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The southern day, Naha

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The southern day

Long calls — the Battle of Okinawa, the caves, and the coast. Timed from the gangway and back.

7 hr door to door7 stopsNeeds a 9-hour call
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Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0
Door to door
7 hr
From the gangway and back
Best for
A 9-hour call or longer
Long calls — the Battle of Okinawa, the caves, and the coast
Room to spare
None
Fits a 9-hour stop with nothing to add (off the ship 30 minutes after arrival, back at the gangway an hour before all-aboard). A longer call gives you the extra time; on this one, do not add a stop.
What it costs
~¥12,000–16,000 per couple
By taxi, or book a private car and guide from US$570 per car (entry fees and lunch extra).
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups

Timed from the gangway with the port's official timetables · updated · Takumi Yamada

Numbers follow the route below. Pins are the places themselves; walking lines are not drawn because the best way between two stops can change with the tram, the tide or the weather.

The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Car or tour south toward Itoman

    Around 45 minutes; this leg needs wheels, not buses

  2. +0:50
    Peace Memorial Park and the Cornerstone of Peace

    Every name from the 1945 battle, all sides, on stone

    What you will see hereFull guide: Peace Memorial Park
  3. +2:20
    Himeyuri Monument nearby

    The student nurses’ memorial. Allow quiet time

    What you will see hereFull guide: Peace Memorial Park
    Peace Memorial Park, Naha
    Photo: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. +3:15
    Okinawa World: Gyokusendo cave and eisa drums

    Five kilometres of limestone, 890 m of it walkable

    What you will see here
    Goya champuru and Okinawa soba, Naha
    Photo: pelican from Tokyo, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. +5:00
    Drive back through the southern coast

    Cliffs, cane fields and turquoise water most of the way

    What you will see here
    Kusu awamori, cut with water, Naha
    Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
  6. +6:00
    Kokusai-dori or straight to the pierWhat you will see hereFull guide: Kokusai-dori
    Kokusai-dori, then one block sideways, Naha
    Photo: TurnOnTheNight / CC BY-SA 4.0
  7. +6:45
    Back at the gangway

    Keeps the hour before all-aboard on a 9h call

Would rather have it arranged?Naha Highlights & Hidden Gems Tour 1–8 Guests（4-8H）Peace Park and Okinawa World with a driver, plus the navy tunnels · from US$570 · 5.0★ — why we list it
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Naha, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

Shuri Castle's vermilion main hall, photographed before the 2019 fire, Naha
Shuri Castle's vermilion main hall, photographed before the 2019 firePhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
A pottery shop on Tsuboya yachimun street in Naha
A pottery shop on Tsuboya yachimun street in NahaPhoto: NORTLAUKAU 26088 JP / CC0
Makishi Public Market, Naha
Makishi Public MarketPhoto: KQuhen / CC BY-SA 4.0
The southern day, Naha
Kokusai-doriPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Shikinaen royal garden, Naha
Shikinaen royal gardenPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Naminoue Shrine, Naha
Naminoue ShrinePhoto: Zairon / CC BY 4.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Naha

The market morningNeeds a 4.5-hour call · ~2.5hShort calls — the island’s pantry and its main street, nothing rushedKingdom and marketNeeds a 7-hour call · ~5hThe Ryukyu story plus the food, in one arcThe rainy-day NahaA wet day · ~3.5hTyphoon fringes and downpours — Okinawa rains hard and briefly
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