Okinawa Main Island 5-Day Self-Drive: Southern Sacred Sites, Blue Cave Diving to Churaumi
A 5-day itinerary for Japan with 23 stops, from Arrive at Naha Airport, pick up rental car to Refuel and return car, head to airport.
A five-day self-drive tour of Okinawa's main island, starting and ending at Naha. On Day 2 we dive the Blue Cave at Manzamo Cape in Onna Village (no license needed to join a discovery dive), and the rest of the time we connect the Southern Sacred Sites, Nakijin Castle Ruins, Churaumi Aquarium, Kouri Island, and Hedo Cape. The dive is scheduled on Day 2, leaving more than 60 hours between the dive and the return flight, which meets the safe interval for flying after diving. Accommodation: Night 1 in Chatan, Nights 2–4 in Onna Village. To drive in Japan with a Taiwan driver's license, you need to carry the original license and a Japanese translation. Opening hours and admission prices are based on October 2026, so please reconfirm before departure; typhoons are still possible in October, and the dive may be cancelled depending on sea conditions.
Day 1
- 10:30 · Arrive at Naha Airport, pick up rental car · Naha International Airport · 150 Kagamizu, Naha, Okinawa 901-0142, Japan
- 11:45 · Lunch at Seaside Terrace Umikaji, Senagajima · Umikaji Terrace Senagajima · 174-6 Senaga, Tomigusuku, Okinawa 901-0233, Japan
- 14:15 · Seifa Utaki · Sefa-Utaki · Kudeken-539 Chinen, Nanjo, Okinawa 901-1511, Japan
- 15:45 · ニライカナイ橋展望台 · Chinen-1104-1 Chinen, Nanjo, Okinawa 901-1513, Japan
- 17:15 · Sunset and Dinner at American Village, Chatan · American Village · Mihama, Chatan, Nakagami District, Okinawa 904-0115, Japan
Day 2
- 08:30 · Dive ①: Manzamo Cape Blue Cave · Cape Maeda · Cape Maeda, 469-1 Maeda, Onna, Kunigami District, Okinawa 904-0417, Japan
- 12:30 · Lunch at Onna no Eki · おんなの駅 なかゆくい市場（産直市場） · 1656-9 Nakadomari, Onna, Kunigami District, Okinawa 904-0415, Japan
- 14:00 · Zanpa Cape · Cape Zanpa · Cape Zanpa, Uza, 904-0328, Japan
- 15:30 · Check in to hotel in Onna Village and rest
- 17:30 · Manza-mo Sunset · Cape Manzamo · Onna, Kunigami District, Okinawa 904-0411, Japan
Day 3
- 10:00 · Nakijin Castle Ruins · 5101 Imadomari, Nakijin, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-0428, Japan
- 12:00 · Kishimoto Shokudo Okinawa Soba · Kishimoto Shokudo · 5 Toguchi, 本部町 Motobu, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-0214, Japan
- 14:15 · Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium · 424 Ishikawa, Motobu, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-0206, Japan
- 17:00 · Bise Fukugi Forest Trail, Sunset Walk · Bise-Fukugi Tree Road · 389 Bise, Motobu, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-0207, Japan
Day 4
- 09:00 · Kouri Bridge · Kouri Big Bridge · Kouri, Nakijin, Okinawa 905-0406, Japan
- 09:45 · Kouri Island Heart Rock (ティーヌ浜) · Heart Rock · 2 Kouri, Nakijin, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-0406, Japan
- 12:15 · Hedo Cape · Cape Hedo · Hedo, Kunigami, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-1421, Japan
- 13:15 · ASMUI Spiritual Hikes (formerly Oishi Rinzan) · ASMUI Spiritual Hikes · 1241 Ginama, Kunigami, Kunigami District, Okinawa 905-1422, Japan
- 15:30 · Drive back to Onna Village, free dinner
Day 5
- 09:00 · Check out, head to Naha
- 10:30 · Shuri Castle Park · Shurijo Park · 0805 3-chōme-903 Shuritorihorichō, Naha, Okinawa 903-0805, Japan
- 12:30 · Lunch at Naha Kokusai Street Market, Daiichi Makishi Public Market · Makishi Public Market · 2-chōme-10-1 Matsuo, Naha, Okinawa 900-0014, Japan
- 14:30 · Refuel and return car, head to airport · Naha International Airport · 150 Kagamizu, Naha, Okinawa 901-0142, Japan