Cape Zanpa Park (Zanpa Misaki Koen)

(At the miniature zoo in Cape Zanpa Park: a baby goat whose legs got stuck on the face)

Hi!  This is Naoko.  It is rainy and much colder than yesterday.  I am taking lots of Vitamin C in order not to have a cold.  For your healthy mind and body, it is always a good idea to go out.  Cape Zanpa Park (Zanpa Misaki Koen) is one of the good places for a family with small children, but of course adults can also enjoy.  It is located in Yomitan village (mainland Okinawa). 

 The park has:

• spacious green areas where children can just run around, fly kites, play Frisbee, and more,

•  a playground with a big slider and a sand area

• covered barbeque areas (meat and vegetables are sold in a shop next to the barbeque areas) and a restaurant

• a miniature zoo (goats, rabbits, ducks, and turtles)

• a huge shisaa statue

• a reproduction of an old Okinawan ship (you can go inside)

• nice walking paths to the Zanpa lighthouse

My 2 years-old daughter and I go to this park a lot because she just love to run and feed the goats and rabbits.  The shop next to the barbecue areas also sells some carrots sticks in a cup for the animals for 100yen.  After feeding the animals, children can bring back the cup to get variety of sweets.

My favorite is the Agepan (fried bread roll).  It is only 100yen and you can choose four different coating: cinnamon sugar, soybean power with sugar, cocoa power with sugar, and sugar only.

Here is the routine course of my daughter:

1.    Go get her cinnamon sugar coated Agepan and carrot sticks for the animals

2.    Feed and tease the animals while eating half of her Agepan

3.    Run around the grass area, go inside the ship to have a good view, and climb up to the feet of the big Shisaa

4.    Go down the big slide in the playground

5.    Eat the rest of her Agepan

6.    Sleep in the car

There is Zanpa beach in a walking distance from the park, where you can swim or enjoy a beautiful sunset.

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