Only 11 minutes drive from Naha Airport! This is a beautiful beach near the airport. It is the only place near the airport where you can enjoy high transparency, watch jets take off and land at great power, and enjoy after-beach spas and gourmet food! The time is easily visible, making it ideal for use while waiting for your return flight.
Point 1: What is the location where “Senaga-Nishi Beach” is located?
Senaga-Nishi Beach” is located only 11 minutes south of Naha Airport by car on “Secho-jima Island” in Tomigusuku City, which is connected to the main island of Okinawa by a bridge. It is now famous for “Umikazi Terrace” which attracts many tourists.
Did you know that there is a beach near this popular spot?
Even though it is a remote island, it is connected by a bridge, so it is somewhat easy to access.
It takes only 11 minutes from the airport, and even by bus, the Tokyo Bus bound for Ryukyu Resort Meijo Beach runs, and if you get off at the bus stop of “Senagashima Hotel Umikazi Terrace”, you can arrive in 23 minutes, which is the easiest way!
It is also nice that it only takes 4.5 minutes to walk to the beach from the parking lot and bus stop.
Even though it is near the airport, the water is clear and the beach is beautiful. And what’s more, it’s fun to watch airplanes take off and land up close.
It’s a great way to watch the airplanes and get a little sentimental at the end of your trip, knowing that in a few hours, you will be on the plane yourself.
Point 2: What kind of beach is “Senaga-Nishi Beach”?
Senaganishi Beach is located in the southern part of Senaga Island where Umikazi Terrace is located.
Umikazi Terrace is a commercial facility, but the area around Secho-Nishi Beach is a green area with a beach park and a baseball field.
The emerald green ocean is so typical of Okinawa that it is hard to believe that it is only 11 minutes from Naha, and the sandy beach is wide and beautiful, making it ideal for swimming!
At times of the year, there are also many Ursa, and you can see locals coming to get them.
However, since it is not an official beach, there are no activities or rentals. Swimming and snorkeling are at your own risk, but even though it is relatively safe, please do not relax and be careful of the currents and dangerous creatures.
Point 3: What do you recommend for the after-beach at “Senaga-Nishi Beach”?
If you still have time left after enjoying a stroll and swimming at Senaganishi Beach, please stop by “Ryujin no Yu” at Ryukyu Onsen Senagashima Hotel.
Admission is free for hotel guests, and visitors pay 1,500 yen on weekdays and 1,700 yen on weekends and holidays, not bad prices for a spa.
In addition to the indoor baths, there is a rock bath, a sleeping bath, a salt sauna, a sauna with wax, a pressure point bath, a standing bath, and many more.
In addition, the “standing bath” is popular for its close view of airplanes taking off and landing. Especially at sunset, you can enjoy both the sunset and takeoffs and landings, so it may be difficult to secure a spot for a standing bath.
As for gourmet food, there are many gourmet restaurants and eateries in Umikaji Terrace. In particular, we recommend “Taco Rice Cafe Kijimuna,” a Umikazi Terrace branch of the famous taco rice restaurant, and “Oyaji no Maguro,” where you can enjoy fresh natural tuna from the waters around Okinawa!
