About 50 minutes by car from Naha Airport. The beach is located behind the Sports Park in Hiyane, Okinawa City, central Okinawa Island. Since it is located in a large sports park, it is conveniently equipped with restrooms, showers, changing rooms, and, of course, BBQ facilities if you procure your own materials. If you want moderate convenience, it is near the sports park.
Point 1: What is the location of “Okinawa Sports Park Beach”?
Okinawa Sogo Undo Koen Beach,” which boasts an area of over 70 hectares, is located on the Pacific Ocean side of Okinawa City in the central part of the main island of Okinawa. Major beaches in Okinawa are usually concentrated on the East China Sea side, and most of the users are tourists, but this beach on the Pacific Ocean side is used more by locals.
It is a good idea to join the locals and call the beach “kenso,” or “kenso,” to get a taste of the “Jimotie” spirit!
Access to this beach is only 51 minutes via National Routes 58 and 331. Even though it is located in the central part of the main island of Okinawa, access is easy. By bus, it takes only 1 hour and 14 minutes by Ryukyu Bus and community bus, which is not so different from the time you would drive.
However, please note that it is closed every Tuesday.
By the way, since it is on the Pacific Ocean side, you can see the sunrise beautifully!
Point 2: What kind of beach is “Okinawa Sports Park Beach”?
Okinawa Sports Park Beach” is located in Hiyane, Okinawa City, in the central part of the main island of Okinawa.
In Okinawa, there are many large sports parks with swimming pools and beaches spread out behind them.
The attraction of this park is that it offers not only camping, BBQ, and other sports, but also a full-scale track and field stadium and an indoor stadium, where you can enjoy marine activities in a comprehensive manner.
The area is as large as 70 hectares, so the first barrier is to reach the beach at the back of the park.
The beach is publicly managed together with the sports park, and the sand on the beach is wide and clean, so you can snorkel comfortably.
Since it is not a formal beach, there are no rentals or activities, but that is the only reason to enjoy activities freely and spontaneously.
Point 3: What are the sights and food around “Okinawa Sports Park Beach”?
The “Okinawa Sports Park Beach” is located in the Hiyane and Awase areas of Okinawa City, a place where you can feel the Okinawan Jimotie.
It is a nice thing about Okinawa that even if a tourist enters such a place, he or she will not be rejected, but will be quietly watched over.
As for food in this area, I recommend “Sam’s by the Sea” for steak, although it is a chain restaurant.
A celebrity from Okinawa told me that he was happy to celebrate his birthday or any other good day at this restaurant.
It has been loved by the locals for a long time.
The owner of Sam’s by the Sea is an American who also runs Rose Garden and Plaza House. It was a pioneer for postwar Okinawa.
It is not a very cheap restaurant, but you can enjoy the performance of the cooks and have a delicious steak.
