Okinawa

Okinawa was the place I visited last week. It is approximately 1,000 nautical miles from Tokyo and it is 26 degrees latitude, almost as far south as Hawaii. But, when we got there, the temperature was only about 10 deg. C. (50 deg. F.) - very cold for the region. Obviously, I did not bother going to the beach. Here are some interesting things I saw there.

Local watermelons and muskmelons were sold right next to apples from Aomori.

Local vegetable, goya.

Local bananas (Shima-Banana).

Posters warning children not to touch un-exploded bombs were numerous. Amazingly, bombs from World War II are still found in tens every year in Okinawa.