Exploring Nanjo April 6, 2010
Posted by Elisa Hough in Photos.Tags: bus house, Sashiki, sugarcane
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Now we are staying in Sashiki, a quaint and quiet neighborhood in the southeastern city of Nanjo. It’s about the exact opposite of Naha:
A friend of a family friend is letting us into her home for the week, and our only payment is helping take care of this little one, Chisato-chan:
It’s considered a pretty rural area by modern Okinawan standards, even with all paved roads and modern Western-style houses. There are a lot of sugarcane fields integrated with the residential areas:
We really haven’t gotten to explore too far yet, but I did find this curious tree:
And this home made out of a bus:
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It looks like from the Google map you are close to the Seifu-utaki. If you get a chance, do see it – it’s the mythological/real origin of Okinawan people and it is just heavenly.
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