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Okinawa Ocean Expo Park

Okinawa Ocean Expo Park

Photo (c) Shizuko Mishima
Address:
424 Ishikawa Motobu-cho Kunigami-gun, Okinawa
Access:
It takes about 2 hours by car from Naha Airport.
It takes from one and half hour to two and half hours by bus from Naha Bus Terminal to Nago Bus Terminal. Further, it takes about one hour by bus from Nago Bus Terminal to Ocean Expo Park.
Open:
Ocean Expo Park Area
March - Sep. 8am - 7:30pm / Oct.- Feb. 8am - 6pm

Ocean Expo Park Aquarium Area
March - Sep. 8am - 8:30pm / Oct.- Feb. 8am - 7pm

Ocean Expo Park Facilities
March - Sep. 8F30am - 7pm / Oct.- Feb. 8F30am - 5:30pm

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
March - Sep. 8F30am - 8pm / Oct.- Feb. 8F30am - 6:30pm

*The park closes on the first Wednesday and Thursday in Dec.

Admission:
Churaumi Aquarium
1,800 yen / Adult, 1,200yen / high school students, 600yen / elementary and middle school students

Tropical Dream Center
670 yen / Adult, 340 yen / elementary and middle school students

Ocean Culture Museum
170 yen / Adult, 50 yen / elementary and middle school students

*free admission to the park.

Phone:
0980-48-3140
Website:
Ocean Expo Park
More: :
It's a national commemorative park built after the Okinawa Ocean Expo held in 1975. There are Tropical Dream Center, Tropical and Subtropical Arboretum, Native Okinawa Villages, Emerald Beach, Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, and more. It's the most popular sightseeing place to visit in the north of Okinawa Island.
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