Explore Okinawa Japan – also known as the “hawaii of Japan” supposedly. Check out what Tokashiki Island in Okinawa looks like- where you can enjoy a day on Japan’s white sandy beaches and even go snorkelling. Snorkelling was so incredible, you don’t even have to go far off the shore for the clear waters and immediately see coral reefs and fish species swimming around. Definitely worth checking out.
This is also a little travel itinerary for Okinawa Japan, as we explored Naha some more, looked at Japanese pottery lane, what to eat in Okinawa, and much more.
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yeah what that lightning e we’re going to the beach woohoo woohoo Beach [Music] day we just got on to the island that was a fairly quick ride cuz we took the speedboat over here and the bus was only like 15minute ride and it was 400 Yen we are about to go to the beach but I just want to say Japan has the biggest butterfly ever it’s terrifying I don’t like this I don’t like this at all it’s not going to stop me from my beach day though I’m so afraid I’m so afraid right now it is oh 10: in the morning woke up at 700 this morning dude look at the water yeah that’s in like that doesn’t look real oh my God oh my God there’s so many but like I can’t they’re blocking my poth there’s swarms of them run run run this looks unbelievable the water is so [Music] clear I’ve just been like hanging out by myself like kind of tanning chilling on the beach but I’m about to go in the water as well I was just about to to leave when Matt came back let’s go let’s go thank you so much I’m so cold [Music] [Music] woo woo [Music] [Music] [Music] we moved a little bit forward cuz the stand is so much nicer here we just got back from snorkeling and it is so so cool out there everything about it is just just incredible the sun is finally out the blue sky has come out as well super super lucky with the weather that’s not but we’ve only been here for like 3 hours you drank that in 3 hours we were in the water so I got water through osmosis we found a good spot on the beach no one else hardly anyone else is here look look look Tada and then on this side everyone else is over there Tada and we’re going to leave our things here hope for the best we’re going to take our valuables of course some of our things here so we can fow away that’s what Hong kongers do which means like we keep the space you know we got to make sure that no one’s going to take our spot while we go have lunch which I’m very excited about because Japan Beach lunch is not the same as like regular crappy Beach lunch so let’s [Music] go we just decided to stop by for a little lunch snorkling was crazy cool we got to see the fish up close and personal which is kind of funny cuz we just came from the aquarium I was really hoping to see the purple fish cuz Matt said that he saw it it was just a very very cool experience you can get very very close to the coral reef you got to be very careful about swimming next to it and swimming near the fish and Matt said that if you stay really still the fish will come towards you and he was trying to like communicate that to me while we were snorkeling and I was like I don’t want them to come near me I’m I’m good to just observe them from afar so that’s what I did you can also shower there’s a changing room and shower room if you just keep going straight there’s like so much happening at this restaurant after reading all of the things from the aquarium yesterday I just remember like there’s a plethora of venomous underwater creatures so I was like very cautious and I was like trying to look at the things that I read I said you were being a mermaid swimming through the you know what fny you say that cuz I actually was thinking that with your fins like for real I’m a real life mermaid that was like the one thing that was keeping me like extra Cal in the water cuz I did freak out a little bit there are these like moments when you’re swimming that gets really really cold like ice freezing cold like it feels like a cold plunge and then if you keep swimming you’ll find like the warmer areas and it feels like you’re basking underneath the sun underwater so it’s very nice it kind of does shock you a little bit and it’s definitely something to pay attention to I was trying to keep my nervous system like you know steady and I was like I’m a mermaid I’m Ariel I like fish fish are friends it’s all [Music] okay is it cold [Music] I have snorkeling marks but oh my God I just had the craziest experience underwater it was so beautiful I’m sad I couldn’t capture it my camera ran out of battery but first of all the water is freezing by the way just warning you if you come in like what is it in April right now it’s freezing but so worth it like I almost didn’t go back in I’m so glad I did that cuz Matt found this place underwater it’s like giant coral reefs like more than the footage that I captured there’s these like two giant I don’t know what they’re called like groups of coral reef I don’t know they’re kind of like underwater mountains okay there’s one on this side one on this side and you swim between that was so worth experiencing if you ever come here honestly I wouldn’t even know where to tell you where to look there I know this gives zero context but I don’t know if you know anything about swimming and locations there you go pretty pretty SE yo Matt come have a look quick quick quick quick oh that’s the protected species I saw a box in the in the aquarium yesterday were these ones are like um they’re like designated National Treasures or something like that you can’t pick them up you need like a license they pick them up don’t St on this one can I film it like up close it’s so cute little guy [Music] amazing I feel so calm and Serene I’m just happy that I got to see things I’ve never seen before in my life never really swam with coral like that before yeah I love the part where like the coral opened up and like on both sides I was like wow yeah cuz it just there’s a whole life underneath there were they accepting of you oh I forgot to tell you there’s this one part where I sort of like stayed still right I didn’t want them to touch me but I was like kind of curious I was like saying hi to one and one actually like turned and looked at me and then like stayed looking at me and I was like a very cool moment especially for me cuz I’m afraid of the water wish go but look at that tiny car though dope all right let’s get going you’re going to stay there for 3 months yeah and then so we won like a free ticket to Oka crazy yeah it’s crazy he want yeah he want interesting when you can like travel and I don’t know if you people right you meet many many people like if you are open you can meet people every day yeah so it’s really cool to me that you guys even own trip as well in in yeah I don’t know if I want to tell the story like a it was it was crazy it was a mov asked me tonight after a few dayss was the only it was the only seat left and I speak for 30 minutes cuz they were like her and her friends were just talking never got [Music] booked oh my gosh I’m sunburnt we just got back to our place after that long day at the beach but we ended up talking to the people who we met on the boat for like quite some time pretty much like the whole Boat Trip like what are your plans tonight and everyone didn’t seem to really have have a plan so we’re about to go meet them for dinner Matt and I have been trying to go to an isaya like every night we will pass by in isaka yeah when we pass by naha like this week they’re PR big drinkers soents for the culture we’re like should we go should we go it always looks good isaka is basically just like a place where you chill you drink you eat a little bit and it always looks so so so good every single day I’ve been exhausted like after after our daytime activity I’ve just been completely knackered by the end of the day that I can’t even like function to dinner like struggling just to get myself to dinner and then immediately after dinner I’m like but today is a weekend it’s a sasur day and we’re like no we need to try and eaka I’m just powdering my face I I don’t know what I’m doing this is I don’t even have a base what’s going on but weirdly enough I have a good amount of energy left perhaps it’s like the energy of spontaneity to meet people we’re about to go have dinner with [Music] strangers it’s the weekend we get turns but be in bed by like 10 p.m. it’s already 9 oh no we going to have some isaka let’s [Music] go this is dope yeah I’m down for a beer so four beers so you are in charge she okay there’s a lot of pressure oh yeah none of us speak a lick of Japanese so like we’re all trying to figure out how to order anything and everything also we decided to do a food roulette so we have no idea what we ordered and you can thank Ezekiel over here put your Google Translate away and just peek we’re going to roulette this dish we have the PE shirt you guys allergic to any no nothing that’s a that’s actually a good question that is a really good question oh I’m into it that’s the oran draft this one let’s get this one too yep that’s know both him and Tess decided that we don’t need our phones tonight no translate or anything like that maybe I can no Google translator in this in this dinner sorry and we’re just going to wing it why not today seems to be the theme for that small she like plans every day yeah she told me like next to be PL hot alcohol oh I think it’s better than it’s nicer than yeah CH with be CH with is it is it one word yeah no it’s three words what does it mean you you can say that whatever whatever like no [Music] it’s a new day and we decided that today is going to be like a more chill day because it’s Sunday and we’re like oh Sunday lunch brunch kind of Vibes I’m feeling a bit hung over us not hung over but like you like when you know you’ve been drinking yeah I woke up a little bit like oh alcohol in my system but because of that we’re like okay we need to do a Sunday chill vibe and it’s nice weather it’s sunny and we’re going to go have some pancakes wow so we’re kind of observing right now that this whole road is blocked off on Sundays for cars so I guess you could just like stroll straight up in the center of the whole Road like we’re doing right now smell pancakes you smell pancakes I smell pancakes it smells so good where is it [Music] I just realized that I’m having ice cream for breakfast when in Holiday there’s one in the corner the sandwich where you pared before oh yeah I knew you would know what that meant I don’t know what that means huh is it left or right from here this is a pop quiz question do you know the answer oh I definitely don’t know okay I’m going to guess it’s a 50/50 right it’s left oh my God we just did a mini shopping pit stop because there’s a store that I’ve been really really wanting to check out really quick and it’s really cool because the material in the store the gifts that you can buy are all made from this specific tiling like Japanese tiling it’s kind of like a porcelain material and you can use it in quite a variety of ways so I got a little bit of presents a little bit of souvenirs for friends and now we are on the way to lunch finally go get some taco rice my stomach is feeling so much better now so now I actually can go and eat and enjoy we passed by this taco place before and then we didn’t get to eat it that day so this time around we are going back for it especially because it is our second last day so let’s go see what it’s all about hi if you don’t like tomatoes and she say that you know what I will say that not going to lie I’m not entirely sure what I ordered uh I know I ordered tacos and I know I ordered rice in terms of like regular and Portion there’s also like spice you can choose like mild spice regular spice I guess I’m going to [Music] see I’m excited to eat okay oh oh no I’m so sorry oh yeah yeah this is super well worth it camera’s recording but you can also [Music] [Music] in 300 M turn right [Music] no it’s slippery habited Beach yeah we decided to come to the beach at night and then we missed our first Beach point so technically this is a different Beach than we intended to come and like the roads are pretty narrow it’s just completely empty and oh yeah it’s raining and cold dude bring your jumper it’s really cozy with a jumper yo going to stay here by yourself for a bit oh my God are you going to come back like this we’re all alone on the beach now put my phone in my pocket and then turn on the flash this is the only light source I’ve got now the wind is pretty extreme so much so that your umbrella will get flipped so I’m trying to be cautious of the direction or I could just oh my God I’m on an entire Beach alone at night in the middle of the dark wow ah much better there’s Coral here too Coral what’s that lightning oh it’s me okay the jellyfish well we never know oh wait no I think it’s lightning you saw lightning I think so all we’re RK this we’re not risking this it’s not worth it we’ve seen too many videos and plus the rain just got way heavier on as just as we arrive to the beach Nikki documentary Nikki in the wild okay we’re safe alive oh show the show the road mow nowhere yep the only car here on the beach we’re getting out of here okay sa SOS I pulled it down I was like oh I wonder what this was do fiddling it the lights work Met’s first drive-thru Drive beef BLT please basically it’s night time now and we just need something quick to go that kind of has been the theme late at night but it’s because we just did a little mini a little uni CL and Muji haul Matt mainly have the stores in Hong Kong but then the items are just cheaper here and the selection is not as good oh yeah and the selection is different too we’re about to enter un unic it just occurred to me that Japan uni would probably have different featured like items collabs than Hong Kong uni SP stop this is so cute ah it’s Lui time best store in the whole world it’s so quiet bedding they need to feel exactly like my bedding not same it’s not what I’m looking for this is really soft though it’s not the same thing you should about the pillowcase what am I going to do just like it hey do you have this this exact one like one3 of the price seven things for like 700 bucks yeah that’s so good it took me longer to order than it took for them to make the food everything though I forgot to tell you the lady in Muji said you’re a Kaw stop did she really when you left to get your sweater oh my God people in Japan have been calling me beautiful and cute all over and everyone here is so bloody nice I feel Kawaii just from everyone complimenting me right have you noticed the driving like people let you go people let you go people let you cross the road even earlier when I was in the store I just kind of like collided paths with someone they like sort of like bow apologize to me like you know that gesture where you’re like my bad I was like oh my God we just collided it was no one’s fault but even so I need this qu quality of life everyone’s kind no one’s like giving bad vibes you know no strings attach kindness and I’m like what’s that like that’s that’s a very very big difference and culture shock I would say between here and like everywhere else maybe that’s why everyone here live so long it’s boring thank God this had to happen I was day I know we almost chose Monday to go remember it is completely pouring outside we’re about to go in the rain it is our last day so you know we’re still going to make things happen a rain pun oh yeah it’s also thundering does that mean we should go to the bunker it’s boring maybe we [Music] [Music] should gave me an English version time salad [Music] noting Oh no I got my Moi bag with that was honestly such a yummy meal it was so filling both Matt and I did not actually think that we would be full from it in fact when we first ordered it we were like I think we can order more Sushi afterwards if we’re still hungry it’s so good we’ll just order more afterwards and then by the time we were like on our last like three four pieces I was like a little bit struggling like I have to finish it cuz it’s so good it’s probably the best sushi we’ve had all Tri and I think Matt pointed out that that was our most expensive meal so far but definitely definitely the most worth it as well check this out you guys you can see the whole city we’re about to enter a World War II bunker it used to be a military Airfield so this was built to like protect it like not how airports it just got real that look yeah I don’t know if I can go down that alone I don’t like this entrance it’s going to be heavy haven’t been to over to site before Oh my God stop I don’t know about this mate I believe this part is hand carved when you look at the pictures it doesn’t feel this real these walls are so narrow you got to to I’m not going in this room alone this must have been really CRA I 10,000 people in here oh but I’m imagine 10,000 people with not all of them yeah a really scary the number of people that committed in here so okay I got it I can’t I can’t I’m scared I’m scared that was really heavy and like pretty terrifying the fact that that’s only about 80 years ago at the end of the tunnel they kind of put this very bright Sun area around you which is really nice and relieving y that grenade room I like couldn’t even like look at it properly W I can’t believe that’s the first World War II thing I’ve seen where’s our car we decided that we need to even out the feeling of intensity heaviness by going to somewhere more chill so we’re going to like walk in the calm quiet nice Street find little nooks and little cute little stores pick up our last souvenirs before we leave Okinawa look at this shop now making not complete from now painting uh complete this oo Dragon cup K oh yeah yeah K is yeah downstairs but fire is this coloring OK traditional col but actually not from China say this color is presented as the traditional color of okan pottery but it is not a color development that originated strictly in okanawa and is unique to okanawa the glaze was originally invented during the Tang Dynasty in China so I make vessels that reproduce the colors of the ocean waters of my favorite OK and seas maybe they all open the shop until a certain hour and then when they’re done they go and make the PA threey should we check out this place Matt [Music] [Music]