Naha & Shuri

那覇・首里

Most trips start at Naha's airport, a short monorail ride from Kokusai-dori. The old royal capital of Shuri sits on the ridge above the city, and the potters' lanes of Tsuboya run down toward the market where the city still does its shopping.

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TownsBeachesStaysContours every 10 m on land; depth lines at the drop-offs

Photo 松岡明芳 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 and others, credited in the gallery

Bridges and ferries

Islands島

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沖縄本島（沖縄島）

Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto)

Naha

food, history

Where to base

Towns and neighbourhoods町

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Kokusai-dori runs straight under a bright sky past a brown sugar shop, palm trees and a round tower at the far end of the street

A black taxi passes a lit red shopfront on Kokusai-dori that borrows the look of Ryukyu palace architecture in the early evening

Kokusai-dori

Naha

Neighbourhood

Makishi

Naha

Neighbourhood

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

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

Naha

City

A curly-maned shisa of red clay bares its teeth on a stone plinth at Naminoue Shrine while wooden prayer plaques hang on a rack behind it

Naminoue

Naha

Neighbourhood

Oroku

Naha

Neighbourhood

Sakaemachi

Naha

Neighbourhood

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

The Kinjo-cho stone path drops downhill between coral limestone walls and red tile roofs, and the hillside houses of Naha fill the view beyond

Clusters of red and pink blossoms hang over a stone wall where the Kinjo-cho cobbled lane runs straight and quiet under a summer sky

Shuri

Naha

Neighbourhood

Tomari

Naha

Port

In the water

Beaches and swims浜

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Naminoue Beach

Naminoue · Naha

Beach

Every price

Stay宿

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ダブルツリーbyヒルトン

DoubleTree by Hilton Naha Shuri Castle

Shuri · Naha

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ゲストハウス BASE

Guesthouse BASE okinawa

Naminoue · Naha

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ホテルアンテルーム那

Hotel Anteroom Naha

Tomari · Naha

Design hotel¥¥

ホテルコレクティブ

Hotel Collective

Kokusai Dori · Naha

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ホテルグランビュー沖縄

Hotel Gran View Okinawa

Naha

Business hotel¥

ホテルストレータ那覇

Hotel Strata Naha

Makishi · Naha

Design hotel¥¥

Hyatt Regency Naha Okinawa

Makishi · Naha

Luxury hotel¥¥

ネストホテル那覇久茂地

Nest Hotel Naha Kumoji

Naha

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Soba to awamori

Eat and drink食

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泡盛倉庫

Awamori Soko

Naha

Awamori bar

べんり屋玉玲瓏

Benriya Yuriron

Sakaemachi · Naha

Other

COFFEE potohoto

Sakaemachi · Naha

Cafe

富士家泊本店

Fujiya Tomari Honten

Tomari · Naha

Sweets

花笠食堂

Hanagasa Shokudo

Makishi · Naha

Shokudo

Helios Pub Craft Beer & Rum

Naha

Brewery

Jack's Steak House

Naha

Steak

かめしまパン前島店

Kameshima Pan Maejima

Tomari · Naha

Bakery

Sights

See見る

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Lacquered posts and a carved green railing frame a view across the Fukushuen pond to a white stone pagoda among the trees

A green pond fills the foreground at Fukushuen in Naha, and a Chinese pavilion stands on a rock hill above a waterfall at the far end

A round doorway in a white garden wall at Fukushuen opens onto a pavilion, and a stone turtle sits on a carved rock beside the entrance

Fukushuen Garden

Naha

Garden

Kokusai-dori

Kokusai Dori · Naha

Street

Daiichi Makishi Public Market

Makishi · Naha

Market

Shuri Kinjo-cho Stone-paved Road

Shuri · Naha

Street

The red lacquered hall of Sueyoshi Shrine stands on a high limestone platform reached by worn stone steps in the woods of Sueyoshi Park

Sueyoshi Park

Shuri · Naha

Park

Kingdom, crafts and memory

Culture and history文化

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第32軍司令部壕

32nd Army Headquarters Tunnels

Shuri · Naha

Memorial

A deigo tree in red flower leans over the pond at Shikinaen beside a small arched bridge of grey limestone and a grassy rise

The low red-roofed villa of Shikinaen lies mirrored in the still garden pond under a clear blue November sky

Shikinaen

Naha

Garden

Two stone shisa guard the arched opening of Kankaimon gate, where a wooden tower sits on top of the curved limestone walls of Shuri Castle

Shuri Castle

Shuri · Naha

Gusuku

Carved coral limestone and a stone roof frame the weathered wooden doors of the Sonohyan-utaki gate on a bright summer day in Shuri

The closed stone gate of Sonohyan-utaki sits in a low limestone wall beside the path to Shuri Castle, and bare trees rise behind it under a blue sky

Sonohyan-utaki Stone Gate

Shuri · Naha

Utaki

Three stone burial chambers of the Tamaudun royal mausoleum line a raked courtyard of white coral gravel under a clear blue sky in Shuri

A wooden gatehouse with a red tile roof sits on a stone platform at the east side of the Tamaudun grounds, and tall trees shade it from behind

Tamaudun

Shuri · Naha

Tomb

対馬丸記念館

Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum

Naha

Museum