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Okinawa · Japan
In the destination Okinawa (Japan) — Naha; Onna; Motobu.
In the photo: Entrance to the Churaumi Aquarium in Motobu.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Motobu is the town on the peninsula of the same name, in Okinawa’s northwest. It is home to the Churaumi Aquarium, in the Ocean Expo Park, with the whale shark tank. Nearby are the ruins of Nakijin Castle, a World Heritage site, the village of Bise with its fukugi tree-lined avenue and Kouri Island, connected by a bridge over shallow water.
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The local experience
An aquarium in the Ocean Expo Park in Motobu, dedicated to the waters of Okinawa, from the coral reef to the deep sea. The Kuroshio Tank, holding 7,500 cubic meters, houses whale sharks and manta rays.
Small island north of the Motobu peninsula, connected by a bridge of almost 2 km over shallow turquoise water. It has beaches, an approximately 8 km circular road and the Tinu rocks, linked to the local Adam and Eve legend.
Ruins of a fortress from the 13th–14th centuries, seat of the kings of Hokuzan before the unification of Ryukyu, with limestone walls of about 1.5 km in winding curves. World Heritage Site.
Beyond the guide
