What to do Fathers Day weekend? Take the family to Nago to Dino World, Okinawa fruit world which has a website only in Japanese, and lastly Pineapple Park which was aweseome!
DINO PARK-
The park is more like an overgrown forest with clear paths through it. There are ropes and roughly paved paths. I would highly recommend bringing your camera, bug spray, and water along with your hiking shoes.
The dinosaurs are mostly mechanical, so some make noises, some roar, spit water etc. It’s entertaining and the kids got a huge kick out of it. Even as someone who couldn’t keep a plant to save her life there was a lot to be admired in the obvious work they put into the foliage in the park. The flowers were bold and beautiful while the greenery gave a realistic feel of the prehistoric. It might have been my overly sensitive nose but the smell of flowers permeated the valley and was rather pleasant.
Dino Park
Price: Adults – 800 yen; Children ages 4+ – 500 yen
Payment: Yen and cards
Hours: 10:00-18:00 Daily
Phone: 0980-54-8515
Website: www.yanbaru-ikoi.com
Address: Nakayama, Nago-shi, Okinawa-ken 905-0004
GPS Coordinates: 26.6354311, 127.96162419999996
Directions: Take the Expressway north to the end; follow 58 north into Nago until you reach 84. Look for signs for Ocean Expo Park/Churaumi Aquarium; take a left onto 84 and follow for approximately 5 km. The entrance will be next to next to Okashi Gotten Nago, on your left.
PINEAPPLE PARK
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At its peak of the production in Okinawa, about 100,000 tons of pineapples were harvested in 1969.However, the production went down due to the oil crisis and liberalization of frozen pineapple imports in the 1970’s, due to expanding trade liberalization during (*2)the Uruguay Round in the 1990’s.As of 2012, the production fell down to 6,000 tons which is only 6% of its peak.And there is a concern that the production may fall even more depending on how TPP talks go.At Nago Pineapple Park, we accept the reality. So that more people get to know about tasty Okinawa pineapples and we want it to spread out, we produce sweets, juice and wine made from pineapples. We cooperate and support each other with farmers in Okinawa to promote the Okinawa pineapple industry.
Pineapple Park
Address 1195 Bimata, Nago City, Okinawa 905-0005 Japan
T E L 0980(53)3659
F A X 0980(53)0421
Hours 9:00~18:00
Closed Open all year round
Entrance Fee Adult (16years old~) ¥850
Junior High school(13-15years old~)¥600
(Elementary School Students) ¥450
*Pre-school children are free
10% discount for groups of 15 persons of more
Car Park Yes(100 cars, 20 buses-free for park visitors)
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