There isn’t a single day where I don’t think about Okinawa. Please take a look at some of the memoirs I collected from Ie Shima. Descriptions below:
Pic 1: Ie Shima, the mountain
Pic 2: The island Mascot Tachun, and me expressing my love for him.
Pic 3: A small clay container and yen found at the top of Ie Shima.
Pic 4: Group of young children I met while hiking Ie Shima. Started following me after they said something about “amerikajin” and I responded in my elementary Japanese.
Pic 5: Hibiscus flower garden 🌺
Pic 6: Mom and pop shop restaurant menu.
Pic 7: Food from said restaurant.
Pic 8: Pink lemonade hibiscus.
Pic 9: Pawn shop that helped the island’s economy recover, but was damaged in the battle of Okinawa.
Pic 10: Mass suicide ground where Japanese soldiers gave locals shape charges to commit mass suicide. I believe the pottery is what was once an intact pot that held skeletal remains of the locals that died here, but was damaged due to weather.
by _Jersey_Kid_