Nakijin Castle Ruins (Nakijin Gusuku)

今帰仁城跡（今帰仁グスク）

Walk long stone walls above the sea

Hours

8:00am-6:00pm (last entry 5:30pm), until 7:00pm May-Aug. No closing days

Tickets

Adults about 400 yen

Address

5101 Imadomari, Nakijin Village

Past the ticket booth you climb stairs and the stone walls start to snake along the ridge. This was the seat of the northern kings before the Ryukyu Kingdom, so the walls are huge, and from the top the East China Sea opens up below. In late January and early February Japan's earliest cherry blossoms line the path in deep pink. Almost no buildings survive, just stone and wind, and a full loop takes about an hour.