January 2008
17 posts
Greetings From the Future
We’ve already been riding the “2008” wave for about 11 hours now. Kids, the future is bright. I’m seeing sun, fun, and adventure with an East Asian twist. Don’t forget to sip your champagne at midnight so you can join us in 2008!
December 2007
9 posts
"For Relaxing Time, Make it Suntory Time"
Although the Japanese seem more advanced than Americans in many areas, they don’t come close to Americans when it comes to the demand for modern convenience. For example, they do not generally use clothes driers, but rather prefer to hang their clothes on their balconies to dry. I’ve only seen one McDonald’s, and that was in the touristy part of town. There are no take-out...
Found Objects
Look what I found down by the sea shore today! Okay, full disclosure, it took me 3 trips to the sea shore to find these, but I did limit my scavenger hunt to the little slice of beach right by my house. I took great care to select the shells that weren’t….occupied.
Season's Greetings
We had a dandy island Christmas. The East China Sea skies opened up and drenched us as we were running home on Christmas eve, but then we awoke to a gorgeous and sunny Christmas morning. We were graciously invited to not one but two Christmas feasts. I made some tasty apple crisps and John busted out some delish homemade pumpkin pies. Boy did I hit the jackpot with this one! The second party...
Tonight, we swung by Sushi Zen, the Okinawa equivalent of Cheers. You can pop your head in any night of the week and always see someone you know (or someone John knows…but then, he knows a lot of people). The head Sushi chef used to have a restaurant in NYC till his mom got sick, so he moved back to his native Okinawa and opened up a hole in the wall with fantastic sushi and edamame. ...
Okay, so John may have the best law job ever. Get a look at this gorgeous photo. See that white building closest to the camera? Yep, that’s where he works. It’s about 1.5 miles from where we live (read: 5 minute commute). His office window looks out over a golf course (noon tee time, anyone?). Every Friday, one of his job requirements is to play Ultimate Football on the lawn by...
There are only about 10 television channels in English here. There are lots of syndicated sitcoms and the occasional good chick flick. My favorite parts about these channels are the Military TV commercials peppered throughout. John and I like to make fun of the many ridiculous topics they cover, the kind of basic stuff you’d see on Sesame Street, like “When you work out, be sure to...
This is a map of Miyagi Chatan Cho, where we live. We are actually situated next door to The Beach Hotel, indicated in the photo. There are no street names here, and streets don’t run in a grid….it is more like a rat’s maze, which is great fun to navigate when you’re brand new to the island! ...
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Sumeba Miyako
Welcome to my blog friends, family and random internet daytrippers. “Sumeba Miyako”, the perhaps temporary title of my blog, is a Japanese idiom meaning “Wherever one lives, one comes to love it.” Through the process of sharing my experience in Okinawa with you, I hope to uncover beauty in the details. By photographing and documenting all that is different about this...
