Okinawa DAY 3 - Churaumi Aquarium & Kokusai street

Hi! It's been a while since the DAY 2 post. The Churaumi Aquarium is at the north part of Okinawa. It's a must-visit if you like sea animals :)

Ray imitating an Okinawan legendary animal.

So many fins!

Geckos have very cute feet.

Mysterious-looking fish

...and the famous whale shark at Churaumi! It actually felt bigger than shown in the picture. There's a cafeteria around the tank so you can have a meal while enjoying the view.

Watch the scale of this giant fish!

Churaumi has more buildings besides the aquarium, so don't forget to check out the scenery and other activities!

We drove back to Naha city and went to the Kokusai street. It means "International street', where you can shop for food, clothes, cosmetics and etc. 

This is the stop sign in Japan. Don't get confused!

Photo from wikipedia

There are many stores like Coach, a drugstore, a candy shop, a t-shirt shop, and others where they have duty-free items, so shop some gifts for your friends and family before you leave.

Ikemen and I

Nothing fancy, we just got some chicken(Karaage) but it came with a seaweed miso soup- the seaweed has an interesting chewy texture.

This is back at the Southern beach hotel. You can see the cafeteria has a variety of food- Asian and western meals. 

Ok, that's it for Okinawa. Stay tuned for the next post! :)

Okinawa DAY 2 - Manzamo and Nago Pineapple park

 Manzamo, or Cape Manza is at the northwest part of Okinawa. We took the highway and drove for an hour and a half.

 The view was beautiful. The cliff kind of looks like an elephant's trunk!

 Manzamo's paths are about a 20 min. walk. Enjoy the view from different angles.

At the end of the path, there was the Intercontinental hotel and Manza beach. 

 The view is quite nice there, but there's a lot of rocks on the bottom on the ocean... you can see that people are floating on the white boards and just basking in the sun. But, I did find a good restaurant and I will speak about it next time. :)

 The highlight of the day! Nago Pineapple Park is about 45 min away from Manza.

Waiting in line, we saw this cute video in many languages. :o)

An automated pineapple cart tour.

 Weeee

 Photo zones! Snap.

Baby pineapples. I thought pineapples grew on trees the whole time....hehe

 After the tour, there was a tiny shell museum.

 We bought little souvenirs and won a prize, which was a DVD with pineapple songs :D

They have a huge shop solely for pineapple products like wine, chocolates, cookies, jelly and etc. I recommend 'Lagrima Del Sol'.