Monday, February 25, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
[EVENT INFORMATION - Feb 8th through April 14th]
I'm always looking for a good reason to head over to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and here's a great one! From tomorrow until April 14th they are hosting The Marie Antoinette Exhibition. The exhibition will feature 120 pieces of art which once belonged to Musée Carnavalet.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Sunday, February 3, 2013
APOC11 and the Okinawa International Orchid Show 2013 [Video]
This year we attended the Okinawa International Orchid Show 2013 located at the Tropical Dream Center in Okinawa, Japan. The event took place at the Ocean Expo Park near the beautiful Churaumi Aquarium and will run from now until February 11th.
Hundreds of orchids are on display and one new species is even making it's debut. Please check out the video and let us know what you think.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Ishikawa Park [video]
Park Week - Day 3: Today's video is taking us to Ishikawa Park. This park offers some wide open spaces to include a baseball diamond and even a beach. There is also a small skate park which is in "ok" shape and what looks like a staging area for live performances.
There is some mystery behind the park, however. Large cube like structures line the walking paths and make what looks like an underground area. The area is now closed off however it seems as though at one point you may have been able to walk through the structure. I have not been able to find any information on the park itself but if I so in the future I will be sure to share it with you.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Gorilla Chop Rock
You may have heard of The Old Man In The Mountain but here in Okinawa we have "Gorilla Chop Rock. This rock formation is a common enough site in Okinawa but if you look close you can see that it looks like a Gorilla doing a karate chop.
The location itself is a popular dive location in the Motobu area. It is easy to find as it sits just before the Motobu Port and has it's own parking area.
For those of us who are not divers this location is still a site to see.
The beach is small but beautiful and although it is immediately off the main road being below the level of the road somehow makes it very quiet. This is a great place to listen to the rush of the ocean.
Now, as I am not a diver I can't tell you about the actual dive location itself. In doing some research on the rock formation I found some dive sites which informed me that this is a great dive location for all times of the year. I also found some images of the area which seems to look nice. If you are a diver and have tried out this location and/or are going to try it now please leave a comment and let us know what you thought. This will help us let our viewers and readers if it's worth the trip as far as diving goes.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Life's Lessons: Sometimes a "road" is not a road PART 2
As per request here is the follow up to the video that I made earlier this week.