Hotel Rasso Kokusai Dori
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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... so we took in the “Rope Festival”. The centrepiece of the three day affair is a huge tug-of-war. It is so huge in fact that it is in the Guinness book of records for the largest rope and tug-of-war in the world.
It was announced that there were 24,000 people who participated from children to grandparents.
The rope was so big that it stretched about 300 meters in length and was a meter thick. Strands that were about 10 cm thick flared off the main rope and ...
Finding Nemo
... fast boat leaves for Zamami in the Kerama Islands. We are spending the last few days of the Japanese leg of our trip snorkeling and exploring these subtropical islands.
The ferry really does speed across the sea water and we dock in Zamami in less than an hour. Shozo is waiting at the dock for us and drives us to the Okinawa Resort that we found on the website “Hostelworld” . It was the only listing for Zamami but had good reviews ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... over to take some pictures at the nearby beach. On the way back to the car, I snapped a picture of the restaurant that Josh said was “off limits” – its main “dish” was a water pipe. We spent our last evening with Josh eating Nepalese food (similar to Indian). It was good food, and a good evening together. We dropped Josh off at the base about 8:30 with all of us trying to put on a ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... the Okinawa Christian School. (I have always thought I had a great view from my school office, but I’m a bit jealous of their view. They look out over the brilliantly blue China Sea and nearby islands from the top of the hill.) We so appreciate Dibbie taking the time to spend with us and for making the day so special. In the evening, we picked up our Marine ...
Royalty
Our Sunday started out with a visit to the Keystone Nazarene Church - Josh's church home for the past two years. What a warm and gracious group of people! We are so grateful that they have been his family while in Japan. This is an English church and seems to largely composed of military families. We got to take a field trip with Josh and his friends to the local FamilyMart (like 7-11) for breakfast. Evidently, this is ...