Day 4 (10 Dec 2014):
Elephant Trunk Reef, Manzamou > Nago Pineapple Park > Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium > American Village > Tokyo Dai-ichi Hotel
Welcome back! Now we're step into second day in Okinawa, a place full of beautiful islands, clear seas bursting with fish, unspoilt beaches, coral reefs, underwater sports, hiking and historical places. Best time to visit Okinawa is during spring or summer as you can get to experience diving (for divers like myself). Try avoid going on May to June due to the rainy season and July till September is the typhoon season.
Alright, back to the journey as we woke up as early as 5.30am today to have breakfast and be on time for our tour.
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| early morning buffet breakfast |
Not used to waking up so early so I dozed off on the bus and without noticing we reach this beautiful scenery.
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| Elephant Trunk Reef |
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| this wasn't my best pose..wind too strong!! |
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| vending machine everywhere.... |
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literally everywhere!!
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| our tour bus |
Next station, Nago Pineapple Park and wineries made from pineapple.
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| baby pineapple...cute right??? |
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| some people thought pineapple grow on tree but they actually planted on the ground |
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| pineapple cart |
They actually have theme song, watch it! Hahahaha
1195 Bimata, Nago City, Okinawa 905-0005 Japan.
Contact: 0980-53-3659/Fax: 0980-53-0421
Business hour: 09:00-18:00 daily
Entrance fee: ¥600 (Adult). ¥300 (Children above 6)
Exploring pineapple park CHECKED! It's lunch time again. Once we arrived, the foods had been neatly arranged on table. ITADAKIMASU! It means 'let's eat'.
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juicy steam chicken *slurp*
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| Wojamama chawanmushi is wayyy better |
Well, I could say this lunch was below my expectation but it's OK. Next stop is where I looked forward to and most excited about. *drum rolls* Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium!
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| our "handsome" tour guide |
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Japan just has the cutest statues
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| first time touching a real starfish |
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| amazing creature created by God |
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| oh no!!!! =( |
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| these are worms...watch video below |
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| neon pink |
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| this shark looks fierce |
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| bones, muscle & flesh of a shark.. |
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| well preserved giant squid! |
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| or should I call it a mummified squid? |
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| Dugong, only left 800 in this world! They are harmless and cute lo..don't harm them please! |
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| amazing construction *heavy breathing* |
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| dolphins show...KAWAII!!!! |
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| see!!! cute right?? |
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| stingray also cute la... |
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| pretty flower |
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| shark also so cute...beh tahan! This can go up to take picture |
424 Ishikawa, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 905-0206, Japan
Contact: 0980-48-3740/Fax: 0980-48-4444
Business Hour: 08:30-20:00 (Mar-Sep) ,08:30-18:30 (Oct-Feb)
Entrance fee: ¥1850 (Adult), ¥1230 (High school student), ¥610 (elementary student), FREE (under 6 y/o)
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| claiming tax after buying goodies |
What a tiring day but at least I had fun at the aquarium. I love undersea, they looked so peaceful. Finally we checked in our resort, I tell you this hotel was the best!
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| fancy looking dinner |
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| have to grill these bad boys! |
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| lobby selling souvenirs |
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| pano view from room..sorry its dark |
904-2174 Yogi 2-8-1, Okinawa City, Okinawa Prefecture
Contact: 0989-31-1500/Fax:0989-31-1509
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