In September of 2013, Mommy and Daddy left Adalyn with Mommom and headed off to Okinawa, Japan to visit Uncle Joseph!
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| Michael's only smiling because we haven't started the 10 hour international flight yet to Tokyo. |
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| Overly Helpful Chicken can only be found on Japan Airlines (Michael and I were so exhausted after traveling for 20+ hours that we fell asleep from Tokyo to Okinawa and missed our in-flight service). |
On our first day, Uncle Joseph and Aunt Kate take us to the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium on the north side of the island.
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| You can look, AND you can touch! Just don't pick them up or otherwise irritate them. |
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| I have no idea what the fluorescent thingies are at the top of the rock, but they were really pretty. |
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| Might as well be called a cuddlefish, it's so cute! But this is Japan, where cute is a currency. |
Sand worms dancing
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| This guy looks like he has feet. |
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| What a sea slug might look like |
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| What a venomous stonefish might look like...YIKES! |
The Kuroshio Sea Tank with three whale sharks and manta rays!
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| A whale shark and a manta ray photobomb our lovely group photo. |
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| Sea turtles! |
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| Super cute manatees! |
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| The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is a huge place. |
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| Dolphins! |
After walking all over the aquarium, we make our way to Hiji Falls!
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| Tommy Lee Jones is like a BOSS! This was a welcome sight to the beginning of a hot, long hike to Hiji Falls. |
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| Aaaaaaaaand we walk... |
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| ...and walk some more... |
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| This is a banana spider. It is larger than your hand...aaaaaaaaand we run! |
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| Still walking... |
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| Tada! We have finally reached Hiji Falls! Oooooooh...aaaaaaaah! |
After all the outdoor walking, we head indoors (and a little outdoors) to American Village!
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| Me posing next to the coolest mailbox ever! |
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| Michael's turn to pose next to the coolest mailbox ever! |
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| Japan has WAAAAAY better-engineered appliances than we do. This fridge door opens from both sides and efficiently uses its space. |
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| Joseph shows off a toilet seat that is WAAAAAY cooler than any we can get here. I mean, this thing has instructions! |
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| What an American Village in Japan might look like. |
