Okinawa Travel Guide

Okinawa: places to visit 120 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Okinawa is a Japanese prefecture made up of a chain of islands in the East China Sea, with Naha as its capital city. Our collection covers 716 restaurants, 300 bars, and 256 cafes, including spots such as Gyukatsu Motomura Naha Kokusai Dori Main Branch, Yakiniku Ryukyu No Ushi Chatan, and Ryukyu no Ushi Naha Kokusai Dori. Areas like American Village and Kokusai Dori are also part of the listings, along with attractions such as Shuri Castle and Gyokusendo Cave.

  1. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium

    ★ 4.6(72,735) attractions

    Churaumi Aquarium sits on the Okinawa coast and displays whale sharks and manta rays in a large tank. The Kuro…

  2. American Village

    ★ 4.3(92,272) attractions

    American Village in Chatan is a tourist area with shops and restaurants selling American-style accessories, cl…

  3. Gyukatsu Motomura Naha Kokusai Dori Main Branch

    ★ 4.9(20,554) restaurants

    Gyukatsu Motomura Naha Kokusai-dori Main Store is a gyukatsu restaurant in the Kokusai-dori area of Naha, Okin…

  4. ORIENTAL HOTEL OKINAWA RESORT & SPA

    ★ 4.5(20,152) hotels

    Oriental Hotel Okinawa Resort & Spa is a family resort hotel located above Onna-son between northern and centr…

  5. Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts

    ★ 4.5(17,570) hotels

    Miyakojima Tokyu Hotel & Resorts sits next to Yonaha Beach on Miyakojima and has a private beach and guest roo…

  6. Shuri Castle

    ★ 4.2(33,520) attractions

    Shuri Castle is a castle in Okinawa and a historic site for looking at Okinawan history. The main castle is un…

  7. Yakiniku Ryukyu No Ushi Chatan

    ★ 4.8(8,419) restaurants

    Ryukyu Noushi Chatan is a Japanese-style yakiniku restaurant near American Village. Its yakiniku course includ…

  8. The Busena Terrace

    ★ 4.5(14,679) hotels

    The Busena Terrace is a classic hotel on the coast of northern Okinawa, close to Churaumi Aquarium. Breakfast …

  9. Ryukyu no Ushi Naha Kokusai Dori

    ★ 4.8(8,026) restaurants

    Ryukyu No Ushi Naha Kokusai-dori is a yakiniku restaurant in Naha, Okinawa. It serves meat in portions and com…

  10. Gyokusendo Cave

    ★ 4.4(17,999) attractions

    Gyokusendo is a limestone cave about 890 meters long inside Okinawa World, near the park entrance. The tour pa…

  11. Umikaji Terrace Senagajima

    ★ 4.3(22,375) attractions

    Senaga Island Umikaji Terrace is a tourist spot near Naha Airport with cafes and restaurants. The view of the …

  12. Magic Ocean

    ★ 4.9(6,372) restaurants

    Magic Ocean in Okinawa is a venue where you watch a magic show while eating and drinking. The show starts one …

  13. AEON MALL Okinawa Rycom

    ★ 4.4(16,317) shopping

    Aeon Mall Okinawa Raikamu is a large shopping mall in Okinawa where visitors can buy clothing and household go…

  14. VESSEL HOTEL CAMPANA OKINAWA

    ★ 4.5(12,323) hotels

    Vessel Hotel Campana Okinawa sits in the middle of American Village in Chatan, within walking distance of Suns…

  15. Okinawa World

    ★ 4.3(18,915) attractions

    Okinawa World is a traditional culture theme park in Okinawa that combines the Gyokusendo limestone cave with …

  16. Cape Manzamo

    ★ 4.2(23,575) attractions

    Manzamo is a scenic spot on the coast of Onna Village in central Okinawa's main island, with limestone cliffs …

  17. ライブ居酒屋 島唄DINING 道ジュネー

    ★ 4.9(4,031) bars

    Live Izakaya Shimauta Dining Michijune is on the second floor above a pharmacy on Kokusai Street in Okinawa. I…

  18. Kouri Ocean Tower

    ★ 4.3(12,706) attractions

    Kouri Ocean Tower is an observation deck on Kouri Island in Okinawa, looking out over the Kouri Bridge and the…

  19. Yakiniku Fukugyu

    ★ 4.8(4,679) restaurants

    Yakiniku Fukufuku is a yakiniku restaurant in Chatan American Village that grills wagyu. It serves several cut…

  20. Taketomi Apartment

    ★ 4.6(6,494) attractions

    This 51-square-metre one-bedroom apartment is on Taketomi Island, a 10- to 15-minute ferry ride from Ishigaki.…

  21. HAPPY BOWLS ARAHA

    ★ 4.9(3,137) restaurants

    Happy Bowls Araha is an outdoor stall selling acai bowls in front of Araha Beach in Okinawa. The bowls come wi…

  22. ぶりあん

    ★ 5.0(2,379) restaurants

    Burian is a yakiniku restaurant in Naha, Okinawa, near Kokusai Street, that focuses on black Wagyu sirloin cut…

  23. LeQu Okinawa Chatan Spa & Resort

    ★ 4.5(5,628) hotels

    Reku Okinawa Chatan Spa & Resort is a hotel in the center of American Village with guest rooms and a large pub…

  24. Blue Ocean Steak

    ★ 4.8(3,271) restaurants

    Blue Ocean Steak is a restaurant in Mihama, Chatan, Okinawa, where steak is served as a course meal with a vie…

  25. The Beach Tower Okinawa

    ★ 4.2(10,059) hotels

    The Beach Tower Okinawa Hotel -Kyoritsu Resort sits in front of Chatan Beach, and American Village is within w…

  26. Chatan Steam Seafood

    ★ 4.7(3,492) bars

    Chatan Steam Seafood is an izakaya in Chatan American Village that serves a steamed seafood course. Staff stea…

  27. トータルマリンスポットNEWS

    ★ 4.8(2,920) places

    Total Marine Spot NEWS is a marine activity operator in Okinawa that runs humpback whale watching and Kerama I…

  28. PARCO CITY

    ★ 4.3(6,599) shopping

    Sanei Parco City Urasoe is a large shopping mall in Urasoe, Okinawa. Its spacious retail floors include MUJI, …

  29. Nakijin Castle Ruins

    ★ 4.3(6,567) attractions

    Nakijin Castle Ruins sit in northern Okinawa and served as the stronghold of the Hokuzan king in the 14th and …

  30. Pizza in the Sky

    ★ 4.6(3,462) restaurants

    Kajinho serves mix and cheese pizzas in a traditional house on a hillside in Okinawa. The signature mix pizza …

  31. La’gent Hotel Chatan

    ★ 4.4(4,646) hotels

    La Gent Hotel Okinawa Chatan is a room-type hotel within a 10-minute walk of American Village. Rooms are wide …

  32. Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo Naha Branch

    ★ 4.7(2,635) restaurants

    Yakiniku Motobu Bokujo Nahaten is a yakiniku restaurant in Naha, Okinawa, where beef, pork, and beef tongue ar…

  33. Kouri Beach

    ★ 4.4(4,458) attractions

    Kouri Beach sits in Nakijin in northern Okinawa, where the emerald water is viewed against the backdrop of the…

  34. Depot Island

    ★ 4.2(6,522) attractions

    Depot Island sits along the Chatan waterfront in Okinawa, where restaurants, cafes, accessory shops and clothi…

  35. Shimabutaya Tonkatsu Dining

    ★ 4.7(2,533) restaurants

    Shimabutaya Kumoji is a Japanese restaurant in Kumoji, Okinawa, serving tonkatsu alongside pork and monkfish s…

  36. Heart Rock

    ★ 4.1(7,865) attractions

    Heart Rock is a natural rock formation on the coast of Kouri Island where two heart-shaped rocks can be seen. …

  37. Kouri Shrimp

    ★ 4.3(5,166) restaurants

    Kouri Shrimp is on Kouri Island, where diners look out at Kouri Bridge and the emerald sea while eating shrimp…

  38. Ryukyu Ramen Tondou

    ★ 4.4(4,183) restaurants

    Ryukyu Shinmen Tondou is an Okinawa ramen shop in Naha, a three-minute walk from Oroku Station and one minute …

  39. Okinawa Hinode Hotel

    ★ 4.6(2,696) hotels

    Okinawa Hinode Hotel is a family hotel in Naha, about 200 metres from Makishi Station and a five-minute walk f…

  40. Nago Pineapple Park

    ★ 3.9(10,623) attractions

    Nago Pineapple Park in Nago, Okinawa, is a theme park with pineapple fields and a dinosaur garden. Visitors ri…

  41. Okinawa Zoo & Museum

    ★ 4.3(4,270) activities

    Okinawa Kodomo no Kuni sits next to Okinawa Rycom Mall and runs both a zoo and the Wonder Museum children's mu…

  42. Bise-Fukugi Tree Road

    ★ 4.3(4,032) attractions

    Bise Fukugi-gil is a tourist spot in the Bise village of Okinawa where visitors walk a path through a fukugi t…

  43. Busena Marine Park

    ★ 4.3(3,954) attractions

    Busena Marine Park sits in front of Busena Beach in Okinawa, where visitors ride a glass-bottom boat and visit…

  44. Don Quijote Kokusai-dori

    ★ 3.8(11,760) shopping

    Don Quijote Kokusai-dori is a multi-floor discount store in the center of Kokusai-dori in Naha, Okinawa, selli…

  45. Ufuya

    ★ 4.1(5,853) restaurants

    Ufuya is an old house-style restaurant in Okinawa that serves Okinawan soba and pork shabu-shabu. At lunch it …

  46. A Happy Pancake

    ★ 4.2(4,690) cafes

    Shiawase no Pancake Umikaji Terrace Okinawa is a cafe in Umikaji Terrace that serves souffle pancakes and coff…

  47. Blue Seal Makiminato Honten

    ★ 4.4(3,173) cafes

    Blue Seal Ice Cream Makiminato Main Store is the flagship shop for Blue Seal ice cream in Okinawa, with a larg…

  48. Gourmet Conveyor Belt Sushi Ichiba Mihama

    ★ 4.2(4,119) restaurants

    Gurume Kaiten Sushi Ichiba Mihama is a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Mihama, Chatan, Okinawa, serving fish…

  49. RYUBO Department Store

    ★ 4.0(6,083) shopping

    Ryubo Department Store is a department store in Naha, in front of the Okinawa Prefectural Office and close to …

  50. Sobe Soba

    ★ 4.4(2,570) restaurants

    Sobe Soba is a noodle shop in Naha that serves Okinawa soba, a 15-minute walk from Tsubogawa Station. The nood…

  51. Captain Kangaroo Hamburger

    ★ 4.3(3,005) restaurants

    Captain Kangaroo is a handmade burger shop in Motobu, Okinawa, convenient for a stop before or after Churaumi …

  52. Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum

    ★ 4.5(1,977) attractions

    Okinawa Peace Memorial Park is a large war memorial park in Itoman City on the southern part of Okinawa's main…

  53. メルキュール沖縄那覇

    ★ 4.2(3,379) hotels

    Mercure Hotel Okinawa Naha is a business hotel directly in front of Tsubogawa Station, connecting the airport …

  54. Masan's Home

    ★ 4.5(1,942) bars

    Masannoe is a basement izakaya near the prefectural office entrance of Kokusai Street in Okinawa. It offers al…

  55. Bios Hill

    ★ 4.2(3,324) attractions

    Bios Hill in Okinawa is a botanical garden where visitors walk through large gardens and varied plant life. Th…

  56. LOISIR HOTEL NAHA

    ★ 4.0(4,900) hotels

    Loizir Hotel Naha sits near Naha Airport and the port, and has indoor and outdoor pools and a hot spring. The …

  57. Ryuya Honten

    ★ 4.5(1,890) restaurants

    Ruya Ramen is a ramen shop in the back alleys of the Kokusai-dori shopping street in Okinawa, serving black ga…

  58. Aeon Chatan Branch

    ★ 4.0(4,850) shopping

    Ion Mall Chatan is a shopping mall near American Village in Chatan, Okinawa, selling fresh food, souvenirs, an…

  59. The Yuinchi Hotel

    ★ 4.3(2,635) hotels

    Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo is an onsen resort hotel in Nanjo, Okinawa, overlooking the sea and Nanjo city center. It …

  60. Uomaru

    ★ 4.3(2,468) restaurants

    Uomaru is a seafood restaurant near Naha Airport serving kaisendon, eel over rice, and fried fish. The kaisend…

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