖縄県サイクリング協会 月例サイクリング","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Cycling Association's monthly ride is a guided Sunday group ride (33 km in October 2026) for ¥1,500, or ¥1,000 for students, with insurance, snacks and ride leaders included, booked through Okinawa Ringyo…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-12-21","end":"2025-12-21","status":"confirmed","source":"https://okirin.ti-da.net/d2025-12.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-02-15","end":"2026-02-15","status":"confirmed","source":"https://okirin.ti-da.net/d2026-02.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-10-18","end":"2026-10-18","status":"confirmed","source":"https://okirin.ti-da.net/e13152132.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://okirin.ti-da.net/c51642.html"}},{"slug":"okinawa-marathon","name":"Okinawa Marathon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/okinawa-marathon","coordinates":null,"region":"central","nameLocal":"おきなわマラソン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Okinawa Marathon is a full marathon and 10 km road race from the Okinawa Prefectural Sports Park in Okinawa City. The 31st race comes back on Sunday 21 February 2027 after the organisers paused the February 2026…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-marathon/okinawa-marathon-kadena-gate.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-marathon%2Fokinawa-marathon-kadena-gate.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A long stream of runners in red and blue fills the road out of Kadena's gate 5 during the Okinawa Marathon, with town buildings rising behind","credit":"U.S. Air Force 118AW by Senior Airman Luis E. Rios Calderon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Going_the_distance-_Okinawa_Marathon_2025_(8882478).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"running","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2027,"start":"2027-02-21","end":"2027-02-21","status":"confirmed","source":"https://okinawa-marathon.com/outline/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://okinawa-marathon.com/"}},{"slug":"okinawa-spring-camp-baseball","name":"Pro baseball spring camps","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/okinawa-spring-camp-baseball","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"プロ野球春季キャンプ","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"OCVB listed spring camps on Okinawa Island in February 2026 for nine Japanese pro baseball teams and Korea's Samsung Lions, and six of the Japanese teams started on 1 February. The last camp to finish was the Yomiuri…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/okinawa-spring-camp-baseball/okinawa-spring-camp-baseball-ginowan.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fokinawa-spring-camp-baseball%2Fokinawa-spring-camp-baseball-ginowan.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Yokohama DeNA BayStars players in blue warm up on the outfield grass at Ginowan Municipal Baseball Stadium.","credit":"Nacho Anazawa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Explore_Okinawa,_Japanese_pro_baseball_training_camps_begin_150202-F-QQ371-015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sport","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-02-01","end":"2026-03-01","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4638","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.okinawastory.jp/news/tourism/4638"}},{"slug":"paantu","name":"Paantu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/paantu","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島のパーントゥ","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Paantu is a sacred rite of visiting gods held by the villages of Shimajiri and Nobaru on Miyako-jima, and UNESCO listed it in 2018. The villages keep the dates to themselves until just before, because visitors who did…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/paantu/paantu-museum-figures.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpaantu%2Fpaantu-museum-figures.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two life-size Paantu figures with masks and coats of dark vines stand in a display at the Miyakojima City Museum.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_paantou.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.city.miyakojima.lg.jp/soshiki/kyouiku/syougaigakusyu/syougaikakusyu/bunkazai-PantuShimajiri.html"}},{"slug":"ryukyu-kaiensai","name":"Ryukyu Kaiensai fireworks","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/ryukyu-kaiensai","coordinates":null,"region":"central","nameLocal":"琉球海炎祭","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ryukyu Kaiensai is a show of about 10,000 fireworks set to music over Ginowan Tropical Beach, which its organisers bill as the earliest big summer fireworks in Japan. The 2026 show was on Saturday 11 April from 19:00.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-04-11","end":"2026-04-11","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.ryukyu-kaiensai.com/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.ryukyu-kaiensai.com/"}},{"slug":"shurijo-festival","name":"Shurijo Revival Festival","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/shurijo-festival","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","nameLocal":"首里城復興祭（旧・首里城祭）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Shurijo Revival Festival fills Shuri Castle Park and Kokusai-dori with royal processions and performances from 1 to 3 November. The 2026 festival falls in the year the rebuilt main hall of Shuri Castle is completed.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/eisa/eisa-dancers-kokusai-dori.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feisa%2Feisa-dancers-kokusai-dori.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Rows of hand dancers in white head cloths, polka-dot kimono and red sashes raise their arms in step along Kokusai-dori during the Shuri Castle Festival parade","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:131027_Shuri_Castle_Festival_Naha_Okinawa_pref_Japan01s3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-11-01","end":"2025-11-03","status":"confirmed","source":"https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/event/8414/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-11-01","end":"2026-11-03","status":"confirmed","source":"https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/events/detail/10970","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://oki-park.jp/shurijo/events/detail/10970"}},{"slug":"sugar-ride-kumejima","name":"Sugar Ride Kumejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/sugar-ride-kumejima","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"シュガーライド久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Sugar Ride Kumejima is a non-competitive ride on Kumejima with a 90 km Athlete Course and a 45 km round-the-island course; its 13th edition was set for 25–26 April 2026, with entry from ¥13,000 and a few rental e-bike…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-04-25","end":"2026-04-26","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.sugar-ride.com/?page_id=1014","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.sugar-ride.com/"}},{"slug":"sunrise-ride-nakagusuku","name":"Sunrise Ride (Nakagusuku Castle sunrise walk and ride)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/sunrise-ride-nakagusuku","coordinates":{"lat":26.2839,"lng":127.8012},"region":"central","nameLocal":"サンライズライド（中城城跡サンライズウォーク＆サイクリング）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Sunrise Ride is a free early-morning walk and easy 15–18 km ride from Nakagusuku Castle on Okinawa's east coast, run by the four east-coast towns each February or March (1 March 2026), with 25 free loan bikes for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sunrise-ride-nakagusuku/sunrise-ride-nakagusuku-castle-walls.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsunrise-ride-nakagusuku%2Fsunrise-ride-nakagusuku-castle-walls.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Sunlight falls on the tall limestone corner wall of Nakagusuku Castle above a grassy slope scattered with rock","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nakagusuku_Castle04n3104.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-02-23","end":"2025-02-23","status":"confirmed","source":"https://csa.okinawa/sunriseride2025/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-03-01","end":"2026-03-01","status":"confirmed","source":"https://csa.okinawa/sunrise2026/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://csa.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"tour-de-miyakojima","name":"Tour de Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/tour-de-miyakojima","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"ツール・ド・宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tour de Miyakojima was a road race on Miyako-jima held in June or July, last confirmed on 10 June 2018 with 136 km and 74 km courses; no edition has been announced for 2026 or 2027 as of October 2026.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tour-de-miyakojima/tour-de-miyakojima-irabu-bridge-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftour-de-miyakojima%2Ftour-de-miyakojima-irabu-bridge-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The road deck of the Irabu Bridge runs straight across turquoise water toward a low green coast while a white car waits on the wide shoulder","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_Bridge_connecting_Miyako_and_Irabu_islands_(52204289208).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2017,"start":"2017-07-09","end":"2017-07-09","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/entry-531236.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2018,"start":"2018-06-10","end":"2018-06-10","status":"confirmed","source":"https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/entry-735847.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}]}},{"slug":"tour-de-okinawa","name":"Tour de Okinawa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/tour-de-okinawa","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ツール・ド・おきなわ","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tour de Okinawa is the island's big November cycling weekend, held on 7–8 November 2026 around Nago and Yanbaru, with a UCI class 1.2 men's race, citizen races from 10 to 200 km and rides from a 40 km Ie-jima family…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tour-de-okinawa/tour-de-okinawa-finish.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftour-de-okinawa%2Ftour-de-okinawa-finish.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A road racer in a dark team kit crosses the finish line of the Tour de Okinawa with both arms raised as spectators line the barriers","credit":"Bubaye4 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Marangoni_vince_al_Tour_de_Okinawa,_2018.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-11-08","end":"2025-11-09","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.sportsentry.ne.jp/event/t/101523","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-11-07","end":"2026-11-08","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.tour-de-okinawa.jp/outline.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.tour-de-okinawa.jp/"}},{"slug":"typhoon-season","name":"Okinawa typhoon season","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/typhoon-season","coordinates":null,"region":null,"nameLocal":"台風シーズン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa's typhoon season runs from about June to October, and JMA's 1991–2020 normals count 7.7 typhoons a year passing within 300 km of a weather station in the Okinawa region, with August the busiest month at 2.2.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/typhoon-season/typhoon-season-neoguri-satellite.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftyphoon-season%2Ftyphoon-season-neoguri-satellite.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A satellite image shows the spiral of Super Typhoon Neoguri east of Taiwan with its eye heading toward Okinawa.","credit":"NOAA / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Super_Typhoon_Neoguri_bears_down_on_Okinawa,_Japan_Mainland,_taken_by_MTSAT-2_(2268-634).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"season","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.data.jma.go.jp/yoho/typhoon/statistics/average/average.html"}},{"slug":"whale-season-kerama","name":"Kerama humpback whale season","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/whale-season-kerama","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"慶良間諸島のホエールウォッチングシーズン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Humpback whales gather around the Kerama Islands from about late December to early April, and the Okinawa Churashima Foundation puts their mating peak between late January and late February. Zamami's whale-watching…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"season","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-01-08","end":"2026-03-25","status":"confirmed","source":"https://zwwa.okinawa/tour/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://zwwa.okinawa/"}},{"slug":"yaeyama-harvest-festivals","name":"Yaeyama harvest festivals","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/yaeyama-harvest-festivals","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"八重山の豊年祭","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Yaeyama Islands hold their harvest festivals (豊年祭, puurii on Ishigaki) in July and August, and Taketomi's Tanadui and Iriomote's Shitsi follow in the ninth and tenth lunar months. They are village rites for the…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","website":"https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/event/dento/"}},{"slug":"yamaneko-marathon","name":"Taketomi Yamaneko Marathon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/yamaneko-marathon","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富町やまねこマラソン大会","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Taketomi Yamaneko Marathon is a road race on Iriomote that starts and finishes at Uehara Elementary School in the west of the island, with courses from 5 km up to 23 km. The 32nd edition is on Saturday 13 February…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yamaneko-marathon/yamaneko-marathon-wildcat-sign-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyamaneko-marathon%2Fyamaneko-marathon-wildcat-sign-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A yellow sign warning drivers about Iriomote wildcats stands beside a two-lane road on Iriomote that is edged with red rumble strips and thick green forest","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_kendo215_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"running","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2027,"start":"2027-02-13","end":"2027-02-13","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/yamanekomarathon/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.town.taketomi.lg.jp/yamanekomarathon/"}},{"slug":"yoron-jugoya-odori","name":"Yoron Jugoya Odori","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/yoron-jugoya-odori","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論の十五夜踊","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron's Jugoya Odori is a harvest dance offered at Jinushi Shrine (地主神社) in Gusuku village on the 15th day of the third, eighth and tenth lunar months. The last 2026 performance is on Monday 23 November.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"festival","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-05-01","end":"2026-05-01","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.yorontou.info/feature/19142.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-09-25","end":"2026-09-25","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.yorontou.info/feature/19142.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-11-23","end":"2026-11-23","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.yorontou.info/feature/19142.html","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.yorontou.info/feature/19142.html"}},{"slug":"yoron-marathon","name":"Yoron Marathon","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/yoron-marathon","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"ヨロンマラソン","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Yoron Marathon is a full and half marathon on Yoron's outer island road, starting and finishing on the Chabana coast; the 33rd edition is on Sunday 29 November 2026, with about 800 places at ¥10,000.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"running","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2026,"start":"2026-11-29","end":"2026-11-29","status":"confirmed","source":"https://www.yoronmarathon.com/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://www.yoronmarathon.com/"}},{"slug":"yukiya-arashiro-cycling-event","name":"Yukiya Arashiro Cycling Event","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/events/yukiya-arashiro-cycling-event","coordinates":{"lat":24.3546,"lng":124.1366},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"新城幸也サイクリングイベント","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"The Yukiya Arashiro Cycling Event is a non-competitive ride on Ishigaki with the pro cyclist Yukiya Arashiro on the last weekend of November; the 2026 ride is on Sunday 29 November with about 115 km and 1,200 m of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yukiya-arashiro-cycling-event/yukiya-arashiro-cycling-event-ishigaki-coast-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyukiya-arashiro-cycling-event%2Fyukiya-arashiro-cycling-event-ishigaki-coast-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A quiet road curves past grassland and power poles in northeast Ishigaki, where the reef and the open sea fill the horizon","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_roads_(52117330449).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"cycling","status":"unverified","dates":[{"year":2025,"start":"2025-11-29","end":"2025-11-30","status":"confirmed","source":"https://cycletourism-ishigaki.com/information/arsr-cyclingevent2025/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"},{"year":2026,"start":"2026-11-28","end":"2026-11-29","status":"confirmed","source":"https://cycletourism-ishigaki.com/information/arsr-cyclingevent2026/","checkedAt":"2026-10-01"}],"website":"https://cycletourism-ishigaki.com/"}}]},"climate":{"label":"Climate","plural":"Climate","noun":"weather stations","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate","items":[{"slug":"iriomotejima","name":"Iriomotejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/iriomotejima","coordinates":{"lat":24.4267,"lng":123.765},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ishigakijima","name":"Ishigakijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/ishigakijima","coordinates":{"lat":24.3367,"lng":124.1633},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kumejima","name":"Kumejima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/kumejima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3367,"lng":126.8033},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"miyakojima","name":"Miyakojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/miyakojima","coordinates":{"lat":24.7933,"lng":125.2783},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"nago","name":"Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/nago","coordinates":{"lat":26.5933,"lng":127.965},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"名護","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"naha","name":"Naha","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/naha","coordinates":{"lat":26.2067,"lng":127.6867},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"tokashiki","name":"Tokashiki (AMeDAS)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/tokashiki","coordinates":{"lat":26.21,"lng":127.3633},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"yonagunijima","name":"Yonagunijima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/yonagunijima","coordinates":{"lat":24.4667,"lng":123.01},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"yoron","name":"Yoronjima (AMeDAS)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/climate/yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0433,"lng":128.4017},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論島","country":"JP","updated":"2026-10"}]},"routes":{"label":"Route","plural":"Routes","noun":"cycling routes","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes","items":[{"slug":"aka-geruma-bridges","name":"Aka, Geruma and the airport bridge","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/aka-geruma-bridges","coordinates":{"lat":26.1898,"lng":127.2834},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉島・慶留間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","country":"JP","summary":"The Aka and Geruma ride runs 9.7 km with 160 m of climbing by our route data, from Aka Port out to Nishibama Beach and then over the 530 m Aka Ohashi and the Geruma bridge to the Kerama airport and back, and a rental…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka-geruma-bridges/aka-geruma-bridges-village-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka-geruma-bridges%2Faka-geruma-bridges-village-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow lane drops through scrub and silver grass toward the low roofs of Aka village, with rocky islets standing in the sea beyond under a hazy sky.","credit":"Tomaž Vajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aka_Village_2010_(7793).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"chatan-cape-zanpa","name":"Chatan seawall to Cape Zanpa","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/chatan-cape-zanpa","coordinates":{"lat":26.3163,"lng":127.7578},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"北谷〜残波岬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Chatan to Cape Zanpa ride runs 45.8 km out and back with 215 m of climbing by our route data, from American Village along the Sunabe seawall and through the lanes of Kadena to the Yomitan coast and the cliffs of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/chatan-cape-zanpa/chatan-cape-zanpa-dusk-path.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fchatan-cape-zanpa%2Fchatan-cape-zanpa-dusk-path.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A stone path with a wooden rail crosses the low scrub of Cape Zanpa at dusk, with the lighthouse on the far headland and a band of orange light fading over the sea.","credit":"Asacyan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zanpa_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hateruma-loop","name":"Hateruma loop to Japan's southernmost point","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/hateruma-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.06759,"lng":123.76648},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間島一周（ニシ浜・日本最南端の碑）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","country":"JP","summary":"The Hateruma loop is a 15.2 km ride by our route data from Hateruma Port past Nishihama and round the island's ring road to the monument marking Japan's southernmost point at Takanasaki, with 98 m of climbing, no…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hateruma-loop/hateruma-loop-road-to-the-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhateruma-loop%2Fhateruma-loop-road-to-the-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow road on Hateruma runs straight between dark scrub toward a sheet of glittering sea, lit silver by low winter sun through cloud.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_Haterumajima_%E6%B3%A2%E7%85%A7%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E6%B5%B7%E3%81%AB%E8%90%BD%E3%81%A1%E3%82%8B%E9%81%93_DSCF3277.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back","name":"Shigira to Higashi-Hennazaki and back","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back","coordinates":{"lat":24.72377,"lng":125.33884},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"シギラ〜東平安名崎往復","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The ride from Shigira to Higashi-Hennazaki is a 29.4 km out-and-back by our route data along Miyako's south coast to the lighthouse at the island's eastern tip, with 354 m of climbing in short rises, and it suits a…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back/higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back-cape-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhigashi-hennazaki-out-and-back%2Fhigashi-hennazaki-out-and-back-cape-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from the lighthouse, the road on Higashi-hennazaki loops back along the grassy cape between low scrub, with walkers on the tarmac and boulders in the shallows.","credit":"Kzaral / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Higashihenna,_Miyako_Island,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"hirakubo-peninsula","name":"Hirakubo peninsula to the northern lighthouse","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/hirakubo-peninsula","coordinates":{"lat":24.49005,"lng":124.27857},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"平久保半島・平久保埼灯台往復","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"The Hirakubo peninsula ride is a 32.6 km out-and-back by our route data from the Tamatorizaki lookout up Route 206 to Hirakubozaki Lighthouse at Ishigaki's northern tip, with 388 m of climbing, no konbini and the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hirakubo-peninsula/hirakubo-peninsula-foal.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhirakubo-peninsula%2Fhirakubo-peninsula-foal.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A chestnut foal stands on close-cropped pasture above the sea on the Hirakubo peninsula, with a pale reef lagoon and white surf on the outer reef behind it.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cycling_along_Hirakubo_%22eco-road%22_(19240).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ie-jima-loop","name":"Ie-jima loop from the ferry port","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/ie-jima-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.70731,"lng":127.80083},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Ie-jima loop runs 19 km with 186 m of climbing by our route data, from the ferry port round the eastern two-thirds of the island past Lily Field Park and the north-coast cliffs at Wajii, and it fits between the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ie-jima-loop/ie-jima-loop-waji-coast-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fie-jima-loop%2Fie-jima-loop-waji-coast-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow road runs along the foot of green cliffs at Waji on Ie-jima, beside a rocky reef where waves break white on deep blue water.","credit":"Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia(しいたけ) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_WAJI_(The_springwater_goes_out)_Okinawa,JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ikema-loop","name":"Hirara to Ikema and back","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/ikema-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.80287,"lng":125.27221},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"平良〜池間島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The ride from Hirara to Ikema is a 40.7 km loop by our route data that runs north up Route 230, crosses the 1,425 m Ikema Ohashi, laps Ikema island and comes home down Miyako's quiet west coast, with 197 m of climbing…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema-loop/ikema-loop-bridge-from-headland.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema-loop%2Fikema-loop-bridge-from-headland.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Ikema Bridge runs low across bright blue and green reef water from a scrubby headland on Miyako, with the small hump of Ogami-jima on the horizon.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikema_Bridge_in_Miyakojima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"iriomote-coast-road","name":"Iriomote coast road from Uehara to Ohara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/iriomote-coast-road","coordinates":{"lat":24.41743,"lng":123.79913},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島 上原〜大原（県道215号）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","country":"JP","summary":"The Iriomote coast road is a 34.1 km point-to-point ride by our route data on Prefectural Route 215 from Uehara Port to Ohara Port, through forest and over the Funaura causeway, with 378 m of climbing and ferries to…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1684334040867-5dba4c519e7c?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTYxODAyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1684334040867-5dba4c519e7c?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTYxODAyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"A narrow farm lane on Iriomote runs past pineapple fields and a line of power poles toward a band of bright reef water and deep blue sea.","credit":"Wataru Sato / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-rural-road-near-the-ocean-on-a-sunny-day-tFtc8jNnNds?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"point-to-point","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-island-loop","name":"Ishigaki island loop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/ishigaki-island-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.33792,"lng":124.15545},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島一周（平久保半島を除く）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"The Ishigaki island loop is a 74.7 km clockwise ride by our route data from Ishigaki town round the west and north coasts on Route 79 and back down the east coast on Route 390, with 606 m of climbing, Kabira Bay at the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kabira-and-yonehara/kabira-and-yonehara-bay-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkabira-and-yonehara%2Fkabira-and-yonehara-bay-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the wooded hill above Kabira Bay, small boats float on pale green water inside a white sand curve, with forested islets and the mountains of Ishigaki beyond.","credit":"BenedettaR / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_Kabira_Bay.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kabira-and-yonehara","name":"Kabira Bay and Yonehara from Ishigaki town","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kabira-and-yonehara","coordinates":{"lat":24.33792,"lng":124.15545},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣市街〜川平湾・米原","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","country":"JP","summary":"The Kabira Bay and Yonehara ride is a 50.2 km lollipop by our route data from Ishigaki town along Nagura Bay and over the hills to Kabira Bay, then east to the Yonehara palm grove and back by Route 208, with 469 m of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kabira-and-yonehara/kabira-and-yonehara-bay-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkabira-and-yonehara%2Fkabira-and-yonehara-bay-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the wooded hill above Kabira Bay, small boats float on pale green water inside a white sand curve, with forested islets and the mountains of Ishigaki beyond.","credit":"BenedettaR / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_Kabira_Bay.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kaichu-doro-islands","name":"Kaichu Doro and the four islands","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kaichu-doro-islands","coordinates":{"lat":26.3317,"lng":127.9292},"region":"central","nameLocal":"海中道路と与勝の島々","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Kaichu Doro ride runs 34.5 km with 272 m of climbing by our route data, from Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan in Uruma across the sea road to Ikei-jima and back with a side loop on Hamahiga, and it makes an easy half day on…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kaichu-doro-islands/kaichu-doro-islands-causeway-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkaichu-doro-islands%2Fkaichu-doro-islands-causeway-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wide footway runs beside the Kaichu Doro causeway road toward its red bridge tower, with the sea on the left and tall summer clouds overhead.","credit":"jollyo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonashiroyahira,_Uruma,_Okinawa_Prefecture_904-2427,_Japan_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kohama-sugar-road-loop","name":"Kohama loop over Ufudaki to Hosaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kohama-sugar-road-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.34586,"lng":123.99154},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島一周（大岳・細崎・シュガーロード）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","country":"JP","summary":"The Kohama loop is a 13.8 km counter-clockwise ride by our route data from Kohama Port up to the Ufudaki lookout, out to Hosaki facing Iriomote and home along the Sugar Road through the cane, with 156 m of climbing…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kohama-sugar-road-loop/kohama-sugar-road-loop-cane-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkohama-sugar-road-loop%2Fkohama-sugar-road-loop-cane-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow lane runs dead straight between tall sugar cane and a line of leaning power poles on Kohama, under a pale blue sky with a wisp of cloud.","credit":"Ken FUNAKOSHI from Yokohama, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_-_Kohama-jima,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kouri-yagaji-loop","name":"Kouri-jima and Yagaji loop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kouri-yagaji-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.67867,"lng":128.01249},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利島・屋我地島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","country":"JP","summary":"The Kouri-jima and Yagaji loop runs 18.6 km with 165 m of climbing by our route data, from the Yagaji end of the Kouri Bridge over the 1,960 m bridge, round Kouri's ring road and back through Yagaji's villages, and it…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1785733249951-4d7bc8fb8472?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTYxODAxfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1785733249951-4d7bc8fb8472?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTYxODAxfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"A small tree-topped rock islet stands in clear shallow water off Kouri Beach, with the long Kouri Bridge running out across the sea to the right.","credit":"Zion C / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/tropical-beach-with-a-rocky-islet-and-long-bridge-kwgiP9UwXhU?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kume-jima-loop","name":"Kume-jima loop with Ou-jima and Hiyajo Banta","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kume-jima-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.32873,"lng":126.80597},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島一周（奥武島・比屋定バンタ経由）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kume-jima loop is a 37.2 km counter-clockwise ride by our route data from Eef Beach over the causeway to Tatami-ishi on Ou-jima, up the 182 m climb to the Hiyajo Banta lookout over Hatenohama and round the island's…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kume-jima-loop/kume-jima-loop-fields-to-ou-jima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkume-jima-loop%2Fkume-jima-loop-fields-to-ou-jima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Patchwork cane fields and farm roads on eastern Kume-jima lead the eye to Ou-jima, its bridge and the long white sandbars of Hate-no-hama on the reef beyond.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tounnahajou-Kumejima,_Okinawa%EF%BC%88%E7%99%BB%E6%AD%A6%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E5%9F%8E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B%E5%A5%A5%E6%AD%A6%E5%B3%B6%E3%80%81%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AE%E6%B5%9C%EF%BC%89DSCF6532.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kurima-loop","name":"Kurima loop from Yonaha Maehama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kurima-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.73554,"lng":125.26251},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"来間島一周（与那覇前浜発）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kurima loop is an easy 12 km ride by our route data from Yonaha Maehama over the 1,690 m Kurima Ohashi and once around Kurima island, with soba and smoothie stops at the far end, and it suits e-bike couples and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kurima-loop/kurima-loop-bridge-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkurima-loop%2Fkurima-loop-bridge-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Kurima Bridge reaches across calm blue water to the flat south-west coast of Miyako, seen from the wooded high ground on Kurima.","credit":"Kaz Ish / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurima_bridge_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-loop","name":"Kuroshima pasture loop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/kuroshima-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.25316,"lng":124.00116},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kuroshima pasture loop is an easy 9.9 km ride by our route data from Kuroshima Port through the island's cattle country to Nakamoto Beach and Iko Pier, with 19 m of climbing, so the wind is the only effort.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-loop/kuroshima-loop-from-the-tower.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-loop%2Fkuroshima-loop-from-the-tower.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Kuroshima lookout tower a straight road with a palm-lined median runs out across flat green pasture dotted with grazing cattle toward the far coast.","credit":"VKaeru / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuroshima_center.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"miyako-bridges","name":"Irabu Ohashi and the Irabu–Shimoji loop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/miyako-bridges","coordinates":{"lat":24.80287,"lng":125.27221},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部大橋と伊良部島・下地島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","country":"JP","summary":"The Irabu Ohashi loop is a 47.2 km day ride by our route data from Hirara over the 3,540 m Irabu Ohashi and round Irabu and Shimoji, taking in Toriike, the 17END shallows, Sawada no Hama and the Makiyama climb, with…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyako-bridges/miyako-bridges-irabu-deck-panorama.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyako-bridges%2Fmiyako-bridges-irabu-deck-panorama.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wide view along the deck of the Irabu Bridge, with its orange centre line, broad shoulders and low railings running straight out between blue sea on both sides.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_Bridge_panorama_(52203265122).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"miyako-island-loop","name":"Miyako-jima coast loop","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/miyako-island-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.80287,"lng":125.27221},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島一周（平良発・東平安名崎経由）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Miyako-jima coast loop is a 62.4 km clockwise ride by our route data from Hirara down the north-east coast to the Higashi-Hennazaki lighthouse and back along the south shore past Shigira and Maehama, with 432 m of…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back/higashi-hennazaki-out-and-back-cape-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhigashi-hennazaki-out-and-back%2Fhigashi-hennazaki-out-and-back-cape-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from the lighthouse, the road on Higashi-hennazaki loops back along the grassy cape between low scrub, with walkers on the tarmac and boulders in the shallows.","credit":"Kzaral / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Higashihenna,_Miyako_Island,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"miyakojima-triathlon-course","name":"Miyakojima triathlon bike course","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/miyakojima-triathlon-course","coordinates":{"lat":24.74113,"lng":125.26441},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"全日本トライアスロン宮古島大会 バイクコース","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Miyakojima triathlon bike course is the 123 km bike leg of the All Japan Triathlon Miyakojima, and our recreation from the organisers' published GPX measures 121.7 km with 746 m of climbing, from Yonaha Maehama…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema-bridge/ikema-bridge-deck.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema-bridge%2Fikema-bridge-deck.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An orange centre line leads across the deck of the Ikema Bridge between patterned railings as summer clouds pile up over the sea.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikema_bridge_in_Miyako_(52203264217).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"point-to-point","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"motobu-peninsula-loop","name":"Motobu Peninsula loop from Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/motobu-peninsula-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.59182,"lng":127.9763},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"本部半島一周","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Motobu Peninsula loop runs 59.8 km with 558 m of climbing by our route data, from Nago along Nago Bay to Motobu town, round the tip of the peninsula past Churaumi Aquarium and the Bise fukugi lanes, and home…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/motobu-peninsula-loop/motobu-peninsula-loop-kami-motobu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmotobu-peninsula-loop%2Fmotobu-peninsula-loop-kami-motobu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green hills and scattered houses of northern Motobu roll down toward the coast and Ocean Expo Park, with a pale sea and Ie-jima on the horizon.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Motobu_Peninsula_202101.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"naha-cape-kyan-loop","name":"Naha to Cape Kyan and the Peace Memorial Park","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/naha-cape-kyan-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.20075,"lng":127.67533},"region":"south","nameLocal":"那覇〜喜屋武岬・平和祈念公園","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Naha to Cape Kyan loop runs 51.6 km with 430 m of climbing by our route data, from Onoyama Park past Senaga-jima and Itoman fishing port to the cliffs of Cape Kyan, then to the Himeyuri Monument and the Peace…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-cape-kyan-loop/naha-cape-kyan-loop-cape-cliffs.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-cape-kyan-loop%2Fnaha-cape-kyan-loop-cape-cliffs.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green-capped limestone cliffs at Cape Kyan drop to a wide flat reef, where low waves wash in under a soft grey sky.","credit":"690 Noda / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%96%9C%E5%B1%8B%E6%AD%A6%E5%B2%AC_20130203_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"naha-naminoue-loop","name":"Naha waterfront loop to Naminoue","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/naha-naminoue-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.2133,"lng":127.67884},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"那覇 波の上サイクリング","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Naha waterfront loop is an easy 6.5 km by our route data from Palette Kumoji to the Mie Castle ruins, Naminoue Beach and Naminoue-gu shrine and back through Wakasa and Kume past Fukushuen, and a Churachari share…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naha-naminoue-loop/naha-naminoue-loop-beach-and-bypass.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaha-naminoue-loop%2Fnaha-naminoue-loop-beach-and-bypass.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An aerial view of Naminoue Beach in Naha, a small sheltered cove of pale sand and green water tucked under the curving bridges of the coastal bypass.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-08_Beach_Naminoue,Naha,Okinawa(%E6%B3%A2%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%8A%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81)_DJI_Mini2-0005.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"nanjo-chinen-coast","name":"Nanjo coast and the Niraikanai Bridge","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/nanjo-chinen-coast","coordinates":{"lat":26.1315,"lng":127.7719},"region":"south","nameLocal":"南城 知念海岸とニライカナイ橋","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Nanjo coast loop runs 19.7 km with 271 m of climbing by our route data, from the Ojima bridge along the Tamagusuku and Chinen coast to Sefa-utaki, up the Niraikanai Bridge and back across the plateau, and it suits…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nanjo-chinen-coast/nanjo-chinen-coast-road-bike-niibaru.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnanjo-chinen-coast%2Fnanjo-chinen-coast-road-bike-niibaru.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A road bike leans on a white guardrail beside a wooden sign for Hamabe no Chaya at the western end of Niibaru Beach, with scrub and the sea behind.","credit":"Toshihiro Matsui / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8D%97%E5%9F%8E%E5%B8%82%E6%96%B0%E5%8E%9F%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%81%AE%E8%A5%BF%E7%AB%AF_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"taketomi-village-lanes","name":"Taketomi village lanes and beaches","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/taketomi-village-lanes","coordinates":{"lat":24.32909,"lng":124.08525},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島 集落と西海岸めぐり","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","country":"JP","summary":"The Taketomi village lanes ride is a 4.3 km clockwise loop by our route data through the coral-sand lanes of Taketomi village and out to Kaiji, Kondoi and Nishi Pier, flat enough at 16 m of climbing for any rental bike…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi-village-lanes/taketomi-village-lanes-west-shallows.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi-village-lanes%2Ftaketomi-village-lanes-west-shallows.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"People wade far out across the shallow tidal flats off Taketomi's west coast, with a long low island on the horizon and soft afternoon light.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walk_in_Taketomi_Island_7.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"tokashiki-loop","name":"Tokashiki-jima loop to Aharen Cape","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/tokashiki-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.19915,"lng":127.36952},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","country":"JP","summary":"The Tokashiki loop runs 19.2 km with 506 m of climbing by our route data, from Tokashiki Port over the ridge to Tokashiku and Aharen and down to Aharen Cape, then back by the east-side road, and on an e-bike it fills…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tokashiki-loop/tokashiki-loop-aharen-lookout.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftokashiki-loop%2Ftokashiki-loop-aharen-lookout.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Aharen lookout, rocky headlands and scrub fall to a shallow reef where waves break white on clear blue water along the south coast of Tokashiki.","credit":"Rickard Törnblad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_coast_of_Tokashiki_Island_as_seen_from_Aharen_observation_deck,_Okinawa,_Japan_(1)_-_October_2015.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"warumi-kouri-bridges","name":"Warumi and Kouri bridges from Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/warumi-kouri-bridges","coordinates":{"lat":26.59182,"lng":127.9763},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ワルミ大橋・古宇利大橋サイクリング","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Warumi and Kouri bridges ride is the Tour de Okinawa's 42 km introductory course from Nago, and our version of it runs 42.5 km with 383 m of climbing by our route data, crossing the Warumi Ohashi onto Yagaji and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/warumi-kouri-bridges/warumi-kouri-bridges-kouri-deck.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fwarumi-kouri-bridges%2Fwarumi-kouri-bridges-kouri-deck.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An empty road with an orange centre line runs straight along the Kouri Bridge toward the green island of Kouri, with blue water on both sides and big summer clouds.","credit":"hasano_jp / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%8F%A4%E5%AE%87%E5%88%A9%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%B8%E3%81%AE%E9%81%93%E8%B7%AF_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yaedake-climb","name":"Yaedake climb through the cherry trees","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/yaedake-climb","coordinates":{"lat":26.66,"lng":127.9085},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"八重岳","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Yaedake climb rises from Inoha in Motobu to the top of the road below the 453.4 m summit, 9.8 km out and back with 412 m of climbing by our route data, and from late January it runs under about 7,000 flowering…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yaedake-climb/yaedake-climb-motobu-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyaedake-climb%2Fyaedake-climb-motobu-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From high on Mount Yae the view drops over forest to the town and coast of the Motobu Peninsula, with the deep blue sea and a long point beyond.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Landscape_of_Motobu_seen_from_Mount_Yae_202301.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"out-and-back","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-gourmet-ride","name":"Yanbaru Gourmet Ride through Onna, Kin and Ginoza","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/yanbaru-gourmet-ride","coordinates":{"lat":26.59187,"lng":127.97637},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"やんばるグルメライド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Yanbaru Gourmet Ride is Tour de Okinawa's 90 km food ride from Nago down the Onna coast and back through Kin and Ginoza, and our version runs 86.5 km with 1093 m of climbing by our route data, with a detour to Cape…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yanbaru-gourmet-ride/yanbaru-gourmet-ride-kin-bay-from-ikei.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyanbaru-gourmet-ride%2Fyanbaru-gourmet-ride-kin-bay-from-ikei.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Kin Bay opens out beyond the trees on Ikei island, with blue-green water over the reef and the hills of the east coast on the far side under grey cloud.","credit":"Hideyuki KAMON / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kin_Bay_from_Ikei_Island.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-hills-loop","name":"Yanbaru hills loop over the Fungawa dam road","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/yanbaru-hills-loop","coordinates":{"lat":26.73166,"lng":128.16992},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる 普久川ダム・辺戸岬周回","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"The Yanbaru hills loop runs 73.6 km with 1562 m of climbing by our route data, from Michi-no-eki Yuiyui Kunigami over the Prefectural Route 2 climb past the Fungawa dam to Ada, north on Route 70 to Oku and round Cape…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yanbaru-hills-loop/yanbaru-hills-loop-forest-canopy.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyanbaru-hills-loop%2Fyanbaru-hills-loop-forest-canopy.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An unbroken canopy of subtropical forest rolls over the low hills of Yanbaru toward distant ridges, under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.","credit":"Indiana jo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yambaru_Forest_02.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yonaguni-loop","name":"Yonaguni island loop by Irizaki and Agarizaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/yonaguni-loop","coordinates":{"lat":24.46841,"lng":123.0018},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国島一周（西崎・東崎）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","country":"JP","summary":"The Yonaguni island loop is a 26.6 km ride by our route data from Sonai round Japan's westernmost island by the capes at Irizaki and Agarizaki, with 357 m of climbing over the south-coast hills and the strongest winter…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonaguni-loop/yonaguni-loop-sonai-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonaguni-loop%2Fyonaguni-loop-sonai-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Sonai village spreads along the north coast of Yonaguni below a green slope, with a curve of white beach, the harbour breakwaters and deep blue sea beyond.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonaguni_Sonai.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}},{"slug":"yoron-loop","name":"Yoron loop from Chabana","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/routes/yoron-loop","coordinates":{"lat":27.04869,"lng":128.41559},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論島一周（茶花発）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"The Yoron loop is an easy 14.7 km clockwise ride by our route data from Chabana round Yoron's ring road and down the east coast past Oganeku and the Yurigahama boats, with 134 m of climbing on an island with a single…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yoron-loop/yoron-loop-chabana-harbour.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyoron-loop%2Fyoron-loop-chabana-harbour.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An aerial view over Chabana fishing harbour on Yoron, with small boats tied along the quays, the town behind and a curve of pale beach to the right.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-09_Chabana-gyoko_%E8%8C%B6%E8%8A%B1%E6%BC%81%E6%B8%AF_DJI_Mini2-0033.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"loop","status":"unverified"}}]},"ridedays":{"label":"Ride day","plural":"Ride days","noun":"ride days","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days","items":[{"slug":"aka-geruma-easy-day","name":"An easy day on Aka and Geruma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/aka-geruma-easy-day","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","area":"aka","country":"JP","summary":"This easy Aka day rides the 9.7 km out-and-back to Nishibama Beach and over the Aka Ohashi to Geruma and the Kerama airport, with a morning snorkel, squid-ink soba for lunch and the afternoon off.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"recovery"}},{"slug":"chatan-to-zanpa-and-sunset","name":"Chatan to Cape Zanpa and back for sunset","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/chatan-to-zanpa-and-sunset","coordinates":null,"region":"west-coast","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This Chatan half day rides 45.8 km out and back from American Village to Cape Zanpa on the seawall and the Kadena and Yomitan lanes, with lunch at Toya Fishing Port, and returns in time for sunset on the seawall and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"half-day"}},{"slug":"ie-jima-island-hop","name":"Ie-jima by ferry and rental bike","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/ie-jima-island-hop","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","area":"ie-jima","country":"JP","summary":"This Ie-jima day takes the 9:00 ferry from Motobu, rides the 19 km island loop on a rental bike past Lily Field Park and the cliffs at Wajii, climbs the 291 steps of Gusuku-yama on foot and catches the 16:00 ferry home.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-hop"}},{"slug":"ikema-e-bike-day","name":"Ikema by e-bike from Hirara","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/ikema-e-bike-day","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間島 eバイクの一日","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Ikema e-bike day rides 40.7 km from Hirara over the Ikema Ohashi and round Ikema island, with coffee in Karimata, fish for lunch at Ikema harbour and the winter wind behind you on the quiet coast road home.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema-bridge/ikema-bridge-deck.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema-bridge%2Fikema-bridge-deck.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An orange centre line leads across the deck of the Ikema Bridge between patterned railings as summer clouds pile up over the sea.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikema_bridge_in_Miyako_(52203264217).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"iriomote-coast-island-hop","name":"Iriomote coast road by ferry","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/iriomote-coast-island-hop","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島 上原〜大原 ワンウェイ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"The Iriomote island hop takes a morning boat to Uehara, rides 34.1 km of Route 215 through the forest to Ohara with a buffalo-cart crossing to Yubu-jima, and sails home from Ohara, which keeps running when the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/funaura-kaichu-doro/funaura-causeway.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffunaura-kaichu-doro%2Ffunaura-causeway.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Funaura Causeway carries the road and a line of power poles low across the water of Funaura Bay toward the hills of Iriomote.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_kendo215_funaura_kaichudoro.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-hop"}},{"slug":"kaichu-doro-e-bike-day","name":"Four islands on an e-bike from the Kaichu Doro","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kaichu-doro-e-bike-day","coordinates":null,"region":"central","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This e-bike day rides the 34.5 km Kaichu Doro route from Umino Eki Ayahashi-kan to Ikei and back, with salt ice cream at Nuchima-su, lunch in Higa village and the Shirumichu cave on Hamahiga, and ends at a hotel on…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"kohama-e-bike-day","name":"Kohama by e-bike: Ufudaki to the Sugar Road","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kohama-e-bike-day","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島 eバイクの一日","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","country":"JP","summary":"The Kohama e-bike day climbs to the 99 m Ufudaki lookout, rides out to Hosaki facing Iriomote and finishes on the Sugar Road through the cane, 13.8 km with 156 m of climbing that an e-bike makes easy for both riders.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kohama-sugar-road-loop/kohama-sugar-road-loop-cane-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkohama-sugar-road-loop%2Fkohama-sugar-road-loop-cane-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A narrow lane runs dead straight between tall sugar cane and a line of leaning power poles on Kohama, under a pale blue sky with a wisp of cloud.","credit":"Ken FUNAKOSHI from Yokohama, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Road_-_Kohama-jima,_Okinawa.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"kouri-e-bike-morning","name":"An e-bike morning round Kouri and Yagaji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kouri-e-bike-morning","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","area":"kouri","country":"JP","summary":"This Kouri morning rides the 18.6 km Kouri and Yagaji loop on e-bikes, with Heart Rock at Tinu Beach, the 1,960 m Kouri Bridge, garlic shrimp for lunch and an afternoon at Kouri Beach.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"kume-jima-loop-day","name":"Kume-jima loop day from Eef Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kume-jima-loop-day","coordinates":null,"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島一周の一日","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kume-jima loop day rides 37.2 km from Eef Beach to Tatami-ishi and up the 182 m climb to Hiyajo Banta over Hatenohama, then round the north and south coasts, with lunch at the airport soba counter and a swim at the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kume-jima-loop/kume-jima-loop-fields-to-ou-jima.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkume-jima-loop%2Fkume-jima-loop-fields-to-ou-jima.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Patchwork cane fields and farm roads on eastern Kume-jima lead the eye to Ou-jima, its bridge and the long white sandbars of Hate-no-hama on the reef beyond.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tounnahajou-Kumejima,_Okinawa%EF%BC%88%E7%99%BB%E6%AD%A6%E9%82%A3%E8%A6%87%E5%9F%8E%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B%E5%A5%A5%E6%AD%A6%E5%B3%B6%E3%80%81%E3%81%AF%E3%81%A6%E3%81%AE%E6%B5%9C%EF%BC%89DSCF6532.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"big-day"}},{"slug":"kurima-e-bike-morning","name":"Kurima by e-bike from Maehama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kurima-e-bike-morning","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"来間島 eバイクの朝","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"The Kurima e-bike morning pairs the 12 km Kurima loop with a soba lunch and an afternoon on Yonaha Maehama, an easy day for couples of different fitness staying on Miyako's south-west coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kurima-loop/kurima-loop-bridge-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkurima-loop%2Fkurima-loop-bridge-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Kurima Bridge reaches across calm blue water to the flat south-west coast of Miyako, seen from the wooded high ground on Kurima.","credit":"Kaz Ish / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kurima_bridge_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"kuroshima-half-day","name":"Kuroshima half-day from Ishigaki","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/kuroshima-half-day","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島 半日サイクリング","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"The Kuroshima half-day takes the boat from Ishigaki for the 9.9 km pasture loop out to Nakamoto Beach and Iko Pier, with a soba lunch at Undouya and the winter wind behind you on the ride back to the port.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima-village/kuroshima-cattle-lane.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima-village%2Fkuroshima-cattle-lane.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A sandy farm track runs beside a coral-stone wall and a row of wind-shaped trees on Kuroshima while a black cow grazes in the pasture.","credit":"倶楽部オータム / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E9%BB%92%E5%B3%B6Img499.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"half-day"}},{"slug":"miyako-bridges-big-day","name":"The big Miyako bridges day","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/miyako-bridges-big-day","coordinates":null,"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部大橋・下地島 ロングライド","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","country":"JP","summary":"The big Miyako bridges day rides 47.2 km from Hirara over the 3,540 m Irabu Ohashi and right round Irabu and Shimoji, with Toriike, 17END and the Makiyama climb, and it needs an early start because the islands have…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irabu-bridge/irabu-bridge-deck-ride.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firabu-bridge%2Firabu-bridge-deck-ride.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The two-lane deck of the Irabu Bridge runs ahead between low railings with open sea on both sides and Irabu on the horizon.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Irabu_Bridge_(52204774130).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"big-day"}},{"slug":"motobu-peninsula-big-day","name":"Round the Motobu Peninsula from Nago","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/motobu-peninsula-big-day","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This big day rides the 59.8 km Motobu Peninsula loop from Nago, with soba at Kishimoto Shokudo in Toguchi, the Bise fukugi lanes, coffee by the sea in Bise and Nakijin Castle on the way home, and finishes with Motobu…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"big-day"}},{"slug":"motobu-sakura-day","name":"A February sakura day on Yaedake and at Nakijin Castle","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/motobu-sakura-day","coordinates":null,"region":"motobu","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This February day climbs Yaedake under about 7,000 flowering kanhizakura trees, 9.8 km out and back with 412 m of climbing by our route data, then adds soba at Kishimoto's Yaedake branch and the cherry trees at Nakijin…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"half-day"}},{"slug":"naha-waterfront-morning","name":"A slow Naha morning by share bike","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/naha-waterfront-morning","coordinates":null,"region":"naha","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This slow Naha morning rides the 6.5 km waterfront loop on a Churachari share e-bike from Palette Kumoji to Naminoue Beach, Naminoue-gu and Fukushuen, with lunch in Wakasa and dinner in Sakaemachi.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"recovery"}},{"slug":"nanjo-coast-and-sefa-utaki","name":"Nanjo's coast, Sefa-utaki and an Ojima tempura lunch","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/nanjo-coast-and-sefa-utaki","coordinates":null,"region":"south","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This Nanjo half day rides the 19.7 km coast loop from Mibaru to Sefa-utaki and back over the Niraikanai Bridge, with coffee on the beach at Hama-no-Ya, tempura at Ojima and an afternoon at Mibaru Beach.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"half-day"}},{"slug":"taketomi-e-bike-morning","name":"Taketomi by bike before the day boats","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/taketomi-e-bike-morning","coordinates":null,"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島 朝の自転車散歩","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"The Taketomi morning takes an early boat from Ishigaki and rides the 4.3 km loop through the coral-sand village lanes and out to the west-coast beaches, finishing with soba before the day-trip crowds fill the lanes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi/taketomi-bicycle-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi%2Ftaketomi-bicycle-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A rental bicycle stands on the sand above a slipway on Taketomi, and across the water lie a rocky islet and the long low shore of Ishigaki.","credit":"shig2006 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/70244379@N00/2937019599"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}},{"slug":"tokashiki-e-bike-day","name":"Tokashiki by e-bike between the boats","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/tokashiki-e-bike-day","coordinates":null,"region":"kerama","area":"tokashiki","country":"JP","summary":"This Tokashiki day takes the 9:00 Marine Liner from Tomari, rides the 19.2 km loop over the ridge to Teruyama, Aharen and Aharen Cape on an e-bike, and returns on the 17:00 boat in winter.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"island-hop"}},{"slug":"yanbaru-hills-big-day","name":"The Yanbaru hills and Cape Hedo from Okuma","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/yanbaru-hills-big-day","coordinates":null,"region":"yanbaru","area":"okinawa-honto","country":"JP","summary":"This Yanbaru big day rides the 73.6 km hills loop from Michi-no-eki Yuiyui Kunigami over the Prefectural Route 2 climb to the east coast, north on Route 70 to Oku and round Cape Hedo, with 1562 m of climbing by our…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"big-day"}},{"slug":"yoron-e-bike-day","name":"Yoron by e-bike with Yurigahama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/ride-days/yoron-e-bike-day","coordinates":null,"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論島 eバイクと百合ヶ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","country":"JP","summary":"The Yoron e-bike day rides the 14.7 km loop from Chabana round the ring road and down the east coast, with a boat to the Yurigahama sandbar at low tide and lunch beside the boats at Muuru Cafe.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yoron-loop/yoron-loop-chabana-harbour.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyoron-loop%2Fyoron-loop-chabana-harbour.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An aerial view over Chabana fishing harbour on Yoron, with small boats tied along the quays, the town behind and a curve of pale beach to the right.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-09_Chabana-gyoko_%E8%8C%B6%E8%8A%B1%E6%BC%81%E6%B8%AF_DJI_Mini2-0033.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"e-bike"}}]},"islands":{"label":"Island","plural":"Islands","noun":"islands","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands","items":[{"slug":"aka","name":"Aka-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/aka","coordinates":{"lat":26.1912,"lng":127.2796},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿嘉島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Aka-jima is a 3.80 km² island of about 235 people in Zamami Village that the high-speed Queen Zamami reaches from Naha's Tomari Port in about 50 minutes, and its 530 m bridge to Geruma makes it the one place in the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aka/aka-hawksbill-turtle.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faka%2Faka-hawksbill-turtle.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A hawksbill turtle glides over branching coral off Aka with its front flippers spread wide in clear blue water","credit":"keiyac / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/18839421@N04/15018262596"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"geruma","name":"Geruma-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/geruma","coordinates":{"lat":26.1772,"lng":127.2902},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"慶留間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Geruma-jima is a 1.15 km² island of about 48 people in Zamami Village that the 530 m Aka Ohashi joins to Aka and the 240 m Geruma bridge joins to Fukaji and the Kerama airport, and its Kerama deer and their habitat are…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/geruma/geruma-bridge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fgeruma%2Fgeruma-bridge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The low Geruma Bridge crosses a calm green channel from Geruma toward a wooded islet, and white sand edges the shore on both sides","credit":"Snap55 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geruma_bridge.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"hamahiga","name":"Hamahiga-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/hamahiga","coordinates":{"lat":26.321,"lng":127.9537},"region":"central","nameLocal":"浜比嘉島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hamahiga-jima is a 2.09 km² island in Uruma that the 900 m Hamahiga Ohashi joins to Henza, and Ryukyuan tradition makes it the home of the creator deities Amamikyu and Shinerikyu. About 410 people live in its two…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hamahiga/hamahiga-from-kafu-banta.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhamahiga%2Fhamahiga-from-kafu-banta.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Green scrub frames a wide view south from Kafu Banta over a calm bay to the wooded island of Hamahiga and the long low line of its bridge","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamahiga_Island_seen_from_Kafu_Banta_202107_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"hateruma","name":"Hateruma-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/hateruma","coordinates":{"lat":24.0613,"lng":123.7756},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"波照間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hateruma-jima is Japan's southernmost inhabited island and lies 60–90 minutes by high-speed boat south-west of Ishigaki; its 442 people farm sugar cane on 12.73 km², with Nishihama beach on the north shore and the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/akagawara/akagawara-hateruma-house.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fakagawara%2Fakagawara-hateruma-house.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An old wooden house under a red-tile roof stands behind a dry coral stone wall and a gap-toothed gateway in the shade of trees on Hateruma","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2015-12-17_Haterumajima_old_house_%E6%B3%A2%E7%85%A7%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E7%90%89%E7%90%83%E7%93%A6%E5%8F%A4%E6%B0%91%E5%AE%B6_DSCF2611.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"hatoma","name":"Hatoma-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/hatoma","coordinates":{"lat":24.4709,"lng":123.823},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"鳩間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Hatoma-jima is a 0.96 km² island of about 60 people that lies 5.4 km north of Iriomote and 45 to 80 minutes by boat from Ishigaki, and a ring of beaches surrounds it in the water locals call Hatoma blue. Its boats run…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hatoma/hatoma-beach-pandanus.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhatoma%2Fhatoma-beach-pandanus.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A pandanus frond frames white sand and clear shallow water on Hatoma, with the hills of Iriomote low across the channel.","credit":"ippei-janine / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatoma_island.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"henza","name":"Henza-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/henza","coordinates":{"lat":26.3498,"lng":127.9543},"region":"central","nameLocal":"平安座島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Henza-jima is the island at the end of the 4.75 km Kaichu Doro sea road in Uruma, and anyone driving or cycling to Hamahiga, Miyagi or Ikei crosses it. About 1,170 people live in its fishing village on the south shore…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hamahiga/hamahiga-ohashi-bridge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhamahiga%2Fhamahiga-ohashi-bridge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The concrete piers of the Hamahiga Bridge march across deep blue water toward the wooded ridge and white village of Hamahiga","credit":"Captain76 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"PDM","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hamahiga_ohashi_Bridge.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ie-jima","name":"Ie-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ie-jima","coordinates":{"lat":26.7161,"lng":127.7903},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ie-jima is a flat 22.77 km² island 30 minutes by ferry from Motobu, where the 172.2 m rock peak of Gusuku-yama rises above fields of Easter lilies in late April.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ie-jima/ie-jima-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fie-jima%2Fie-jima-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ie-jima lies flat and oval in deep blue sea, ringed by a pale band of reef, with the Motobu Peninsula and Minna faint beyond it","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ie_island_aerial_photograph.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ikei","name":"Ikei-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ikei","coordinates":{"lat":26.3915,"lng":127.9953},"region":"central","nameLocal":"伊計島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ikei-jima is the last island on the road from the Kaichu Doro in Uruma, and the 198 m Ikei Ohashi from Miyagi carries you onto its flat 1.72 km² of farmland. Its 247 residents live in one village on the south side, and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikei/ikei-bay-shallows.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikei%2Fikei-bay-shallows.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallow water laps a sandy cove on Ikei, where a rocky green headland on the right faces the low harbour and houses across the bay","credit":"Opqr / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikeijima_bay02.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ikema","name":"Ikema","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ikema","coordinates":{"lat":24.9244,"lng":125.2473},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"池間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ikema is a 2.80 km² fishing island of 468 people that the 1,425 m Ikema Ohashi joins to Miyako-jima's north-west tip, and Okinawa's largest wetland fills its centre.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikema/ikema-emerald-water.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikema%2Fikema-emerald-water.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Emerald water over a sandy reef stretches toward the horizon beside a rocky ledge near the Ikema Bridge on a bright summer morning.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_blue_(52204268221).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"irabu","name":"Irabu","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/irabu","coordinates":{"lat":24.8389,"lng":125.1656},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"伊良部島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Irabu is a 29.07 km² island of about 4,600 people linked to Miyako-jima by the 3,540 m Irabu Ohashi and to Shimoji by six short channel bridges.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irabu/irabu-green-cliffs-lagoon.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firabu%2Firabu-green-cliffs-lagoon.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Overgrown limestone cliffs drop straight into a pool of bright turquoise water along the coast of Irabu.","credit":"k14 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/75498163@N00/8711707791"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"iriomote","name":"Iriomote-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/iriomote","coordinates":{"lat":24.418,"lng":123.7998},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西表島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Iriomote-jima is the largest island in the Yaeyama group at 289.62 km² and has been a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site since 2021; its 2,324 people live along one coast road beside mangrove rivers and the forest home…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iriomote/iriomote-cat-forest-floor.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firiomote%2Firiomote-cat-forest-floor.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"An Iriomote cat with spotted grey-brown fur looks up from the leaf litter beside a tree trunk in the island's forest.","credit":"Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Centre (IWCC) / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_cat_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ishigaki","name":"Ishigaki-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ishigaki","coordinates":{"lat":24.3371,"lng":124.1556},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki-jima is the 222.5 km² gateway to the Yaeyama Islands, where the airport and the ferry terminal for Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima and Hatoma both sit. About 47,000 people live in Ishigaki City, and the island's…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki/mount-omoto-from-southeast.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki%2Fmount-omoto-from-southeast.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Mount Omoto rises green and forested above pale grassland in the middle of Ishigaki on a clear winter day.","credit":"Kugel / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Omoto_on_Ishigaki_201912.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kohama","name":"Kohama-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kohama","coordinates":{"lat":24.3391,"lng":123.9802},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"小浜島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kohama-jima is a 7.9 km² island of about 800 people that lies 25 to 30 minutes by boat from Ishigaki, and it is known for cane-field lanes like the Sugar Road and for the view from 99 m Ufudaki over almost every island…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kohama/kohama-fields-to-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkohama%2Fkohama-fields-to-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Farm fields on Kohama slope down to a turquoise lagoon and a low flat islet, and the hills of the neighbouring islands rise on the far horizon.","credit":"shig2006 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/70244379@N00/2937031363"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kouri","name":"Kouri-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kouri","coordinates":{"lat":26.701,"lng":128.02},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri-jima is a 3.17 km² island in Nakijin village joined to Yagaji-jima by the 1,960 m Kouri Bridge, with Heart Rock on its north shore and a short loop road around its coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kouri/kouri-from-mount-oppa.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkouri%2Fkouri-from-mount-oppa.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the slopes of Mount Oppa the farms of Nakijin roll down to the sea, and low round Kouri sits offshore at the end of the long Kouri Bridge","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Kouri_Island_and_Kouri_Bridge_seen_from_Mount_Oppa_202408.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kudaka","name":"Kudaka-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kudaka","coordinates":{"lat":26.1578,"lng":127.8867},"region":"south","nameLocal":"久高島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kudaka-jima is a flat 1.38 km² island off the Chinen peninsula in Nanjo that Ryukyu belief holds sacred; boats from Azama port take 15–25 minutes, and the island is best explored slowly by rental bike.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kudaka/kudaka-clear-water-rocks.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkudaka%2Fkudaka-clear-water-rocks.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear blue-green water washes over dark reef rocks below a grassy limestone ledge on the coast of Kudaka","credit":"shig2006 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/70244379@N00/4028879663"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kume-jima","name":"Kume-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kume-jima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3414,"lng":126.7532},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"久米島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kume-jima is the fifth-largest island in Okinawa at 59.53 km², and from Naha it takes about 35 to 40 minutes by air or three hours by ferry; visitors come for the Hatenohama sandbars, which run about 7 km in all some 5…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1676955202042-3923178aa7ef?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTE4MTA3fA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1676955202042-3923178aa7ef?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTE4MTA3fA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"A lone young tree grows out of the white sand on a Kume-jima beach as swimmers wade in the calm pale shallows behind it","credit":"erika m / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-palm-tree-on-a-beach-with-people-in-the-water-QXfgxDmw6qk?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kurima","name":"Kurima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kurima","coordinates":{"lat":24.7258,"lng":125.2517},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"来間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kurima is a 2.82 km² farm island of 152 people that the 1,690 m Kurima Ohashi joins to Miyako-jima, and its observatory and cafés sit near the bridge.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kurima/kurima-island-from-air.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkurima%2Fkurima-island-from-air.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Kurima lies as a flat green disc of fields in a wide reef lagoon, and the Kurima Bridge reaches across to Miyako on the right.","credit":"Metatron / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_kurima.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"kuroshima","name":"Kuroshima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/kuroshima","coordinates":{"lat":24.2412,"lng":124.0084},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"黒島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Kuroshima is a flat, heart-shaped island of 10 km² and about 220 people that lies 25 to 30 minutes by boat from Ishigaki, and its cattle outnumber residents more than ten to one. It suits an easy bike day through…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kuroshima/kuroshima-mushroom-islet.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkuroshima%2Fkuroshima-mushroom-islet.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small undercut islet of coral rock sits in clear shallows off the coast of Kuroshima with a boulder at its foot.","credit":"Kentaro Ohno / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kuroshima_Island,_Okinawa_Prefecture;_September_2014_(05).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"minna","name":"Minna-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/minna","coordinates":{"lat":26.6472,"lng":127.8178},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"水納島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Minna-jima is a 0.47 km² crescent-shaped island off Motobu, 15 minutes by boat from Toguchi port, with a little over 40 residents and a white-sand beach on its west side.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minna/minna-from-motobu.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminna%2Fminna-from-motobu.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From the Motobu coast Minna looks like a flat sliver of green and white sand on a calm blue sea, and buoys mark the channel in front","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minna_Island_Motobu_202101.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"miyagi","name":"Miyagi-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/miyagi","coordinates":{"lat":26.3671,"lng":127.9894},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宮城島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Miyagi-jima is the highest of the Kaichu Doro islands in Uruma: its 5.54 km² of farm plateau rise to 121.4 m, and bridges link it to Henza and Ikei. About 635 people live in its four villages, and the Nuchima-su salt…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/miyagi/miyagi-henza-strait.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmiyagi%2Fmiyagi-henza-strait.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small fishing boat floats in the narrow green channel between Miyagi and Henza, with seawalls on both banks and wooded hills under a summer sky","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strait_of_Miyagi_and_Henza_Island.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"miyako-jima","name":"Miyako-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/miyako-jima","coordinates":{"lat":24.8047,"lng":125.2811},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"宮古島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Miyako-jima is a flat limestone island of 158.54 km² and about 50,300 people that sits 45 minutes by air from Naha and has no rivers.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aragusuku-beach/aragusuku-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faragusuku-beach%2Faragusuku-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallows over the reef lap a long strip of pale sand at Aragusuku Beach as a green headland closes the far end of the bay.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aragusuku_Beach_in_Miyako_(51924273449).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ogami","name":"Ogami","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ogami","coordinates":{"lat":24.9135,"lng":125.3081},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"大神島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ogami is a 0.24 km² sacred island of 20 people off Miyako-jima's north coast; the Ogami Kaiun ferry from Shimajiri is the only way over, and visitors may walk only in the village.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ogami/ogami-from-the-sea.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fogami%2Fogami-from-the-sea.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The small green hump of Ogami rises from a calm blue sea on the horizon off the northeast coast of Miyako.","credit":"Metatron / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_oogami.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ojima","name":"Ojima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ojima","coordinates":{"lat":26.1294,"lng":127.7728},"region":"south","nameLocal":"奥武島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ojima is a 0.23 km² fishing island joined by a short bridge to Tamagusuku in Nanjo, about 40 minutes from Naha, and it is known for its tempura stands and its haari boat race.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ojima/ojima-bridge-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fojima%2Fojima-bridge-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The short Ojima bridge crosses a calm blue channel to the little island village, with green farmland and the hills of Nanjo behind","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ou_Bridge_Nanjo_202208.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"okinawa-honto","name":"Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/okinawa-honto","coordinates":{"lat":26.2123,"lng":127.6792},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"沖縄本島（沖縄島）","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Okinawa Island is the largest island of the Ryukyus, about 107 km long with an area of 1,207 km², and roughly nine in ten of Okinawa Prefecture's people live on it, along with the capital, Naha, and the main airport.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa/ada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa%2Fada-garden-hotel-okinawa-exterior.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A cream hotel building with red tiled roofs and upturned eaves stands beside a quiet road in Kunigami.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_Garden_Hotel_Okinawa_202601.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"ou-jima","name":"Ou-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/ou-jima","coordinates":{"lat":26.3397,"lng":126.8311},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"奥武島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Ou-jima is a 0.63 km² island of 29 people that a sea road and bridge join to Kume-jima's east coast, and the andesite columns of Tatami-ishi on its shore have been a national natural monument since 29 July 2014 and…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ou-jima/kume-from-ou-jima-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fou-jima%2Fkume-from-ou-jima-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"At dusk a lone figure wades the shallow rock shelf off Ou-jima, and the dark hills of Kume-jima rise across the water under a pink-edged sky","credit":"narchived.net / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kumejima_Ojima.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"sesoko","name":"Sesoko-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/sesoko","coordinates":{"lat":26.6461,"lng":127.865},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"瀬底島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Sesoko-jima is a 2.99 km² island off Motobu that the 762 m Sesoko Bridge joins to the peninsula, with the 800 m Sesoko Beach on its west coast.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sesoko/sesoko-aerial-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsesoko%2Fsesoko-aerial-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from above, a white beach on Sesoko curves below a wooded headland as the shallows turn from pale green to deep turquoise","credit":"km058 / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/154467743@N08/42252123161"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"shimoji","name":"Shimoji","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/shimoji","coordinates":{"lat":24.8161,"lng":125.1569},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"下地島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Shimoji is a 9.68 km² island of 99 people beside Irabu, and Shimojishima Airport's 3,000 m runway fills most of it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shimoji/shimoji-airport-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshimoji%2Fshimoji-airport-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from an aircraft, the long runway of Shimojishima Airport runs the length of Shimoji between its reef edge and the farmland of Irabu.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shimojishima_Okinawa_Japan01s3s3900.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"taketomi","name":"Taketomi-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/taketomi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3307,"lng":124.0855},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"竹富島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Taketomi-jima is a flat 5.4 km² island 10 to 15 minutes by boat from Ishigaki, where about 310 people live in a protected village of red-tiled houses and white sand lanes. Visitors cycle it on rental bikes and stay for…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/taketomi/taketomi-bicycle-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftaketomi%2Ftaketomi-bicycle-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A rental bicycle stands on the sand above a slipway on Taketomi, and across the water lie a rocky islet and the long low shore of Ishigaki.","credit":"shig2006 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/70244379@N00/2937019599"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"tarama","name":"Tarama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/tarama","coordinates":{"lat":24.6693,"lng":124.7016},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"多良間島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tarama is a flat 19.81 km² farming island of about 1,000 people halfway between Miyako and Ishigaki, and a 20–25 minute RAC flight or a 2-hour ferry from Hirara reaches it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tarama/tarama-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftarama%2Ftarama-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From an aircraft window Tarama shows as a flat oval of farm plots ringed by reef, and tiny Minna lies off its shore under scattered cloud.","credit":"Yamada udon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%A4%9A%E8%89%AF%E9%96%93%E5%B3%B6%E5%85%A8%E6%99%AF.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"tokashiki","name":"Tokashiki-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/tokashiki","coordinates":{"lat":26.1974,"lng":127.3643},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉敷島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiki-jima is the largest of the Kerama Islands at 15.31 km², and the high-speed Marine Liner Tokashiki reaches it from Naha's Tomari Port in about 40 minutes, which makes it the quickest Kerama crossing from Naha…","hero":{"src":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1787788268501-b813709de42a?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MDEyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0","card":"https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1787788268501-b813709de42a?ixid=M3wxMDk2OTY5fDB8MXxhbGx8fHx8fHx8fHwxNzkxNTA0MDEyfA&ixlib=rb-4.1.0&w=640&q=72&auto=format&fit=max","alt":"Bright blue water fills a bay on Tokashiki where coral shows dark through the shallows and a pale beach curves under green hills","credit":"keizo okada / Unsplash","licence":"Unsplash","source":"https://unsplash.com/photos/turquoise-bay-with-green-hills-G7Z0tVHRcbs?utm_source=ride_okinawa&utm_medium=referral"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"tonaki","name":"Tonaki-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/tonaki","coordinates":{"lat":26.3721,"lng":127.1403},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡名喜島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tonaki-jima is a 3.58 km² island of 291 people that the Kume Shosen ferry reaches from Naha's Tomari Port in about two hours, and its whole village of white sand lanes and fukugi windbreaks has been a national…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tonaki/tonaki-from-air.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftonaki%2Ftonaki-from-air.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Tonaki and the reef ring of Irisuna-jima sit in open blue sea between scattered white clouds in this view from a passing plane","credit":"Nesnad / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tonaki_Island_and_irisuna_island_from_air_-_clouds_-_2019_3_31.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"tsuken","name":"Tsuken-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/tsuken","coordinates":{"lat":26.2446,"lng":127.9353},"region":"central","nameLocal":"津堅島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Tsuken-jima is a flat 1.88 km² farming island off Uruma that you reach in 15 to 30 minutes by boat from Heshikiya port, and its carrot fields give it the nickname Carrot Island. About 380 people live in the village by…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsuken/henza-hamahiga-from-tsuken.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsuken%2Fhenza-hamahiga-from-tsuken.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From a lookout on Tsuken a sandy spit curls into the blue sea below green scrub, and the low islands of Henza and Hamahiga stretch across the horizon","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Henza_and_Hamahiga_Island_from_Tsuken_Island_202311.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"yagaji","name":"Yagaji-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/yagaji","coordinates":{"lat":26.6656,"lng":128.0106},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"屋我地島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yagaji-jima is a low 7.82 km² island in Nago city, joined to the main island by the Yagaji and Warumi bridges and to Kouri-jima by the Kouri Bridge, with mangroves on its tidal flats.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yagaji/yagaji-haneji-dusk-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyagaji%2Fyagaji-haneji-dusk-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"At dusk the calm Haneji Inland Sea spreads below a drone, with small wooded islets in the water and the flat farmland of Yagaji beyond under pink cloud","credit":"Benlisquare / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Drone_shot_of_Yagaji_Island_and_Haneji_Inland_Sea,_Okinawa_Prefecture.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"yonaguni","name":"Yonaguni-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/yonaguni","coordinates":{"lat":24.4689,"lng":123.0022},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaguni-jima is Japan's westernmost island and lies about 111 km from Taiwan; 1,654 people live on its 28.82 km² of cliffs and pasture, which you reach by air from Naha or Ishigaki or by a four-hour ferry from Ishigaki.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonaguni/yonaguni-coast-surf.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonaguni%2Fyonaguni-coast-surf.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Lines of white surf break along the reef of a long curving bay below the grassy hills of Yonaguni under a heavy sky.","credit":"sota-k / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonaguni_Island_coast.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"yoron","name":"Yoron-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/yoron","coordinates":{"lat":27.0484,"lng":128.4149},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"与論島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Yoron-jima is the southernmost island of Kagoshima Prefecture and lies about 23 km north of Cape Hedo on Okinawa; the flat 20.58 km² coral island is reached by a 40-minute flight from Naha or a 2 hour 30 minute ferry…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yoron/yoron-beach-shallows.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyoron%2Fyoron-beach-shallows.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A gentle wave spreads foam over white sand on Yoron as the shallow water runs clear and pale toward the reef edge.","credit":"ジャッキ― / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E4%B8%8E%E8%AB%96%E5%B3%B6%E3%81%AE%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"},{"slug":"zamami","name":"Zamami-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/islands/zamami","coordinates":{"lat":26.2265,"lng":127.3014},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"座間味島","nameLocalLang":"ja","country":"JP","summary":"Zamami-jima is a 6.70 km² island in the western Keramas that the high-speed Queen Zamami reaches from Naha's Tomari Port in 50 to 70 minutes, and from early January to late March it is the base for humpback whale…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zamami/zamami-bay-from-ridge.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzamami%2Fzamami-bay-from-ridge.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pine scrub falls away to a sheltered blue bay on Zamami, where a white beach runs below a green headland and smaller Kerama islands sit on the horizon","credit":"Felix Filnkoessl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Zamami_Island.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10"}]},"beaches":{"label":"Beach","plural":"Beaches","noun":"beaches, snorkel and dive sites","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches","items":[{"slug":"17end","name":"17END","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/17end","coordinates":{"lat":24.8322,"lng":125.1435},"region":"miyako","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"17END is the shoreline at the north end of Shimojishima Airport's 3,000 m runway, where the approach end runs out toward the sea, and visitors reach it on foot.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shimoji/shimoji-runway-seawall.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshimoji%2Fshimoji-runway-seawall.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Concrete blocks line the seawall beside the Shimojishima runway as the water off its end shades from turquoise to deep blue.","credit":"k14 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/75498163@N00/8711706519"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"agenashiku-jima-beach","name":"Agenashiku-jima Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/agenashiku-jima-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2175,"lng":127.2948},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"安慶名敷島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Agenashiku-jima Beach lies on an uninhabited 0.10 km² islet in Zamami Village that only the islet ferry from Zamami Port reaches, for ¥1,800 return on the village guide map; village lifeguards patrol it in season, and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"aharen-beach","name":"Aharen Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/aharen-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1691,"lng":127.3446},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿波連ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"aharen","country":"JP","summary":"Aharen Beach is Tokashiki-jima's main beach, where about 800 m of white sand lines the south-west coast 5 km from Tokashiki Port, and it has village lifeguards from 11 April to 30 November in 2026 and compulsory life…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aharen-beach/aharen-beach-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faharen-beach%2Faharen-beach-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pampas grass frames the long white curve of Aharen Beach on Tokashiki as it sweeps past the reef toward the rocky islet of Hanarejima","credit":"Tomaž Vajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aharen_Beach_On_Tokashiki_Island_2009_(7373).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"ama-beach","name":"Ama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2269,"lng":127.2887},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"阿真ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ama Beach on the west side of Zamami-jima is a shallow, lifeguarded beach 1.5 km from Zamami Port where sea turtles feed close to shore, with Ama Campground behind the sand and hot showers there in winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ama-beach/ama-beach-shallows.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fama-beach%2Fama-beach-shallows.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallow water laps the white sand of Ama Beach on Zamami as the rocky outlines of small uninhabited islets line the horizon to the south","credit":"Hashi photo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ama_beach_in_Zamami_Island.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"antonio-gaudi","name":"Antonio Gaudi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/antonio-gaudi","coordinates":{"lat":24.8267,"lng":125.1447},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"アントニオ・ガウディ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"Antonio Gaudi is a deep arch dive off Shimoji for Advanced Open Water divers with deep-diving experience; it starts at 25 m and reaches 36 m.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"ara-beach","name":"Ara Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ara-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3167,"lng":126.7741},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"アーラ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Ara Beach is a quiet cove on Kume-jima's south side that hills ring at the end of a mountain road, and it has toilets and parking with no showers; the town advises leaving before sunset because the road back gets dark.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ara-beach/ara-beach-driftwood.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fara-beach%2Fara-beach-driftwood.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Driftwood lies on the pale sand of Ara Beach on Kume-jima, with a rocky wooded headland at the far end of the cove.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2014-02-27_Ahra-Beach_%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E6%B5%9C%EF%BC%88%E4%B9%85%E7%B1%B3%E5%B3%B6%EF%BC%89DSCF8362.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"aragusuku-beach","name":"Aragusuku Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/aragusuku-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.7598,"lng":125.4248},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"新城海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Aragusuku Beach (Shinjo Kaigan) in Gusukube is a shore-snorkelling beach on Miyako's south-east coast where coral and tropical fish live in the shallows close to the sand.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/aragusuku-beach/aragusuku-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faragusuku-beach%2Faragusuku-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear shallows over the reef lap a long strip of pale sand at Aragusuku Beach as a green headland closes the far end of the bay.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aragusuku_Beach_in_Miyako_(51924273449).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"araha-beach","name":"Araha Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/araha-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3043,"lng":127.7585},"region":"central","nameLocal":"安良波公園アラハビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chatan","country":"JP","summary":"Araha Beach is a 600 m managed sand beach in Chatan's Araha Park, with lifesavers and showers from 10 April to 31 October in 2026. It faces west for the sunset and sits about 2.7 km of flat riding south of American…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/araha-beach/araha-beach-evening.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Faraha-beach%2Faraha-beach-evening.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pink evening cloud hangs over the long curve of Araha Beach, where stepped concrete edges the sand and rocks stand in the calm water","credit":"stroud4341 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/55270882@N07/5207825527"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"azama-sunsun-beach","name":"Azama Sun Sun Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/azama-sunsun-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1781,"lng":127.8292},"region":"south","nameLocal":"あざまサンサンビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"Azama Sun Sun Beach in Chinen, Nanjo is a netted, fully equipped beach next to the Kudaka ferry port that opens for swimming from opening day to October and for marine sports all year.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/azama-sunsun-beach/azama-sunsun-beach-route-331.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fazama-sunsun-beach%2Fazama-sunsun-beach-route-331.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Azama Sun Sun Beach and its red-roofed shelters line the shore below National Route 331 in Chinen, with the reef-edged sea beyond.","credit":"そらみみ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_of_Azama_Sun-Sun_Beach_from_Japan_National_Route_331_2.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"barasu-island","name":"Barasu Island","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/barasu-island","coordinates":{"lat":24.4353,"lng":123.8172},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"バラス島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Barasu Island is a small islet of broken coral between Iriomote and Hatoma that snorkel tours visit for the dense branching coral around it, and the highest tides can cover its pile of white rubble.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/barasu-island/barasu-island-coral-spit.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fbarasu-island%2Fbarasu-island-coral-spit.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A bare spit of broken white coral runs out into milky turquoise water at Barasu, with the hills of Iriomote low on the horizon.","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/3480581698"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sandbar"}},{"slug":"bibi-beach-itoman","name":"Bibi Beach Itoman","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/bibi-beach-itoman","coordinates":{"lat":26.1332,"lng":127.6505},"region":"south","nameLocal":"美々ビーチいとまん","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Bibi Beach Itoman is a managed artificial beach beside Itoman fishing port, about 20 minutes from Naha Airport, that opens for swimming from opening day to the end of October and for barbecues all year.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"boraga-beach","name":"Boraga Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/boraga-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.7302,"lng":125.4311},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"保良泉ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Boraga Beach at Bora on Miyako's south-east coast is a small beach park with a pool fed by natural spring water and the launch point for kayak tours to the Pumpkin Hole cave.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"eef-beach","name":"Eef Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/eef-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3321,"lng":126.8109},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"イーフビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Eef Beach runs for about 2 km of white sand down Kume-jima's east coast and ranks among Japan's 100 selected beaches, and the town calls its shallow, calm water safe for small children; swim at high tide, since low…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/eef-beach/eef-beach-parasols.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Feef-beach%2Feef-beach-parasols.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Striped parasols and stacked kayaks line the white sand of Eef Beach on Kume-jima as the shallow bay curves toward Ou-jima under a deep blue sky","credit":"Snap55 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eef_beach.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"emerald-beach","name":"Emerald Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/emerald-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.6995,"lng":127.8784},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"エメラルドビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Emerald Beach in Ocean Expo Park, Motobu, is a netted and lifeguarded coral-sand beach inside a lagoon, with free showers and swimming from April to October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/emerald-beach/emerald-beach-boulder.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Femerald-beach%2Femerald-beach-boulder.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A tall limestone boulder stands in the clear shallows at Emerald Beach in Ocean Expo Park, and small waves curl around its base onto the sand","credit":"Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa_Ocean_Expo_Park_Emerald_Beach_hdsr_Vlux5_05.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"furuzamami-beach","name":"Furuzamami Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/furuzamami-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2237,"lng":127.3106},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"古座間味ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Furuzamami Beach lies 1.4 km from Zamami Port and is Zamami-jima's main swimming beach, where coral and tropical fish sit a few metres off the sand and the Michelin Green Guide gives two stars; the showers and rentals…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/furuzamami-beach/furuzamami-curve.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffuruzamami-beach%2Ffuruzamami-curve.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"White sand curving along Furuzamami Beach on Zamami, with clear shallows over the reef and green headlands behind","credit":"Hashi photo / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Furuzamami_beach_Okinawa_Zamami.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"fusaki-beach","name":"Fusaki Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/fusaki-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.3707,"lng":124.1137},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"フサキビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Fusaki Beach runs about 1 km in front of Fusaki Beach Resort west of Ishigaki town, with lifeguards over a netted swim area beside its photogenic pier, and it stays open all year, from 9:00 to 17:00 in winter. It faces…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/fusaki-beach/fusaki-pier-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ffusaki-beach%2Ffusaki-pier-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"After sunset a lavender sky hangs over the still water at Fusaki Beach as people gather in the thatched gazebo on the pier.","credit":"nakimusi / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/26809685@N04/3834580034"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"gahi-jima-beach","name":"Gahi-jima Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/gahi-jima-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2192,"lng":127.2871},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"嘉比島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Gahi-jima Beach lies on an uninhabited 0.13 km² islet in Zamami Village that only the islet ferry from Zamami Port reaches, for ¥1,800 return on the village guide map; village lifeguards patrol it in season, and…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"haemida-beach","name":"Haemida Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/haemida-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.2723,"lng":123.8306},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"南風見田の浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"ohara","country":"JP","summary":"Haemida Beach is the long beach at the southern tip of Iriomote, about 3 km past the road's end at Toyohara, with fine sand and shallow water facing Hateruma, and no toilets or lifeguards.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/haemida-beach/haemida-beach-sunrise.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhaemida-beach%2Fhaemida-beach-sunrise.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Early sun lays a streak of gold across the wet sand of Haemida Beach in southern Iriomote below a dark wooded headland.","credit":"Yononakanokasa / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:01%E5%8D%97%E9%A2%A8%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8IMG_3698.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"hatenohama","name":"Hatenohama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/hatenohama","coordinates":{"lat":26.3454,"lng":126.8735},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"はての浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Hatenohama is a chain of three sandbars about 7 km long that lies 5 km off Kume-jima's east coast, and only tour boats from Tomari Fisherina go there; winter trips are shorter and land at Naka-no-hama.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hatenohama/hatenohama-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhatenohama%2Fhatenohama-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The white sandbar of Hatenohama curves for kilometres through turquoise shallows dotted with dark coral heads, and Kume-jima rises green on the horizon","credit":"Kumejima93_OKINAWA / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Okinawa-kumejima_Hatenohama_Beach-xl.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sandbar"}},{"slug":"hoshizuna-beach","name":"Hoshizuna Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/hoshizuna-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.4365,"lng":123.7772},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"星砂の浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Hoshizuna Beach on Iriomote's north-west coast is the island's easiest snorkel from the shore; it takes its name from the star-shaped grains in its sand and lies 6 minutes by bus from Uehara port, with no lifeguards.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/hoshizuna-beach/hoshizuna-beach-islets.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fhoshizuna-beach%2Fhoshizuna-beach-islets.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear tide pools and ribbed sand lead out to two small wooded islets off Hoshizuna Beach on Iriomote under a high blue sky.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoshizuna-no-hama_Iriomote_Island02bs3s4500.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"hyakuna-beach","name":"Hyakuna Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/hyakuna-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1376,"lng":127.7948},"region":"south","nameLocal":"百名ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Hyakuna Beach is a natural, unmanaged beach with shallow water in Tamagusuku, Nanjo, and Ryukyu myth holds it sacred as the shore where Amamikiyo first landed.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"ida-no-hama","name":"Ida-no-hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ida-no-hama","coordinates":{"lat":24.3398,"lng":123.7237},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"イダの浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"shirahama","country":"JP","summary":"Ida-no-hama is a white-sand beach beyond Funauki on Iriomote's south-west coast, a village with no road, and you reach it by a 10-minute boat from Shirahama and a 10–15 minute walk; it has no lifeguards.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ida-no-hama/ida-no-hama-white-sand.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fida-no-hama%2Fida-no-hama-white-sand.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear water laps white coral sand at Ida-no-hama on the roadless west coast of Iriomote below a wooded headland.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iriomote_funauki_idanohama.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"ie-beach","name":"Ie Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ie-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.7115,"lng":127.8221},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"伊江ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ie-jima","town":"ie-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ie Beach is Ie-jima's main south-coast beach near Ie port, with a café and cottages behind the sand and the Motobu Peninsula across the water.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"ijakajaku-dive","name":"Ijakajaku","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ijakajaku-dive","coordinates":{"lat":26.2162,"lng":127.2679},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"伊釈加釈","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","country":"JP","summary":"Ijakajaku is a beginner-friendly Kerama dive at an islet north-west of Aka-jima, and it is best known as a manta cleaning station from May to October; sea turtles are often around, and in winter divers can hear…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"ikei-beach","name":"Ikei Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ikei-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3881,"lng":127.9914},"region":"central","nameLocal":"伊計ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikei","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Ikei Beach is the paid, privately run beach on Ikei-jima at the far end of the Kaichu Doro island road, and a day visit costs ¥400 for adults. It runs marine sports and BBQs, and it posts each day's opening on its…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ikei-beach/ikei-beach-overview.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fikei-beach%2Fikei-beach-overview.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Palms and picnic shelters dot the sand of Ikei Beach in a sheltered cove, and green wooded headlands close the bay on both sides","credit":"Bernie Ongewe / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ikei_Beach_no.2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"imgya-marine-garden","name":"Imgya Marine Garden","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/imgya-marine-garden","coordinates":{"lat":24.7237,"lng":125.3573},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"イムギャーマリンガーデン","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Imgya Marine Garden is a city park around a calm natural inlet at Tomori on Miyako-jima's south coast, and it has showers and a hilltop lookout.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/imgya-marine-garden/imgya-coast-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fimgya-marine-garden%2Fimgya-coast-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The lookout above Imgya Marine Garden looks down on fingers of dark limestone reaching into clear green water along the coast.","credit":"690 Noda / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3%E9%AB%98%E5%8F%B0%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89_20130206_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"swim"}},{"slug":"irizaki-hammerhead-point","name":"Irizaki hammerhead dives","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/irizaki-hammerhead-point","coordinates":{"lat":24.4502,"lng":122.9343},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西崎（ハンマーヘッドポイント）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"The Irizaki hammerhead dives off Yonaguni's western cape draw divers from November to May, when Sawes Yonaguni's season chart marks hammerhead sharks off the westernmost point of Japan.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/irizaki-hammerhead-point/yonaguni-hammerheads.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Firizaki-hammerhead-point%2Fyonaguni-hammerheads.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Two scalloped hammerhead sharks swim over a rocky seabed in the deep blue water off Yonaguni.","credit":"itsdesire / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/73944974@N00/12737535144"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"iseki-point","name":"Iseki Point (Yonaguni Monument)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/iseki-point","coordinates":{"lat":24.4358,"lng":123.0114},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"与那国島海底地形（遺跡ポイント）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yonaguni","town":"kubura","country":"JP","summary":"Iseki Point is the dive site off Arakawa-bana on Yonaguni's south coast where a local diver found the stepped underwater rock formation called the Yonaguni Monument in 1986, about 25 m deep at its base and reached by…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/iseki-point/yonaguni-monument-diver.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fiseki-point%2Fyonaguni-monument-diver.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A diver in red fins swims along the sheer stone face of the Yonaguni Monument in deep blue water.","credit":"Melkov / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonaguni_Monument_Twin_Megaliths.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"ishigaki-sunset-beach","name":"Ishigaki Sunset Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ishigaki-sunset-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.5628,"lng":124.2857},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"石垣島サンセットビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"hirakubo","country":"JP","summary":"Ishigaki Sunset Beach is a natural beach at Kuura on the Hirakubo peninsula in northern Ishigaki, with clear water, coral close in, paid showers and summer-only marine sports. As the name says, it faces the sunset.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/ishigaki-sunset-beach/ishigaki-sunset-beach-boat.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fishigaki-sunset-beach%2Fishigaki-sunset-beach-boat.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small boat rides at anchor off the golden sand of Ishigaki Sunset Beach as the shore curves away toward a green headland.","credit":"Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ishigaki_island_(52116054497).jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"kabira-bay-beach","name":"Kabira Bay beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/kabira-bay-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.4528,"lng":124.1438},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"川平湾","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Kabira Bay's white beach is for walking only: Ishigaki City bans swimming because the bay deepens suddenly and the current runs fast, and it bans SUP and kayaks from the park too. Glass-bottom boats from the sand show…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kabira-bay-beach/kabira-bay-beach-sand.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkabira-bay-beach%2Fkabira-bay-beach-sand.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A curve of white sand runs along the edge of Kabira Bay as a few visitors walk down to the glass-bottom boats pulled up at the shore.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island21bs5s4410.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"kaiji-beach","name":"Kaiji Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/kaiji-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.3198,"lng":124.077},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"皆治浜（カイジ浜）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kaiji Beach next to Kondoi on Taketomi's west coast is the star-sand beach, where you find the tiny star-shaped shells by pressing a palm into the sand near the rocks; the current runs fast, so it is a beach for walking.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kaiji-beach/kaiji-beach-shoreline.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkaiji-beach%2Fkaiji-beach-shoreline.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wide band of clear green water laps the white sand of Kaiji Beach on Taketomi as a few people wade near the trees at its far end.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taketomi_kaiji_hama_2022_1.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"kita-nashiro-beach","name":"Kita-Nashiro Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/kita-nashiro-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1086,"lng":127.6614},"region":"south","nameLocal":"北名城ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Kita-Nashiro Beach is a shallow natural beach on Itoman's west coast, reached by a farm road off Route 331, that Itoman recommends for its sunsets and night skies.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kita-nashiro-beach/kita-nashiro-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkita-nashiro-beach%2Fkita-nashiro-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Coarse pale sand runs in a long straight line along Kita-Nashiro Beach in Itoman, where clear shallow water laps the shore and a small wooded islet sits offshore","credit":"TomazVajngerl / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kitanashiro_Beach_In_Itoman_city_Okinawa_2009_(7250).JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"komaka-jima","name":"Komaka-jima","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/komaka-jima","coordinates":{"lat":26.1497,"lng":127.85},"region":"south","nameLocal":"コマカ島","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"chinen","country":"JP","summary":"Komaka-jima is a small uninhabited island off Chinen, Nanjo, that you reach in about 15 minutes by boat from the Chinen Marine Leisure Center for a white beach and a reef for swimming and snorkelling.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/komaka-jima/komaka-jima-islet.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkomaka-jima%2Fkomaka-jima-islet.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The tiny islet of Komaka lies in deep blue water off Chinen, a low hump of green scrub with a strip of white sand at its tip","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kumaka_Island_202208.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"kondoi-beach","name":"Kondoi Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/kondoi-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.3254,"lng":124.077},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"コンドイ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"taketomi","town":"taketomi-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kondoi Beach on Taketomi's west coast is a long, shallow stretch of white sand that looks across to Iriomote and its neighbours, and it suits a calm swim at mid to high tide and a walk to the offshore sandbar at low…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kondoi-beach/kondoi-beach-blue-sky.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkondoi-beach%2Fkondoi-beach-blue-sky.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Swimmers stand waist deep in the clear shallows of Kondoi Beach as tall summer clouds build over the hills of Kohama across the channel.","credit":"ajari from Japan / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kondoi_Beach_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"kouri-beach","name":"Kouri Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/kouri-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.6945,"lng":128.0207},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"古宇利ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Kouri Beach sits at the island end of the Kouri Bridge on Kouri-jima, where about 300 m of sand on the west side gets a summer swim area and paid showers stand nearby.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/kouri-beach/kouri-beach-east.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fkouri-beach%2Fkouri-beach-east.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Parasols dot the white sand on the east side of Kouri Beach as the water turns from pale green to turquoise toward the hills of the main island","credit":"MaedaAkihiko / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kouri-Beach.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"maeda-point","name":"Cape Maeda and the Blue Cave","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/maeda-point","coordinates":{"lat":26.4463,"lng":127.7714},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"真栄田岬・青の洞窟","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"maeda","country":"JP","summary":"Cape Maeda in Onna is the entry point for the Blue Cave snorkel and trial-dive site, and the cape's operator says plainly that it is not a swimming beach. A daily flag decides whether anyone may go in, and snorkellers…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"maesato-beach","name":"Maesato Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/maesato-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.3339,"lng":124.1891},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"マエサトビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Maesato Beach is the netted, lifeguarded resort beach of ANA InterContinental Ishigaki in Maezato, east of town, with a children's water play area and free parking for non-guests. Its rental house closes from December…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"manta-scramble","name":"Manta Scramble","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/manta-scramble","coordinates":{"lat":24.4851,"lng":124.1307},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"マンタスクランブル","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Manta Scramble off Kabira Ishizaki is the manta ray dive that local shop Pushy Nushima calls probably Ishigaki's best known, and it suits beginners; the shop gives its season as May to October with the best odds in…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"maou-no-kyuden","name":"Maou no Kyuden (Devil's Palace)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/maou-no-kyuden","coordinates":{"lat":24.8267,"lng":125.1447},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"魔王の宮殿","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"Maou no Kyuden (the Devil's Palace) is a cave dive off Shimoji for Advanced Open Water divers; Marea Miyakojima lists an entrance at about 15 m and a maximum depth of 19–30 m.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"mibaru-beach","name":"Mibaru Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/mibaru-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.134,"lng":127.7899},"region":"south","nameLocal":"新原ビーチ（みーばるビーチ）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tamagusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Mibaru Beach is a long natural beach in Tamagusuku, Nanjo, so shallow that you can walk to the reef at big low tides, and the Mibaru Marine Center runs glass-bottom boats from it all year.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/mibaru-beach/mibaru-beach-calm.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fmibaru-beach%2Fmibaru-beach-calm.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A branch frames a single craggy rock standing in still pale water at Mibaru Beach under a wide summer sky full of cloud","credit":"inf_supTJ / Flickr","licence":"PDM","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/135916494@N08/32204871011"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"minata-beach","name":"Minata Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/minata-beach","coordinates":{"lat":27.0531,"lng":128.4487},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"皆田海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Minata Beach on Yoron's north-east coast faces the islet of Minata-banare, which you can walk out to at low tide, and serves as a base for sea kayak and snorkel tours and one of the Yurigahama boat departures.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minata-beach/minata-beach-islet.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminata-beach%2Fminata-beach-islet.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A wooded islet sits beyond the clear shallows of Minata Beach as a lone paddleboarder crosses the lagoon.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2021-04-10_Beach_Minata,Amami,Kagoshima_(%E7%9A%86%E7%94%B0%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8)_DJI_Mini2-0050.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"minna-beach","name":"Minna Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/minna-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.6478,"lng":127.8177},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"水納ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"minna","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Minna Beach is the white-sand day-trip beach on Minna-jima, a 0.47 km² crescent island that the boat from Toguchi port in Motobu reaches in 15 minutes.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/minna-beach/minna-beach-ripples.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fminna-beach%2Fminna-beach-ripples.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Ripples of clear water run over white sand on Minna's south shore, and the shallows turn pale blue out toward a stone breakwater","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Minna_Island_beach.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nagamahama-beach","name":"Nagamahama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nagamahama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.7262,"lng":125.2398},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"長間浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kurima","country":"JP","summary":"Nagamahama is a 1 km undeveloped beach on the west side of Kurima where nothing has been built, and it is the island's sunset spot.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nakamoto-beach","name":"Nakamoto Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nakamoto-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.2324,"lng":123.997},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"仲本海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nakamoto Beach on Kuroshima's south-west coast has a reef lagoon full of tropical fish, and Taketomi Town warns of rip currents and many past accidents there, so snorkel in a life jacket with a partner, and only in the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nakamoto-beach/nakamoto-beach-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnakamoto-beach%2Fnakamoto-beach-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"After sunset the reef at Nakamoto Beach on Kuroshima lies in grey dusk light with low islands on the horizon.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016-02-28_Nakamoto_Beach,Kuroshima(Taketomi,_Okinawa)_%E6%B2%96%E7%B8%84%E7%9C%8C%E5%85%AB%E9%87%8D%E5%B1%B1%E8%AB%B8%E5%B3%B6%E3%83%BB%E9%BB%92%E5%B3%B6,%E4%BB%B2%E6%9C%AC%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8_DSCF4232.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"naminoue-beach","name":"Naminoue Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/naminoue-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2213,"lng":127.6722},"region":"naha","nameLocal":"波の上ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"naminoue","country":"JP","summary":"Naminoue Beach is the only swimming beach in central Naha, and this free artificial beach below Naminoue-gu shrine opens for swimming from April to October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/naminoue-beach/naminoue-beach-shrine-cliff.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnaminoue-beach%2Fnaminoue-beach-shrine-cliff.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Clear green water laps the curve of Naminoue Beach below a limestone cliff where the red and black roof of Naminoue Shrine looks out to sea","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:111204_Naminoue_Beach_and_Naminoue-gu_Naha_Okinawa_pref_Japan01bs.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nanamata-arch","name":"Nanamata Arch","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nanamata-arch","coordinates":{"lat":24.7257,"lng":125.3799},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"七又アーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Nanamata Arch is a winter terrain dive through stacked arches off Miyako's south coast, and Marea Miyakojima rates it for Advanced Open Water divers with a maximum depth of 11–18 m.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"nirai-beach","name":"Nirai Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nirai-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.4133,"lng":127.715},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"ニライビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Nirai Beach is a village-run beach in front of Hotel Nikko Alivila in Yomitan, where the shore rocks were left natural so the sea changes character between low and high tide. Parking is paid, and the marine house books…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nishibama-beach","name":"Nishibama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nishibama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2015,"lng":127.2883},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"北浜ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"aka","town":"aka-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nishibama Beach lies 1.5 km from Aka Port and is Aka-jima's main beach, with about 1 km of sand and a reef the Ministry of the Environment rates alongside Furuzamami; it faces north, so the winter wind blows straight in.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nishibama-beach/nishibama-beach-reef.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnishibama-beach%2Fnishibama-beach-reef.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Nishibama Beach on Aka runs white below casuarina trees while the reef spreads pale green into deep blue water toward the hills of Zamami","credit":"Si-take. at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nishibama_beach_Akajima_Island_Okinawa,JAPAN.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nishihama-beach","name":"Nishihama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nishihama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.0644,"lng":123.7621},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ニシ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hateruma","town":"hateruma-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nishihama is the 1.5 km white-sand beach on Hateruma's north coast, ten minutes' walk from the port and rated Japan's best beach by TripAdvisor users in 2017, where rip currents have drowned swimmers and no lifeguards…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nishihama-beach/nishihama-beach-from-above.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnishihama-beach%2Fnishihama-beach-from-above.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Bands of turquoise and deep blue water stretch away from the shore below the green slope above Nishihama on Hateruma.","credit":"カカオ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%83%8F%E3%83%9E.JPG"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"nishinohama-beach","name":"Nishi-no-hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/nishinohama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.253,"lng":123.9972},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"西の浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kuroshima","town":"kuroshima-village","country":"JP","summary":"Nishi-no-hama on Kuroshima's north-west shore, near the port, is the island's sunset beach and a sea turtle nesting site from April to about October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/nishinohama-beach/nishinohama-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fnishinohama-beach%2Fnishinohama-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A curve of white sand runs along the shallow green water at Nishi-no-hama on Kuroshima, with a rock outcrop standing in the lagoon.","credit":"mariemon / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%A5%BF%E3%81%AE%E6%B5%9C1353.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"odo-beach","name":"Odo Beach (John Man Beach)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/odo-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.0905,"lng":127.7085},"region":"south","nameLocal":"大度浜海岸（ジョン万ビーチ）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"itoman","country":"JP","summary":"Odo Beach, which locals also call John Man Beach, is a natural reef coast in southeastern Itoman known for low-tide rock pools and diving, and it has no facilities, nets or lifeguards.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"tidepool"}},{"slug":"oganeku-beach","name":"Oganeku Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/oganeku-beach","coordinates":{"lat":27.0389,"lng":128.452},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"大金久海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Oganeku Beach is Yoron's largest beach, with about 2 km of white sand on the east coast and shallow water for some 2 km offshore, and it is the main departure point for Yurigahama boats.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/oganeku-beach/oganeku-beach-sand.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Foganeku-beach%2Foganeku-beach-sand.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Footprints cross the long white sand of Oganeku Beach as the shallow water runs out toward a low rocky islet.","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/21465631866"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"okuma-beach","name":"Okuma Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/okuma-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.7356,"lng":128.16},"region":"yanbaru","nameLocal":"オクマビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"kunigami","country":"JP","summary":"Okuma Beach in Kunigami is a 1 km white-sand resort beach on the Yanbaru coast that day visitors can use for ¥1,500 per adult, with snorkelling allowed inside the swim area.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"osaki-hanagoi-reef","name":"Osaki Hanagoi Reef","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/osaki-hanagoi-reef","coordinates":{"lat":24.4268,"lng":124.0652},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"大崎ハナゴイリーフ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Osaki Hanagoi Reef off Ishigaki's west coast suits divers of every level, with schooling reef fish over the coral and small gobies and wrasse for the patient, according to local shop Pushy Nushima.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"ou-jima-beach","name":"Ou-jima Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ou-jima-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3369,"lng":126.8266},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"奥武島畳石","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ou-jima","town":"eef-beach-area","country":"JP","summary":"Ou-jima Beach is the calm, clear-water beach beside Tatami-ishi on Ou-jima, which a bridge joins to Kume-jima, and it has toilets, parking and Ojima Campground next to the sand.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"painagama-beach","name":"Painagama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/painagama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.8029,"lng":125.2717},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"パイナガマビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Painagama Beach lies a short walk from central Hirara and has habu-jellyfish nets from 1 April to 30 October.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/painagama-beach/painagama-beach-seawall.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fpainagama-beach%2Fpainagama-beach-seawall.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A curve of white sand runs below a low seawall at Painagama Beach, which sits a short walk from the centre of Hirara.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_painagama_2004.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"sakuraguchi","name":"Sakuraguchi","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sakuraguchi","coordinates":{"lat":24.3236,"lng":124.1689},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"桜口","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"ishigaki-city","country":"JP","summary":"Sakuraguchi is a dive site south of Ishigaki town with hard corals and fields of soft coral, and local shop Pushy Nushima takes divers there when the winter north wind blows hard, which makes it a likely site for a…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"sawada-no-hama","name":"Sawada no Hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sawada-no-hama","coordinates":{"lat":24.8405,"lng":125.16},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"佐和田の浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Sawada no Hama is a shallow tidal beach on Irabu's north-west coast scattered with boulders thrown ashore by the 1771 Meiwa tsunami, and it is one of Japan's 100 selected beaches for its sunsets.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sawada-no-hama/sawada-no-hama-boulders.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsawada-no-hama%2Fsawada-no-hama-boulders.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Big coral boulders lie scattered across the wide, flat reef of Sawada no Hama on Irabu under a bright sky of small clouds.","credit":"ブルーノ・プラス / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_entire_Sawada_beach.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"tidepool"}},{"slug":"sesoko-beach","name":"Sesoko Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sesoko-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.6488,"lng":127.855},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"瀬底ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"sesoko","town":"motobu","country":"JP","summary":"Sesoko Beach on Sesoko-jima in Motobu is an 800 m natural white-sand beach with a lifeguarded swim area, and its 2026 season ran from 7 March to 30 November.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sesoko-beach/sesoko-beach-path.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsesoko-beach%2Fsesoko-beach-path.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A sandy path leads past beach huts and parasols to Sesoko Beach, where the flat outline of Ie-jima and its single peak sit across the water","credit":"へいへ / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E7%80%AC%E5%BA%95%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"shigira-beach","name":"Shigira Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/shigira-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.7201,"lng":125.3408},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"シギラビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"ueno","country":"JP","summary":"Shigira Beach is the resort beach at Miyaguni in Ueno, where anyone can park free and snorkel over dozens of coral types and more than 100 fish species.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shigira-beach/shigira-beach-rocks.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshigira-beach%2Fshigira-beach-rocks.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Dark coral rocks break the calm water off the grey sand of Shigira Beach on a hazy late-autumn afternoon.","credit":"Kaz Ish / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shigira_Beach_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"shinri-beach","name":"Shinri Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/shinri-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.355,"lng":126.7171},"region":"kume","nameLocal":"シンリ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kume-jima","town":"kumejima-town","country":"JP","summary":"Shinri Beach sits 3 minutes by car from Kumejima Airport and is the island's sunset beach, with calm water, showers, a snack stand and a campsite, and planes landing and taking off close by.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"shiraho-reef","name":"Shiraho reef","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/shiraho-reef","coordinates":{"lat":24.3544,"lng":124.2456},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"白保サンゴ礁","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"shiraho","country":"JP","summary":"Shiraho reef on Ishigaki's east coast holds one of the largest blue coral communities in the northern hemisphere, according to WWF Japan, with more than 120 coral species and 300 kinds of fish; the reef flat drains at…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/shiraho-reef/shiraho-reef-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fshiraho-reef%2Fshiraho-reef-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Seen from an airliner the broad reef off Shiraho forms a brown and turquoise band between the village shore and the open ocean breakers.","credit":"松岡明芳 / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2018-01-13_Shirahoreef_%EF%BC%86_New_Ishigaki_Airport_by_Peach_Airbus_A320-214_%E7%99%BD%E4%BF%9D%E6%B5%B7%E5%B2%B8%E7%8F%8A%E7%91%9A%E7%A4%81%E3%81%A8%E6%96%B0%E7%9F%B3%E5%9E%A3%E7%A9%BA%E6%B8%AF_DSCF9566a.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"sukuji-beach","name":"Sukuji Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sukuji-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.4661,"lng":124.1244},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"底地ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"kabira","country":"JP","summary":"Sukuji Beach near Kabira is the family swimming beach of north-west Ishigaki: shallow, with a jellyfish net, lifeguards in season, showers and toilets. It sits a few minutes west of Kabira Bay, where swimming is banned.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sukuji-beach/sukuji-beach-curve.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsukuji-beach%2Fsukuji-beach-curve.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Sukuji Beach curves away under casuarina trees toward a resort hotel, and a swim net crosses the calm shallow water of the bay.","credit":"alberth2 / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/84056180@N00/4984305397"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"sunabe-seawall","name":"Sunabe seawall (Miyagi coast)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sunabe-seawall","coordinates":{"lat":26.329,"lng":127.7441},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宮城海岸（砂辺）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Sunabe seawall on Chatan's Miyagi coast is open reef that Chatan's tourism association calls a mecca for trial dives, and dive shops run trips from it all year and surfers paddle out when a swell comes. It has no…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sunabe-seawall/sunabe-seawall-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsunabe-seawall%2Fsunabe-seawall-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Painted graffiti covers the Sunabe seawall at dusk, and a curve of tetrapods holds back the waves under a soft pink and blue sky","credit":"SUGOIPIX / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/52555586@N03/4911319385"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"sunayama-beach","name":"Sunayama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sunayama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.8394,"lng":125.2806},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"砂山ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"hirara","country":"JP","summary":"Sunayama Beach is a short, west-facing white-sand beach north of Hirara reached over a sand dune, and it has no lifeguards and a fenced-off rock arch.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sunayama-beach/sunayama-arch-blue-sky.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsunayama-beach%2Fsunayama-arch-blue-sky.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A great arch of weathered coral rock topped with green scrub frames the sea at Sunayama Beach under a clear blue sky.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Miyako_sunayama_beach_2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"sunset-beach","name":"Chatan Park Sunset Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/sunset-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3132,"lng":127.7551},"region":"central","nameLocal":"北谷公園サンセットビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"american-village","country":"JP","summary":"Chatan Park Sunset Beach is the managed town beach beside American Village in Chatan, with lifesavers on duty and a beach building of showers and lockers from 10 April to 30 November in 2026. It takes its name from the…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/sunset-beach/sunset-beach-dusk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fsunset-beach%2Fsunset-beach-dusk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"After sunset a few people wade at the edge of the calm curved bay of Chatan Sunset Beach under a pink and lilac sky","credit":"SteFou! / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/41614647@N04/6080547354"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"terasaki-beach","name":"Terasaki Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/terasaki-beach","coordinates":{"lat":27.0654,"lng":128.4378},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"寺崎海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Terasaki Beach is a quiet white-sand beach on Yoron's north coast, next to Tumai beach where the film 'Megane' was shot, with no showers or toilets.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"tinu-beach","name":"Tinu Beach and Heart Rock","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/tinu-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.7138,"lng":128.0148},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ティーヌ浜・ハートロック","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tinu Beach on Kouri-jima's north shore holds Heart Rock, where two wave-cut rocks line up into a heart, and an airline commercial made it famous in 2014.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tinu-beach/tinu-beach-cove.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftinu-beach%2Ftinu-beach-cove.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Dark coral rock and green scrub frame the sandy cove of Tinu Beach on Kouri, where Heart Rock stands in pale water and a few swimmers float nearby","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinu-hama_202006_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"toguchi-beach","name":"Toguchi Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/toguchi-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.365,"lng":127.7376},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"渡具知ビーチ（渡具知の浜）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Toguchi Beach is a shallow, clear park beach at the mouth of the Hija River in Yomitan, with free parking and a playground, and it is the shore where US forces landed on 1 April 1945. Families come for the calm water…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yomitan/yomitan-paddler-sunset.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyomitan%2Fyomitan-paddler-sunset.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A lone paddler crosses golden water at sunset off Toguchi in Yomitan, where dark reef rocks break the calm surface below a sky of glowing cloud","credit":"Christopher Myers / Flickr","licence":"CC0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/95211592@N08/25275024121"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"toguchi-no-hama","name":"Toguchi no Hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/toguchi-no-hama","coordinates":{"lat":24.8115,"lng":125.178},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"渡口の浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"Toguchi no Hama is an 800 m curve of fine white sand on Irabu's south coast, and it has toilets at both entrances and paid showers at the west end.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/toguchi-no-hama/toguchi-no-hama-aerial.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoguchi-no-hama%2Ftoguchi-no-hama-aerial.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"From above, white surf traces the edge of Toguchi no Hama where pale sand meets turquoise water and dark patches of reef.","credit":"Tsutomu. / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%B8%A1%E5%8F%A3%E3%81%AE%E6%B5%9C%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A6_-_51906265808.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"tokashiku-beach","name":"Tokashiku Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/tokashiku-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1858,"lng":127.346},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"渡嘉志久ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tokashiki","town":"tokashiki-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tokashiku Beach is a calm, roughly 800 m bay on Tokashiki-jima's west coast known for sea turtles, with lifeguards from 11 April to 30 November in 2026; no bus serves it, so you reach it by taxi, scooter or bicycle.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tokashiku-beach/tokashiku-bay-from-road.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftokashiku-beach%2Ftokashiku-bay-from-road.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Forested hills open onto Tokashiku Bay on Tokashiki, and the shallow reef glows pale blue below a line of smaller islands on the horizon","credit":"MagentaTardigrade / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokashiki_bay.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"tokei-beach","name":"Tokei Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/tokei-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.7134,"lng":128.0192},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"トケイ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kouri","town":"kouri-village","country":"JP","summary":"Tokei Beach on Kouri-jima's north shore is a pair of quiet coves where water has worn round potholes into the rock, with a view out to Cape Hedo.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"tidepool"}},{"slug":"toriike-dive","name":"Toriike dive","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/toriike-dive","coordinates":{"lat":24.8243,"lng":125.1364},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"通り池（ダイビング）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"shimoji","town":"shimoji-town","country":"JP","summary":"The Toriike dive on Shimoji is an advanced boat dive that runs from the sea through an arch at about 20 m and surfaces in the Toriike pond; Marea Miyakojima lists its maximum depth as 31–35 m.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/toriike/toriike-blue-water.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoriike%2Ftoriike-blue-water.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Deep blue water fills the round basin of Toriike below a ledge of eroded limestone on the west coast of Shimoji.","credit":"sota-k / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-SA-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/21493557@N00/2334438579"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"toyosaki-churasun-beach","name":"Toyosaki Churasun Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/toyosaki-churasun-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.1564,"lng":127.6472},"region":"south","nameLocal":"豊崎美らSUNビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"tomigusuku","country":"JP","summary":"Toyosaki Churasun Beach in Tomigusuku is a 700 m artificial beach about 15 minutes from Naha Airport that has a habu-kurage net and lifeguards in the swimming season.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/toyosaki-churasun-beach/toyosaki-churasun-beach.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoyosaki-churasun-beach%2Ftoyosaki-churasun-beach.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pale sand stretches along Toyosaki Churasun Beach in Tomigusuku toward a low breakwater, with green dune plants in front and broken cloud over the sea","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/52236169444"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"tsukigahama","name":"Tsukigahama (Todumari Beach)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/tsukigahama","coordinates":{"lat":24.4236,"lng":123.7745},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"トゥドゥマリの浜（月ヶ浜）","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"iriomote","town":"uehara","country":"JP","summary":"Tsukigahama is the long sand beach north of the Urauchi River mouth on Iriomote's north-west coast, known in the island's language as Todumari; it is a walking and sunset beach with no lifeguards.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tsukigahama/tsukigahama-calm-morning.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftsukigahama%2Ftsukigahama-calm-morning.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Gentle waves wash the curved sand of Tsukigahama on a still overcast morning as two rock stacks stand in the bay.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tudumari-no-hama_Iriomote_Island_Japan12bs4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"tumai-beach","name":"Tumai Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/tumai-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.2553,"lng":127.9388},"region":"central","nameLocal":"トゥマイ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"tsuken","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Tumai Beach is the long white-sand beach on the west coast of Tsuken-jima, about ten minutes on foot from the ferry port, with a shallow, gently sloping shore for swimming and snorkelling. It has no lifeguards or…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/tumai-beach/tumai-beach-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Ftumai-beach%2Ftumai-beach-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Shallow turquoise water laps the long sand of Tumai Beach on Tsuken-jima, with a line of swim buoys offshore and Okinawa Island on the horizon.","credit":"Kugel~commonswiki / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tumai_hama_202311_01.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"ugan-dive","name":"Ugan","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/ugan-dive","coordinates":{"lat":26.2487,"lng":127.334},"region":"kerama","nameLocal":"男岩","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"zamami","town":"zamami-village","country":"JP","summary":"Ugan is an advanced drift dive at a rock islet north-east of Zamami-jima, worked to about 25 m around a pinnacle that rises from 40 m, where schools of pelagic fish pass and mantas show up at times; currents can run…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"uken-beach","name":"Uken Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/uken-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.3845,"lng":127.8739},"region":"central","nameLocal":"宇堅ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"uruma","country":"JP","summary":"Uken Beach is a managed beach on Kin Bay in Uruma's Gushikawa district, with lifeguards during swimming hours from the spring opening to the end of October and BBQ pavilions open all year. It closes only over the New…","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"uppama-beach","name":"Uppama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/uppama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.6919,"lng":127.9923},"region":"motobu","nameLocal":"ウッパマビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"nakijin","country":"JP","summary":"Uppama Beach on Nakijin's north coast is a white-sand beach about 1 km long with a jellyfish net and lifeguards from April to September.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/uppama-beach/uppama-beach-morning.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fuppama-beach%2Fuppama-beach-morning.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A jellyfish net marks a calm swimming area off Uppama Beach in Nakijin on a summer morning, with a lifeguard tower on the pale sand","credit":"Hikomi Moneru / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:On_a_Summer_Morning,UPPAMA_Beach,_Nakijin_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"w-arch-irabu","name":"W Arch","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/w-arch-irabu","coordinates":{"lat":24.8389,"lng":125.1656},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"Wアーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"irabu","town":"irabu-town","country":"JP","summary":"W Arch is a summer dive off Irabu where twin arches frame a heart, and Marea Miyakojima rates it for Open Water divers with a maximum depth of 11–18 m.","updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"yabiji","name":"Yabiji (Yaebishi)","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yabiji","coordinates":{"lat":25.0091,"lng":125.2889},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"八重干瀬","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ikema","town":"ikema-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yabiji is a system of more than 100 reefs that stretches 17 km north to south off Ikema; it is a national Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument, and tour boats reach it from Ikema port between spring and summer.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yabiji/yabiji-coral.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyabiji%2Fyabiji-coral.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Small reef fish swim over branching coral on the shallow reef at Yabiji off Ikema.","credit":"Papakuro at Japanese Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yabishi2.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"yara-hama","name":"Yara-hama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yara-hama","coordinates":{"lat":24.4723,"lng":123.8152},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"屋良浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"hatoma","country":"JP","summary":"Yara-hama is the widest beach on Hatoma, with shallow water and shade on the island's west side, and the Taketomi Town Tourism Association recommends it for sunset. Like every Hatoma beach it is not an official…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yara-hama/yara-hama-white-sand.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyara-hama%2Fyara-hama-white-sand.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A strip of bright coral sand runs beside clear turquoise water at Yara-hama on Hatoma as a few people wade near the far end.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hatoma_yarahama.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"yonaha-maehama-beach","name":"Yonaha Maehama Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yonaha-maehama-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.736,"lng":125.2612},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"与那覇前浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"yonaha","country":"JP","summary":"Yonaha Maehama is a 7 km white-sand beach on Miyako-jima's south-west coast with jellyfish nets in season, and TripAdvisor has named it Japan's top beach several times.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonaha-maehama-beach/yonaha-maehama-boardwalk.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonaha-maehama-beach%2Fyonaha-maehama-boardwalk.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A weathered boardwalk leads from the white sand of Yonaha Maehama out to small boats moored over pale blue shallows.","credit":"663highland / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-2.5","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonahamaehama_Miyakojima_Okinawa_Japan05bs3s4592.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}},{"slug":"yonara-channel","name":"Yonara Channel","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yonara-channel","coordinates":{"lat":24.368,"lng":123.9517},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"ヨナラ水道","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"kohama","town":"kohama-village","country":"JP","summary":"The Yonara Channel between Kohama and Iriomote is a fast-current drift dive for manta rays that suits intermediate and advanced divers, and Ishigaki shop Pushy Nushima says it was once better known than Kabira Ishizaki.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonara-channel/yonara-channel-iriomote-view.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonara-channel%2Fyonara-channel-iriomote-view.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"The Yonara Channel spreads blue and green between the grassy north shore of Kohama and the mountains of Iriomote under summer cloud.","credit":"Paipateroma / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-4.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yaeyama_kohama_yonara_channel.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"dive"}},{"slug":"yonehara-beach","name":"Yonehara Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yonehara-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.4542,"lng":124.1863},"region":"yaeyama","nameLocal":"米原海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"ishigaki","town":"yonehara","country":"JP","summary":"Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki's north-west coast draws snorkellers to coral close to shore inside Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, and it has no lifeguards, so the local rules ask everyone in the water to wear a life…","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yonehara-beach/yonehara-beach-pandanus.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyonehara-beach%2Fyonehara-beach-pandanus.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pandanus leaves hang over the pale sand of Yonehara Beach on Ishigaki's north shore, where the reef flat stretches out under a clear sky.","credit":"Syced / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yonehara_Beach_3.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"yoshino-beach","name":"Yoshino Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yoshino-beach","coordinates":{"lat":24.7483,"lng":125.4422},"region":"miyako","nameLocal":"吉野海岸","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"miyako-jima","town":"gusukube","country":"JP","summary":"Yoshino Beach in Gusukube is the shore-snorkelling lagoon the city credits with the most tropical fish on Miyako; a shuttle runs down from a paid cliff-top car park, and the lagoon needs mid to high tide.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yoshino-beach/yoshino-beach-evening.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyoshino-beach%2Fyoshino-beach-evening.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Soft evening light falls on the quiet sand of Yoshino Beach and the wooded headland that closes its northern end.","credit":"jared goss / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-SA-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshino_beach_-_panoramio.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"snorkel"}},{"slug":"yurigahama","name":"Yurigahama","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/yurigahama","coordinates":{"lat":27.0429,"lng":128.4564},"region":"yoron","nameLocal":"百合ヶ浜","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"yoron","town":"yoron-town","country":"JP","summary":"Yurigahama is a sand flat about 1.5 km off Oganeku beach on Yoron's east coast that surfaces only around low tide on suitable days, and the island's marine shops run five-minute glass-bottom boat rides out to it.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/yurigahama/yurigahama-shore.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fyurigahama%2Fyurigahama-shore.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"Pale sand and grassy dunes run down to calm water off the east coast of Yoron where boats leave for the Yurigahama sandbar.","credit":"Kzaral / Flickr","licence":"CC-BY-2.0","source":"https://www.flickr.com/photos/32811347@N08/8407013563"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"sandbar"}},{"slug":"zanpa-beach","name":"Zanpa Beach","url":"https://rideokinawa.com/beaches/zanpa-beach","coordinates":{"lat":26.4353,"lng":127.716},"region":"west-coast","nameLocal":"残波ビーチ","nameLocalLang":"ja","area":"okinawa-honto","town":"yomitan","country":"JP","summary":"Zanpa Beach is Yomitan village's managed beach near Cape Zanpa, with a swim season from 1 April to 31 October, free parking and ¥200 showers. The beach house stays open 9:00–17:00 through the winter.","hero":{"src":"https://rideokinawa.com/photos/zanpa-beach/zanpa-beach-pandanus.jpg","card":"https://rideokinawa.com/_next/image?url=%2Fphotos%2Fzanpa-beach%2Fzanpa-beach-pandanus.jpg&w=640&q=75","alt":"A small pandanus tree stands on the white sand of Zanpa Beach in Yomitan, with picnic tables and turquoise water behind it.","credit":"690 Noda / Wikimedia Commons","licence":"CC-BY-3.0","source":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E6%AE%8B%E6%B3%A2%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81_20130204.jpg"},"updated":"2026-10","facts":{"kind":"beach"}}]}},"regions":[{"slug":"naha","name":"Naha & Shuri","nameLocal":"那覇・首里","country":"JP","center":[127.7,26.215],"bbox":[127.63,26.162,127.77,26.263],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/naha"},{"slug":"south","name":"The South","nameLocal":"南部","country":"JP","center":[127.76,26.16],"bbox":[127.62,26.058,127.915,26.25],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/south"},{"slug":"central","name":"Central Okinawa","nameLocal":"中部","country":"JP","center":[127.86,26.33],"bbox":[127.696,26.225,128.021,26.502],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/central"},{"slug":"west-coast","name":"Yomitan & Onna","nameLocal":"読谷・恩納","country":"JP","center":[127.8,26.43],"bbox":[127.69,26.296,127.996,26.612],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/west-coast"},{"slug":"motobu","name":"Nago & Motobu","nameLocal":"名護・本部","country":"JP","center":[127.9,26.66],"bbox":[127.68,26.508,128.096,27.057],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/motobu"},{"slug":"yanbaru","name":"Yanbaru","nameLocal":"やんばる","country":"JP","center":[128.2,26.75],"bbox":[127.956,26.572,128.36,26.892],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/yanbaru"},{"slug":"kerama","name":"Kerama Islands","nameLocal":"慶良間諸島","country":"JP","center":[127.3,26.2],"bbox":[127.12,26.12,127.43,26.392],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/kerama"},{"slug":"kume","name":"Kume-jima","nameLocal":"久米島","country":"JP","center":[126.78,26.35],"bbox":[126.67,26.294,126.9,26.41],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/kume"},{"slug":"miyako","name":"Miyako Islands","nameLocal":"宮古諸島","country":"JP","center":[125.3,24.8],"bbox":[124.657,24.625,125.489,25.029],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/miyako"},{"slug":"yaeyama","name":"Yaeyama Islands","nameLocal":"八重山諸島","country":"JP","center":[123.95,24.36],"bbox":[122.914,24.028,124.36,24.63],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/yaeyama"},{"slug":"yoron","name":"Yoron","nameLocal":"与論島","country":"JP","center":[128.41,27.04],"bbox":[128.36,26.99,128.476,27.085],"url":"https://rideokinawa.com/regions/yoron"}]}