Okinawa…Japanese Hawaii

Tina, Lauren and I have been looking forward to going on this trip to Okinawa since the beginning of the year! Okinawa is an island off of Japan which is famous for its beautiful blue, clean, crystal clear waters and tropical reefs. Of course, everybody in Japan wants to go to Okinawa and everyone who we have told about going there, has been so jealous of us! Maybe you will be too, after you have read about what we did!

There are many small islands off of the main island of Okinawa.


The main island is called Naha which was where we went first. Naha was a cool, big, happening place with many high-rise buildings, souvenir shops and people. As you can see in this photo, Naha has a beautiful night view.

We went to a beach on the first day, which was a little disappointing because it wasn’t what we had expected Okinawa to be.


Afterwards, we found out that this beach was a man-made beach and not known for being one of Okinawa’s most beautiful places. We still had fun there, nevertheless, enjoying the warm water and the hot sun.

We went for a walk down the main street in Naha which was very busy and highly populated. Souvenir shops covered both sides of the street as far as the eye could see and tourists swarmed from every direction. It was a very exciting atmosphere!

As we looked around, taking in the scenery, we spotted this strange alcoholic drink for sale.


The reason why it was so strange was because it had a really scary-looking snake inside the bottle with its mouth open showing its ferocious fangs.


You wouldn’t believe the price if I told you, so I took a photo of it just to make sure you knew I was telling the truth. It cost 68 000 Yen which is equivalent to $680!!! Can you believe it? Firstly, who would be game enough to buy a drink with a snake inside it, and secondly, who would be rich enough to be able to afford a 680 dollar drink??? It was definitely worth a photo!

This is another out-there photo to show how big some of the alcoholic beverages for sale actually were!


We were getting hungry by this stage so we decided to go and get something to eat.


Okinawa is famous for its steak and seafood restaurants because there is a marine base on the island, so many Americans like to eat at the steak restaurants. They are so delicious and I was so happy to be able to eat a descent piece of steak along with half a lobster mixed in with the most delicious sauce! We also tried traditional Okinawian alcohol which was just as delicious as the steak!


During our walk around the markets, we found some quaint fruit and veg shops. This is one of them with the little bananas hanging from the roof.


The markets also sell dried snakes to eat. To me, it didn’t really look that appetising, but I think it could be a delicacy in Okinawa. I wasn’t game enough to try it, though!

In the fancy rancy hotel we stayed in, we were able to get a yummy free cocktail in the bar on the top floor. We definitely made sure that we got this cocktail because we didn’t want to miss out on anything free as our trip was so expensive!


The fancy hotel also had a really nice pool, so Tina, Lauren and I spent most of the afternoon relaxing and swimming in the pool. One of the pools had a diving board so Tina and I were practising our diving skills with the board! It was lots of fun!