About a minute’s drive from Naha Airport. It is a discount supermarket located in Sumiyoshi, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island. Not only souvenirs for tourists but also regular shopping can be done here! Shop wisely!
Point 1: No tourists in the area! What is the location of Nakamatsu Shoji?
Nakamatsu Shoji” is a discount store located in Sumiyoshi, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island.
It is located in an area of Okinawa City where tourists do not usually go, but if you manage to go there, you will be very satisfied with the store.
From Naha Airport, it takes about 43 minutes via Okinawa Expressway.
By bus, first, take the Tokyo Bus TK02 or other buses to Naha Commercial High School, then take the Ryukyu Bus No. 23, which stops at Tomari Takahashi and other locations from in front of the Okinawa Times, a 4-minute walk away, and get off at Kamara, then walk 5 minutes to the restaurant.
There is also a community bus running from Music Town and other areas in the central area, which stops in front of Nakamatsu Shoji, but the timetable is usually once an hour.
A flashy yellow sign. Once inside, the place smells like a combination of a supermarket food floor and a drugstore, and it is very lively with locals coming in and out constantly.
It is also surprising that the store opens at 4:30 in the morning!
Point 2: “Nakamatsu Shoji” introduces products recommended as souvenirs!
Nakamatsu Shoji also offers a wide variety of products that are perfect as souvenirs.
For example, there is a wide variety of alcoholic beverages, snacks, and even Ryukyuan cuisine. Not only that, but there is also a full lineup of meats, including beef, pork, and goat.
For snacks, you will find the standard Chinsuko, brown sugar, turtle crackers, Suppaiman, etc., all sold at prices you have never seen before.
There are also small packs of Mimiga chips and baked soybeans for less than 100 yen, which are very convenient because they are not bulky!
They are ideal for souvenirs because they are unique and tasty yet not bulky!
There are also old-fashioned candy bars and American snacks, and you can easily forget about looking for souvenirs and just browse around.
You can see how expensive it is to buy souvenirs on Kokusai-Dori, as those items that you often see at souvenir shops on Kokusai-Dori are sold at such low prices.
But be careful not to buy too many items just because they are inexpensive, because you will have a hard time taking them home!
Point 3: “Nakamatsu Shoji” products for everyday use are also inexpensive!
Nakamatsu Shoji offers not only souvenirs but also inexpensive food items that Okinawans use daily.
For example, “spam pork luncheon meat,” which is indispensable for Okinawans, is priced at 298 yen even though it costs nearly 800 yen in Tokyo and other places (although the price seems to have been raised shortly since the day the photo was taken).
Tulip” meat, which is often sold in Hong Kong and other places, is extremely inexpensive at 198 yen.
Also, the Okinawa Hormel brand, which is not found on the mainland, is particularly inexpensive and offers a wide variety of products that are fun to buy.
In addition to food products, the store also sells detergent, hair dye, toothpaste, shampoo, lip balm, and other daily necessities at low prices, so it seems that not only store owners but also ordinary locals come here to buy these items.
Nakamatsu Shoji” located in Sumiyoshi, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island, sells not only souvenirs but also foods that locals buy for daily use and products that are sold in drugstores at low prices.
The cheap prices are surprisingly lower than those of supermarkets such as Sanei, which is famous for its low prices!
With the skyrocketing cost of living, it is good for tourists to be able to buy souvenirs wisely!
