Okinawa Main Island Trips & Tours

Far, far away from the bright lights of Tokyo, Okinawa occupies the southernmost scatterlings of Japan, where an unbelievably blue East China Sea laps onto its shores. It’s one of the world’s original Blue Zones and, aside from health and longevity, the Main Island has plenty to occupy your time: watch the UNESCO-listed Shuri Castle being rebuilt using traditional joinery; watch, mesmerised, as whale sharks and manta rays swim overhead at the Churaumi Aquarium; and take a sobering walk amongst the thousands upon thousands of names at the Peace Memorial Park & Museum. It’s worth going beyond the well-known too. Think trundling through the tunnels of ancient fukugi trees in a traditional water buffalo cart; visiting a traditional awamori distillery; and, if you’re around in the autumn, watching the ever-competitive Naha Tug-of-War.