Following our visit to Sefa-utaki, we spotted one of Okinawa’s lovely brown road signs pointing the way to another adventure!! The day was still young, so we decided to learn where it would take us.
It took us up this hill to a little parking lot tucked in on one side of the road. The road continued on up the side of the hill, but across the road from the parking lot was this sign leading down the path to the site. It was about as steep as the arrow shows, too!!
Right before the castle site was place that could have been a former altar area, but these trees and their roots were growing all over.
Welcome to Chinen Castle!!
Views inside the walls
Even if you can’t read the characters, the pictures let you know exactly what they’re saying!
I always find it fascinating the way they use the natural landscape to build into the protection of the castle.
It appeared this site was in the process of being ‘rebuilt’ and secured.
What the castle and grounds would have looked like.
Then we spotted this temptation!!!
Up the stairs, down the hill…..
Would we really find the spring? or the tomb?
We spotted this interesting looking cave place up on the side of the bluff. We had no idea that would be our eventual destination!!!!
Stay tuned!!
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