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今日拝なびら
Okinawa has always been on my bucketlist. I didn’t think that I would have a chance to go during my time abroad, since it was pretty far away and not the cheapest to get to. I was thinking about planning a trip to Osaka when a friend mentioned that they were planning a trip to Okinawa the same weekend, so I hopped onto their plans!
I checked the weather report for Okinawa a week before my flight, and saw that it was raining until the exact day I was arriving. I felt pretty lucky, and the weather was absolutely beautiful. This was the view from the front porch of our AirBnB.
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We stayed in Itoman-Shi, right and the southern most part of the island. Our AirBnB was pretty close the coast. It was just a five minute walk to the shoreline. The tides were low during our stay, so we were able to walk out pretty far.
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We spent most of our time in Naha, Okinawa’s biggest city. There’s lots of shopping, restaurants, and a few beaches on the outskirts as well.
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One of the highlights of the Trip was Shuri Castle. It was once the palace of the Ryukyu kingdom, and has since been restored.
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The castle has a small café that sells a tea set with traditional Ryukyu sweets. It was so good that I ended up buying a box of chinsuko, one of the cookies to take home.
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We spent one of the days of our trip entirely at the beach. A taxi driver recommended BiBi Beach, right by a resort.
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I hoped that I would never have to leave, but it’s time to move on to the next adventure.
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Sara Macconnell
<p>Hi! My name is Sara MacConnell and I'm studying abroad in Tokyo in Fall 2018. I've been taking Japanese classes since I was a freshman in high school, so I'm very excited to spend a whole semester getting to put my language skills to use! I'm a rising senior at the University of Puget Sound where I study Japanese and Business Administration. On campus, I'm involved in greek life, I'm the publicity chair for Students Against Sexual Assault, I do costume design for the theater department, and I work in my school's study abroad office. My favorite things to do are photography, hiking, cooking, trying new restaurants, and watching Netflix with my friends.</p>