UNESCO World Heritage Site
Every time, I visit this place, I learn something new. Make sure to take lots of photos.
A home for royal families and guests from China, it was built in the late 1700's.
Back in the old days, this was considered a palace.
The buildings are wooden and have tiled roofs like any other traditional Okinawan home.
Everything that was here during WWII got destroyed by bombs.
Reconstruction of the garden began in 1975 and, took 20 years to complete.
The palace, is immaculately clean and, no shoes are allowed indoors, here.
It felt kind of uncomfortable to me so, I didn't stay very long inside the wooden buildings.
Whenever you go to places like this, ask for some English brochures.
That's how, I learned about the bridge, leading to this hexagon building.
They say, it was carved out of a single chunk of limestone !
Here's a good reason, to take plenty of photos. See the electric ceiling light ?
Well, I might not be the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
But, if I was going to reconstruct this national treasure, it would be just like the original
Do you suppose, they got electricity over here, before the 1800's ?
Not according to Universe Today if, they're telling the truth !
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