48 Hours in Okinawa Japan | Watch Before You Go

hey everybody hope you guys are having a great day wherever you are I know many of you guys have future plans to visit Japan and most likely you'll be visiting places like Tokyo osakai and Kyoto but recently we've been getting a lot of messages asking us whether we should visit Okinawa so on this video we're going to answer the question is Okinawa worth visiting [Music] foreign [Music] hey guys I'm shinichi I'm Satoshi we just arrived at Okinawa airport and today we're going to be spending 48 Hours here in Okinawa if you're already in Japan it's super easy to get here by taking a domestic flight from one of the many local airports and it takes approximately three hours from Tokyo's Canada airport and it's super easy to get into the city of naha just take this monorail called yuride it takes less than 50 minutes to get into the city if you book a hotel on the rail line it literally drops you off at your doorstep that's our hotel right behind us so we just checked into the Doubletree Hotel naha this is our hotel of choice because it's super convenient before we get started with the day I want to thank boksu for sponsoring today's video is a subscription service that is different from the rest they deliver premium Japanese Stacks to your doorstep you get a different theme every single month this month the theme is sunny Okinawa they always include a special tea to go with your snacks and in Okinawa it's all about Sam pincha it's a blend of jasmine flowers and steamed green tea you'll see this being sold everywhere including vending machines here in Okinawa we'll be showing you what to expect from this month's book suit throughout the entire video but if you cannot wait any longer and you want to get started with booktube right now use our code to get 15 off your first book to purchase and just click on the link in the description below this video a big reason to visit this place is to sample the local Cuisine and naha is the perfect place to do that you will find the largest concentration of restaurants and eateries of course lots of souvenir shops here you will find a lot of the iconic snacks here such as chinsuko sweets made with black sugar and Benny Emo or local sweet potatoes so let's get something for lunch yes let's do that it's lunch time we can do unschool Bishop it's located this shop specialty is do not put too much it's spicy [Music] is not only the spiciness it's Umami all right so I got there so kisoba means a spare rib and so basically it's Okinawa noodles with spare ribs on the top oh oh it's been a while it's been a while since we've been back to Okinawa so this is nice okay let's try the Smoky or the rib oh look at that it's fall off the bone guys that was so tender so meaty so Porky so flavorful and just like Satoshi I love the korigusu chili pepper inside the soup once again it is spicy so don't put too much not take a bite of the noodles with that Korea chili pepper side because I think I've put a little bit too much but it's also super flavorful the chili itself is delicious this is included in this month's book suit snack box and these are rice crackers with peanuts seasoned with this Chili Pepper from Okinawa oh yeah you have that same flavor of the chili pepper in here and this does have a little bit of cake so this little Alleyway here is just off the main street coxai Dori and there are many of these uh alleys in the streets really really fun to explore it's very very retro you have like lots of mom and pop shops and Indie stores this is one of the reasons why we love coming to Okinawa you can still experience uh what the past used to be like in Okinawa uh it's still here someday it's going to be gone so you guys have to come real soon alright guys so we are here at yachimundori translates to Pottery street yachimun is the name of the Okinawan Pottery or Ceramics I love it so much and this is in nahasiri very very near from where we just have luncheon look you remember I was telling you about the sun Pinch at the the tea that's very very popular here in okay now look vending machine they're selling some pinche here that's the tea and even here they're selling the some pincha the tea here and there's another vending machine over there look at that even more some pincha see I'm not lying guys this is the drink of Okinawa everybody drinks this tea time tea house named but I'm a drink very early fishing is everywhere I love this flavor at this Cafe is included this is it's very good very good cookie and I suggest you go for something called and it looks like this a really really unique to Okinawa it's basically the sampling with some brown rice this also comes with the cheese for as well as the comp end there is some peanuts on the inside but this chinsco is one of our favorite traditional okay snacks oh it's so good you know so simple it's simply made with more flour and sugar just basic ingredients that make it the same way since the days of the royalty and this is something that you can get in this month's book suit gotta try it one of our favorite Japanese cookies [Music] sometimes it gets on your nose it's okay it's very very aromatic and refreshing all right this is a store that I want to introduce you to it's called yugu you can find two or three of them in this naha area I always come here to get the Okinawan donuts called SATA and lucky they have five varieties of them I usually get each one except for cinnamon because Satoshi doesn't really like cinnamon so that's the black sesame that's coconut and this one is plain and one made with the local black sugar called so it looks like this uh the Okinawan people have been eating this for a very very long time it's one of their favorite snacks it is delicious it's just like a donut but denser but not as sweet and not as oily they also sell kokuto itself though in the raw form the local black sugar it's much more nutritious than your regular sugar it has like I don't know like a hundred times more potassium I don't know it's it's very very nutritious in this month's box we also use this cocktail for two snacks one is another one is yes they are both so delicious especially the ampan oh my God it really really has these a lot of the cocktail the black sugar in that one it is delicious you guys have to try it out one of the reasons to come to Okinawa is to sample the local Cuisine and so we're at this place called the Kato okinawani Diner where the locals come to eat simple local dishes I got their cut stone which is basically deep fried pork cutlet cooked with eggs and it's served over rice but the custom here is a little bit different it's the egg and this is our chives you notice that uh it's not your typical katuton there's like onions carrots there's even cabbage in here so there's lots of veggies in here so it's a lot more nutritious than your typical Casa Don that you get in Tokyo all right [Music] the fourth cup is super juicy and because they just deep fried it it's a crispy scale on the outside and super super flavorful sauce it's like a sweet soy sauce mixture I'm cooking it together with an egg it makes it a little bit creamy and it makes it a little bit mild I gotta have some of the rice with the vegetables here the flavor of the vegetable has permeated into the sauce so it tastes completely different from a cutscodone that you would get in say Tokyo and that's the reason why I love eating here okay now it's it's similar but it's different from the mainland mine is gluten cake and this one is soaked in a good mustard they use a lot of tuna forever too this is exactly what we wanted for dinner guys simple comfort food tomorrow we have a big day ahead of us so see you guys tomorrow good morning everybody this is day two of our Okinawan trip and we are at breakfast and this breakfast is wonderful because they use a lot of local ingredients including shikwasa juice that is the Citrus that's indigenous to Okinawa I love it so much does have lots of Okinawa ingredients like this potato salad made with the local Red sweet potatoes that's Koya bitter melon and this is mozuku seaweed with shikwasa that's Citrus once again great way to start the day so after breakfast we rented a car and we are driving up North this is where you can find lots of nature beautiful ocean beautiful mountains and this is the home to our next destination so in this sequoisa park there is a factory the season starts from September if you come to here after September you can see that they are making juice from the sequester fruits first thing you have to do is try the freshly squeezed oh that is so refreshing it's woken me up we always come here to buy the freshly squeezed shiquaza and that's why we're so happy boxer decided to include two snacks using the local citrus fruit shiguasa the shikwasagumi is not too sweet it has tartness it's really really refreshing and the rice crackers are deep fried so they are crunchy but they have the tartness from this citrus fruit so delicious alright guys it is lunch time we're here at a cafe called bichiboki you know you can find lots of beachfront cafes and this is one of them the food here is French inspired and the cakes look stunning the first dish has arrived and it looks amazing this one is called Lobster on tour and this is a butter poached whole three to four ounce Canadian lobster tail fruity pearls on the base of pastry Italian oh my God oh boy that is phenomenal the lobster is fresh and it's plump and meaty and juicy and it pairs so well with the fruity pearls the fruity pearls itself is like Fruity sweet the pastry is a buttery so it's like dipping a fresh lobster tail in a fruity buttery sauce what the fabulous combination this pastry it's very very much I love really meaty Lobster oh nice it's combined with this fruity part of sweetness so this is a Yuzu mousse cake with edible silver foil that you see there and there's passion fruit and mango infused Genoa and Cooley filling whoa you first taste the user it's a Yuzu punch in your face it's pretty prominent in there the mousse itself is so light and fluffy like Cloud when you get into the center you get that mango and passion fruit I love it so next one is water lipo design is really beautiful I love this they take a wave Water Report this one is very smooth cheesecake tongue is very good this is one of our favorite because it's right next door to American village located in chatan which is not too far from naha and it's a it's a really nice Beach yay beach beach awesome it's a master place to visit in Okinawa there are so many so many beaches beautiful beaches in this island a lot of my friends who live in Tokyo who are into Marine Sports and swimming they especially like coming to Okinawa but if you're like me as Satoshi if we don't particulate to get into the ocean I mean I don't even swim guys I was raised in Hawaii I don't swim I still enjoy sitting on the sand or at a cafe overlooking the ocean it's really really nice and it's peaceful and like I said the beaches are really beautiful here all right guys it's dinner time and we have come to American village in chatan this is one of my favorite places it's a very colorful place with lots of shops and restaurants and a place called potama po and they specialize in Okinawan style onigiri or rice sandwiches and they are absolutely amazing it's a little out here to sunset time it's already 6 30 p.m but in summer Okinawa the sunset time is after 7 pm today we go to Five pool Tama Vice only available at this shop with Spam egg omelette and steak potato um this is my favorite garlic beef steak and of course I love spam or anyone my favorite things and this is shrimp and the mayonnaise you can see the deep fried shrimp and here is a sauce of course spam and egg omelets Hmm this is also good chicken it's a deep fried chicken meat with tartar sauce and this chicken whatever it's really good so this is the original guys this one is simply the spam and tamagoyaki or the egg omelette this is the most basic form mmm oh man the original one is one of my favorite because the spam already is salted so you don't need anything else and you get the full flavor of the spam the tamaleaki makes it a little bit fluffy and eggy which is nice it's kind of like breakfast it reminds me of a Hawaiian local breakfast with the rice and the Nutty and the spam and the Egg that's what it is this one is my absolute favorite the deep fried local tofu as well as the local sweet miso it is amazing oh man oh my God that is heaven the tofu is pretty thick is deep fried but it's so smooth and silky and the Miso has like so much Umami to this you can't eat inside the store they do have some seeds there but this is like our seed and you can sit outside it is kind of hot but the sun's going down and then the sunset is absolutely beautiful from this place all right guys so today we decided to come to Nago pineapple Park okay now it's famous for their pineapples and it is pineapple season uh this is kind of like a theme park it's kind of fun you learn all about uh pineapples riding on a train and at the end of the tour we're going to be able to sample some pineapples in season yes all right that was fun and there are three places where they take your photo and of course you have to buy it at the end if you want but we bought one photo I like that one you know what um they've refurbished this whole place it became very very nice like the shop is very very fancy but the only thing is that they don't have the uh pineapple sampling anymore right it seems like this is like a different place because it's so nice now but anyway in place of that they do have uh this pineapple pie which they didn't have before so let's try that bake the pineapple pie yeah that looks good there's custard cream and there's also like stewed pineapple inside right there it's a sweet tart yeah it's quite nice and here are there two snacks that's included in this month's book suit these two are made with local Okinawan pineapples this one is the handmade pineapple candy and the pineapple financier you know that pineapple tart was good but this pineapple Financial is better the new thing here is that they actually have a pineapple Winery we ended up buying a pineapple sparkling wine because it was so good and you can also sample all kind of like uh 100 pineapple juice you can try like pineapple vinegar uh you can try sequence of juice this is a lot of fun and also very tasty this is our last day in Okinawa and we're back in naha in the city center this is a place we always have to stop by before heading back to Tokyo this is Nichi Nichi so it's our favorite Sweets Cafe I always end up ordering their kokuto zenzai which is their black sugar zenzai it's a traditional Okinawan frozen dessert it's basically shaved ice with uh some sweetened beans and using lots and lots of the local black sugar for their syrup it is amazing they're this place is also famous for the cheesecake so you have to try them and Satoshi got one of that okay guys look at that doesn't that look delicious all right let's give it a go now this is something that you can only get here in Okinawa you cannot get it on the mainland oh wow we have kakigoria in the mainland but it's different it's not like this oh my God oh my God that just hits the spot oh my God it reminds me a tiny bit of like caramel but not really um and the ice here is so fine just like melts in your mouth and then of course you have to have the mochi um definitely a winner and something you have to get when you visit okay this is benimo cheesecake mmm smooth cheesecake and nice cheese Pepper or with this gentle purple sweet potato flavor it's not overly sweet just like sweetness and if you don't like purple sweet potato don't worry they also have pumpkin cheesecake they have chocolate cheesecake they have plain cheesecakes as well but anyway just try one of your cheesecake it's really good all right guys last thing to do before we head to Tokyo is to pick up some souvenirs at naha's kokusai Dori this is what we always do and that's exactly what we just did many of the snacks that we purchased today can be yours by trying out this month's boksu we're so so excited you can finally try some of our favorite snacks and if you ever want to visit Okinawa guys this is the next best thing we have a whole list of Okinawa videos for you guys to check out so make sure to check out our playlist the link is also in the description below this video we really hope that you guys are convinced that Okinawa is definitely a place worth visiting thank you for watching see you next delicious video bye bye guys [Music]

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Id: xqP5WqJTDrk

Length: 22min 40sec (1360 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 30 2023