Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Very rainy day today. We took a shuttle from the port and then monorail to visit Shuri Castle.

Shuri Castle served as the administrative center and residence of the Ryukyu kings for several centuries until Okinawa became a Japanese prefecture in 1879. The castle is included as one of the UNESCO World Heritage designated Castles of the Ryukyu Kingdom sites.

We new the castle is sits on the top of the hill, but we did not realized it will be so difficult to get to it. The rain did not make it easier. We had to turn back and take a monorail back to the center of the town.
After walking a little in the town, we decided to walk back to the ship. While walking, we passed Fukusyuen Garden and took a little detour to visit it.

It is a traditional Chinese garden.
The garden was constructed in 1992, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the sister city relationship between Naha and Fuzhou in China.

The garden was built nearly entirely with the use of wood and stone from Fuzhou

We were the only visitors. If not for pouring rain, the garden is very beautiful.

And that was our day.Read more