Okinawa 1 night 2 days~!

#TravelItinerary

After a hearty steak, I hopped on a bus and headed straight for the destination of this trip: Okinawa Motobu, a Starbucks concept store in Okinawa.

The bus gave me about 10 minutes to spare at Motobu Port, so I was lucky enough to see the Sesoko Bridge.

I continued a little further from Motobu Port and got off at the Hanasaki Marche stop.

This is where Starbucks is.
This is a new shopping complex in the Motobu area,
with hotels, restaurants, and shops arranged like a market, with the ocean as a backdrop.

Starbucks opened here this spring, and soon after, it was designated a local landmark store.

When I visited Okinawa in January and February,
there was no news at all, but the sudden designation brought me back in June.

The weather that day was cloudy and rainy, so the ocean wasn't very pretty. However, the building design itself was outstanding enough to warrant high marks,
and the terrace seats offered a well-equipped ocean view.

The various sculptures were impressive, and the unique structure of elevators connecting the first and second floors,
and a drive-thru ordering area,
with separate entrances on the first and second floors,
showed off its exceptional appearance, as if to say, "Well, this is what it takes to be a landmark store."

Everything was beautifully elevated, a place where everything was captured.

I took a lot of photos, from the front, the side, the first and second floors, inside the store, the terrace seats, and every nook and cranny.

After a fantastic time at Starbucks,
I cautiously walked through the rain along the small path next to the road to visit Okinawa Ocean Expo Park, which houses the Churaumi Aquarium, a 15-minute walk away.