Ryukyu Mura

Ryukyu Mura (Ryukyu Village) is a cultural theme park in Onna Village on the west coast of central Okinawa. It recreates the look of an old Okinawan village, with traditional houses that are more than 100 years old, folk music performances and hands-on craft workshops. Admission is 2,000 yen for adults.

The village sits on Route 58 on the Onna resort coast, so it is an easy outing from the beach hotels there.

Ryukyu Mura tickets

• Adults: 2,000 yen

• High school students: 1,500 yen

• Children (age 6 to 15): 800 yen

• Under age 6: free

Craft workshops and costume rental are paid separately from admission.

What to see at Ryukyu Mura

Traditional Okinawan houses

The core of the park is a group of traditional Okinawan houses, many of them built more than a century ago. The lanes between them are laid out like the streets of a traditional village.

Folk music and performing arts

The village stages traditional Okinawan performing arts and shima-uta, the island folk songs sung to the three-stringed sanshin.

Crafts and Ryukyu costume

Workshops let you make a small Okinawan craft to take home. You can also rent ryuso, the formal dress of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and wear it around the village for photos.

How to get to Ryukyu Mura

• By bus: buses 20 and 120 toward Nago run along Route 58 past the village and stop at Ryukyu Mura-mae. Bus 120 starts at Naha Airport and bus 20 at Naha Bus Terminal, according to OIST's guide to local bus routes. The ride from Naha takes over an hour.

• By car: follow Route 58 north from Naha along the west coast.

Cape Manzamo, the cliff-top viewpoint farther north in Onna, makes a good second stop on the same drive.

To see Ryukyu Mura and the rest of the central coast without driving yourself, you can hire a car and driver and set your own route.