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• Taketomi, Japan

  
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  Location on google map [IMG: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U8A0KUNDTfk/UYZGDuBONdI/AAAAAAAAAMs/MFOL4Y2kz3U/s640/047_taketomi.jpg]
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• A Green Turtle & A Boy – Kazuo Oga Art Book Review

  
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  A Green Turtle & A Boy (Umigame To Shonen) is a picture book/short novel illustrated by famed Ghibli background artist Kazuo Oga ( read more about his amazing 2007 background art exhibition ) and written by Japanese novelist Akiyuki Nosaka. Many of Nosaka-san’s novels have been adapted into successful films, ...
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• Hegemonic Warfare Watch: China wants Okinawa too

  
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  Onion harvest near Checheng in Pingtung. In the Peoples Daily, two "scholars" argue that Okinawa is Chinese, a pattern that has been emerging more and more in the last few years. The Chinese government coyly refused to take a position ( bloomberg ).... China refused to confirm that Okinawa belongs to Japan after ...
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• 鳩

  
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  Musim panas baru bermula. Hari ini suhu naik 25c dan semakin panas hingga 31c. Selepas September, ia menurun kembali untuk pusingan bulan sejuk pula. Suhu 25c itu seakan suhu di persekitaran bukit-bukit di Malaysia. Makanya mulai musim panas ini, pintu utama rumah saja tidak tutup waktu siang. Terdedah ...
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• La Tejadita Ichiban

  
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  CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA RUIZ NAZARIO   La Tejadita Ichiban sounds like a Mexican-Japanese fusion restaurant, but it’s actually a cute takeout pizza joint close to Kadena on 329 just off of 85 (toward Yellow Box). Although their menu is limited and the prices are about average to mid-range, the pizza is ...
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• Yaeyama Museum Ishigaki

  
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  八重山博物館, 石垣 In the center of Ishigaki city in the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa , is the small and somewhat quaint, Yaeyama Museum. The Yaeyama Museum contains a collection of the local crafts of Ishigaki and the other islands in the Yaeyama chain including traditional boats and canoes, festival ...
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• 2013 Okinawa Hai Calendar – May

  
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  The 2013 calendar was only available for a couple of short months at the end of 2012 and the beginning of this year.  In case you missed the opportunity to purchase one for yourself, we’d like to show you what you’re missing. This was May’s page: Dragon Boat Race Photo Credit: Tony Castellani; ...
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• Naha Dragon Boat Races

  
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  This post was originally published on September 6, 2012. We’re pulling it out of the archives for you to enjoy. The Naha Boat races are held on May 5th of each year, which is tomorrow.  Given that Okinawa Hai’s Content Editor, Heather, raced with the Army women’s team in 2010, we *highly* recommend taking ...
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• Tojin Baka Ishigaki

  
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  唐人墓, 石垣 Driving west along the coast road from Ishigaki city in the Yaeyama Islands of  Okinawa , is the colorful Chinese-style tomb memorial of Tojin Baka just off the highway. The memorial is dedicated to a group of Chinese laborers who were being transported from Xiamen (Amoy) to the USA in 1852 ...
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• Scientists Build Baseball-Playing Robot With 100000-Neuron Fake Brain

  
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  Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have built a small humanoid robot that plays baseball — or something like it. The bot can hold a fan-like bat and take swings at …Read more… Sponsored Links: SportApps.mobi Your Own App ...
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• Gongendo Shrine Ishigaki

  
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  権現堂,石垣 Gongendo Shrine on Ishigaki Island in Yaeyama, Okinawa , is situated right next door to Torinji Temple just a short way west of Ishigaki Port on Yui Road (Route 79). Gongendo Shrine was constructed in 1614 and rebuilt in 1786 after it was destroyed by a tsunami in 1771. Gongendo was ...
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• Best Locations to Live in Okinawa

  
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  Where Are the Best Places to Live in Okinawa? With all the American military bases around Okinawa, there is a continues flow of people moving to Okinawa. So where are the best places to live if you are moving to Okinawa? Most people move to Okinawa because of the Military, either they are stationed there, or working ...
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• A Question About Nakayama Nariakis Character

  
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  Shimazu Nariakira (1809-1858) [Warning - a Work In Progress - Wonky and Speculative] A few days ago I put forth a suggestion for what Japan commentators should say when they are asked, "Why are Japans politicians such idiots when it comes to the feelings aroused by actions and words that seem to slight the ...
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• China debt out of control, crisis could be worse than U.S. housing market crash

  
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      Chinas local government debt "out of control": says Auditor : The spectre of massive local government debt threatens to haunt China, with a senior Chinese auditor warning that the debt is "out of control" and could spark a bigger financial crisis than the US housing market crash. The IMF rating agencies and ...
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• Worth A Thousand Words: Ready… Lift

  
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  Landing support specialists back away after connecting a Humvee to a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey during external lift training at Subic Bay, Philippines. Read More
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• Ramen Kameya

  
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  CONTRIBUTED BY MELISSA RUISZ NAZARIO Throughout college, ramen meant a brick of hard, cardboard-like noodles and a silver packet of powder “seasoning.” Thanks to living in Okinawa, I’ve since discovered “real,” authentic ramen, with freshly made noodles, tasty broth, veggies (that haven’t been ...
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• Kabira Bay Ishigaki

  
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  川平湾,石垣 Kabira Bay ( kabira wan ) on Ishigaki Island in the Yaeyama Islands of  Okinawa , is Ishigakis main tourist draw and is an awe-inspiring and beautiful natural site. Kabira Bay is famous for its lovely emerald colored water, cultured black pearl industry and incredibly fine white sand. ...
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• Okinawans “Lay Traps Around US Base”

  
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  Opponents of US bases in Okinawa have outraged many Japanese by resorting to “terrorist” tactics, including vandalising the fences around the bases and then laying “traps” for those trying to clean them up. Osprey deployments to American bases in Okinawa have intensified the already notorious anti-base ...
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• Torinji Temple Ishigaki

  
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  桃林寺,石垣 Located a little west of Ishigaki Port on Yui Road (Route 79) is Torinji Temple, which according to the official tourist pamphlet was the first Buddhist temple built on the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa . Torinji, which belongs to the Zen sect, was built in 1614 and now sits right next door ...
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• Ishigaki Port

  
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  石垣港 Ishigaki Port is the major ferry hub of the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa with ferries to Taketomi Island (10 mins), Iriomote (40 mins), Kuroshima (30 mins), Kohama (30 mins), Hateruma (60 mins) and Yonaguni Island (4 hours). There are no longer ferry services from Ishigaki to mainland Japan or Naha. ...
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