How to Get Around Nanjo City Without a Car: A 2-Day Bus Trip Itinerary

The Naha Bus Terminal is the central bus hub in Okinawa’s capital city and is about 15 minutes away from Naha Airport via monorail. The bus terminal includes numerous bus lines covering most of the mainland southern central area. In addition, many bus lines also reach essential stops across the entire island, making bus an accessible travel option during your visit.

Experience Okinawa's nature, history, and culture in one place at Okinawa World. Visitors will find many activities to keep visitors of all ages entertained, like a replica castle townscape and the tropical fruit orchard with over 450 fruit trees nurtured by Okinawa's warm climate. If you time your visit just right, you might see the vibrant dances of eisa, a traditional Okinawan dance that typically occurs during Okinawa’s Obon festivities.

Cross a bridge from the main island over to Ojima Island. Here, visitors come to experience small island life in charming Ojima. Sample delicately battered fish and seaweed tempura or freshly caught seafood at the local market, pay their respects to a ceramic statue at a local shrine, or just take in the island’s scenic beauty and rich cultural history with a stroll through Ojima Island.

The Yuinchi Hotel Nanjo is a wellness resort set on a 28-acre property, providing a healthy and relaxing experience with its earth-friendly living, wellness, nutrition, and hot spring facilities. Relax as you soak away any soreness from the day's activities in the hotel’s luxurious onsen and indulge in panoramic views of the city below. A feast of Japanese, Western, and Ryukyu cuisine is always there for dinner to satisfy any cravings.

Miibaru Beach is a serene spot with shallow waters stretching for two kilometers, where children can play in the calm waters or dip your toes for a leisurely walk. This natural white sand beach, and it rarely experiences rough waters. This is a family-friendly spot, considered one of the best beaches in Japan, where you can even walk to the reef about one kilometer away during the low tide.

Dine on Okinawa's local ingredients with a view of the horizon at Resort Restaurant Sefa, a restaurant on the second floor of the Nanjo City Regional Products Museum. Their recommended menu items include the Sefa soba, a bowl of noodles topped with soft-cooked pork belly, spare ribs, and cartilage, or the savory pork saute with all of Okinawa’s crunchy-on-the-outside, juicy-on-the-inside pork flavors expanding on your palate.

Sefa Utaki is considered the most ancient and influential birthplace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, featured heavily in the myths and legends of the local people. This designated World Heritage Site has dramatic rock formations and a forested hillside connected by tropical walking trails the Ryukyu king once visited. While traversing these paths, it is easy to see why the nobility of the Ryukyu Kingdom made their trek to this important and beautiful site.

Stop at Cape Chinen Park for its views of the turquoise waters lapping against the coast as the breeze lifts your spirit. This vantage point is a wonderful stop to relax, go for a short walk along the park, and watch as paragliders catch the sea breeze in their sails on clear days. This park is the perfect place to catch a glimpse of this fantastic view of Nanjo City.