Gala Aoi Umi

There is no admission ticket: you pay only for what you make with your hands.

It is an enclosure on the East China Sea with six businesses inside, and none of the six sells a ticket: you go in, look around, and pay only if you want to make something. Glass blowing takes five to seven minutes per person, and you collect it the next day or have it sent; pottery and salt have their own counters. The rest is the coast.

A complex of workshops opened in December 2005 in Yomitan by the company Aoi Umi, which produces Shimamāsu salt. It brings together a glassworks, a pottery studio, a salt workshop, a riding stable on the shore, a company shop and a soba-ya.

ℹ️ There are no single opening hours: each business has its own, generally between 9:00 and 18:00, with last sign-ups around 17:30. Glass blowing starts from 3,850 yen, pottery from 3,600, and salt costs 2,500 yen for forty to fifty minutes. Seventy free parking spaces. Accessible toilets and wheelchair access.

🚉 Namihiranakaishirabaru · 17 min walk

Sources: gala-aoiumi.com · okinawa-labo.com

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