Visit the popular sightseeing spots on Okinawa main island.
The duration of the tour is flexible, ranging from 4 to 9 hours, depending on your requests. The standard duration is 7 hours.
You will travel by a suitable size rental car as a transportation.
You will pay the excluding fees such as a rental car or taxi fee, admission and meal.
As for the rental car-related fees will be added to the tour price before booking the tour.
At designated place in Naha
The castle was the center of politics, economy, and culture of Ryu-kyu Kingdom era.
The castle basement stones are designated as the World Cultural Heritage. The Castle had been burn down 5 times in its history.
Oct 31st 2019, the 5th generation castle burned down. Now 6th generation Castle was under reconstructing in pay area. You can see the reconstruting scene now.
On the way to Castle Stone wall, you can see the Sonohyan Utaki Stone Gate (World Cultural Heritage).
〇Admission fee (pay area only)
Royal Mauloleum for 2nd Sho Dynasty of Ryukyu Kingdom.
Designated as the World Cultural Heritage.
〇Admission fee (only cash)
Designated as the World Cultural Heritage in 2000.
Established in1799, but destroyed during WW2, restored 1990's.
〇Admission fee
Gyokusen-do Cave is the longest limestone cave in Okinawa prefecture.
About 900m long cave is open to the public. You can walk through the cave on foot.
After getting out of the cave, walk around Tropical orchards, then you can enjoy other areas, such as Local Brewery, Traditional Craft Village, and Culture center.
The biggest attraction is the EISA dance show, which takes place 4 times a day.
〇Admission fee
Shopping and eating streets. The busiest street in OKINAWA.
It is a one-mile-long main street with some branch arcade street. You can enjoy local food and a variety of goods and the atmosphere.
〇Parking fee (If you need my escort)
Tour ends. Drop you off somewhere on the main island and dismiss there.
At designated place on main island
If you take the standard course(7hours), you can visit 2 most popular spots(CHURAUMI aquarium, SHURIJO), including 3 World Heritage component sites in OKINAWA
We travel by rental car, giving easy and flexible destination access. You can customize the tour as you like under coordination with me.
〇Guide rate for 7 hours (1-4 people): 5,000×7=3,5000 JPY
〇Guide rate for 7 hours (5-8 people): 6,000×7=42,000 JPY
〇Meet-up fee (in Naha): 4,000 JPY
〇Rental car or Taxi-related fee: TBD
〇Public transportation (if used)
〇Admission at each facility
〇Meals
My guiding rate is 5,000 JPY hourly (up to 4 pax) and 6,000 JPY hourly (5 to 8 pax), and a Meet-up fee (the Guide's transportation fee back and forth to the meeting spot) is 4,000 JPY (in Naha). For example, an 8-hour tour for 4 pax costs 40,000 JPY plus 4,000 JPY; the tour price is 44,000 JPY. You pay for this when you book the tour.
Please remember you will pay for the admission of pay facilities and meals on-site.
We need to rent a suitable size rental car (4 to 10 pax) or hire a Jumbo Taxi (8 pax max) for our transportation. The rental car and taxi costs vary depending on the conditions, so my published tour price doesn't include rental car and taxi costs.
After negotiating the tour, I will fix the car-related price and add it to the tour price so that you know the total cost before booking it.
My coverage areas are all over Okinawa Pref., including remote islands. But I live on the main island, so my starting and ending points are normally on the main island. Or I will go to meet you on a remote island. In this case, you will pay for my transportation to and from the remote island.
Additionally, I work in Okinawa and Nagasaki, for about half a month each. If you intend to travel to northern Kyushu, such as Nagasaki, Saga, and Fukuoka, visit my Nagasaki account page. There is also my schedule calendar for those areas.
Tour application form will be accepted until 7 days before the tour
The guide arrange a rental car or taxi, and drive a rental car to pick you up and drop you off at the designated place. Starting and ending at the same place normally.
After coordination, the rental car-related cost will be fixed and added to the tour price; then you can realize the total tour price when you book it.
If we hire the taxi, you will pay directory to the taxi driver on-site.
If you book the tour directory without any coordination with a guide, you will pay all rental car-related fees to the guide in cash on-site.
Weather conditions, such as typhoons, heavy rain, strong wind, etc will influence some spots. In the case of bad conditions, I will change the destination.
Hero is an excellent guide with flexibility to tailor things to suit your specific desires. He provides very clear guidance and information with a wide range of knowledge. A pleasure to be with. Clearly a five star guide.
Yukihiro was knowledgeable, on time and willing to flex with our schedule. Saw castles, gardens and beautiful sea coast in Okinawa. He even helped me find my house i lived in as a child 60 years ago. Would use him again.
Hero was absolutely fantastic! Hero was able to personally rent a vehicle and drive for us … his knowledge and great sense of humor (as well as his great English) let my family ask more questions than I could personally handle! I would whole-heartedly recommend Hero as a tour guide in Okinawa, and I hope to get another chance to meet him in Okinawa in the future! Thanks again Hero!
The communication was easy ans Hero followed my wishes for tour I had. He was opened and friendly, talked several details about places we visited. We were lucky that it wasn’t crowded on that day anywhere we went. Also he helped to find a nice restaurant for my dinner later. All in all I can recommend.