Go Aquatic!

Hi!   This is Naoko.  I went to Busena Marine Park this Monday for the first time.  Have you been there?  To tell you the truth, I am not good at driving, so driving all the way to Busena was not even a question for me.  But this time, I had a driver, hehehe - he was my boss!! 

So, we were at Busena Marine Park.  Look at the picture of the bridge!!!  It is about 170m long.  If you don't look down, you feel like wallking on the sea.  If the weather was nicer, I would have probably done Kate Winslet of the movie "Titanic."  At the end of the bridge, there was the Underwater Observatory Tower.  I went down the narrow stairs, watching my head - 1m deep, 2m deep...and 3m deep.  Look at the picture below!

The very bottom of the observatory tower was like a submarine with 24 windows!!  I suddenly felt like being in the movie "The Life Aquatic." Wow, I was extatic.  School of beautiful fish with yellow line on their back was dancing.

NEMO (ocellaris clownfish) came to greet me.   Rainbow color Banana wrasse looked so curious, watching we human getting so excited.  Since I don't do scuba diving, I truely enjoyed this. 

You can also sail out to the sea with a Glass-bottom boat.  The water is normally very clear, but it varies depend on the weather condition. 

Enjoy the life aquatic. 

Here is the info:

Busena Marine Park Office
Kise 1744-1, Nago City, Okinawa
Tel: 0980-52-3379
FAX: 0980-53-0675

【Admission Fee】
Underwater observatory tower: Adult 1,000JPY, 15-18 yrs old 800JPY, 4-14 yrs old 500JPY, Free admission for 0-3 yrs old
Glass-bottom boat: Adult 1,500JPY, 15-18 yrs old 1,200JPY, 4-14 yrs old 750JPY, Free admission for 0-3 yrs old
Combination ticket: Adult 2,000JPY, 15-18 yrs old 1,600JPY, 4-14 yrs old 1,000JPY, Free admission for 0-3 yrs old
*Group admission : 10% discount for groups of 10+

【Business Hour】
[Underwater observatory tower]
April - Oct: 09:00-18:00 (last admission 17:30)
Nov. Mar.: 09:00-17:30 (last admission 17:00)

[Glass-bottom boat] (Duration 20min.)
April - Oct: First boat 09:10, Last boat 17:30
Nov.-Mar.:  First boat 09:10, Last boat 17:00
*Departure time: 10, 30, 50 minutes past the hour except for 12:30.  Nov.-Mar.: 10, 30, 50 minutes past the hour until 15:50, then 16:10 and 17:00
*the glass-bottom boat may be cancelled depending on the weather and the sea conditions.