- Director: You can eat the skin too. - The skin too?
Yum! Yum?
Here you can actually experience wearing real Okinawan traditional clothes
Hard Park Cola?!
It's see-through, it's see-through!
Hi guys today we've come to Naha in
Okinawa which is a tropical island right here in Japan
and we've compiled the top Must-do Things While you here on your Holiday.
Be sure to check them out, learn something and have a Great Holiday
Number 1 is Kokusai side street which is the international street
and here are loads of restaurants, shops and bars and loads of places
So this is where everything is happening during the daytime and also at night.
If you come to Kokusai street there are quite a Lot of souvenir shops
and it's really hard to find your way around
We found a very good one, it's the WASHITA shop, they have 100%
Okinawan Things and it's less than a minute away from the entrance of Kokusai Street
We filmed a video there that shows you 10 MUST GET ITEMS in Okinawa
Like souvenirs and stuff so be sure to check out that video as well.
We'll put that in the links
Never Be afraid to walk into the site streets
to a cute little restaurant and order some very traditional Okinawan food
There are quite a lot of specialties, so i'm gonna order mine now.
Sumimasen! (Excuse me)
One Soki Soba noodle set...
... and well that one...
What is that?
Tebichi no nitsuki (marinaded pork feet)
One of them please. - That's all? -Yes thank you.
okay we have pigs feet which is a specialty here in okinawa
Also Soki Soba, which is the type of very soft spareribs
In a noodle broth
so that's definitely some of the traditional foods you need to try.
We've also done a video with other traditional
foods we're going to put the link down below it's
other things that you must try when you're here in Okinawa because there are
many delicious dishes you can only enjoy here.
It looks amazing.
Even though this dish is called Souki soba
its different to the grayish noodles soba dish that you might expect to see.
As you can see the noodles here are pale white and kind of thick and
what makes the Soki soba...
is the "soki" on top so this is actually pork.
They boil the pork for such a long time that even the cartilage gets
incredibly soft so you can eat it and it contains lots of collagen.
Yum!
It's good.
So this is Tebichi.
Which is porks feet or like the part of the wrist
and that is a delicacy here in Okinawa...
definitely if you're brave, give it a try.
It's the first time i've seen it and it has like a lots of squishy squishy
meat around it but then also they're the other parts of It
and it's like less slightly red and very soft
You don't need a fork or a knife to actually cut this so let's try this
Man
This is super fragrant, it has a really strong
Like a nice pork flavor with it i'm actually
It doesn't taste different than pork generally does so
don't expect a weird flavor it actually tastes really good!
Be brave try something!
- Director: You can eat the skin too. - The skin too?
Okay apparently you can also eat the skin around It
hmm okay i think i need a bit more braveness for that
You can also eat part of the skin around it hmm okay i think i need a bit more brave
apparently it's a delicacy so I'm gonna try.
Mm-Hmm
It's really soft and creamy doesn't taste fat actually. It's good.
Hey it's really nice.
Mmm yum yum yum
Gochisousama!
This place is actually just on the back of Kokusai street
we found it here and we liked it so much
that we came twice during our time here so let's go to next stop...
Please go over there.
Wow
Okay there are loads and lots of signatures of famous people in this place
who've come here and enjoyed their meal and they allow me
to also write one of those so they're taken out the Shikishi, one of those
papers that are kind of sturdy and you leave a signature on them
So I will add my signature to this so if you come here be sure to find my signature
somewhere in there.
Say cheese!
- Thank you so much! - Thank you! - Have a look!
Thank you so much!
This place is just on the back of Kokusai street it's called Manju-Mai, that's actually
Okinawan dialect for Papaya and many of our subscribers were curious about
Okinawan dialect they also have a little paper so you can learn different okinawan Dialects
Ah!
They also have a paper here so you can learn about Okinawan dialects
While you enjoy your food. It's literally just on the back of Kokusai street
and the staff is absolutely lovely!
I can recommend you this place
This is the Heiwa Doori shopping arcade and here
you can actually experience wearing real Okinawan traditional clothes!
Okay we've come now to CHURA BIJIN
which is a place where you can not only get dressed in a Yukata or a Kimono but
on top of that, also in RYU-SOU which is the traditional Okinawan dress
so let's do that!
Okinawa Bingata pattern. So you can choose any color whatever you like...
Oh I'm spoiled for choice
Is Ryu-sou a unique traditional wear for people in Okinawa? - Yes.
It isused for dancing.
People also wear it on their coming of age day.
Some wear it for their school graduations.
It has become more widely popular again these days.
What's different between Ryu-Sou and normal Kimonos?
Well to put it easy first...
With Ryu-sou the bow from the Obi is worn at the front.
That's the same for men and women.
With Kimonos they are worn at the back but this one
is the biggest difference.
These clothes are made with the high temperatures of Okinawa in mind
In order to let the air in, the sleeves are wider and open.
So you get a breeze coming in.
This here sits loosely too right.
They are made so the air can actually move
while still being wrapped around the body.
The print on the Ryu-So Kimono also looks different.
That's different too.
In Japan we wear our kimono with the 4 seasons in mind.
The prints, depending on the season will change.
The type of fabric used will also vary depending on them.
For example in Okinawa we have Sakura, Plums and
other plants.
We wear prints like that no matter of the season, all together on one print.
We can wear it all together rather than seperate.
Since the old days we used to mix (chanpuru) many things together.
With Chanpuru you mean mix? - Yes!
We can wear spring and summer themes.
winter and summer themes together.
All together on one fabric.
I shall walk around a little outside then.
I will have a look around the area. Thank you.
You were like WHOOOAAA (when they met).
Okay i found some Ask Japanese viewers!!!
Where you from? - I'm from new Zealand
I'm from South Africa - Right ok!
So what actually brings you to Okinawa?
We both are teachers on the
Japanese exchange teaching program Jet program.
so why did you choose Okinawa for Your Stay Here?
It's probably one of the most beautiful places that i've ever seen
I love the ocean and swimming so i thought Okinawa would be the perfect
place to be teaching for me.
Well Okinawa has a very diverse
culture and the history is super super different from mainland Japan so I
wanted to find out the history between them coming from the Ryuku kingdom
and changing into the Japanese kingdom and how that went about...
And then World War Two. The Americans coming in and stuff
and it's amazing what they've been through
It really hits the heart, it's so...
But otherwise the fruit here is amazing.
In Okinawa there's heaps of places to explore but the
epic thing is you can go from like this main island to like all the little islands for like a
really good prize.
so like just jumping on a Ferry and getting out there and visiting all the
smaller Islands and
helping the local communities and seeing their own festivals.
They've even got their own dialect of language and so. It's really
interesting to see the diverse culture within a culture.
For me usually I'm at the beach every weekend so
either in the south snorkeling or ... in the north snorkeling.
I tried to go to as many new beaches as possible so i go through
like two different places in Okinawa just exploring
the small islands have like more sea turtles if you're gonna go out there
and they've got their own foods and
yeah I Just love It. Going exploring and festival hopping...
Awesome!
Anything else? Okay we are good! Thank you so much!!!
Thank you!
Many of you love Japanese vending Machines and here you can find very
different items and the vending machines it's fun just
walking around and looking at what kind of goods they sell here
so there is root beer here oh my god, I haven't seen root beer in so long.
Obviously there's the Sanpincha which you drink here everywhere
and there are also a couple of really random ones
Grape Cider and Melon or
Yoga Run Soda...
I don't even know what Yoga Run is but you can go on a Yoga Run with this one
and there's
Orange with bits and there's Plum here but i never have seen these designs
and over here?
Okinawa Butler's. There is Shikwaza Soda which is very Okinawan,
Pineapple Soda and the normal Shiquaza drink and you can see there's even
a Little Shisa animal here at the front.
and then again you have the Sanpincha.
and they have like Grape soda
American Cream soda you can definitely feel the American influence here...
a Vitamin C dink, normal coke, but Hard Park Cola
But Hard Park Cola but Hard Park Cola
Hard Park Cola? (not really)
Hard Park COLA!
Hard Park? Cathy you read that Hard Spark!
oh
It's not Hard Park its HARD Spark. Right. HARD SPARK!
Coming down below. Hard Spark!
Anyway so
I don't actually quite know from all those drinks which i should pick but
i might actually go from the American Cream Soda
Because it says "very refreshing with this unique taste
American-style soda With Vanilla Flavor" so i shall Try That
Beep!
It's so cheap as well everything is so cheap look at the prices!
110 yen for a full bottle of soda. In Tokyo you'd Pay 160
so try different flavors out of the vending machines
Okay let's open this...
Oh that's foaming Up.
There we go.
Cheers!
WOW it's Super-Sweet. Oh it has a really good really really good vanilla flavor
I did not expect it to taste like...
Literally tastes like you're having a cola float with vanilla Ice cream on top
Only Vanilla has melted but without it being too milky and gross
a perfect mix. I actually like this
Yum!
Okinawa has Many Many Many
beautiful beaches and right now we're at Bibi Beach
Bibibibibi Beach!
It's a beautiful beach as the name already says...
you can swim here there's also a protected area and you can enjoy the view
and the sunset because if you turn around
There's an amazing view right behind you
My gosh
i hope we get a good view of the sunset and the clouds go away a little bit
Oh by the way i'm wearing a swimsuit my style.
Cathy cat style swimsuit
It's see-through! It's see-through...
You gave me so many comments about it so i thought okay
Not quite not quite brave enough to brave the swimsuit in front of you guys so
i'm going to go with this lolita dress
over the swimsuit because it's see-through...
Hehe.
One place i fell in love with is the Umikaji Terrace.
It's just a part of the Island that leaps into the ocean and right here on this Island
you have loads and loads of restaurants and shops
there is romantic lighting, it's fantastic....
It's a Part of Naha that kind of leaps into the ocean
and just on this like almost like a little island there are lots
and lots and loads of little restaurants and shops or like Okinawan food
It smells so good and there's romantic lighting
there are torches here and you have the most
beautiful view of the city as well so this is definitely a place you want
to go for on a romantic date or if you just want to treat yourself
to a really unforgettable evening.
It feels like a real tropical Island right now and this place is definitely one of my favorites
That was it from Naha Okinawa prefecture
there are a couple of things you definitely must-try when you come here
to have an awesome time.
But we didn't manage to do all of them. I'm sure that couple of things we missed
so i'll be sure to leave comments down
in the box below of other cool places
that you can recommend to other people so other people can see them
also if you're interested in coming here and you want to go
to some of the amazing places we have been to
we'll put links in the comment box below so you can find your way to those places.
I'm sure you will have an amazing time just as we did so
I wish you happy Holidays! Have a Great summer in Okinawa.
Catch see you soon on Ask Japanese!