Okinawa Travel Blogs - Page 2

Went to the Churaumi Aquarium, some Tokyo Shrines, Shibuya (Tokyo's Time Square), felt one earthquake and got to be extras in a Orion Beer commerical. Free beer all day!

Visit to Okinawa during typhoon!

Ishigakijima is the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group in Okinawa. It takes about 3 hours from Osaka by air. We visited Ishigakijima with my colleague on business, in 2004.

In March 08 I had to go to Yokosuka on business, but the trip also afforded opportunities to visit Tokyo and join Jenny for leave in Jenny's birthplace--Okinawa. My objective in Tokyo was to ride the biggest Ferris Wheel in the city (Japanese: 展覧車 (tenransha) or 大観覧車 (daikanransha) or (kanransh) at Kasai Rinkai Park. Our time in Okinawa was magical, with good weather, beautiful scenery/sunsets/beaches, and reunions with many friends from our time stationed there 2003-05.

Just a few pictures...

While in Okinawa I found the people there were really friendly.  The place there was really great and it felt like you were back in the states with all the american fast foods and restraunts.  While there I also met a nice person at the hotel where I stayed.  Junko thanks for making my stay ther…

I've been around the world and I still have many places to visit. But, I hope my pictures will inspire people to go and see some of the things that I have seen.

First Navy Detachment 2 weeks

Beautiful island.  Took a train up to see the cherry blossoms bloom at Nakijin, northern Okinawa.  Went to the Okinawa aquarium and saw the world's largest tank with held 3 whale sharks.  Impressive.  In southern Japan we stopped at the "last command" post on the island before t…

Okinawa, is always going to be my all time favorite place on this planet. I just can't get enough of it. One of the last few hidden treasures of the world, in my opinion. Here are just a bunch of random pictures that each hold a personal memory for me.

Good Times.

Plan on leaving on April 19th on a Space Available flight out of Travis Air Force Base to Yokota Air Base in Japan. Hope to catch another hop to Singapore and then a commercial flight to Sri Lanka, and the Maldive Islands.

Last Summer, I tipped Okinawa with my family. The sea is very clean and the iland is very pure and beautiful.

My first duty station in the Marines brought me to Okinawa Japan for 2 years. This was my first time outside the USA other than going to Mexico and turned out to be pretty awesome. My passion for travel started here.

The trip to Okinawa was only two weeks, but in that two weeks I felt i was able to explore a good bit of the island including hiking, boating, snorkeling, and of course the cuisine. I would totally go back and spend longer if given to opportunity to do so.