Heiwadori & Kokusaidori Street – Naha Okinawa
Hello again. We’re about to show you Cocoai Dory walks restaurants and shopping and whatnot. [Music] Oh, okay. Gotcha. So, let’s give this a shot first and then come back out, right? Sure. Always up for a new chance. So far, it looks like a lot of souvenir shops. [Music] And food. And food. [Music] One of the things they’re famous for is on in Okinawa is sea snake. Genie’s been looking forward to trying that. Not on the bed. Not even for free. Not even for a million bucks. [Music] Good catch. Just put that anywhere. T-shirt shops. I haven’t seen a hell of a lot of t-shirt shops. Okinawa is often referred to as the Hawaii of Japan. I definitely want to get one of these shirts while we’re here. The Hawaii of Japan. That’s right. What are you doing? Booil ice cream. [Music] You like spam? They got a spam shirt. I like that. You like spam? Yeah. Medium spam in Okinawa. Spam in Okinawa. In Fussa, there is a Blue Seal ice cream place, and we went there after our $853 Kobe steak dinner for four. Had a little sticker shock when I saw that bill come. [Music] There’s one t-shirt shop after another. Here is your Blue Seal ice cream. stand. We had, like I said, we had this in Fousea. Delicious. Really, really good ice cream. Not to be missed. Definitely, definitely get Lucille. [Music] It’s a nice bag. These are Okinawa donuts right here. Fresh, you get them single, whatever you want, they have them. You want them larger. There you go. 77 ice cream in Okinawa, you come here. This is some type of snake juice. For 500 yen, you can get yourself some. To me, it looks like python, but nevertheless, it is snake juice. Probably has alcohol in it. Not for me. [Music] So, from here, we’re going to take a left, go deeper into this No, this looks like a good place to tag. Hang on one second [Music] here, Genie. Find a good place for this. We are officially now tagged in Okinawa right there. [Music] [Music] I guess you have to come through this thing. Maybe it’s an old day event. But this is not the street. That’s what I’m saying. Is this some other kind of market? Monster mangoes. That must be the pig store. Mhm. Yep. Yeah. So, here’s the face. So, it looks like a cobra. [Music] Ah, here’s the story behind it. Habu is a poisonous snake that lives in Okinawa. Habusaki is made by soaking it in alcohol with a strong alcohol content such as awamorei or rum and aging it. Okay. So, just like I thought, it does have alcohol. So, that’s not for me, which you’re probably aware by now. [Music] You know what 58 is? Round the island. [Music] I guess spam is a pretty big thing on this island cuz there’s an awful lot of t-shirts talking about it. Food seal shopping bag. I got this doer bag with me. More snake juice. [Music] [Music] Come come come to Come to Okinawa to buy a Puerto Valera. Verta t-shirt. That’s so funny. Secondhand shop. Yeah. Queen of hearts. That’s kind of cool. [Music] This is where we need to come tomorrow. Okay. Early when they’re open cuz a lot of these shops are already closing up for the night. Okie dokie. Smokey. [Music] You need an Okinawa Hawaiian shirt, they got them. And they’re really pretty, too. They are just Hawaiian shirt. Mhm. I’m just not I’m just to tell you flat out, I’m not into the buttons that are on or the pocket. And everything’s big with the buttons on the collar and pockets. Genie found me one in [Music] Kyoto that didn’t have buttons or pockets and it’s made out of very nice fabric as well. So, I bought it. I think it was like 65 bucks, but but it is what it is. [Music] Whipped cream. Whipped cream. No, it’s a mask on your face. Ah, right there for the face. Yes. Yes. Yes. You want to make the face look good? No. Nothing can help it. [Music] This brings you right back out to the street. So once we exit, we’ll be looking for dinner. And we’ll come back here again during the daytime when more shops are open. We’re going to come back tomorrow. Tomorrow it is. Right now we’re here for a long time. Right now we look for dinner, right? It’s a sea of people. We’ll be back. Famous Sam’s Sailor in. That’s the direction we came from. That’s where we crossed into here. [Music] Got to be a reason why all these people are congregating down this street. So, [Music] Here’s [Music] your Blue Seal ice cream store legit right here. [Music] original. [Music] I don’t know. And we are indeed going to roll the dice on this place. You got a business card, you’re welcome to put it right on up here. [Music] Maybe I’ll tag So again, we’re just going to roll the dice and see what happens. There’s not going to be any videotaping in here because the background music is Well, YouTube will flag us immediately. So, we’ll just take some pictures, get back to you. [Music] Okay, so we took the hit for you. That was a horrible restaurant. It’s It’s basically a tourist trap. We don’t recommend you go in there. [Music] [Music] We are back piecing together more of the main walking and shopping street. Today we go this way. [Music] [Music] I have no idea. I’m going to have to guess it’s some type of fortune that you’re going to get. [Music] [Music] Oh, I get it. You pay for a,000 for that and you get a prize. [Music] [Music] Get out Okay. [Music] Do it. Hi guys. Good morning. Oh my god. This is very cool. They they inserted sharks into the scene. You can see myself and Genie. There’s Genie over there. That’s pretty funny. And that wraps up our Koku Sidori walking street tour. If you got any value out of this video, give us a thumbs up and don’t forget to subscribe. We’ll see you next time.
Heiwadori Street is comprised of about 200 shops selling everything from souvenirs and clothing to Okinawan snacks and sweets. It has a more distinctly local flair than Kokusaidori Street and if you venture into the depths of the arcade, you will find many shops with a nostalgic atmosphere. Souvenirs that are sold at the airport can be purchased for much less at Heiwadori Street, making the area popular among both tourists and locals. The entire shopping street is covered by a roof, so shoppers can stay dry on rainy days and comfortably out of the scorching sun. Plan on spending several hours here simply roaming around.
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