I lie on my futon looking out of the huge windows that make up 50% of the wall space in my bedroom. I contemplate the rising sun and wait.  At 7:00 exactly speakers concealed in trees, trash cans, disguised as telegraph poles and parked cars burst into action with an electronically jingly jangly version of:

7:00 from futon

Blue, blue, my world is blue

Blue is my world now I’m without you

Gray, gray, my life is gray

Cold is my heart since you went away

The sound quality is excellent. It’s not just in Yomitan but all over Okinawa, maybe all over Japan, that the world comes to life with  jingly jangly. I wonder if they would play the tune if they knew the lyrics? Here is another stanza:

Red, red, my eyes are red
Crying for you alone in my bed
Green, green, my jealous heart
I doubted you and now we’re apart

Just the stuff to get up full of joy to start a new day.

At 5:00 pm the same system plays “Greensleeves” Don’t they know any Japanese tunes?