These pictures are from our first day. We arrived in Okinawa on Friday morning and Holly Anna picked us up at the airport and the fun immediately started (besides being on the end of the island with a lot of the historical sights, she wanted to make sure we stayed awake until evening. Good plan, by the way.) You will see pics of Shuri Castle, a highly significant shrine area for the Japanese, but also very significant in WWII. The Japanese Naval Underground Headquarters during WWII. This was ingenious and was part of the reason that the battle for this island took almost 3 months and nearly a quarter million lives. Pics of the Peace Prayer Park where the war really ended for Okinawa. The memorial that you see (much like the Vietnam Memorial) has the names of not only the Japanese soldiers who died, but all other soldiers and civilians as well. Very impressive. The lovely Holly Anna is standing by one of the shrine areas in the park. Lastly, it did a grandfather good to see how the numerous school groups loved Juniper. Everywhere we went the old and young Japanese alike loved talking to her in Japanese. It was fun to see.
Finally, thanks again to the Dalpias family for being such terrific hosts and the loads of fun that we had!
Stayed tuned . . . . more to come later.
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