... And from our first destination, things improved even more. The old center of Ryukyu power used to rest in Shuricastle, in what are now Naha's posh, northeast suburbs. Like pretty much everything else in Naha and around, the castle was reduced to a ...
... i kept passing must have thought i was a pedophile. eventually i gave up and headed to the train station to make a stop at Shuricastle. off the train to find the back way in. walked through a surrounding park (so green and quiet). funny thing about ...
... island I should still spend the day doing something other than just bumming around. Decided on heading back out to the Shuricastle area which had a nearby royal garden and cemetery. From the monorail station wandered along the main road and managed to ...
... meet them near the Shuri Monorail station. Since I hadnt done much all day decided to head there a little early and walk around ShuriCastle which I had visited on a previous trip to Okinawa. Ended walking around the outside of one side of the castle to ...
... days, we didn't leave the city, but we got to sample a bit: we saw History (in the form of the reconstructed ShuriCastle), viewed Nature (a glass-bottomed boat tour and a walk along the municipal beach) and sampled local Food and Drink (goya, sea ...
... bought mine last summer when it was hot. It was used and only 5oo yen made out of cotten and rather sturdy.
We visited ShuriCastle. It is always amazing to see this area and learn about Okinawa culture. Take a look at some of the pictures.
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... a week, so she was excited about checking out the tourist spots with us. The first was ShuriCastle, the capital of Okinawa's Ryukyu kingdom before Japan took it over in the mid-19th century. Unfortunately, the original castle was destroyed ...
... in Naha New Port, about a 5 mile drive from downtown. The usual tourist sights in Okinawa are ShuriCastle, Shikinaen Gardens, the Japanese Imperial Navy Underground Headquarters and Kokusai shopping street and public market. Since we had visited ...