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• Doctor Fish

  
  Bridging Cultures — Authority: 119
  Here are some video coverage of our "Doctor Fish Adventure". First a couple of adorable children test out the waters filled with skin nibbling fish and give their honest opinion. Then the adults give a more reserved commentary on the experience. (Note this video was taken after our initial reaction of giggling ...
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• Guam awaits the Marines

  
  PRI's The World — Authority: 605
  The population of Guam is expected to increase by 50 % in the next four years. Thats because the U.S. military plans to redeploy thousands of Marines and their families from the Japanese island of Okinawa. The move could bring an economic boom to the Pacific island but it threatens to strain Guams infrastructure as ...
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• Okinawa Day 2

  
  Bridging Cultures — Authority: 119
  Christmas Day in Okinawa Reindeer - "How am I supposed to land the sleigh with no snow!?" We started the day by opening stockings. Here Lisa is delivering the gifts to the others. (These apartments are on the school campus - You can see the school in the background.) Then went out to breakfast at ...
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• For a Peaceful New Year: The Kuroshio Sea

  
  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 130
  The Kuroshio Sea: Japan’s Spectacular 2-Million Gallon Aquarium Tank Kuroshio Sea is an amazingly peaceful five-minute short film from the acclaimed filmmaker Jon Rawlinson , accompanied by music (“Please Don’t Go” by Barcelona).  Rawlinson studied at the Vancouver Film School, where he was a top ...
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• Breakfast in Okinawa

  
  Jeffrey Friedl's Blog — Authority: 127
  Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 24 mm — 1 / 125 sec, f /5.6, ISO 360 — full exif & map — nearby photos Breakfast is (Self) Served at the Atta Terrace Hotel, Okinawa Japan, January 2009 Just getting started with passion fruit, sweet potato, some local bitter greens, and more... Were preparing ...
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• Okinawa Day 1

  
  Bridging Cultures — Authority: 119
  For Christmas break I went to Okinawa to visit my friends who all happen to work at Okinawa Christian School International (OCSI): Lisa (a 4th grade teacher), her brother, Jason (School Chaplain) and his wife, Janelle (teachers aide). Two years ago I spent Christmas with Lisa and her parents, Bob & Nancy ...
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• Update

  
  Remembering World War Two Airmen — Authority: 99
  Readers, so sorry for the lag since the last entry. I have been very busy finishing up the 95th Bomb Group history (it is now done) and also working on my next book, about World War Two in the Pacific. I had an amazing interview yesterday with a man who was in the Big Red One on Okinawa and won the Navy Cross for ...
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• Okinawa

  
  The Retro Blog — Authority: 117
  Hello retro readers! You may have noticed the recent lack of new posts. This was due to the fact that I went to Okinawa for winter break. Here’s some rare color footage from the battle of Okinawa.
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• Camera Talk: Parting Shot

  
  In the Know Traveler — Authority: 122
  If I timed this right, this will be my final Camera Talk for the year 2009. The Christmas and New Year Holiday seasons keep everyone pretty busy and I’m fairly certain no one wants to read a complicated camera lesson at this point in time. So, here’s a simple rule to apply, sometime, during your travels. FILL THE ...
  4 days ago

• Video: Addicting Aquarium

  
  The Expeditioner Travel Magazine — Authority: 512
  This short video of the world’s second largest aquarium in the world — Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan (the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is the record holder, for now, until this beast in Dubai opens next year) — is strangely hypnotic given that it’s a single-shot of a bunch of marine life swimming by at a ...
  5 days ago

• Anthony Gets Crabby at the Shore

  
  Jeffrey Friedl's Blog — Authority: 127
  Nikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 @ 200 mm — 1 / 500 sec, f /10, ISO 3600 — full exif & map — nearby photos Inspecting a Tiny Hermit Crab At the end of my previous post, about TaketomiIsland in the far south of Japan, wed stopped at a cafe for cake andcoffee. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm ...
  1 week ago

• Mixed Signals From Japan On Okinawa

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 161
  Click On Image to Enlarge (Image from Asiarights ) Japan : Moving U.S. Base To Guam Unreasonable -- Defense News TOKYO - Relocating a contentious U.S. airbase from southern Japan to Guam is "unreasonable" from the standpoint of national security, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told a radio program. Hatoyama ...
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• Taketomi Island Roundup

  
  Jeffrey Friedl's Blog — Authority: 127
  NOTE : Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size. Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 56 mm — 1 / 200 sec, f /11, ISO 360 — full exif & map — nearby photos Modern Conveyances ...
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• Zany Roof Guardians on Taketomi Island, in the Far South of Japan

  
  Jeffrey Friedl's Blog — Authority: 127
  Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 70 mm — 1 / 640 sec, f /5, ISO 200 — full exif & map — nearby photos Roof on Taketomi Island replete with twin rabies-crazed guard devil dogs Taketomi Island, Okinawa, Japan Last spring we made a short trip to Ishigaki Island in thefar south of Japan, just this ...
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• Introducing Irem’s First Retail PS3 Game

  
  Siliconera — Authority: 704
  Don’t get too excited. It’s a sequel to their long running pachislot series.
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• Ramen Kagetsu Arashi (Ticket Restaurant)

  
  okinawa hai! — Authority: 128
    I know I have said this before but I love eating out in Okinawa – it makes me feel like my life is so interesting.  I asked the hubs recently, “Will our lives be this interesting when we return to the states?”   And to this he says “Is our life interesting now?”  The urge to strangle him grew, as it ...
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• Patagonia Japan Employees Team Up to Defend the Dugong

  
  The Cleanest Line — Authority: 118
  Todays post comes from Yoko Okuya, of Patagonia Japans Marketing Department. Together with four of her colleagues from a variety of locations throughout Japan, Yoko and her team are taking an innovative approach to Patagonias Environmental Internship Program by participating in a series of habitat surveys stretching ...
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• DPJ – Preparing to retreat?

  
  East Asia Forum — Authority: 532
  Author: Tobias Harris As the Hatoyama government approaches the end of its first 100 days in office, the air is thick with condemnation of the DPJ-led government’s handling of the relationship with the United States, particularly the ongoing dispute over the future of Futenma air station and the US presence in ...
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• Camera Talk: Here a Tripod is a Must

  
  In the Know Traveler — Authority: 122
  Take a second of your time when shooting a treasure discovered during your travels. Yes, a full second, that’s what it takes sometimes when you are trying to capture a sharp photo in difficult lighting. Museums, caves, art and sculpture exhibits, anything that lacks a bit of natural lighting can present challenges ...
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• Rep. Jack Murtha (D, PA) looking for a soft place to land?

  
  RedState — Authority: 776
  Mayyyyybe : Rep. John Murtha’s (D-Pa.) campaign has asked the Democrats’ reelection arm to write a memo detailing how he can use funds in his campaign account if he retires. [snip] The office acknowledged asking the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for the advice, but explained that it did so ...
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