Regular Sightseeing Course A - Okinawa World（Limestone Cave）& Memorial Sites

Duration: about 7.5 hours *Please note that the duration time may vary depending on traffic conditions. Departure time: 8:30 Schedule: Depart from Regular Sightseeing Bus Stop 8:30 ➔ Okinawa World (Gyokusendo)➔Peace Memorial Park/Peace Cornerstone➔ Himeyuri Monument ➔ Yubido Restaurant (lunch included) ➔ iias Okinawa Toyosaki ➔ Naha Airport (get off at the airport is also possible)➔ Umisora Tunnel (view from the bus) ➔ Arrival at Regular Sightseeing Bus Stop around 16:00 Departure time: 8:30 ◇ Okinawa World (Duration of stay: about 120 minutes) （Admission ticket included） A tourist facility where you can fully experience Okinawa's nature,entertainment and culture. Gyokusendo, a limestone cave, was said to have formed from a coral reef about 300,000 years ago; "Ryukyu Kingdom Castle Town" with a beautiful townscape designated National Tangible Cultural Property. There is also a hands-on crafts experience, "Habu Museum Park,"with Habu theme, a poisonous Okinawan snake, and the "Super Eisa," filled with the charm of folk performing arts, performed daily. * Please note that there are no guided lectures at "Gyokusendo," "Tropical Fruit Garden," and "Ryukyu Kingdom Castle Town." ◇Okinawa Peace Memorial Park & Cornerstone of Peace (Duration of stay: about 60 minutes) It was completed on Mabuni Hill in 1995, a memorial to the 50th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa to convey Okinawa's "spirit of peace" to the world. A row of stone monuments bears the names of all those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, regardless of nationality, military or non-military. However, it is not limited to those who died in Okinawa only but is dedicated to all those who have died in the war. ◇ Himeyuri Monument and Yubido Restaurant (Lunch included) (Sightseeing time: about 80 minutes) The Himeyuri Students Corps were mobilized by the Japanese Army in March 1945, consisting of 320 female high school students from the women's division assigned to the Haebaru Army Field Hospital as exceptional nurses. It is said that they continued to work as nurses in a narrow trench that was constantly soaked with groundwater, from cooking to burying corpses. Those 17～18-year-old students were working under challenging circumstances, hungry and exhausted. As the troops went south, casualties began to appear among them. The cave near the tower is where the Third Surgical unit was located, and it was impossible to go out even one step. About 200 lives were lost in suicides and poisonous gas attack by the US military. The Himeyuri Memorial Monument enshrines 211 female students and 16 staff members who lost their lives, consoling the souls of the dead. ◇ Iias Okinawa Toyosaki (Duration of stay: 80 minutes) Japan's southernmost large-scale shopping center opened in June 2020. There are more than 130 stores, such as DMM Kariyushi Aquarium and an indoor miniature theme park, among other attractions. *(Admission fee for DMM Kariyushi Aquarium is not included.)