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All year long, every week, hundreds of would-be Japanese Jacques Cousteaus fly down
from Tokyo and other cold points north to dive the Sunabe Seawall. The area is chock a block
full of dive shops with rental gear, qualified instruction and professional guides. Anybody
with a couple of days and a couple of hundred dollars (in Yen) can dive. The seawall's un-
dersea coral reef is like swimming in a tropical aquarium. Crystal-clear warm waters full
of brightly colored exotic fish—it's gorgeous. Naturally, anyone of any age can dive, but as
a practical matter many of the enthusiasts are young people, so the neighborhood is full of
minshuku
inns and small hotels to serve their needs. And après-dive? How about a cold Ori-
on? There are plenty of local bars, not high priced, and that's another reason why it's a fun
district.
Diving at the Sunabe Seawall coral reef in Chatan's Sunabe District, one of the most popular spots for
scuba diving and snorkeling in all of Okinawa.
Okinawa's Own Orion Beer
