1) Attending a New Year's Eve celebration at the Futemna Cave Shrine...
2) Visiting Shuri Castle on New Year's Day...
Shuri Castle was originally built in the 14th century and served as the palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom. It was burned down and rebuilt several times over the centuries. During the WWII Battle of Okinawa it was completely destroyed and was rebuilt in 1992. For those with an appetite to learn more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle.
Supermarket LunchOne feature of most Japanese supermarkets is that they have a section of the store where you can buy ready-to-eat and ready-to-heat-up Japanese food. After you buy the food, you can then use a microwave conveniently located by the cash register to customize the eating temperature of your selected entree.
Jason Saves the Day - Sort Of
A mom and her son were flying a kite which then became stuck in this tree. Being the nice guy Jason is, he went and grabbed Denver to climb the tree and retrieve the kite. After Denver fell out of the tree during his kite-rescue attempt, Jason decided it was time to perform the rescue himself (pictured above). After retrieving the kite, he tried to return the kite to the mom and son. They were very reluctant and kept trying to give us the kite. However, in the end they agreed to take the kite back. Unfortunately, our act of service has a bad ending. About 15 minutes later, a mom and son showed up at the park with an expandable stick to retrieve the kite. They were quite confused when they couldn't find the kite in the tree. Jason then realized that he had given the kite away to some other bystanders. The actual owners of the kite must have left why he was fetching Denver. He should have given heed to Tina Turner's words: "We don't need another hero."
Second Park of the Day
After lunch we found another fun park in Naha. Denver enjoyed this exciting zip line over the pond of flesh eating carp.
7 comments:
Jason, you are just too nice giving those people a kite!! That's a funny story. You all seem to find some good roller parks, we need to follow you around sometime.
Happy New Year, We hope your good fortunes come true. We have decided your blog is our favorite educational site, because we are certainly learning a lot about Japan...thanks for all the history info, we love learning about it.
that kite story had me rolling! Man, that's good stuff! Your christmas card was the first we got. We miss you guys! happy new Year!
those parks look just as good as Disneyland! but even better cuz its FREE!
It must be winter there, for once you guys are wearing jackets, how would it be. Looks like you had a fun day.
Your New Year's looked sweet. I loved the kite story. I especially enjoy Jason's creative writing skills and his reference to a Tina Turner song. Beware of Japanese fanszor!!!
Spending New Years in Walmart is nothing compared to your guys'!! I'm glad you guys had a good New Year and Christmas!
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