When i learned that i was going to move to Japan with my husband one of the things that i was excited about were the holidays, and finally getting a chance to spend them together. Halloween is the first one up, we both bought costumes online and were waiting anxiously for their arrival. Mine came a week in advance but husband's costume never got the chance[...]
We haven't done much exploring since our trip to the Aquarium but on Saturday we had to take the husbands car to the shop to get the breaks replaced and we found ourselves driving around Camp Foster and American Village, looking to kill time. We had brunch at Cactus Eatrip Café, walked around the shops of American Village, as well as the PX and the Furnitu[...]
We finally visited the place i've been wanting to go since we first got the news of our PCS. If you research Okinawa, one of the things that will pop-up is this awesome Aquarium, especially since it was awarded the Guinness World Record for having the largest tank in the world (now the Georgia Aquarium has the largest). The name "Churaumi" was cho[...]
This past weekend was the Giant Tug of War Festival in Naha, the capitol of Okinawa. This festival is the largest traditional cultural event in Okinawa, as it passess down the tradition of Naha's four towns from the days of the Ryukyu Kingdom. This tug-of-war represents the city as the rope, symbolizing the trade and commerce by the tugging of the rope. I[...]
Today was our first Okinawa Beach adventure and we were so excited to get back to what makes us feel right at home. We are both islanders and the beach just has a way of making everything feel better. I had seen pictures and i had heard stories about how the beaches here were... but nothing prepared me for the beauty that lied at the end of a 45-60 minute d[...]
Sayonara to having to rely on people to drive us around island, we finally have our own cars to take us exploring and back. Most of you may not know (the same way i didn't) that Japan is one of the 33.9% of countries in the world that practice left-hand traffic. I learned this while researching before our PCS and i couldn't believe it, as did anyone i told,[...]