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FINALLY IN JAPAN!!!!

So, after flying well over 15 hours (getting on the plane at 6 AM on Monday to getting to our last destination at 9 PM on Tuesday…the sun was chasing us) we finally made it to Okinawa!!!!!!  OH MY GOSH WE STOPPED IN TOKYO TO GET TO OKINAWA!!!!!! WE ARE IN JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!  Finally the excitement [...]

Himeyuri Reflections

Panoramic shot of the war memorial.

I found the Himeyuri student testimonials as well as the testimonials at the peace memorial very interesting. They brought the horrors of the war to light in a way that no American war museum would do, especially with all the school children around that we saw at both [...]

All over the city (Okinawa day 1)

The day began early. At 06:45 I was up and enjoying a Japanese breakfast. Alright, I think I might have eaten a bowl of unflavored yogurt that may have been cream cheese by how it tasted, but I’m a tourist, I guess I don’t know everything yet.

We took the monorail everywhere and went to [...]

こんばんは

今日は雨だったけど、よく歩(ある)きましたね。そして、たくさん写真ととりましたね。 首里城(しゅりじょう)で沖縄(おきなわ)の国王(kinng)のくらしが わかりましたね。みんな もうモノレールの達人(たつじん)です!また明日。