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The Good, The Bad and the Tugly
... so our only choice was to return to our “favourite” hostel and hope they had space.
Graeme and I jumped in a cab and away we went. The only trouble was that we had relied on Bryan and his GPS guidance system to get us there in the first place so we didn’t know how to direct the driver back to the hostel. In addition he spoke absolutely no English. Luckily, Graeme had remembered it was near a giant pachinko sign and we drove around until we ...
Sayonara, Japan!
... where we went through the shops. At American Village, Shekar had a unique experience – Doctor Fish. These are the little Turkish fish that eat dead skin off your feet. Shekar seemed to enjoy his 15 minutes of fish cleaning – with them nibbling at his feet. (I was content to take pictures!) After that, we rode the huge Ferris wheel found on top of the American Village shops. Just before going to base, ...
Shisa, Bingata, and School Life
... of Okinawa. We saw the bingata dye process, saw the weaving looms, visited the instrument center and watched him giving a music lesson. In the pottery building, we saw many of the Shisha dogs in production. (The Shisa dogs are found on most buildings as a good luck “charm”. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa) Then, on our way back, Dibbie gave us a ...
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 ...
Okinawa
... admission includes tea and local cookies! All of these made for an awesome afternoon experience of the castle.
On the day before our start to China-Andrea was invited along to view one of the dragon boat races at a nearby beach. Despite a call for a typhoon the waters were dead calm and the ...
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