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View over Naha
Posted by Daryl Johnson (Farnham, United Kingdom) on 9 November 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.
View over Naha city, Okinawa, taken from the grounds of Shuri Castle.
Although it's not exactly freezing cold yet in the Kansai area where I live, it was so good to fly for an hour and a half and be back into summer temperatures - I think it was around 30 celcius this day. And not humid! Fantastic.
Although I'm now in England, this blog will still feature photos from Japan for the foreseeable future.
I apologise in advance if I'm tardy with commenting on your blogs or returning comments during the week... I will get to you though!
KIJI from valenciennes, France
Not humid! So it's like mediteranean seaside :)
According to this photo, the buildings are not so hight
Have a nice sunday
9 Nov 2008 6:50am
@KIJI: Thanks KIJI. No, there are no huge skyscrapers in Okinawa...
standley from Carquefou, France
Beautiful overview on the city. Nice to have a place at 30°C at a one hour and half flight from your place!
9 Nov 2008 8:32am
@standley: Thanks standley! Yes it was very good!
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
The compo is amazing, and the stairs give it a punch :)
9 Nov 2008 3:17pm
@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine!
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Okinawa is a great place. I have just stay there for short times and was lucky not to have any typhoon coming. This is the reason why there are not high buildings there.
10 Nov 2008 1:30am
@akarui: Thanks Olivier!
akarui from Kagoshima, Japan
Sorry. I forgot to answer to your question. I was living in Kyoto for 1 year only, my Japanese wife is from Kagoshima...
10 Nov 2008 1:33am
@akarui: I see! You've seen a fair bit of Japan then...
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
I guess it's due to Hollywood, but it's strange to me to think of "freezing" in Japan --in spite of having seen movies like Tôkyô nagaremono.
11 Nov 2008 12:34am
@Twelvebit: Really? Cold is one of my strongest images of Japan... Hokkaido, skiing, Nagano, Japanese Alps, hot springs in the snow... it's a big part of the Japanese experience! I've never lived in as cold a climate as in Japan (far colder than the UK).
Twelvebit from Victoria, United States
I should know better, huh?, especially since one of my favorite scenes in Kill Bill is the Tokyo sword fight in the snow, and Tokyo Drifter also features a battle in the snow. I guess because it's an island on the edge of the Pacific I think of it as being more like Hawaii.
11 Nov 2008 9:54pm
@Twelvebit: It's one of the interesting things about this country - you have tropical Okinawa one end, frozen Hokkaido the other end, and everything in between. And Japanese people know how to make the most of every season.
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