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derainjapan · 7 years

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So during the beginning of May I got to go on a trip to Okinawa with my friend! Unfortunately we had to take separate flights so it was kind of nerve racking to book a plane and a shuttle and like make sure I get everywhere on time but I managed somehow.

I used Peach Airlines, which has super cheap flights for domestic Japan trips and also internationally to nearby Asian countries, so my airfare was pretty decent!

The first day of the trip was mainly me flying to Okinawa and trying to find the Airbnb, it took longer than expected cause my friend was taking a nap so she couldn’t give me proper directions to the place. But she eventually woke up after I messaged her a couple times and described the Airbnb building in better detail. After I settle down at the Airbnb we went out to Kokusai Dori, which is a street that’s filled with shops and restaurants - the perfect tourist trap. We ended up enjoying an all you can eat buffet on the street before heading back home

The next day we walked all the way to Shuri Castle. In the grounds there were little stamp stops where you could collects stamps on your brochure and read up on the history of the castle while you do it. It was really fun, the only downside was that it took a while to walk to the castle that we didn’t have time to actually go inside. So instead we walked around the outside (which was still beautiful and had plenty of stuff to see) and watched a Ryukuan dance performance. I took a sanshin class back at University of Hawai’i at Manoa so I was excited to see the dances that go with the music. At the end of the day we went to Mibaru Beach, the water was clear and beautiful! We spent a couple hours there taking pictures and sitting in the water and took a taxi back home.

The next day we went on a snorkeling trip with this company called SEASIR, it was so much fun! I usually am kind of scared of the ocean but I new that I had to at least try to snorkel in Okinawa because the water and reefs are so beautiful. The company provided us with everything we needed and gave a little run through on how to use the snorkel and fins. We were split into group with a guide and we swam around in the water together look down at the colorful fish. I got to see 2 sea turtles, 1 cuttlefish and a seasnake! Some other people said they saw a shark but I’m glad I didn’t because I knew I would have been out of the water for the rest of the trip! I highly recommend SEASIR to anyone thinking about diving or snorkeling in Okinawa.

#okinawa #okinawan #ryukyuan #ryukuan #japan #japanese #ocean #island #beach #kerama island #mibaru beach #seasir #snorkeling #diving #shuri castle #shuri #castles #kokusai dori #kokusai

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faradaysketches · 5 years

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Kokusai-Dori, Tokyo. April 2019

#kokusai-dori #tokyo #japan #urban sketch #urban sketchers #usk #ink drawing #Illustration #fineliner #Pen and Ink #on location #zebra crossing #Street Scene #Architecture #building #steve faraday

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foto-junkie · 7 years

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When going straight looks like going left.

#okinawa #kokusai dori #street snapshot #contax g1 #35mm #film #kodak #portra 800 #analogue photography #blue + palm tree

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ushijimacentral · 3 years

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Vacations the Haikyuu Boys Would Take You On

Seijoh Edition

a/n: google travel was my friend for this one

OIKAWA

Spain

probably already knows spanish from living in argentina

was absolutely mesmerized by the flamenco show

went on a hunt for the best paella

wine tasting for sure

he had to see at least one soccer match before you guys left

IWAIZUMI

Brazil

i can just see this man being in brazil

swimming in waterfalls

visiting as many national parks as possible

you guys definitely went caving too

art museums if the weather isn't good

KUNIMI

Okinawa

it's already part of japan so he wouldn't have to learn any new languages

naha kokusai dori shopping street

scuba diving

relaxing on the beach for sure

overall a lazy, do what you feel like, sorta vacation

MATTSUN

England

this man has a classiness about him

big ben, buckingham palace, and the national galleries are must sees on his list

finds a hidden little cafe where you guys can have an authentic english tea time

getting matching keychains

#seijoh #aoba johsai #aoba josai headcanons #oikawa #oikawa headcanons #iwaizumi hajime #iwaizumi headcanons #kunimi #kunimi headcanons #matsukawa #matsukawa headcanons #haikyuu

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maretuguphotograph · 3 years

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With a dragon boat on Kokusai-dori in Okinawa Naha city

#okinawa #naha #photo

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eveningdresseswithtrain · 3 years

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Girls here usually get married dressed in special outfits, which are inherited from their ancestors!%^^(~ white wedding dress origin

At the centre of Kokusai-dori's bustling shopping arcade at Heiwa-dori floral dresses for women, one of the many roofed malls with stalls selling everything under the sun, sits sygdljdress20112 the Makishi Public Market. In this indoor market, half of the stalls are dedicated to pork and beef found locally and regionally. Prepare for sightings of vacuum packed pig's trotters and skins of whole pig heads. On the other side, you will find ice chests of different kinds of fish and crustaceans caught from the local waters, much like the wet markets in Singapore. Locals buy the parrotfish, groupers, slipper lobsters and tiger prawns home for their own consumption dress styles for wedding, while tourists have their selections sent to the food stalls on the second floor food court to have them prepared immediately. If you're really adventurous with food, try the sea snake soup from here. ChinaTraditional wedding dresses in China are red. In this country, the color white symbolizes the time of mourning and funerals. After the marriage, the groom removes the red veil from the bride's head.HawaiiIn traditional Hawaiian weddings, the groom wears all white. Almost everyone who gets married here includes the flower garlands as a part of the wedding ceremony. And the brides often adorn their hair with fresh flowers.MalaysiaIn Malaysia, most wedding ceremonies are held in the Muslim tradition. The brides often choose a wedding dress with shades of purple, violet, or cream. Yemenite JewsMost Jewish communities have no special wedding garments. But Yemenite Jews are the exception to this rule. Girls here usually get married dressed in special outfits, which are inherited from their ancestors white wedding dress origin.

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ohakosubs · 4 years

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Nuclear Gypsies (生きてるうちが花なのよ死んだらそれまでよ党宣言), 1985 dir. Azuma Morisaki

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・The film’s english title is “Nuclear Gypsies” after the central subject matter, but the Japanese title is, as you may have noticed, much longer. The Romaji reading of the absurdly long title is “Ikiteru uchi ga hana na no yo shindara soko made yo to sengen”, which roughly translates to, “Declaration by the Being Alive is the Best - If You Die, That’s It Party” - “party” meaning a political party or faction. Going even deeper, the way “being alive is the best” is phrased alludes to the Japanese way of saying “silence is golden”, “言わぬが花” (iwanu ga hana), which in itself directly translates to “not saying is a flower”. Saying something is a “flower” in this way means that it’s “the best”, so in another way the first part of the title could be directly translated to “being alive is a flower”. It is never made explicit why this is the film’s title.

・Rafute is a signature Okinawan dish, usually consisting of cubed pork stewed in awamori (very strong Okinawan alcoholic spirit), soy sauce, dashi and sugar. Nearly all the body parts of a pig are more or less commonly eaten throughout Okinawa, which explains Barbara’s quip about the pig ears. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafute

・The Okinawan song first sung by Shimabukuro (the character almost only seen on screen playing a sanshin and singing) and then referenced several times throughout the movie is “Juku no Haru” 十九の春 (”Spring of My 19th Year”). Commonly misthought of as a traditional Okinawan folk song (perhaps because it was “adapted” from a much older village song whose composer is unknown), the first recording of the song was released in 1972 and has since been one of the most widely known folk songs representative of Okinawa. Though the lyrics tell a story from multiple perspectives, which make it a bit hard to comprehend, the song is about an older married man who plans to leave his wife for a younger woman from a brothel. The first 3 verses are sung from the perspective of the wife of the older man, and then the 4th and 5th verses are thought to be from the perspective of the man’s younger lover. The film only references the 1st verse and the 4th.

・There are a few things to note when the Captain says “This is the best place in all of Japan. The Peoples’ Republic of Okinawa, settled on the waves”. The first is that he may be referring to the Ryukyu (former name of Okinawa) independence movement, which has been present since the US occupation after WWII; the second is that “settled on the waves” is a play on words from the name of the eatery that Barbara’s family (?) runs, “Nami no Ue” 波の上、or “on the waves”.

・The Eisa festival is one of Okinawa’s biggest annual traditional festivals, held in late summer. https://www.visitokinawa.jp/information/eisa

・”Tokoyo-no-shima” is a mythological place from ancient Japanese folklore which conjures images of a “distant, otherworldly land”, and has the same connotation as “Heaven”, or at times, “Hades”. I believe the name comes from the story of Tokoyo, who sails to far off islands to search for her banished father. “Tokoyo-no-shima” is likely closely related to “Tokoyo-no-kuni”, which is the land beyond the living (like the afterlife, but not really sinister).

・Miyazato making a joke about wrapping things up in old newspaper and exchanging them for tissues refers to an old system in Japan where people could exchange things for tissue/toilet paper.

・Tadashi, an aspiring yakuza underling, refers to Miyazato as “aniki” 兄貴 which is a common way to politely address someone older or above you in rank (sometimes also of the same rank) within yakuza gangs. It translates literally to “(older) brother”, but I have avoided directly translating it to complicate the character relationships.

・A goza mat is a cheap mat made of rush, common in old Japanese houses.

・Kokusai Street (Kokusai-dori) is one of the main streets in downtown Naha, Okinawa.

・Many references are made to a “hanba” 飯場 which can mean a construction camp, bunkhouse or living quarters for workers depending on the context. In Nuclear Gypsies, they refer to the poorly kept living quarters that plant workers live out of, so translations of the term stem from “plant workers’ living quarters”, shortened when necessary.

・Aiko tells the story of how she was named by referring to words used when playing Japanese rock-paper-scissors, “Jan-ken-pon”じゃんけんぽん. I won’t go into the details of the language used in Jan-ken-pon, but the phrase “aiko deshou!”アイコでしょう！is what you say when the first round yields no winners, and so another round is required (usually in quick succession). The phrase “aiko deshou” literally means “it’ll be a tie, won’t it!”, which ties in to Aiko’s story about her name.

・There is a section in the film where Aiko reminisces about all the people she’s met, beginning with the people at the living quarters she was at. The rhythm of her pattern of speech gradually starts to follow a simple possessive grammar that is easy to say in Japanese but difficult to capture in English - for example, “tsume-kami no Takeuchi sensei” 爪噛みの竹内さん puts together the verb/noun - “nail-biting” - with the name of someone - “Mr. Takeuchi”, more or less indicating that the thing that represents that person the most is said verb/noun; an easier example is “Sawa from Shinonome” - “Shinonome no Sawa san”. These get very complicated and Japanese-centric as Aiko goes on, and while I have tried to capture the bizarre nature of her monologue, there is not enough subtitle space to fully translate the multitude of strange expressions she uses to describe all these people, all of them unique. Moreover, her dialogue begins to multiply around 2-3 times and overlap over one another, making it near impossible to transcribe all the things that are being said. Where possible I have included 2 simultaneous dialogue lines in the subtitles, but otherwise I have chosen to only transcribe and translate the lines that can be heard more or less prominently.

・“Distribution of mementos” refers to “katami-wake” 形見分け, a Japanese custom of giving away the belongings of someone that has recently passed away to family members or others close to the deceased.

・A fox’s wedding is a Japanese expression used to describe a sun shower. Where the term “kitsune no yomeiri” 狐の嫁入り is used, I have chosen to leave it in its literal translation rather than translate it as “sun shower”, as later in a pivotal scene where a sun shower happens, the characters refer to it using a different expression.

・At Aiko’s wedding, the “exchanging of nuptial cups” refers to “san-san kudo” 三々九度, a Shinto marriage ritual of exchanging sake cups between a newly wedded couple.

・When Ginko talks to Barbara about Maria’s future, she actually says something along the lines of her “living like a dog who’s being kept alive beyond its useful life”. This somewhat disheartening expression is “kaigoroshi” 飼い殺し in Japanese, whose kanji literally means “killing by owning”. The expression has come to mean someone who is being kept on a payroll despite not being utilized for their skills. I have tried to reflect this in the subtitles.

・When Miyazato mentions “hateful uranium”, the Japanese being spoken is “uraminyumu” 恨みニューム, which is a portmanteau of “urami” 恨み or “grudge, resentment, malice”, and the Japanese pronunciation of uranium. I couldn’t think of any appropriate ways of reflecting this play on words in English, so I have translated it normally.

・I could not find any reference to the Okinawan expression about hands and elbows mentioned by Tamae’s mother at the end of the film, so I’m unsure as to whether it’s real or not. Similarly, I could not locate any references to Shimabukuro’s ominous response “Higan-jirai jishiki, ichigan-jira ishiki”, so I am unable to translate it. It sounds vaguely Buddhist, or it may be some uncommon idiomatic expression - I have no idea, unfortunately. If anyone knows, feel free to get in contact and fill me in - I would love to know!

#80s #nuclear gypsies #english subs #ohako #azuma morisaki #ATG

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fytheboyz · 5 years

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@WE_THE_BOYZ: [JACOB] Pretty Okinawa 🤗 Kokusai Dori #okinawa #lotsofpicstogo (1, 2, 3, 4)

#the boyz #jacob #sunwoo #q #younghoong #p:twitter #era:the only #190220

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lullabyes22-blog · 5 years

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Okinawa

I’ve received some asks about my trip to Okinawa in 2014, so I thought I’d share a few pictures. Beware the crap quality, as I was rocking an Android in those days (with the battery life of a dying firefly).

I visited Naha, the capital city, as well as renting a car to sightsee further up North. On the whole, the place is both tranquil and incredibly beautiful, with friendly locals and delicious food. If you can, I highly recommend paying the island a visit!

Pictured Above: View from Mie Castle

Scenes from Naminoue Beach + Naminegou Shrine

Snaps from Fuzhou Gardens

Snaps from Shikinaen Gardens

Scenes from Shuri Castle

Tropical Dream Center + Ryukyu Village

Tsuboya Pottery Street

Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum

Manza Cape

Scenes along Kouri Island

Views along Kokusai Dori

Scenes from American Village

Assorted scenic type snaps

#okinawa #naha #travel #japan

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ambarawanihonkurabu · 5 years

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20 tempat sarapan hotel terbaik di Jepang tahun 2019!

Sarapan hotel di Jepang mungkin bukan satu-satunya yang dikejar ketika kamu berkunjung ke Jepang, namun faktor ini bisa menjadi salah satu alasan juga dalam kamu mem-booking sebuah hotel ketika berada disana. Pada 23 April lalu, situs TripAdvisor merilis tentang 20 tempat sarapan hotel terbaik di Jepang tahun 2019 ini yang bisa kamu jadikan pilihan ketika berkunjung ke Jepang nanti untuk menikmati sarapan terbaik di hotel selama berada disana.

Simak urutannya untuk tahun 2019 ini:

20. Hotel Ocean Naha Kokusai-dori (ホテルオーシャン那覇国際通り) / Naha, Okinawa Prefecture

Hotel Ocean Naha Kokusai-dori (ホテルオーシャン那覇国際通り) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

19. Natural Hot Spring Nusamai no Yu La Vista Kushirogawa (天然温泉幣舞の湯ラビスタ釧路川) / Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture

Natural Hot Spring Nusamai no Yu La Vista Kushirogawa (天然温泉幣舞の湯ラビスタ釧路川) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

18. Hotel Nikko Kanazawa (ホテル日航金沢) / Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture

Hotel Nikko Kanazawa (ホテル日航金沢) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

17. Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay (ホテルオークラ東京ベイ) / Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture

Hotel Okura Tokyo Bay (ホテルオークラ東京ベイ) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

16. Hotel Active! Hakata (ホテルアクティブ! 博多) / Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Hotel Active! Hakata (ホテルアクティブ! 博多) / Fukuoka Source Photo: TripAdvisor

15. Hotel JAL City Nagano (ホテルJALシティ長野) / Nagano, Nagano Prefecture

Hotel JAL City Nagano (ホテルJALシティ長野) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

14. Vessel Hotel Ishigakijima (ベッセルホテル石垣島) / Ishigaki, Okinawa

Vessel Hotel Ishigakijima (ベッセルホテル石垣島) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

13. Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport (ホテル日航関西空港) / Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture

Hotel Nikko Kansai Airport (ホテル日航関西空港) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

12. Hotel Nikko Kochi Asahi Royal (ホテル日航高知旭ロイヤル) / Kochi, Kochi Prefecture

Hotel Nikko Kochi Asahi Royal (ホテル日航高知旭ロイヤル) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

11. Kobe Kitano Hotel (神戸北野ホテル) / Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Kobe Kitano Hotel (神戸北野ホテル) Source Photo: Trip Advisor

10. Hotel JAL City Miyazaki (ホテルJALシティ宮崎) / Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture

Hotel JAL City Miyazaki (ホテルJALシティ宮崎) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

9. Tokyo Station Hotel (東京ステーションホテル) / Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Prefecture

Tokyo Station Hotel (東京ステーションホテル) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

8. Kanazawa Sainoniwa Hotel (金沢彩の庭ホテル) / Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture

Kanazawa Sainoniwa Hotel (金沢彩の庭ホテル) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

7. Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima (城山ホテル鹿児島) / Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture

Shiroyama Hotel Kagoshima (城山ホテル鹿児島) Source Photo: Trip Advisor

6. Hotel Rocore Naha (ホテルロコアナハ) / Naha, Okinawa Prefecture

Hotel Rocore Naha (ホテルロコアナハ) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

5. Vessel Inn Sapporo Nakajima Koen (ベッセルイン札幌中島公園) / Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture

Vessel Inn Sapporo Nakajima Koen (ベッセルイン札幌中島公園) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

4. Hotel Clubby Sapporo (ホテルクラビーサッポロ) / Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture

Hotel Clubby Sapporo (ホテルクラビーサッポロ) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

3. Century Royal Hotel (センチュリーロイヤルホテル) / Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture

Century Royal Hotel (センチュリーロイヤルホテル) Source Photo: Trip Advisor

Ranking 3 untuk sarapan hotel Jepang tahun ini berada di hotel yang terdapat di Hokkaido. Sarapan buffet dengan berbagai macam varian, termasuk chinese food dan beberapa pilihan dessert yang dapat kamu coba. Salah satu pengunjung memberikan pengalamannya “Ini makanan buffet yang sangat enak, kamu tidak akan mendapatkan sayuran yang begitu segar di Tokyo!”

2. La Vista Hakodate Bay (ラビスタ函館ベイ) / Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture

La Vista Hakodate Bay (ラビスタ函館ベイ) Source Photo: TripAdvisor

Masih dari Hokkaido, sarapan terbaik kedua tahun ini ditempati hotel La Vista yang terdapat di kota Hakodate, Hokkaido. Mungkin dikarenakan makanan-makanan yang disajikan begitu fresh , Hokkaido menjadi pilihan yang tepat untuk mencicipi makanan Jepang yang luar biasa.

1. Hotel Piena Kobe (ホテルピエナ神戸) / Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture

Hotel Piena Kobe (ホテルピエナ神戸) Source Photo: Trip Advisor

Hotel Piena Kobe menjadi pilihan nomor 1 kembali di tahun ini sebagai yang terbaik dalam sarapan di hotel Jepang! sebagai catatan, hotel Piena Kobe sudah menempati ranking tersebut 7 tahun berturut-turut loh hingga saat ini!

Jadi, sudah dicatat untuk pilihan sarapan kamu di Jepang nanti? ^_^

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