{"id":634,"date":"2011-11-17T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okinawa.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2011-11-18T00:35:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T00:35:25","slug":"tonaki-island-footlights-win-public-design-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/newsflash\/tonaki-island-footlights-win-public-design-award","title":{"rendered":"Tonaki Island footlights win Public Design Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judi.gr.jp\/english\/index.html\">Japan Urban Design Institute<\/a> recognized the Village Road Route 1 footlights of Tonaki Island with the Block Division Prize of the 1st Public Design Award.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zfwC92IZM4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.okinawatimes.co.jp\/article\/2011-11-17_26142\/\">According to an article in Okinawa Times<\/a>, the village first started to set footlights from 2000 to 2005. The 152 lights along the 765 meter long road create a magical atmosphere, illuminating the coral stone walls and Okianwan red-tiled roofs under the starry sky. Tourists who stay in the traditional houses can enjoy the nature safely at night, thanks to the hearty footlights. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tonaki Island is only a ferry ride away on the Kume line from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomarin.com\/index.php\">Tomari Port<\/a> (link to Japanese website). The price and time table below:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">Price<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">Adults<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">Children (elementary school students or below)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">One way<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">2,380 yen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">1,190 yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">Round trip<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">4,520 yen<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"193\">2,380 yen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Days<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Leaving Naha<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Arriving in Tonaki<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Everyday<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">8:30 AM<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">10:45 AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Days<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Leaving Tonaki<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Arriving in Naha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">Everyday<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">10:15AM<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">12:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">April ~ October, Only on Fridays<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">15:45PM<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"145\">18:00PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japan Urban Design Institute recognized the Village Road Route 1 footlights of Tonaki Island with the Block Division Prize of the 1st Public Design Award. According to an article in Okinawa Times, the village first started to set footlights &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/newsflash\/tonaki-island-footlights-win-public-design-award\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,4,26,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-islands","category-newsflash","category-sightseeing-info","category-things_to_do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/281"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.okinawa.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}