(ブセナ海中公園) Busena Marine Park

  

An aquarium that surrounds you, where the entire ocean is the aquarium. 

Budget: JPY3,550 (~USD34)

• JPY2,500. Okinawa Bus Pass.
• JPY1,050. Entrance fee, Underwater Observatory.

Visit Date

• March 2, 2017

When to Go
Anytime during the year! 

Special Notes

• Website. This shows the visibility status etc.
• Underwater Observatory Tower. JPY1,050 for entrance. 
• Glass-Bottom Boat. JPY1,560 for a trip. (JPY2,100 with underwater observatory) 
• Depends on the weather, can easily be cancelled with strong waves.
• Access. Google maps friendly, bus stop is at Busena Resort Mae (google maps pin)
• JPY1,750, 2h15m from Naha Airport. 
• Okinawa has a bus pass at JPY2,500 for a day, or JPY5,000 for three days. 
• After getting to the bus stop, there is a shuttle available, but it is definitely stroll friendly. 
• Accommodations. Right at the entrance is Busena Terraces, and one night for two is at least USD500. 
• If you are claustrophobic.... this is going to be tough. 

Itinerary

• 11:28am. Arrived at Busena Mae Stop, and started walking towards the hotel. 
• 11:48am. Arrived at the entrance of the underwater observatory. Started crossing over to the observatory.
• 11:55am. At the actual observatory is the ticket counter. They told me that the boat was not running for the day. I went down the observatory and enjoyed having fishes look at me. Kidding. Mostly they minded their own business. 
• 12:09pm. Exited, went back to the bus stop and headed to my next stop. 

Arriving at the bus stop. 

The observatory is right next to the hotel. 

My first peek of the observatory. Looking at those waves.... no surprise that the boat was NOT running. 

At the entrance. Crossing was not so fun given the strong winds. 

At the entrance. If you are too claustrophobic, this might not be a good idea. 

Going down!

Hey! Nemo!!!!

Finding nemoooooo!

Basically there are holes like these to peek at the fishes. 

Hey!

Whatcha looking at? -fish

Mainly they ignored me. 

But it is amazing how much fish there were outside. 

It was also fun seeing them ride the waves. 

Oh, hi!

I was done and had to leave. :(