Okinawa in 4 days

On the Motobu Peninsula, the 7,500 m³ Kuroshio tank is seen through an acrylic panel 22.5 metres wide, with whale sharks swimming among manta rays.

A small round island joined to the main island by a 1,960-metre bridge over a shallow turquoise lagoon; the road around it takes fifteen minutes.

A coral limestone cliff shaped like an elephant's trunk above deep blue sea at Onna, named after a king's praise of its broad meadow.

Naha's 1.6 km main street, rebuilt on the ruins of 1945 and nicknamed the Miracle Mile, lined with glassware, shisa figures, kariyushi shirts and izakaya.

Seat of the Ryukyu kings from 1429 to 1879, destroyed in 1945, rebuilt and UNESCO-listed, then burnt again in October 2019; restoration is ongoing.

A 5 km limestone cave found in 1967; 890 metres of walkways pass stalactites, blue pools and underground streams at 21 °C all year.

About twenty islands west of Naha, a national park since 2014 for their clear water; green turtles graze just off Furuzamami beach on Zamami.

The island's northern tip, where the East China Sea meets the Pacific below limestone cliffs, with a monument to Okinawa's 1972 return to Japan.