Archive for March 2016
OKINAWA TRIP 9: RYUKYU MURA
By Jenifer Tull-Gauger On part two of our Monday in Okinawa, we drove out to Ryukyu Mura. Yes, I was the person taking pictures of school children. They ALL wear uniforms and carry large, expensive backpacks. They use the same backpack for years, even throughout all of their schooling. I thought our children and teens…
Read MoreOKINAWA TRIP 8: SURVIVING MONDAY MORNING TRAINING
By Jenifer Tull-Gauger After our day of rest, we started Monday morning raring to go. We went to Depue Renshi’s dojo to for karate training. It was adjacent to a freeway overpass. The Okinawan government owns this beautiful, large dojo. This is similar to the budokan in Naha, Okinawa, and other budokans in Japan that…
Read MoreOKINAWA TRIP 7: BEACH, AMERICAN VILLAGE AND DOJO BAR
By Jenifer Tull-Gauger On Sunday, we finally got time to relax and try to acclimate. In the morning we went to Araha Beach – this time to just hang out, and with no camera crew watching. I went beach-combing. The shells were very small, and/or broken. We waded in the jellyfish net area. The…
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