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Beach Trekking (Ino observations)
Okinawan Experience Nirai Kanai 

Genre Nature
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Students observe inoh (coastal shallows enclosed by coral reefs) where a variety of rare creatures live to learn about the ecosystem of the beautiful sea and environmental issues.

Location Northern area
524 Yamada, Onna Village, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-964-1616

Glass-bottom Boat, Underwater Observatory
Busena Marine Park 

Genre Nature
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At the only underwater observatory on the Okinawa main island, you don’t have to get wet to see tropical fish in action. Another popular activity is a promenade over the sea in a whale-shaped glass bottom boat.

Location Northern area
1744-1Kise, Nago City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-980-52-3379

The Former Japanese Navy Underground Headquarters

Genre Peace learning
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The command bunker, which a Japanese Navy advance team built during World War II at the time of the Battle of Okinawa, has been opened to the public, including the commander’s office. There is also a free museum on the grounds, displaying personal effects and letters which have been retrieved.

Location Southern area
236 Tomigusuku, Tomigusuku City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-850-4055

Kakazu Heights Park

Genre Peace learning
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The Observatory Park has a sweeping view of Futenma base. It was also the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Okinawa, vestiges of which still remain today.

Location Central area
1-5 Kakazu, Ginowan City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-897-2751(Hagoromo Park Management)

Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum 

Genre Peace learning
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The Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum provides an overview of the sinking of the Tsushima-maru, which was used to evacuate schoolchildren. The museum works to communicate the value of peace through this tragedy in which 1,482 people, including many children, lost their lives.

Location Southern area
1-25-37 Wakasa, Naha City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-941-3515

Himeyuri Peace Museum 

Genre Peace learning
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The Himeyuri students or “Lily Corps” were mobilized to serve as nurses during the Battle of Okinawa. Visitors to the museum learn about war and peace through the experiences of these girls who were in their teens at the time of the fighting.

Location Southern area
671-1 Ihara, Itoman City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-997-2100

Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum 

Genre Peace learning
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The Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum commemorates victims of the war and works to communicate to future generations historical lessons painfully learned from the Battle of Okinawa. The museum has displays showing testimony given by people who experienced the fighting as well as numerous actual items and documents.

Location Southern area
614-1 Mabuni, Itoman City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-997-3844

Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory 

Genre Nature
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At the Ishigakijima Astronomical Observatory, visitors can enjoy 4D2U (four-dimensional digital universe), which makes use of the Murikabushi telescope, the largest in Kyushu and Okinawa, to view heavenly bodies and space in three dimensions.

Location Remote island
1024-1 Arakawa, Ishigaki City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-980-88-0013

Sea Turtle Museum of Kumejima

Genre Nature
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While observing sea turtles as well as newly born baby turtles swimming around slowly and gracefully, visitors learn about the ecology and current state of sea turtles, which are in danger of extinction.

Location Remote island
170 Ou, Kumejima Town, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-985-7513

Valley of Gangala 

Genre Nature
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The Valley of Gangala was created when a limestone cave, which had formed over hundreds of thousands of years, collapsed. Experts guide visitors through the mystical forest in this rich natural environment.

Location Southern area
202 Maekawa, Tamagusuku, Nanjo City, Okinawa
Phone number +81-98-948-4192