May 27, 2014 - 1 min read

Naha's Covered Shopping Arcades

Clothes and souvenirs and sweets and food and more!

By Peter Sidell

Community writer

There are lots of colorful shirts and dresses for sale

These colorful lion figures make good souvenirs

Some stores also sell more traditional souvenirs and craft goods

These lion goodies are filled with various flavors of cream

Pick up some cookies for friends and family

Shisa lions come in an endless variety of shapes and sizes

This feller stands outside a restaurant to catch potential customers' eyes

More colorful dresses

The parallel arcades are pretty long

At the eastern end of Naha's main street of Kokusai-Dori, there are some covered shopping arcades that stretch off south towards the Tsuboya pottery district. There's not much you can't find here; the stores and stands sell brightly colored Hawaiian and Okinawan clothing, boxes of sweets and cookies, traditional goods such as the three-stringed banjo-like sanshin, imported household goods, colorful 'shisa' lion figures, and plenty more besides! Not only that, the competition keeps prices low, which make this the best place in Naha to pick up your souvenirs.

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