To coincide with Valentine's Day on the 14th and the Chinese New Year long holiday, tourist facilities in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture, welcome tourists by lighting up limestone caves in pink and decorating them for Lunar New Year. .
Okinawa World, a tourist facility in Nanjo City, has been lighting up a part of its nearly 1km long limestone cave in pink starting from the 10th in time for Valentine's Day.
Tourists visited the limestone cave not only from Japan but also from Taiwan and China, taking photos of the pink-colored stalactites and crystal clear spring water with their smartphones.
A man visiting from Taiwan said, ``It's fantastic and wonderful.''
In addition, to coincide with the long Lunar New Year holiday, the restaurants and souvenir corners of the facility have been decorated with Lunar New Year decorations so that tourists from Greater China and other countries can enjoy themselves. I was receiving guests.
Kazuma Oshiro, head of the facility's planning and public relations department, said, ``At one point during the coronavirus pandemic, the facility was quiet, so I'm glad that tourists from Japan and abroad are coming.I hope they enjoy Okinawa.'' I did.
The limestone cave will be illuminated in pink until the 18th of this month, after which the lighting will return to normal blue.