Cycling Day 1: To Shikya Beach
Oops! A very late start as I overslept until Suchern woke me at almost 10am, which was also the time we had to be out of our room by!
We still had a reasonably leisurely breakfast after I'd packed up as quickly as I could and brought my stuff down from the room 🙂
The plan was just to do 40-45km today around to a campsite on the south of the island...
Naminoue Beach
The only beach in Naha...and actually quite nice!
14 March 2026 - 12:38
Lunch Stop By Some Free Camping
I'd considered this spot for our first night on Okinawa before we decided to stay in town and see some of the sights.
Nice beach with lots of campers present, but lacking a shower (it os free though!).
It's been really windy today, but we found a sheltered spot by some rocky outcrops for lunch.
There were lots of bits of coral on the beach. I managed to find one I could cable-tie in place to get my umbrella telescopic pole rucksack mount back into use after the wood block I'd original used broke in half when the bike fell over by the royal gardens yesterday.
Mabuni Hill Stop
Beach By Kenji Monument
Beautiful secluded beach, apart from all the washed-up plastic!
We saw birds which may have been cormorants and buzzards from the beach.
More Kenji Monument Area Explorations
More Mebuni Hill
Flame Of Peace
Bananas!
14 March 2026 - 16:36
Cape Chinnen
We paused by the Shikya beach campsite, where there was loud music playing and a few people having a good time. We had been intending to stop and camp here, but as we pushed our bikes around to the office, a guy came out and told us there were no camp spaces as the entire campsite has been booked for an event (despite us having seen there was room for us on a quieter section).
We were told that a hotel up in Nanjo also had a camp ground, but opted to carry on around the coast...