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Okinawa rankings

Okinawa’s main island combines warm-water beaches with a history quite unlike mainland Japan’s. Naha is the starting point for Ryukyu royal sites and contemporary island cooking; farther north, pottery workshops, castle walls and forest trails give way to the resorts of the west coast. Allow time for the quieter east coast and the memorials around Itoman. A car makes exploring easier, while a separate ferry trip reaches the reefs and beaches of the Kerama Islands.