• Around the World in 180 Days
    "No cenior discount" at the Garden
    The entrance1Still lovely in the rain1Walking behind a waterfallThe openings in the garden walls were charmingThe promenade shopping area was block after blockFish marketLunch time1These workshops to make pottery dragons are popularEntrance to the pottery neighborhood

    Naha, Okinawa, Japan

    June 13, 2023 in Japan ⋅ 🌧 26 °C

    Japan! A new country for us and a reminder that our journey is coming to an end. Once we’ve visited our Japanese ports, we head back to North America 🥲

    Mother Nature was empathetic and we arrived in Naha to cloudy skies and intermittent showers. We chose not to take a formal excursion because there were many war history related ones and we have many such in coming days and Shuri Castle, a main attraction, is being reconstructed following a fire and is expected to be completed by 2025

    Once we cleared immigration we walked to the city and stopped at Fukushuen Garden before getting to the main drag, Kokusai-dori. Naha has a population of about 300,000 and it’s the biggest city on the island.    Read more