Nago Pineapple Park

This guide to Nago Pineapple Park in Nago follows a roadside pineapple stand that opened in 1979, just as cheaper imported fruit was squeezing Okinawan growers out of business. It traces the gamble its owners made in 1992, rebuilding the stand into a theme park built entirely around the fruit, betting tourists would pay to wander among plants farmers could no longer sell at a profit. You'll ride the driverless cart past some 120 pineapple varieties, and taste the wine made at the on-site winery.