APA Hotel Naha

Travel Blogs from Naha

The Good, The Bad and the Tugly

A travel blog entry by f.goldthorpe

... these pieces that the people actually pulled on. Men in costume with whistles were attempting to coordinate the crowd to pull together. They were standing right on the enormous rope. The winning side would be the one that could move the rope 5 meters in their direction. A time limit of half an hour was given. Graeme and I actually got blisters giving our all for the cause. There were definitely thousands of people pulling on the rope but there were also thousands ...

Finding Nemo

A travel blog entry by f.goldthorpe

October 3-5, 2012

Catching a ferry at noon we left Miyajima and made our way to the Hiroshima airport for our flight to Okinawa. Like most cities the airport was a substantial distance from the city centre and it took us almost an hour to get there by bus. In total the journey from Miyajima to Naha , Okinawa involved a ferry, train, bus and plane and took 5 hours.

A monorail took us to the port area where we found our hostel stay ...

Sayonara, Japan!

A travel blog entry by photosbyaiyer

... where we went through the shops. At American Village, Shekar had a unique experience – Doctor Fish. These are the little Turkish fish that eat dead skin off your feet. Shekar seemed to enjoy his 15 minutes of fish cleaning – with them nibbling at his feet. (I was content to take pictures!) After that, we rode the huge Ferris wheel found on top of the American Village shops. Just before going to base, ...

Shisa, Bingata, and School Life

A travel blog entry by photosbyaiyer

... of Okinawa. We saw the bingata dye process, saw the weaving looms, visited the instrument center and watched him giving a music lesson. In the pottery building, we saw many of the Shisha dogs in production. (The Shisa dogs are found on most buildings as a good luck “charm”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa) Then, on our way back, Dibbie gave us a ...

Okinawa

A travel blog entry by sarah.mansergh

... the wall to the spices in the cupboard. Check out the before and after photos:

Shur-jo is a reconstructed castle in Naha surrounded by beautiful gardens with some good views of the sea beyond. And the added pluses-wandered in right when the Eisa dancing performance started, there was an umbrella vending machine and ...