Busena Marine Park Underwater Observatory — Attraction in Nago

We arrived at a sunny August afternoon. There was shuttle bus but always packed, so we decided to walk to the observatory, it’s about 10mins walk and highly recommend to bring an umbrella to protect from heat. There was waiting line before the entrance for about 15mins, to kill the time, you can get some fish foods from the vending machine and feed the fish from the bridge. Once get in, instantly could feel the power of AC, elderly or little kids (under 5) would need extra attention when descending as the stairs are steep. Once arrived at the bottom, there were various fish swimming around the windows of observatory, it was fun to watch. On the wall there are also introduction card for each type of fish for visitors to observe. There was no time limit to stay, but in general it would take about...

The park offers a 30 minute glass bottom boat ride and a visit to the tower below the surface, to see beautiful indigenous tropical fish in their natural habitat. The 2000 yen adult price is well worth the visit. Children, students, and military members are offered a discount price. Parking inside the Busana Terrace resort gate is free, along with a visitors guide. A trolley picks up and drops off visitors at 4 locations. Although, this is just a bonus, since it's a fairly short walk with beautiful scenery.

Guide Tips: Best at early to mid-day, with sunny skies, and at high tide. However, the visibility in the tower and the boat are good in nearly...

Parking is available within the resort and it’s free. Just a short walk to the ticketing booth. If you are going for the glass bottom boat ride, recommended to go for that first in case of change of weather and causing the ride to be cancelled. There’s a shuttle bus available and it will drop you near the jetty and when you are done, you can hop back on to head down to the observatory. We found the observatory to be interesting. Note: it’s a narrow stairwell to head down(abt 3M) to the viewing area. So nice to be seeing the fishes so close and in their natural...