Novotel Okinawa Naha - Family & Business trip hotel - Uchikanagushiku Utaki

Just west of Shurijo is a sacred place for prayer, dominated by the Great Akagi (bishop wood) Tree in a mystical forest. Legend has it that a god visits the divine tree once a year to listen to people’s prayers. Most of the ancient akagi trees around Shurijo were destroyed during WWII, but this is one of six that survived.