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Good Wine Needs No Bush

So, as far as sites for a restaurant go, this has to be pretty high on the reckoning. Perched high on a hill in Yomitan, it has an unobstructed view over the East China Sea, which today runs from wine … Continue reading →

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A Million Tourists

Apparently a million tourists visit Okinawa every year. Must be tough being an instructor.

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Ah, March! we know thou art kind-hearted, spite of ugly looks and threats,

I have to have a car to get around and go to work and that kind of thing.  Hmmmm, Okinawa is really not very big, the roads are narrow and the standard speed limit is 50 kph! Do I really … Continue reading →

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“Gaaargh!”

After several days of dull pain and discomfort anaethetized by handfuls of Ibuprofen, I go to the dentist. The clinic is a small temporary building with a cute whale with big teeth as a logo. I go into the tiny … Continue reading →

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Goonishness

So let’s start with some food and some confusion.  One of the problems related to writing about restaurants is going to be that I have no idea of what the name of the restaurant might be nor the name of … Continue reading →

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Hello Okinawa

I will be in Okinawa, Japan for some time and thought it would be interesting to record impressions, experiences and reflections. As always, the best way to find out about anything is to go straight to Wikipedia; so to save … Continue reading →

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