basic information

Okinawa World, also known as the Culture Kingdom Gyokusendo, is a touristy theme park about Okinawan culture. The park's main attractions are the Gyokusendo Cave, a crafts village and a snake museum.

Traditional crafts village

Gyokusendo Cave

With a total length of five kilometers, Gyokusendo Cave is the longest of the many caves in the south of Okinawa Island, and Japan's second longest. 850 meters of the cave are open to the public and feature spectacular stalactites and stalagmites.

The so called Kingdom Village is a nice replica of a traditional Ryukyu village with workshops introducing the various traditional Okinawan crafts, such as weaving, dyeing, paper making, pottery, sugar cone processing, the making of music instruments, brewing and the more recently introduced glass blowing.

Visitors can gain hand-on experiences at many workshops and have ample of opportunities to purchase the local products at numerous souvenir shops. Of course, there is also a restaurant specialized in Okinawan cuisine.

The Habu Park, named after the infamous, poisonous, local Habu snake, consists of a snake museum, a small, run down zoological garden and a snake show.

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how to get there

From Naha Bus Terminal, bus lines 54 and 83 will take you directly to Okinawa World in about one hour. Get off at the "Gyokusendo-mae" bus stop. There are about 12 round trips per day. By car, it takes about 40 minutes from Naha.

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Admission:

Kingdom Village only:	600 Yen
Cave and Kingdom Village:	1,200 Yen
Habu Park:	600 Yen
Free Pass (for everything):	1,600 Yen

Open:
Daily, 9:00 to 18:30 (to 18:00 from November to March)
Entrance gates close one hour prior to closing time.

travel community

Popularity of Okinawa World:
Users who have been to Okinawa Island: 294
Users who have been to Okinawa World: 69

5th of 12 most visited sights in Okinawa Island.
234th of 554 most visited sights nationwide.

Ratings for Okinawa World:

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User Rating (by 40 users):	82/100	recommended

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