Naha, Okinawa, Japan

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