Let's play all the way around Okinawa until night! 8 recommended sightseeing spots

"Tonan Botanical Paradise" is located in Okinawa City in central Okinawa Island. In the garden consisting of a botanical garden, a water paradise, restaurants and shops, you can see very valuable tropical and subtropical plants transplanted from Southeast Asia, Africa and South America. During the period from October 27, 2023 to May 31, 2024 (planned), illumination events are also held daily.

About 30 minutes by car from Naha Airport! Okinawa World, one of the most popular tourist spots in southern Okinawa Island, including Japan's largest solutional cave Gyokusendo cave and Hub Museum Park, is hosting a night tour that walks through undeveloped areas. Let's scrap through the grass with one hand of the light and peek into the dark world where creatures live. There is no doubt that children and adults will be excited!

Senaga Island Sea Umiji Terrace, located on Senaga Island, about 15 minutes by car from Naha Airport, is a hot spot reminiscent of a port town in a foreign country. In the rapidly eye-catching white-walled building, there are restaurants where you can enjoy the Chisan menu using ingredients unique to Okinawa, as well as craft shops born in Okinawa. Above all, Sea Umiji Terrace at night, where light shines in the store from the sunset, is romantic! Perfect for a walk or dinner.

"Mihama American Village" in Chatan-cho, central Okinawa Island is a very popular area with commercial facilities with an American atmosphere on a vast site along the beach. Fashionable shops and cafe restaurants are open one after another in an open space as if you were visiting overseas beach resorts! There is a free parking lot at the entrance of the area, which can accommodate more than 1,500 cars, so you can enjoy it slowly until night without worrying about time.

If you want to enjoy the powerful live performance and the unique sound of Okinawa at once, you can't remove the Karahay of Mihama, Chatan-cho. A great live performance will be held in Karahay on a weekend (irregular) night. On Saturday, the band "Linken Band" led by Rinken Teruya, widely known as Okinawa's leading artist. Other female artists wearing gorgeous red molds will also attract the audience.

If you visit Okinawa, you should definitely experience snorkeling. In Onna Village, which is also popular as a diving spot, night snorkeling is held to go to the sea from the evening. Watching the sunset while floating in the sea, looking into the world of nocturnal creatures that are not usually seen in the sea at night when the moonlight shines, and adventures that are a bit different from usual are waiting.

Chrysanthemum field in winter is an illumination spot that attracts secret popularity among local people in Okinawa, where chrysanthemum cultivation is thriving. Chrysanthemum, which reaches its maximum shipping time from December to March, shines light at night to adjust the flowering time. Why don't you go for a drive to see the romantic night view, Denshogiku, which you can't see much in the city?

How was it? We have introduced seven sightseeing spots that you should definitely keep in order to fully enjoy Okinawa until night, but there are plenty of other ways to enjoy Okinawa at night. Please visit us in combination with daytime sightseeing to enjoy the blue sea and drive.

Post: December 5, 2019 (Updated August 2023)