Ryukyu Kingdom Photos
I've decided to make this post a photo post, so I'll keep the writing to a minimum. It's enough to say that most of our pictures from our trip down to Okinawa are ready for viewing in the Gallery, dated 03/21/2006. But I had so much fun during our first weekend there that I thought I'd share some of my favorite pictures here. By the way, the Ryukyu Kingdom is what Okinawa was called back when it was it's own empire, before Japan and the United States and then Japan (again) took control. Saturday, March 11, we spent time at Shurijo Castle, the White House of the Ryukyuans. Sunday, we went up to a Pineapple Park and an Aquarium in Nago, in the northern part of Okinawa. Here's some pics, click on any to enlarge to supersize mode:
Nicki and Josh at Shurijo Castle
Traditional Ryukyu Outfit
Josh at Shikina-En Gardens
Shikina-En Gardens
GO PACK!!!
Sunset at Mihama and someone painted my alma mater on a wall.
Nago Pineapple Park
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Park
Is This Fish Smiling?
Sea Creatures Observing Humans Watching Sea Creatures
Joshua Clapping for the Whale and Dolphin Show
Nicki and Josh at Shurijo Castle
Traditional Ryukyu Outfit
Josh at Shikina-En Gardens
Shikina-En Gardens
GO PACK!!!Sunset at Mihama and someone painted my alma mater on a wall.
Nago Pineapple Park
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Park
Is This Fish Smiling?
Sea Creatures Observing Humans Watching Sea Creatures
Joshua Clapping for the Whale and Dolphin Showposted by Unknown | 7:54 PM
11 Comments:
Thanks for sharing the Pics of Okinawa (aka THE ROCK).
I spent a little over 3 years there and seeing some the pictures makes me realize how much I still miss it!
Thanks again and Great Blog!
Beautiful pics. It is SO gorgeous over there! Josh is starting to look so grown up too.
Yeah, he's a little man now. Just the other night he was "pretending" for the first time. He was pretending to eat rice then, he told me to eat some. It was really cute. Despite the rain, Okinawa was really beautiful and warm. We had a great time.
Glad to hear it. What a great getaway! Pretending is so much fun. Their little minds are so creative!
Looks like I have one more place I have to go visit during my stay there.
Who would have expected to see the Pack representing like that in Japan? You have to love that!
I was talking with my friend Dan from school today, he is planning on a road trip to see Yokohama's baseball team. Is that in the general direction of Yokusuka?
Jeff,
Yokohama is right between Tokyo and Yokosuka. The Yokohama Bay Stars our the closest baseball team to us, so I guess they're the equivalent of the Durham Bulls for folks in Raleigh. We're planning to check out a game sometime in the near future, too.
What was cool about that Wolfpack picture was that no other American universities were represented that way along the wall.
Mike
Really great pictures! I'm glad you guys had such a great. It looks and sounds like you guys had a lot of fun and enjoyed some nice weather!
The weather was a nice change from hum drum Yokosuka. A lot warmer but, it still rained alot. The aquarium was really pretty awesome.
I would have thought that it would be cool to see the Wolfpack sign written on a wall in a part of the world that you would never expect it. However, the Japanese have a different idea of the kind of people that would deface a public place. Just wanted to give you a different perspective.
David
David,
The area where the NC State sign was located is a seawall that contained all kinds of different pieces of artwork. We have a similar seawall outside our house, which is painted by a lot of the Japanese locals. I think maybe these things are a community project in some cases, not an attemt to deface public property, because it looks like a lot of them are done by children, written in Japanese characters and sometimes in broken English with typically kind words of peace and love.
I'm sure that - just like in the States - some people appreciate the seawall paintings and others don't.
Mike
Thanks for the explanation. I would be excited to have seen something from N.C. in Japan.
David
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