Location: Naha
Top Things to do in Naha
Top 10 Things to do Good for Big Groups in Naha, Kyushu-Okinawa
Go from the 13th century to the 21st in one day in Naha. Its ancient Ryukyu Kingdom centerpiece, Shuri Castle, has been restored and is the city's top tourist attraction. Meanwhile, on Kokusai-dori (International Boulevard), the pace never lets up as locals and tourists hop from restaurants to bars to nightclubs.
Restaurants in Naha
1. Taste of Okinawa Cooking Experience
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 168 reviews
Learn about Okinawa's unique food culture and Okinawan cuisine through a historic market walking tour and cooking class. Website for Reservations: http://tasteof.okinawa/cooking-experience/ The program takes approximately 3 hours (3:30 to 6:30pm). On the food market tour at the Naha Public Market located nearby, you will learn about locally grown products and select ingredients used in the cooking class. Upon returning to our studio, you will prepare a four-course menu consisting of a classic appetizer, main dish, soup and dessert. Our classes are facilitated by a bilingual Okinawan food enthusiast and instructed by professionally trained chefs. The classes are a fun, social, hands-on experience where you will prepare various dishes in a teamwork setting under the thoughtful guidance of our chef instructors.
2. Street Kart Okinawa
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5.0 based on 597 reviews
Extremely exciting and a must have experience when you visit Japan. Just imagine yourself on a custom made go kart specifically tailored to realize the Real Life Super Hero Go-Karting experience! Street Kart is in no way a reflection of Nintendo, the game 'Mario Kart'.(We do not provide rental of costumes of Mario Series.) Dress up in your favorite character costume, playing the music of your choice and driving through the city of Okinawa. All eyes on you guarantee! You can ride with a group or ride privately, Street Kart is fully equipped to make your experience a very important one. Don't trust us but trust our valued customers, because they say "Once is never enough"!
3. Marine House Seasir Naha
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4.5 based on 153 reviews
Daily snorkeling and diving trip to Kerama Islands departure from Mainland Okinawa, with English, Mandarin and Japanese speaking staff
4. Shuri Ryusen
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4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By SingaporeS
This place is near Shuri Castle. You can google for the exact location as it is situated in a quiet residential area - i think. One will be shown how to use the paints and the corals (they come in various size and shapes) to do printing on textiles. The cost of this covers the materials including the T-shirt, table cloth, etc. You can spend all the time in this air-conditioned place and finished your "artwork".
5. Makishi Public Market
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4.0 based on 2,306 reviews
Closed due to renovation. Public Market plans to open for business at a temporary building, from July 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022.
Reviewed By calittski - Singapore, Singapore
We had the best sashimi EVER! Super fresh, cut in front of your eyes, for a mere 1,000¥ The sellers are adorable, they will have you taste preserves and smile, even if you don’t speak English. If you’re famished, go upstairs for the Japanese food court.
6. Fukushu-en Garden
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4.0 based on 447 reviews
Fukushu En Park was built as the tenth anniversary of our friendship with Fuzhou City of China and the seventieth anniversary commemorative project of Naha municipal city government. It was completed in September 1992 and is 8,500 square meters in area. It represents the great trade era of Ryukyu and its Chinese architectural style has enormous impact on the Okinawan culture. Uizan,Uzan,Hakuto,Binko imaging Fuzhou's seenic beauties are placed in the park. The pond,the artificial hill,waterfall,plantings and sculptures that feature the magnificent nature often make visitors forget the location of Fukushu En Park-the heart of Naha.
Reviewed By BorneoMel - Minato, Japan
A feast for the eyes and senses. A great place to wander, meditate, read, or think. I felt really lucky to have it almost to myself on the rainy day when I visited.
7. Kokusaidori
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4.0 based on 2,719 reviews
Reviewed By hweeying - Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Easily to come here by Yui rail. We came here several time for shopping and food. It is a famous attraction in Naha city. So packed and crowded during night time. Visited on June 2019.
8. Naminoue-gu Shrine
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4.0 based on 774 reviews
Reviewed By CaptainJWCourtney - Severn, United States
I first visited the Shrine back in 1966 and was taken by the simple, honesty in the Shinto religion practiced at this shrine. I had a favorite place nearby that I would go to watch the Okinawan dancers and listen to the native music. I returned in 1983 and saw how many improvements that had been made to the Shrine and It showed me the pride in the people that worshiped here. It was better painted, much wood work had been done and it was a secial place for me to visit when I was in the area and had time to stop and visit. I returned to Okinawa in 2001 and visited it only twice before I left with my wife in 2003. Once again it has changed a lot more but is still a beautiful, insprational place to visit. (The shrine is located at the top of a steep hill so please keep this in mind if visiting with elderly people or anyone with physical challenges like my wife and her breathing problems.) The shrine is has become a very beautiful shrine after all those years and continues to offer the usual charms to protect you and your driving and talismans for health, love, wealth harmony etc. I usually spend about 20 to 50 minutes here to walk around, let the memories come back, reabsorb the Okinawan culture and uniquely Okinawan architecture. I studied the Okinawan culture under Dr. Barbra Golden at the Maryland University in the mid 1980's and lived in Kosa (Okinawa City) at the time, shopped locally and went to all the old places that I used to go to back in the 1960's. Oh, and one more thing, this place has gotten much busier than it used to be, so go early to avoid the huge crowds of tourists from Mainland Japan and from China!!
9. Shurijo Castle
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4.0 based on 5,164 reviews
Reviewed By BYamamoto - Kapaa, United States
It is well worth your time to visit Shuri castle again even if you have visited before on previous trips. I travel to Okinawa annually and fins something new at the castle complex each year. This year a new pathway through the Japanese portion of the casle takes you outside onto the castle wall back of the main building for a large panoramic view of the city. There is also new history an area will be planted in chrysanthemums as was in the past. There are new exhibits and performances and you should check on the events calendar because there are night visitation of the area lite in candle light.
10. Yui Rail
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4.0 based on 4,113 reviews
Reviewed By PeterthePauper - Ulsan, South Korea
When I made a brief visit to Naha in 2016, I took a taxi from the Airport to my hotel and generally used taxis for getting around .... until I discovered the Yui Monorail. Returning in 2019 for 3-days sightseeing/shopping, I planned an itinerary that involved the extensive use of Yui Rail. A 2-Day Pass purchased at the Airport (Y1,400) saw to all my travel movements for a full 48-hours and a further 1-Day Pass (Y800) carried me through the latter part of the 3rd day until my departure on the 4th day. As well as visiting the main attractions (such as the Former Japanese Naval HQ and Shuri Castle) the monorail also serves the main shopping centres/malls of T-Galleria, Ryubo and Aeon which are directly bridge-linked to the adjacent stations at Omoromachi, Prefectural Office and Oroku, respectively. Useful and enjoyable means of transport; good value too if you can get a lot of use out of your 1-Day/2-Day Pass. With the only commercial airport on Okinawa at one end of the line and the no. 1 attraction of Shuri Castle at the other, the trains always seem to be busy and nearing full capacity.
