Naha is amazing.
The people were the most polite I’ve ever seen in my travels. Between the unlimited patience with two foreigners trying to order food (pay the vending machine first, then make your selection, then give the receipt to the worker behind the counter along with your cooking instructions) to thanking and bowing in every situation (entering 7eleven to buy chips and beer? Arigatou gozaimasu! Leaving the hotel in the morning.. Arigatou gozaimasu! Thank you very much! Thank you!) to simply stopping their vehicles when we were crossing the street.. A welcome change from the constant game of frogger we’ve been playing the past few years.
We spent most of the break seeing the city on foot, many things within walking distance like the art gallery and the main tourist street, packed full of interesting shops, bazaars, and restaurants. The nights we wandered around the city, trying street snacks. Okinawa is big on ice cream and donuts, and makes them both extremely well.
For the areas too far to walk, we used the monorail which allowed a great birds eye view of the city.
