Neo Park



This is the entrance to Neo Park. Looks cool, doesn't it?

There is a huge map on the board.
It tells you where to go and were you are at.

It was a sunny day when we went to a famous zoo called ‘Neo Park’ in Nago. As everyone living in and around Nago knows ‘Neo Park,’ we thought, “why don’t we go check it out.” We expected that Neo Park would be boring and just a zoo where you can see so many birds, but actually we enjoyed it a lot.



A grey-crowned crane begs for food. It is tall and looks scary,
but actually it is nice. You can feed it by hand. It won't hurt you.

Flamingo Lake

This area is the first zone in Neo Park. At first, before you go, you should get some food for the birds. Flamingo Lake shows many kinds of birds which live in Africa, and the lake is based on Naruku Lake in Kenya. You can feed the birds by hand. They have become attached to people, so they approach you and beg for the food.

Scarlet Ibis. It is very beautiful and easy to find.

Amazon Jungle

You can see red-orange birds in here. You can enjoy feeding birds too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwater Tunnel

We found a pleco fish kissing a glass tank. Oh, don’t forget to find the prarucu fish. They are huge, so you can’t miss them.

 

Peccary Ranch

Peccaries look like wild pigs but they are not! If you are lucky, you can watch them eat food.

 

Freai Hiroba (petting zoo area)

This is popular among all ages. You can come in contact with animals such as dogs, rabbits and capybaras. They are very friendly and nice. There is a Galapagos tortoise, and you can ride on its back.




We touched an alpaca's nose. It is said that if you touch its nose,
happiness will come to you.





You can feed a capybara.

On our way to a different place where you can see animals living in Oceania, we found ostriches. We were watching them sit on the ground for a while. And suddenly, it happened. One ostrich stood up, and something pink came out of its butt. And then white stuff came out from the same spot. At first, we didn’t know what it was. But we kept looking at it very carefully, and we found out that it was ostrich’s poop.

 

Ostriches look evil.

 

When we got to the Oceania Flora and Fauna, we saw beautiful peacocks, and a wallaby there.

The eyes on the tail display as part of courtship.

The wallaby looks like a kangaroo but is smaller than a kangaroo.

 

Research Center for International Species Conservation

This facility is for protecting and breeding rare wild life all over the world. In here, we can see the Okinawan rails.

Directions

From the Kyoda interchange, go north on 58 toward Kunigami town for 20 minutes. Go past AEON in Nago and turn left at the first traffic signal. The gate of Neo Park Okinawa [ネオパーク 沖縄] is your landmark.

Cost

Entrance

• Adult: 660 yen
• Youth: 330 yen
• Juvenile: 220 yen

If your group has more than 15 people, the entrance fee is 10% off.

Okinawa Light Railway

• over 13 years old: 660 yen
• from 3 years old to 12 years old: 440 yen

Petting zoo area

• 300 yen

Research center for International Species Conservation

• 300 yen

Koki is petting dogs.

Kohei is holding a guinea pig. So cute!

Café Hypno

We will introduce the café “Hypno.” Hypno contributes to Nago. The company, which is called “Social Support ESPERER,” helps people who have some problems, such as mental disabilities, physical disabilities, depression, and Asperger syndrome. The company teaches them how to cook, grow vegetables, and serve. The company wants them to consider their future and find a positive way of living through work! Also, Hypno uses local food production and consumption. That yields a profit for Nago.

This cafe has lunch time from 11:30 to 15:00 and café time from 15:00 to 17:00. Also, Sunday is a regular holiday. There are about 20 seats. So, you should make a reservation.

It is not easy for you to find this café because its theme is a hiding place. Please look for a house with a small sign that says Hypno. The appearance is natural. When you enter, you can hear a nice music performance. There are a lot of instruments: piano, guitar and so on. And what kind of music the performer plays is jazz, rock, and folk. You can smoke only outside of the café. The garden of the café has plants and these make you calm. You can enjoy the stylish atmosphere with your eyes and ears, not everyone will be excited by lunch. 

Next we will introduce the menu. You can choose one of four main dishes at lunch time. The price is about 1,000 yen. If you pay 300 yen more, you can have a free drink and a cake. The main dishes are fish or chicken or pork or beef, and you choose rice or bread. Before the main dish comes, you can eat an appetizer and soup. The appetizers are colorful. You can enjoy various vegetables dishes you have never eaten. Also, if you order a dessert set, you can eat cookies for free and a different cake each day. In case you are full or you don’t have enough time to eat, you can get takeout! You can spend unhurried time here. 

This café is “Local production for local consumption.” So this café’s menu uses local materials. You can eat fresh food, for example, Okinawa soba is used as pasta. Next you may feel a quiet atmosphere that represents Japan. If you ask the performer, you might be able to listen to Okinawan music while eating. So you feel Okinawa!!!

We want to recommend this café not only to local people but also foreign people. If you have a chance to come to Okinawa, you should visit here. You can have a great time!

Directions:

Café Hypno is in Agarie in Nago city. If you have a car, first, you leave Meio university and follow the road to the first traffic light. Then, turn left and follow the road till you go through eight traffic signals. At the 9^th traffic signal, you can see “the koban” on the left side. Turn left then and follow the road till you go through 3 signals. At the 4^th traffic signal you can see “Manekineko” (it is a karaoke). Turn left, then at the 1^st signal you turn right. Then soon you can see a big yellow advertisement. Turn left then and follow the road until you see this sign:

Café Hypno's address is:

3-18-11 Ohigashi

Nago City

Okinawa