Street Scenes of Okinawa
Some street photos of Okinawa I took as a keepsake. Almost all of them were shot from inside the monorail. A riverside park From Shuri Station The Prefectural Office Kokusai-dori is right in front of it…
Some street photos of Okinawa I took as a keepsake. Almost all of them were shot from inside the monorail. A riverside park From Shuri Station The Prefectural Office Kokusai-dori is right in front of it…
Naha Airport The airport is just five minutes from the city. There’s a monorail linking it to town, but in Okinawa renting a car is handier in all sorts of ways. Public transport isn’t all that we…
Shuri Castle is Okinawa’s famous castle. It’s something like Gyeongbokgung Palace is to Seoul, so you could fairly call it Okinawa’s signature sight. Unlike typical Japanese castles, it has a…
Okinawa has two traditional-culture theme parks: Okinawa World and Ryukyu Mura. Since I’d come all the way to Okinawa, I decided to visit one of them, and went with Okinawa World because it’s close…
Continued from Part 1. A shark in the shark exhibit A giant shark model Sea turtle Tropical fish There were plenty of other spots worth seeing, but it was pouring that day, so I called it quits …
Churaumi Aquarium is the most famous tourist spot in Okinawa. After all, it has one of the biggest tanks in the world. It’s a good 2-3 hours’ drive from Naha, but if you come to Okinawa, it’s…
In Japan, people usually make their first shrine visit of the new year to a nearby shrine on January 1st. They draw fortunes to see what the year holds and pray for their New Year’s wishes. A friend invi…
Continued from the previous post. Scenes from the Expo 2005 Commemorative Park (Moricoro Park) Around Nagoya Castle Out on the street At Atsuta Shrine I’m sure I’ll have a reason to …
I didn’t get to do much sightseeing in Nagoya. The weather was bad, so even the photos from the few places I did stop by didn’t turn out that great. I’m not too disappointed, though. I can al…
I took lots of photos, enjoyed the brilliant autumn scenery, ate great food, and wrapped up the trip happily, but when I got home and was checking the photos on my computer, I lost roughly half of the data on …
If you leave the Tenryu-ji garden by the back gate instead of the front, about 500 m away there’s a temple famous for its autumn leaves called Jojakko-ji. Jojakko-ji itself is lovely, but the walk there …
Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama (天龍寺 in kanji) is a temple with such a deep history that it’s registered as a World Heritage Site. I’d heard the autumn leaves in its Japanese garden were gorgeous, so I wen…