A Taste of Old Okinawa on a Buffalo Cart in Taketomi island!!
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Taketomi island
I took a ride on a buffalo cart in Taketomi Island.
To get to Taketomi Island, you need to take a ferry from Ishigaki Island.
1760 yen round trip.
The trip takes 15 minutes.
Buffalo cart
The buffalo cart goes around the villages of Taketomi Island at a speed slower than a human walk.
If you experience it you will feel you are back in time!
2 Buffalo cart companies
There are two buffalo cart companies.
Nitta Kanko
Tour around the village’s famous spots.
( it’s surrounded the operation due to luck of workers)
Taketomi Tourist Center
Tour around the village and flower road.
3000 yen , 30 minutes
Okinawa folk song, Azatoya yunta
Both of them sing Okinawan folk songs along the way.
The song is called Azatoya Yunta and is about a beautiful woman who actually lived on Taketomi Island in the 18th century.
The song amusingly tells the story of a woman who refuses the courtship of a power-wielding official who is courting this beautiful woman.
It is the most famous Okinawan folk song.
Photo with buffalo
At the end of the tour, there will be a photo opportunity with a buffalo.
The white road and red brick roof houses are really nostalgic.
I recommend you experience once this relaxed attitude.
For animal welfare person
But I don’t recommend the people who are extremely focused on animal welfare.
Because coachman hit the buffalo butt sometimes to proceed.
If you’re not, you can enjoy here fully!
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