Resort facilities where you can experience most of the Okinawan culture and marine activities.
Motobu Genki Mura is a sensory resort facility located in Motobu-cho, Okinawa Prefecture.
Since it is close to Churaumi Aquarium, it is a popular tourist spot that many people visit together. The main attraction is that visitors can enjoy more than 60 different activities, including a dolphin program where they can swim with dolphins, banana boats, sea kayaks, jet skis, big marbles, flying gilet boards, and fishing.
Some of the programs allow visitors to experience Okinawa’s traditional culture, such as the sanshin (Okinawan three-stringed instrument) and traditional arts and crafts.
Point 1: Dolphin program where you can swim with dolphins
The most popular program at Motobu Genki-mura is the Dolphin Program, where you can swim with and observe dolphins and learn about their ecology.
There is the “Good Morning Dolphin” where you can observe dolphins undergoing a health check, the “Mogumogu Picnic” where you can learn about other living creatures such as feeding turtles and sea turtles, the “Dolphin Walking Tour” where you can observe dolphins up close, the “Dolphin Encounter S” where you can actually enter the ocean and swim with dolphins in the water, and the “Dolphin Encounter” where you can swim with dolphins and interact with them in the ocean. There is also “Dolphin Encounter S” where you can swim with dolphins in the ocean, and “Smile Dolphin” where you can play with dolphins without getting in the water.
The facility is characterized by its ability to meet the needs of all kinds of people, from those who don’t mind getting wet to those who don’t, from adults to small children.
Point 2: All marine activities are available!
If there is one thing you want to do when you come to Okinawa, it is marine activities. Motobu Genki Mura offers all kinds of marine activity programs such as banana boats, sea kayaks, snorkeling, jet skiing, big marbles, flying jet boards, and canoeing.
Of these, Ocean Land is the most popular, where visitors can play freely on floating underwater playground equipment. In addition, there are also fishing, cruising, sailing, ino (lagoon) exploration, and other unusual activities so you will never get bored.
Point 3: Experience Okinawan culture! Plenty of programs to enjoy even when it rains!
Even on bad weather days when dolphin and marine programs are difficult, there are many programs that allow visitors to experience Okinawan culture.
Visitors can enjoy 12 different programs, including a sanshin (Okinawan traditional culture) class, a sanshin making experience, a pottery painting experience, and making finger hubs, a Ryukyu toy.
There is even a cooking class where you can learn how to make Okinawan dishes such as rafti, soki soup, bitter melon stir-fry, island tofu, and Okinawan soba noodles.
