Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum
沖縄県立博物館・美術館
A comprehensive museum with a design modeled on the stone walls of Ryukyu's royal castle, systematically telling the story of Okinawa's nature, the Ryukyu Kingdom and modern history; the top choice on rainy days.
The museum is located in the Naha New Urban Center, and its architecture takes inspiration from castle stone walls. The permanent exhibition traces Okinawa's marine nature, the shell mound period, the Great Trading Era of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the Satsuma invasion and the Ryukyu Disposition, the Battle of Okinawa and the U.S. occupation. Exhibits include a replica of the Bankoku Shinryō bell, bingata textiles and lacquerware, and outdoors there are reconstructed traditional takakura (raised storehouses) and houses. Admission to the permanent exhibition is 530 yen, and the museum is closed on Mondays. It is about a 10-minute walk from Omoromachi Station on the Yui Rail monorail, and next door is the large DFS duty-free shop.
Opening hours
09:00–18:00 (until 20:00 Fridays and Saturdays); closed Mondays
Nearby sights
- Kokusai Street
- Makishi Public Market
- Naminoue Shrine
- Shuri Kinjo-cho Stone-paved Road
- Shuri Castle
- Shikinaen Garden
- Senaga Island (Umikaji Terrace)
- Okinawa World & Gyokusendo Cave