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Karate History Tour in Naha on January 9th, 2020 for Goju-ryu members

January 2020 was the 2nd time the Goju-ryu members from the UK visited Okinawa and had used our services, and this was their second time on the Karate History Tour. We decided to change the tour up a bit by visiting a few more places which we did not have on the last tour. Here are some photos of their tour.

Okinogu Shrine

Naminoue Shrine

Matsuyama Park

Okinawa Karate Kaikan

Information

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Karate History Tour in Naha on December 5th, 2019 for Goju-ryu members

We had 2 visitors who came all the way from America to join our Karate History Tour. As their Karate style is goju-ryu, we catered the tour with that in mind. After picking them up from their hotel at 9:30, we started the tour from 10am, visiting several different places along the tour. Below are photos of their tour.

Okinawa Karate Kaikan

Lunch at Shurei Soba in Naha

Okinogu Shrine

Matsuyama Park – Monument of Chojun Miyagi & Chojun Higaonna, and the 36 Surnames of Kume monument

Okinawa Prefecture Karate Museum

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We could arrange a tour based on your requests. Please click here for more information on our Karate History Tours.

【Report】Waryu Dojo 14 days Budo-camp in Okinawa, Kyoto and Osaka

Over 70 Budo-practitioners came to Okinawa from Switzerland and Poland. Fortunately we got a chance to arrange their Budo-training classes and other activities. We had arranged for them to have three hours of Budo classes, which cover three major martial arts (Karate, Aiki-do and Iai-do). In order to make the camp more beneficial for them, we arranged three great masters of each martial art.

Schedule Table (13 nights, 14 days)

Day	AM	PM
Day 1 (Osaka)	International Flight	Arrive at Kansai international Airport
Day 2 (Kyoto)	Sightseeing (Fushimiinari Shrine)	Sightseeing (Kinkaku-ji, Kiyoumizu temple, etc.)
Day 3 (Nara & Osaka)	Sightseeing (Nara Deer Park & Todaiji Temple)	Sightseeing (Osaka castle, Kaiyukan Aquarium, Tempozan Market Place, etc.)
Day 4 (Osaka to Okinawa)	Flight (KIX to Okinawa)	Welcome Party at “Paikaji”
Day 5 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Free Time
Day 6 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Sightseeing (Shuri castle)
Day 7 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Free Time
Day 8 (Okinawa)	Karate Tournament organized by “Kaiho juku”	Karate Tournament
Day 9 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Okinawa Tour (Zazen experience, Chinen-misaki, Sefa Utaki)
Day 10 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Sightseeing (Tsuboya Pottery Street)
Day 11 (Okinawa)	Karate-Tour (Monument of Kanryo Higaonnna and Chojun Miyagi, Monument of Anko Itosu)	Karate-Tour (Okinogu shrine, Karate museum and Shureido)
Day 12 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Free Time
Day 13 (Okinawa)	Budo training (3 hours)	Yukata Farewell Party at Kariyushi Urban Resort Naha Hotel
Day 14 (Okinawa)	International flight from Naha airport

Day 1 – Arrive in Japan

Osaka Kansai International Airport

Day 2 – Sightseeing in Kyoto

Fushimiinari Shrine, Kinkaku-ji, Kiyoumizu temple / Tsutenkaku & Shinsekai area

Day 3 – Sightseeing in Nara & Osaka

Nara Deer Park & Todaiji Temple / Osaka castle, Kaiyukan Aquarium, Shopping at Shinsaibashi & Namba, Dotonbori, Griko Neon

DayDay 4 – Domestic Flight (Osaka to Okinawa)

Naha Airport Domestic Terminal

Welcome Party at Paikaji

Day 5 – Budo training

Budo training day 1

Day 6 – Budo training & Sightseeing

Budo training day 2

Shuri Castle sightseeing

Day 7 – Budo training

Budo training day 3

Day 8 – Karate Tournament

Day 9 – Budo training & Sightseeing

Budo training day 4

Okinawa Tour (Chinen-misaki, Sefa Utaki, Zazen-experience at Shurikannendo)

Day 10 – Budo training & Sightseeing

Budo training day 5 – Tai-chi

Walking around Tsuboya Pottery Street

Day 11 – Karate History Tour

Monument of Kanryo Higaonnna, Chojun Miyagi and Anko Itosu / Okinogu shrine, Karate museum and Shureido

Day 12 – Budo training

Budo training day 6

Day 13 – Budo training & Farewell party

Budo training day 7

Yukata Farewell Party at Kariyushi Urban Resort Naha Hotel

Day 14 – International Flight (from Naha Airport)

【Report】Funakoshi Sensei Camp from April 1st to 3rd, 2019

We had Funakoshi Sensei’s Camp from April 1st to April 3rd, 2019. There were 27 Karate students from Nagoya who came to Okinawa to participate in this camp. The camp included karate training at dojos, sightseeing, and enjoying the day at the beach. Everyone displayed their karate skills very well. They had a wonderful time.
We will have the camp again next year.

1st Day

From the airport, straight to lunch at Sam’s Sailor Inn

The famous Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium located in Motobu Town in the northern part of Okinawa

Shorin-ryu Seibukan dojo of Zenpo Shimabukuro Sensei

2nd Day

Training at the Okinawa Karate Kaikan

Training at Jundokan Headquarters with Kinjo sensei and Gima sensei

3nd Day

Barbecue at Bibi Beach Itoman in the southern part of Okinawa

Okinawan Karate history tour in Naha on 27th August for Goju-ryu members.

We took 4 Goju-ryu Karate master and students from Hungary on 27th October 2018 in Naha.

We started 10:00am from their hotel and visited 6 spots as below

1.Monument of Gichin Funakoshi（Founder of Shoto-kan)

2.Famous shrine Okinogu

3.Monument of Kanryo Higaonna and Chojun Miyagi (Founders of Goju-ryu)

4.Kume sanjurokusei（one of Karate birthplace)

5.Lunch（Okinawa famous beef steak buffet lunch)

6.Grave of Seiko Higa（Goju-ryu famous master)

7.Shorin-ryu Kenshi kai DOJO（communicate with Shorin-ryu 9th dan Yoshimasa Kakazu sensei)

8.Karate museun (produced by Goju-ryu 10th dan Tetsuhiro Hokama sensei)

9.Pottery street in Naha

We can arrange various type of Karate history tour depending on your Karate style and requests.

If you are interested in it, please refer to following page.

/sightseeing/karate-history-tour.html

Okinawan Karate history tour for Shorei-ryu in Naha on 22th August

We took 12 Shorei-ryu Karate
master and student from USA on
22th August 2018 in Naha.

We started 9:30am from their hotel
and visited 9 spots as below

1.Monument of Kanryo Higaonna and Chojun Miyagi (Founders of Goju-ryu)

2.Kume sanjurokusei（one of Karate birthplace)

3.Monument of Gichin Funakoshi（Founder of Shoto-kan)

4.Famous shrine Okinogu

5.Lunch（Okinawa traditional restaurant)

6.Monument and grave of Anko Itosu（Origin of Shito-ryu)

7.Grave of Sokon Matsumura（Founder of Shuri-te)

8.Shuri castle

9.Shureido（famous Okinawan Karate good brand)

We can arrange various type of Karate history tour depending on your Karate style and requests.

If you are interested in it, please refer to following page.

/sightseeing/karate-history-tour.html

Goju-ryu Karate Special History Tour on 14 November.

We took 4 Goju-ryu members from France, Austlia and Australia to Okinawan Karate history tour with Goju-ryu Jundokan very famous master Kinjo sensei on 14 November.

We started 9:30am and visited 6 spots as below

1.Grave of Chojun Miyagi（Founder of Goju-ryu)

2.Monument of Gichin Funakoshi（Founder of Shoto-kan)

3.Famous shrine Okinogu

4.Lunch BBQ at Senaga island

5.Grave of Kanryo Higaonna（Founder of Goju-ryu)

6.Grave of Eiichi Miyazato（Goju-ryu famous master and one of a top student of Chojun Miyagi)

We can arrange various type of Karate history tour depending on your Karate style and requests.

If you are interested in it, please refer to following page.

/sightseeing/karate-history-tour.html

Okinawan Karate history tour on August 17th for Nepal Karate national team members

We took 10 Nepal Karate national team coach and players on Aug 17th.

We started 9:30am from their hotel and visited 6 spots as below

1.Monument and grave of Anko Itosu（Origin of Shito-ryu)

2.Grave of Sokon Matsumura（Founder of Shuri-te)

3.Monument of Gichin Funakoshi（Founder of Shoto-kan)

4.Famour shrine Okinogu

5.Lunch（Nepal food restaurant in Naha)

6.Shuri castle

As most members are Shito-Ryu, we made Shito-Ryu course. They all have good manner and they prayed for their good luck for Asian Karate tournament!

We can arrange various type of Karate history tour depending on your Karate style and requests.

If you are interested in it, please refer to following page.

/sightseeing/karate-history-tour.html

Sightseeing that you can experience only in Okinawa

Our company ” Ageshio Japan” can offer you not only Okinawa karate training service but also various Okinawa sightseeing menu. As Okinawa is very popular for sightseeing and Okinawa has original culture that is different from Japanese one, there are a lot of sightseeing menu that you can experience only here!

These are some examples that when my Chinese friends came to Okinawa, we arranged.
These are depending on their requests that as they have traveled Japan for many times,they want to do what they can experience only in Okinawa. And they enjoyed these menu very much, so I’ll introduce these menu here.

Wearing Okinawan traditional clothes

Visit Okinawan local market and cook Okinawan traditional food

Okinawan people is famous for long life, and you can learn Okinawan macrobiotic foodstuff in English or Chinese

Trial Diving in foreign language

We can arrange diving not only Japanese but also English, Chinese and Korean

Emergency information guide for a safe and enjoyable stay in Okinawa

For a safe and enjoyable stay for foreign tourist to Okinawa,we introduce three useful free PDF guidances written in foreign languages. If you have any problem in Okinawa, please refer to these materials.

Safety Guide for Visitors to Okinawa
(English)
Click here for Download

Simple Communication Sheet for Disasters（For foreign tourists)
(English,Chinese,Korean,Japanese)

Click here for Download

Typhoon Preparedness Manual
(English,Chinese,Korean,Japanese)

Click here for Download