Park Information

Access
Ocean Expo Park
Okinawa Churaumi
Aquarium

Ocean Expo Park
Normal period / October to February

Summer period / March to September

8：00〜18：00

8：00〜19：30

Tropical Dream Center・Oceanic Culture Museum
Normal period / October to February

Summer period / March to September

8：30〜17：30

8：30〜19：00*Last admission 17:00*Last admission 18:30

Programs in Facilities
Tropical Dream Center ｜ Flower Guide Tour
Oceanic Culture Museum ｜ Exhibition Hall Guide Tour
Ocean Expo Park Homepage
Touch and Play: Meet the World Cultural Experience room
Craft Experience

Planetarium Oceanic Culture MuseumTo conﬁrm the latest information on the contents andschedule for the the ﬁlm programs played inside thePlanetarium Oceanic Culture Museum, please use theQR Code on the right.
Length is 30 minutes per ﬁlm, with 5 diﬀerent
programs a session.

Screenings program

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Average season

Ocean ExpoPark
Okinawa Churaumi
Aquarium

Okinawa Churaumi
Aquarium*Last admission 17:30*Last admission 19:00

Churaumi Plaza

8：30〜18：30

8：30〜20：00

Manatee Pool
Sea Turtle Pool
Dolphin Lagoon
Okichan (Dolphin) Theater

8：30〜17：30

8：30〜19：00

Programsin Facilities

Exploring the Kuroshio Sea tank(observation course above the water)
Behind-the-scene tour of the aquarium

Ocean Expo Park Management CenterProgramsin Facilities

第一種動物取扱業に関する表示◎名称 ： 国営沖縄記念公園 （海洋博覧会地区） ●所在地 ： 沖縄県国頭郡本部町字石川 424 番地●種類 ： 展示 ●沖動展第 643 号 ●登録年月日 ： 平成 22 年 9 月 14 日 ●有効期限 ： 令和 7 年 9 月 13 日 ●責任者 ： 阿部尚子

Dolphin feeding
Dolphin experience
Sea turtle feeding
Manatee experience

ChargeOkinawa Churaumi Aquarium

Close to the Okinawa Churaumi
Aquarium is the largest net-playgroundarea in Japan. Using the Okinawa sea as atheme, there is a ripple zone, a Japanesecurrent zone, an ocean zone, and a deepsea zone, representing the 4 aquaticareas of the region.
*For children 3-12 years old6

Restaurant Inoh

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
On the ﬁrst ﬂoor, you can enjoy a meal
while gazing upon whale sharks andmanta.

Since lunchtime has a buﬀet format, youcan enjoy the abundant menu of
Okinawa dishes and local ingredients.

Inside the riding grounds of the Native
Okinawa Village, surrounded by trees
and nature, there is a 50m rock climbing
wall to climb, and while playing, one canfurther develop their strength.
*For children 3-12 years old

11 Aqua Town

6

Shop Yanbaru's Forest

Museum shop Nangoku

A souvenir shop with the concept ofpresenting the very best products from
Yanbaru! (Okinawa's northern portion) Thereis also a corner for local Motobu-cho goods.
A portion is also dedicated to goods fromthe aquarium, so please stop by when you
need a little something extra, or theaquarium itself is crowded.

Besides ﬂower and plant themed shirts as well asother general goods, Kochouran (Moth Orchids),
the popular vanilla, kokedama (a mossed soil ball)and other actual plants are available to buy.
Seedlings for plants like the Nagoran (JapaneseOrchid) and Okinawa Sekoku (OkinawaDendrobium) are also available.
Due to factors such as the season, products
available may diﬀer.

8

Tropical Dream Center・Oceanic Culture Museum

At the setting Sunset Square there is aplayground with 43 diﬀerent pieces ofequipment installed. A tube slider (tunnelslide), wall-climbing, a moshi-moshi pipe
(where your voice and other sounds canbe sent to another location), and alookout (with binoculars) as well as manyother attractions await.
*For children 3-12 years oldGeneral
Adult(Highschool-Adult)

Meet the World Cultural
7 Experience room Touchand play
The experience room inside of the
Oceanic Culture Museum.
Along with real materials used byvillagers and toys made out of wood,children, along with their parents, canenjoy the experience transmitted
through all ﬁve senses.

Tropical DreamCenter￥760

Oceanic CultureMuseum￥190※Along with sweets specialty of Okinawa,
whale shark and reef manta ray stuﬀedanimals, shirts, masks and many otheroriginal aquarium goods are available.
Please feel free to ﬁnd your own
momento from the Okinawa ChuraumiAquarium.

Besides dolphin, manatee and turtle
stuﬀed animals, some of the Okinawa
Churaumi Aquarium original goods areoﬀered here.
Also, since snacks and sweets are alsoavailable, please feel free to drop in.

*Please conﬁrm the locations of restaurants and shops using the guidemap.

Adult(Highschool-Adult)

Children(ElementaryJunior high school)￥550

FreeFree￥80

Other charges

The Kid's Corner inside the Park
Information Center (Haisai Plaza). Whilelooking at the overhwelming power ofthe whale shark, illustrated on the walls,
picture books and video contents can beenjoyed. There is also a space wherechildren can play while parents can relax
yet keep their eye on them at all times.
*Aimed at children up to 12 years old(until the end of elementary school)*Please conﬁrm the location of the play area by using the guidemap.

Emerald Beach
The swimming season is fromApril to October.

*shop OkichanChildren(ElementaryJunior high school)

As of April 1, 2018, children are permitted to enter for free (still in the testingperiod).
Children under 6 years old is freeIf you have any health conditions, impairments or diﬃculties, free entry may bepermitted for 1 person to accompany you.
(When entering, please present a physical disability certiﬁcate, a mental disability
certiﬁcate, a rehabilitation certiﬁcate, or a disability certiﬁcate app.)

1 Kid's Corner
Shop Blue Manta

Group (20 or more)**

Café Ocean BlueRiding Ground（Playground）*47

Further details can be found on the Ocean Expo Park homepage

8 Kids' Adventure Land

Café Tida

5

Closed on the ﬁrst Wednesday and Thursday of December

Kid`s Playground

Besides light meals such as Okinawa
soba noodles and taco rice, locally madeice cream is also available.

3Okinawa Churaumi AquariumHomepage◎名称 ： 沖縄県国営沖縄記念公園内施設 （海洋博覧会地区内施設） ●所在地 ： 沖縄県国頭郡本部町字石川 424 番地●種類 ： 展示、 販売 ●沖動展第 353 号、 沖動販第 353 号 ●登録年月日 ： 平成 19 年 5 月 16 日 ●有効期限 ： 令和 9 年 5 月 15 日
●責任者 ： 水族館施設 芦田裕史、 海獣施設 黒須柚衣
23 1 50,000

2Tropical Fruit Café Squall

10：30 | 11：30 | 13:00 | 15:00 | 17:00

Dolphin Show

Restaurants and shops

Enjoy lunch or sweets amidst the relaxedatmosphere overlooking the sea.

8：30〜20：00

Okichan (Dolphin) Theaterhttps://oki-park.jp/kaiyohaku/en/

1

8：30〜18：30

Please check the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium HP for average season
and peak season set periods.

424 Ishikawa,Motobucho,Kunigamigun,Okinawa 905-0206 TEL：0980-48-2741− Okinawa Commemorative national government park(Ocean Expo Park) −Peak season

Strollers and wheelchairs(electric or manual)

Parking

Swimming and entering the shower is free (no hot water)
Coin Locker: 100yen
There is a charge for parasol, bed, swim rings and life jackets

Free&

Shop rantu
Resta

Dolphin show
Dolphin feeding

Shop Yanbaru's Forest
Café Tida&
Shop rantu
Resta

Free
facility

Experience
ProgramPlay
facilities

300
11Sunset

Agave slope

Aqua town

12
Sea Observatory

15

2

5

Waterstairs

341

10

6

7

8

Water promenade
Water stairs

Aquarium, Tropical Dream Center area course

Sunset Square View
Resthouse
14

Tropical Dream
CenterTropical Dream
Center Parking

Sea Observatory

9Salt-wind BushZone

Prefectural Road

114

OceanicCulture
Museum 1(Planetarium)

5

Sea Turtle Pool

Café Moremare
Restaurant Inoh

Okinawa Churaumi
Aquarium

Park
InformationCenter（Haisai Plaza)

Kids' Adventure
Land

Noth Gate Parking
Garageop &Sh rantu
Resta

Hedge and Vine
Zone

Tropical Fruit
Café Squall
Museum shop Nangoku

Tropical & SubtropicalArboretum

13

Prefectural Road

Botanical garden entrance
information center

114

Acidic Plant
Zone

South Gate Parking‘Banko’Forest

Tropical fruits and plants are in abundance! From theoutlook, you can take in the beautiful scenery.

Emerald Gate

Noth Gate Parking

Haisai Plaza → 2-min.walk / 150m

Haisai Plaza → 7-min.walk / 580m

Bise Gate

To Nakijin

Oceanic Culture Museum(Planetarium)

Tropical Dream Center

Herb Zone

7

Emerald Gate Parking Gareage

Exploring the Kuroshio Sea tank（observation course above the water）
Behind-the-scene tourof the aquarium

Planetarium
Exhibition Hall Guide Tour
Touch and play:
Meet the World Cultural
Experience room
Craft experience

Flower Guide Tour

Street Tree
Zone

Beach snacks
Beach shops

Wedding MemorialForest
8

Salt-wind Palm
Tree Zone
Salt-windTolerant TreeZone

Emerald Beach

Noth Gate

Tennis court
Park managementoﬃceBeach ofplay

Beach ofrest

Café Ocean Blue

4

Beach ofview

Main Rest House(Churaumi Plaza)

Shop Blue Manta

Café Tida
Shop
Yanbaru's Forest

East Parking (For Buses Only)

Turtle Beach

Manatee Pool
6Okichan parlor

Central Gate South
Parking
Central Gate South
Central Information
Parking
CenterCentral Gate
Central Gate North
Central Gate
SnackParking

GroundCovering PlantZone

A free rest area that is connected to the Okinawa
Churaumi Aquarium. An exhibition corner is also
included.

Shop Blue Manta

8 Dolphin Lagoon

3Churashima Gallery

Haisai Plaza → 5-min.walk / 350m

&Native Okinawa
Village &Omoro Botanical
Garden2Main Rest House(Churaumi Plaza)

Shop rant Café Moremareu
RestaOkichan (Dolphin)
Theater
Okichan shopMuseum shop(Nangoku)

Tropical Fruit
Café Squall

12

Introductions to park events and installations, as well as reports on thesurrounding areas will be presented.

Sunset Square
15

Park excursion course

Resting House

Aqua Town 11

Round trip aquarium course

Tropical & SubtropicalArboretum

Haisai Plaza

Seashore Alameda

SunsetSquare Tropical Dream
Manatee PoolCenterView
Resthouse
Aquarium
Entrance
Emerald Beach
Oceanic Park
Information Center
Center Gate Culture Haisai PlazaMeseum
Emerald GateSouthPlanetarium
multi-level
Native Okinawa
car parkVillage

13Park Information Center（Haisai Plaza)

Haisai Plaza → 6-min.walk / 390m
You can enjoy the very popular dolphin show. In the connected Dolphin
Lagoon, you can freely look on at the dolphins.

500

Oki-chan Theater

Kid's Corner

Okichan (Dolphin) Theater

91014 Square

Okichan shop
Okichan parlor&
Shop rant Shop &uRestaurant
Resta

Starting from a collection of valuable canoes, over 750 items related to the local maritime
culture can be seen here. In the connected planetarium hall, ﬁlms are screened, withtopics such as stargazing and what can be seen during the current season.

&Shop rantuRestaRestaurant InohCafé Ocean Blue

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
Haisai Plaza → 5-min.walk / 350m
The majestic world of Okinawa's mysterious creatures unfolds, allowing visitors toexperience the Okinawan sea in its entirety.

South Gate
Experience the old Okinawan life
Native Okinawan Village guide tour
Craft experience

To Nago CityThe Ocean Expo Parkobservational study model
course is here↓

Ground golf
Craft experience
Stamp rally◆On-site facilities

Aqua Town
The Green Library

Sunset Square & View Resthouse
Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum
Haisai Plaza → 21-min.walk / 1,800m

Many diﬀerent plant types can be observed here, and in a
playful way you can learn many things.

Haisai Plaza → 15-min.walk / 1,080m
A place where, on a clear day you can see the beautiful sunset andall the surrounding scenery in one sweeping view, and there areareas provisioned for you to take a rest at, or places like Aqua Town
where children can enjoy themselves, all in one connected area.
Inside, there is an area with a collection of botanical literature,
named `The Green Library`.

◆On-site facilities

Rest Place
Jinbun BOX
Uminchu Path (Stepped Water Fountain)
Omoro Botanical Garden
Riding Ground (Playground)

Native Okinawa Village & Omoro Botanical Garden
Haisai Plaza → 3-min.walk / 170m
The Ryukyu Kingdom Era has revived, featuring village houses, and worship places
like, the "Utaki", and "Uganju". In addition, you'll see the Omoro Botanical Garden
exhibits plants described in the "Omoro-soushi", a collection of songs and poems.

&Shop rant Beach snacks
uRestaBeach shops

Emerald Beach
Haisai Plaza → 14-min.walk / 1,200m
An emerald green and cobalt blue open sea. Emerald beach is a beach within alagoon, which is rare for even Okinawa.
*Swimming season is from April to October