Traveling with Okinawan children-only now! Creating outstanding bonds [6 years old for elementary school students]

Traveling with Okinawan children-only now! Creating outstanding bonds [6 years old for elementary school students]
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A thrilling family trip is something that both children and dads want to enjoy together. There are plenty of programs that can be used not only for fun but also for homework during summer vacation, such as marine sports in tropical and Okinawa and cultural experiences unique to Okinawa! Let's challenge various things and deepen the bond between parents and children!

Traveling with children

Yanbaru Nature School

Let's actively enjoy the nature of Okinawa! Adventure experience of mangrove and canoeing!

This is a river-only experience that can be attended by 3-year-old children.
Two canoes canoes can be used, and three to four years olds can also be used. Please contact us. ※Only at high tide

Experience menu name: Petit Course Keisaji River mangrove Canoe Experience
Age: 3 years old
Time required: About 2 hours
Fees: Adult 5,000 yen / child 3,000 yen / infant 1,500 yen, about 2 hours including lecture (about 1 hour and a half for canoeing)

82, Gesashi, Higashi-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
TEL.0980-43-2571

Recommended points

While rowing a canoe, you can observe creatures living in mangrove! You can experience it while listening to the guide's explanation, so it's nice to learn about the nature of Okinawa! ! Recommended for free study during summer vacation.

A blue cave

Let's go to a world you've never seen! Parents and children work together to pass through a large rocky area, and go to the blue cave. In the dark, the cave where the sea shines is a series of excitement. Let's look for nocturnal fish with snorkeling.

Experience menu name: Go by sea kayak! Blue Cave Exploration Snorkel Tour
Age: 7 years old
Time required: 3 to 3 and a half hours
Fees: 6,380 yen per person 2 or more

Toshima, Furuu Marine Club Zammarine

How about snorkeling on Kouri Island, which boasts one of the highest transparency in Okinawa Island? The instructor will guide you carefully, so it is also recommended for children who are afraid of diving and beginners of marine activities.

Experience menu name: Snorkeling (90 minutes course)
Age: 3 years old
Time required: 1 hour and 30 minutes
Fees: 5,000 yen (12 years old or older), 3,000 yen (3 years old to 11 years old)

Rapismarine sports

Explore the blue cave with snorkeling! The children's eyes are sparkling with the scenery in the shining cave! A dedicated instructor will follow you, so even small children can feel safe. There is also a nursery service for children under 5 years old.

Experience menu name: Blue Cave Snorkeling Tour by Boat
Age: 5 years old
Time required: 2 to 2 hours and 30 minutes
Fees: 4,900 yen per person 2 or more

Kayak Eads

Explore in a kayak in the forest of subtropical plants! The majestic mangrove forest seen from the surface of the water, rare wild birds, and Okinawa-specific creatures are truly a great adventure. It is safe for small children because it is near the estuary where the flow is calm.

Experience menu name: mangrove Kayak Tour
Age: 4 years old~
Time required: 2 hours
Fees: Adults (high school students and above) 5,800 yen, children (junior high school students and younger) 4,800 yen

ONE OCEAN

Adventure experience at Tataki Falls in the rich nature of Jan Bar! The waterfall pot dive, which can be played like Tarzan, is very exciting for both children and adults. The course to the waterfall can be selected according to the physical strength of the participants.

Experience menu name: Challenge ♪ Waterhole dive! Tataki Adventure Tour
Age: 4 years old~
Time required: 2 hours
Fees: Adults 6,800 yen, high school students to 5,800 yen for 5 years old, 2,400 yen for 4 years old and under

Ryukyu Glass Artisan Studio

Turn into a glass craftsman! Let's try to make Ryukyu glass. Craftsmen support you according to your child's level, so you can experience it safely and happily. You should be excited just by imagining how many juices you would drink with the glass you brought back.

Experience menu name: Blowing glass experience
Age: 6 years old
Time required: 15 minutes
Fees: From 3,000 yen (received or shipped after 14:00 on the next business day * excluding shipping)

Ryukyu Glass Village

A photo frame made by sticking colorful Ryukyu glass fragments, shells, and starfish to a wooden frame. It is a very popular experience for children because you can make full-fledged works with the feeling of drawing! Decorate your favorite one and show off to everyone.

Experience menu name: Photo frame making experience
Age: Elementary school students and above
Time required: 40 minutes~
Fees: From 2,580 yen

Kanoa Onna Store

Let's make an original photo frame using plenty of pure white shells. Use as many shapes as you like from various types of shells and corals! After it is completed, the work is performed in the shooting space in the store.

Experience menu name: Shell photo frame making experience
Age:
No restrictions
Time required: 40-60 minutes
Fees: From 2200 yen

Red-type workshop Shuri Ryuzen

Let's make only one original item in the world with coral dyeing! Cover T-shirts and tote bags with coral fossils and rub them from above in any color you like.……。 Both children and adults are surprised by the unexpected combination of colors.

Experience menu name: Coral dyeing experience
Age: 3 years old
Time required: About 50 minutes
Fees: Adults 3,300 yen, children (3 years old to elementary school students) 2,750 yen

Travel lunch with children

After playing a lot in the morning, how about a lunch that feels great about Okinawa? ! The photos you are eating will surely have a good smile.

Burger Shop H&S

The taste is also super big! Let's enjoy a handmade burger with a gentle taste with less spices.

Equipment: Table seat

Kingetsu soba

The "Kinzuki Soba Gala Blue Sea Store" with the concept of salt uses Okinawan seawater salt "Blue Sea" for homemade noodles and soups. Only the body-friendly gilt-free shop is pleased by families with children. Your heart will be filled with meals in front of you.

Travel Dinner with Children

The children's tension, such as the classic outer rice, yakiniku and slightly luxurious steak, also rises! We also recommend folk song Live, where you can enjoy Okinawan performing arts.

Agu's hideaway Fuchaku store

Enjoy the sweet Ishigaki beef and Aguo that grew up at ease with grilled meat! We recommend sausages and tontoro for little kids. You can enjoy a barbecue with the whole family at the open terrace seat full of open feeling.

Equipment: Table seats, parlor seats, open terrace seats

Authentic charcoal grilled meat Ryukyu beef

Tongue on high-quality prefectural Japanese beef and specially selected unnamed beef! The reasonable set menu is also popular with families. All seats are a digging ceremony that is good for children, and chairs and trays for children are also prepared.

Equipment: Dugout seat

Okinawa's Kitchen Piikaji Main Store

Not only is it close to the monorail station, but there is also a free parking lot, making it easy for families to access. The service in which the staff of Sanshin performances rotates each table makes you feel like Okinawa at once. Let's request your favorite song.

Equipment: There are table seats, parlor seats, dugout seats and private rooms.

Dining flower

Enjoy special dishes that make use of ingredients from the prefecture! Although it has a moist and calm atmosphere, there are also popular menus for children such as rolled sushi and dashi rolled eggs. There is also a private room where you can relax without worrying about the surroundings, so it is recommended to make a reservation.

Equipment: There are table seats and dugout seats.

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