Which one is the sea or the forest? Eight fashionable cafes in northern Okinawa

The Kouri Ocean Tower is located in Kouri Island, Nakijin Village. At the cafe "Restaurant Ocean Blue" in the tower, marinate the island octopus made with a special basil sauce using octopus from Kouri Island, and after receiving an order, the dough was extended and baked in a full-fledged kiln at 500 ° C You can enjoy the island pork Agu and plenty of vegetable pizza. Sweets made with pumpkins from Kouri Island are also exquisite.

There are gentle dishes that combine Japanese food and macrobiotic. We recommend "Kokuu Plate" made with fresh pesticide-free vegetables purchased from local farmers. Drinks, including non-caffeine dandelion coffee, are also packed with attention. If the weather is nice, you can see Izena-jima Island and Iheya-jima Island.

"Pizza Cafe Hanaman Ai" is located on a small hill in Motobu-cho. At the entrance, a cute Shisa welcomes you. You can enjoy the Okinawa feeling just by looking at the stores made in old folk house, which features red tiles. Pizza made from spring water in Yamahara (Yanbaru) is plump and fluffy and has not changed since its opening. It's a popular shop, so I'd like you to come in preparation for a line.

If you go further into the mountains with a handwritten signboard as a landmark, you will see a castle-like building. It is the only directly managed store of ice cream "Ice Krin" familiar in Okinawa. Ice cream, which has a crisp texture, can always enjoy more than 10 kinds of flavors in addition to the standard vanilla.

In November 2013, "cafe Kubaya-" changed its name and renewed it to "Cafe ichara". A cozy wood-style shop where you can enjoy the atmosphere as if you were coming to a villa, and a terrace seat where greenery grows up close. On the terrace seat, you can feel the sound of birds and the cool breeze, and spend a relaxing time in nature. There is no doubt that both your body and mind will be able to enjoy Okinawa!

"Fuu cafe" is located in Sesoko Island, Motobu-cho. The interior of the store, where the scent of coffee that is carefully brewed one by one after receiving the order, has a stylish log house-like structure. The ferns are overgrown and hammocks are installed in the spacious garden, so it is good to play in the garden on a sunny day. This cafe is perfect for children.

Yachimun Cafe Shisaen, a retreat cafe in Motobu-cho, is a shop full of emotions as if you came to Grandma's house with both exterior and interior appearance. There are plenty of menus where you can taste Okinawan snacks such as brown sugar zenzai, Hirayachi (Okinawa-style okonomiyaki), and chinbin (Okinawa-style crepe). This cafe is recommended when you want to take a break.

Located in the back of the Okinawa Island Motobucho Mountain Road, "cafe Hakoniwa" is a cafe made by renovating an old private house more than 50 years old. Hakoniwa plate, which uses plenty of Okinawan ingredients, is lined with simple side dishes, making it a healthy and popular dish for women. Hakoniwa plates can be sold out, so it's important to go early!

Post: February 2017 (Updated July 2023)