Travelog post for: cerise

Today we went to Shuri (or Shurijo) Castle. It is the main castle on Okinawa, and the most famous. It is the seat of the king of the Ryukyan Island chain. Of course since the late 1800s the Ryukyan Islands have been owned by Japan and there has been no sitting king. It has been destroyed and rebuilt 5 times in its history, most recently during World War II. First of course we had to drive there.

Here is the first gate we entered to the castle.

This is a view down at where we walked. The city you see is Naha, the capital of Okinawa.

Here is the entrance to the palace grounds.

And this is the palace itself!

Jayme didn't have time for individual pictures, it was very busy, but this is the throne room.

After we left the palace we were able to walk the grounds and found a shrine.

More updates soon I'm sure!
cerise