How to Enjoy an Okinawa Trip in Heavy Rain

From 6/9 to 6/11
I went on a trip to Okinawa during this rainy season.

Why at such a time?
There is only one reason.
Because the cheap Peach tickets were,
unbelievably 14,000 yen round trip per person!
Blinded by the low price, I thought, 'Rainy season? Typhoon? Bring it on!' and headed to Okinawa!

It was raining from the moment we arrived.

Not just normal rain, but heavy rain.
Heavy rain to the level where you couldn't see what was in front of you.

Since we knew it would be raining before we went,
we decided to rent a car and conquer all the roadside stations, so we carried out the roadside station tour as planned.

And the hotel we stayed at this time was
'Kanucha Resort' in Nago City.

Located a bit above the middle of the main island,
it's an incredibly vast luxury hotel!
The premises are fully equipped with various things like a golf course, restaurants, shops, a gym, karaoke, a bar, and so on, and you move around entirely by private cart.
To go to each facility, we had no choice but to dash through the heavy rain in the cart.
Although they do lend you raincoats, taking them off and putting them on is a huge hassle, so we just left them on... lol
Naturally, we were soaked from head to toe.
Soaked to the bone.
Saying, 'We're like women dripping with water, aren't we?'
It was kind of funny.

Since the hotel is further up, we went clockwise on the map from the airport.
Starting from Toyosaki.

And well, we were able to easily conquer them in 3 days,
and even though it was raining, it felt like we went around the main island of Okinawa,
so we fully enjoyed it.

Even so, Okinawa's roadside stations are deep and highly recommended.
At first glance, you might think they are all the same, but the things they sell are slightly different, and the pricing is also subtly different.

For example, Orion Beer.
It was 280 yen at one roadside station, and 260 yen at another place.
While thinking, 'Oh, I see, I get it,' we happened to stop by a local supermarket on the way, and it was an unbelievable 180 yen!!! (lol)
While almost falling over in surprise,
we found roadside station-exclusive flavors and
super rare brown sugar that we thought, 'I've never seen this before!', so it was actually fun lol

And they are full of Okinawan local cuisine too!

And both my friend and I are divorced.

In short, we are former housewives, so our eyes were drawn to brown sugar and salt, saying we have to choose healthy things,
looking at the ingredient labels on the back, saying this is good or that is good, lol.

And
on the way home, the two of us combined our luggage into one,
and this JAL eco bag was 11kg, mostly brown sugar and salt! 🤣🤣🤣
Wait, what? Are we peddlers? It's like we're stocking up.

I went to Hawaii in March, so the prices were totally crazy, and I ended up buying tons of brown sugar and salt.
Mineral-rich blue sea salt, 500g for 550 yen.
Beautiful sea-grown salt, 80g for 120 yen? I forgot, but...
Under 200 yen! Perfect for souvenirs to hand out to my friends who are housewives in their 50s!

I also bought some Awamori as a souvenir.
I bought a Shisa statue too, and it feels like something happy is about to happen, haha.