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[Okinawa Driving Course] Even on rainy days, it's fine! Adults and children alike can enjoy sightseeing in Miyakojima!

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[Okinawa Driving Course] Even on rainy days, it's fine! Adults and children alike can enjoy sightseeing in Miyakojima!

This is a driving route around facilities that allows you to experience the ocean and gourmet food of Miyakojima regardless of the weather or season. It is recommended as a sightseeing plan for rainy days or when you can't swim in the sea. Depending on the experience time at each facility, this is a model course that can be enjoyed all day, so please feel free to add optional experiences according to your preferences at the time.

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Distance: Approximately 61 km, Driving time: Approximately 1 hour 32 minutes

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Enjoy Miyakojima even on a rainy day! ~A drive around Miyakojima from museums to sake breweries~

[Okinawa Driving Course] Even on rainy days, it's fine! Adults and children alike can enjoy sightseeing in Miyakojima!

This is a driving route around facilities that allows you to experience the ocean and gourmet food of Miyakojima regardless of the weather or season. It is recommended as a sightseeing plan for rainy days or when you can't swim in the sea. Depending on the experience time at each facility, this is a model course that can be enjoyed all day, so please feel free to add optional experiences according to your preferences at the time.

Driving course departing from Miyakojima Airport

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Miyakojima Airport
Miyakojima Airport

Among airports in Okinawa Prefecture, Miyako Airport is well-known for its Southern Island atmosphere both inside and out.
Start your trip at one of the rental car offices near Miyakojima Airport. The airport is located in the center of Miyakojima, so it's convenient for driving in any direction.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 243 Prefectural Route 83 Distance: Approximately 13.3km
Duration: Approximately 19 minutes

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Full Moon Restaurant
Full Moon Restaurant

At Mangetsu Shokudo, which has an appealing homey atmosphere, you can enjoy Okinawan home cooking such as goat soup and chanpuru in addition to the specialty Miyako soba. The menu also includes set meals other than Okinawan cuisine, making it a popular restaurant among locals.

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Route to next spot: Prefectural Route 230 Distance: Approximately 7.1km
Duration: Approximately 10 minutes

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Yukishio Museum
Yukishio Museum

This is an experience museum where you can experience snow salt, a popular fluffy powder. In addition to being salt itself, snow salt is used in a wide range of applications, including snow salt soft serve ice cream and face wash products. The things the guide teaches you are very interesting, and there are also areas where you can see and experience the material, so you can have a great time.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 230 Distance: Approximately 3.5km
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes

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Miyakojima Underwater Park
Miyakojima Underwater Park

This is a park where you can have a variety of experiences that utilize marine resources. In addition to the observation deck, you can also enjoy making original crafts using materials from the ocean of Miyakojima. The main underwater observation facility allows you to enjoy a view of the ocean from a depth of 3 to 5 meters.

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Route to next spot: Prefectural Route 83 Distance: Approximately 27km
Duration: Approximately 36 minutes

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Kaihokan Asobi Town
Kaihokan Asobi Town

You can enjoy restaurants, craft experiences, and more, centered around the Shell Museum, which displays a collection of shells from around the world.
The "shell craft experience," in which you can assemble shisa lions and photo frames using lots of shells, is recommended as it can be enjoyed even on rainy days.

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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 235 Distance: Approximately 9.5km
Duration: Approximately 14 minutes

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Taragawa Sake Brewery
Taragawa Sake Brewery

This facility has been producing awamori in Miyakojima for over 70 years and allows visitors to tour the traditional Taragawa cave storage facility "Uipiya Upusu Gura."
You can tour the storehouse and feel like you're exploring inside a cave. There is also a service where you can have the awamori you purchase aged in the storehouse and delivered to you as aged liquor.

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Route to next spot: National Route 390 Distance: Approximately 4.1km
Duration: Approximately 7 minutes

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Utopia Farm Miyakojima
Utopia Farm Miyakojima

This parlor has a tropical atmosphere that you can enjoy all year round, even on rainy days and in the winter. You can enjoy sweets made with dragon fruit, passion fruit, and other tropical fruits. The menu items using mangoes, a specialty of Miyakojima, are very popular.

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