Shikinaen Royal Garden in #okinawa.

#Okinawa Post 5. (World Heritage Site).

Shikinaen (識名園) was constructed at the end of the 18th century as the second residence of the Ryukyu kings. It's a beautiful, basically simple, wooden palace buildings with Okinawan style, red tile roofs and a spacious Japanese style landscape garden with a central pond. 

While the garden is designed in a style already seen elsewhere in Japan, the architecture and flora give Shikinaen a hybrid of Japanese and Chinese architectural styles with an Okinawan twist. The garden extends 12,726 tsubo (about 41,997 square meters).

A pair of stone bridges lead across the pond.

The garden can be viewed from a 300 meter circular path, which leads through a forested area before reaching the pond. 

📌 NOTICE:

Shikinaen Garden was closed due to the coronavirus but was reopened on June 1st.

Shikinaen Garden•

Address : 421-7 Maaji, Naha, Okinawa 902-0072.

Access

By public transportation

Shikinaen Garden is one of the few attractions in Naha that is not accessible by the Okinawa Monorail. Instead it can be reached in about 20 minutes and for 240 yen one way from central Naha by bus numbers 2, 5 or 14. Among the three lines, bus number 5 can be boarded along Kokusaidori and bus number 14 at Naha Bus Center and Asahibashi Station. Get off at Shikinaen-mae (識名園前) bus stop.

By car

By car, Shikinaen can be reached in ten minutes from central Naha or 20 minutes from Naha Airport. Note, however, that the trip can take considerably longer during rush hours.

 

Hours:

9:00 to 18:00 (until 17:30 from October to March) 

Admission ends 30 minutes before closing

Closed

Wednesdays (or following day if Wednesday is a national holiday or falls on June 23)

Admission Fees: 

400 yen

Typical Visit Duration

30-45 minutes

General narrative by : zaidisky.blogspot.com

Photo courtesy of :

© japanvisitor.com (1st photo). 

© japan-guide.com (2nd photo).

© japanvisitor.com (3rd photo).