It takes about 1 hour and 37 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This beach is located in the northern part of Motobu Peninsula in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island. It is a very beautiful beach with clear waters, so there are some snorkelers and wedding photographers, but not many visitors, so you can enjoy a private beach.
Point 1: How can I get to “Gushiken Beach”?
Gushiken Beach” is located in the northern part of Motobu Peninsula in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island. From the direction of Naha Airport, it takes only a little over an hour and a half to reach the beach if you take the Okinawa Expressway northward.
There is no parking lot, but you can park your car in a vacant lot and walk through a grassy area with tropical plants. At this point, you are feeling adventurous.
I was starting to wonder if we were ever going to get there. I am impressed by the emerald green and turquoise blue ocean that opens up in front of my eyes.
The turquoise blue color of the northern sea is deep, and the huge limestone rocks scattered throughout the sea are overwhelmingly beautiful, just like in Okinawa.
Point 2: What kind of beach is “Gushiken Beach”?
Gushiken Beach” is located in Motobu Town, near Nakijin Village, which is famous for its beautiful ocean, and is a long, spacious beach with a very open feeling.
It is a quiet beach with only the sound of waves and cicadas in summer.
Surrounded by cliffs thick with tropical plants, the scenery is overwhelming, with huge limestone rocks sitting in the sand and in the sea.
The scenery is so uniquely Okinawan that you can’t help but point your camera at it!
In particular, the beautiful gradation of emerald green and turquoise blue sea seen through the holes in the rocks is sure to be Instagram-worthy in itself.
The water is crystal clear and ideal for snorkeling!
Beachcombing is also fun, as there are many coral pieces and unusual pebbles, although the number of pumice stones, which increased due to an underwater volcano a few years ago, seems to have decreased.
However, please use moderate amounts of beachcombing.
Point 3: The neighborhood of “Gushiken Beach”! What is the store where the drama was filmed?
Near “Gushiken Beach” is “Zaha Shoten” which was the location for the 2009 drama “It’s fine today, too. Near “Gushiken Beach” is “Zaha Shoten” which was used as a location for the 2009 drama “Today is Sunny, No Change – Minami no Shima Jyutsusho Monogatari (Southern Island Police Station Story)”.
It is a so-called “common store” which is a part of the Okinawan and Amami culture and no longer exists in urban areas such as Naha, and its appearance tells of its history and is very quaint. (3005 Gushiken, Motobu-cho, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa)
The shop sells everything from boxed lunches to daily necessities and clothing, which is something you cannot experience at a convenience store. Interaction with the shopkeepers is also a pleasure.
