Visual Journey: The “Best Of Okinawa” in 10 Photos
These are the best okinawa photos from my trip in September 2017.
Okinawa
Using Hotel Points: The Hyatt Regency Naha
Staying at the Hyatt Regency Naha using 6k hotel points and $75USD per night. This was a great option due to the location and redemption value.
Using Hotel Points: ANA Crowne Plaza Okinawa
There happened to be an IHG Accelerate bonus promotion at the time of my booking. One of my offers was to redeem a cash and points booking with any IHG hotel and I’d get a big bonus. I ended up being able to book the ANA Crowne Plaza Okinawa for 10k IHG points and $87.20USD.
Okinawa Foodie: Ufuya, The 100+ Year Old Okinawan Restaurant
If you’re doing a tour of Okinawa and feel like getting a homestyle meal in a super authentic Japanese old style house, Ufuya is the restaurant for you!
Okinawa Foodie: Fresh Fish from First Makishi Public Market
Just down the road from the main drag in Naha, is a public market where you can get pretty good deals on most things. You can also get the freshest fist if you want to overpay for food.
Okinawa Tourist Guide: ROUND1 Stadium Okinawa
As you know, Okinawa is known for the three S’s: Shoppin’, swimmin’, and som’ arcades. The best arcade around is ROUND1 Stadium (not to be confused with just “ROUND1”).
Okinawa Tourist Guide: American Village
The Okinawa American Village is a collection of malls, shops, restaurants, bars, video games, the beach and everything you think America is about (yup, there’s Budweiser).
Okinawa Tourist Guide: Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
The Okinawa Aquarium is massive. But maybe that’s because I haven’t been to an aquarium in a long time. It’s several times bigger than the Pineapple Park and 100 times more interesting.
Okinawa Tourist Guide: Nago Pineapple Park
At Nago Pineapple Park, the gift shop is much bigger than the actual park.
Okinawa Tourist Guide: Orion Happy Park
When in Okinawa, you’ll notice that most places that serve beer, is going to serve Orion beer. Draft choices are limited to that. It was rare to see Kirin or Sapporo. As a beer connoisseur (very polite version of saying alcoholic), I thought I’d take this opportunity to visit the Orion brewery (Orion Happy Park).