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The rainy-day Naha

Typhoon fringes and downpours — Okinawa rains hard and briefly. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~3.5h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: KQuhen / CC BY-SA 4.0
Door to door
~3.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Typhoon fringes and downpours — Okinawa rains hard and briefly
What it costs
~¥2,500 per couple
Transport spend: ~¥2,500 per couple. Museum entry ~¥530.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
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
    Taxi to the covered market arcades

    Heiwa-dori and the market lanes are roofed for a reason

  2. +0:20
    Makishi Public Market, unhurried

    Rain thins the crowd and the vendors have more time for you

    What you will see here →Full guide: Makishi Public Market →
    Photo: Naha Mama Pavilionz / CC0
  3. +1:20
    Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum

    The Ryukyu Kingdom explained properly, entirely indoors

    What you will see here →
    Photo: FOX ^.ᆽ.^= ∫ / Pexels
  4. +2:50
    Taxi back via Kokusai-dori shopsWhat you will see here →
    Photo: Aiwa Hu 艾蛙媽 VS. 達樂哥 / Pexels
  5. +3:20
    Back at the gangway
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
Shuri Castle's vermilion main hall, photographed before the 2019 firePhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0
The Peace Memorial Park at Mabuni, southern Okinawa
The Peace Memorial Park at Mabuni, southern OkinawaPhoto: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eadan Avramidis / Public domain
A pottery shop on Tsuboya yachimun street in Naha
A pottery shop on Tsuboya yachimun street in NahaPhoto: NORTLAUKAU 26088 JP / CC0
Bottles and clay pots of awamori, the Okinawan spirit
Bottles and clay pots of awamori, the Okinawan spiritPhoto: 663highland / CC BY 2.5
Peace Memorial Park
Peace Memorial ParkPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0
Shikinaen royal garden
Shikinaen royal gardenPhoto: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Naha

The market morning2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — the island’s pantry and its main street, nothing rushedKingdom and market4–6 hours · ~5hThe Ryukyu story plus the food, in one arcThe southern day8 hours or more · ~7.5hLong calls — the Battle of Okinawa, the caves, and the coast
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