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Itoman Retreat

Sacred Body Prayer Experience — Okinawa, Japan

Utaki sacred groves, war memorials, and the sea. Walk through Itoman — a town where prayer is part of everyday life — with a guide born of this land, and reconnect with life through your body in this 3-hour retreat.

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Featured on QAB (Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting) "CATCHY" →

Concept

A journey of the body,
in a town of prayer

Around the world, "Spiritual But Not Religious" travel is quietly growing — journeys that reconnect us with life not through religion, but through the body and the senses, rooted in the culture of a particular land.

This is that experience, in Itoman. Guided by tazuko — a belly dancer and somatic artist whose family roots run deep in this town — you will visit utaki (sacred groves), war memorial sites and the sea, and open your body through Sacred Body Meditation on the beach.

The seaside in Itoman, Okinawa Meditation in the nature of Itoman
Guide

Your Guide | tazuko

tazuko, your guide in Itoman

Inheriting the memories that sleep in this land — through the body.

tazuko is a belly dancer and somatic artist with the Okinawan entertainment production Origin Inc., and a graduate of the textile & dyeing design course at Shuri High School. With family roots in Itoman, she lives rooted in this land today, raising her children here.

Out of more than twenty years of exploring the body and the senses — interwoven with Okinawa's living culture of prayer — was born "Sacred Body Meditation." Neither sightseeing nor spiritualism: as one who lives on this land, she offers time to feel the climate of prayer and life in Itoman. She also works on training local guides and shaping new forms of tourism.

photo by Shoka Arakaki

Media

Featured on QAB "CATCHY"

The retreat was featured on Okinawan television (QAB) as an experience of facing yourself through the body while visiting Itoman's nature and places of prayer. (Video in Japanese)

Plan

Plans & Pricing

Meditation on the beach in Itoman Walking among the rocks and greenery of the Itoman coast Standing before an old banyan tree at a sacred site Sacred Body Meditation in the shallow water Standing in the shallows of the Itoman sea Looking up at the sky through coastal rock Bare feet in the clear tide pools Feet resting in the shallow water The phoenix tattoo of guide tazuko by the sea

The private retreat price is per group (1–4 guests, tax and taxi charter included). For 5 or more guests, please contact us in advance as a larger vehicle may be required. Instant booking with free cancellation is available on Viator.

Contact

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