Okinawa Rolls Out Red Carpet for Taiwanese, Chinese

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Yu Miyaji, OKINAWA/ Taiwanese hit remote islands en masse. Asahi Shimbun, Oct. 16, 2010.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201010150377.html

Note:
(a) Japanese surnames:
Miyaji 宮地
Kosugi (photographer with credit): 小杉
Ryosawa 両沢
Nakayama 中山
(b) Ishigaki Island 石垣島
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishigaki_Island

* 垣 (pronounced "kaki"): fence
* 石垣: stone wall
(c) Naha, Okinawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naha,_Okinawa
(那覇 (市);  the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa; on Okinawa island)
(d) kariyushi shirt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariyushi_shirt
(section 2 History: first worn with the purpose of attracting tourists to Okinawa. Their inception began in 1970, when hotel association members started to wear them.)
(e) For Shurijo castle, see Shuri Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle
(Japanese: 首里城 Shurijō; in Shuri, a district of Naha; palace of the Ryūkyū Kingdom; destroyed in 1945; reconstructed in 1992; construction materials: stone, wood)

* 城 jō
(f) Kokusai Dori 国際 通り

通り, a thoroughfare

* official site
http://www.kokusaidori.org/

Click at the mid page the horizontal bar 那覇市国際通り県庁駅前商店街へはこちら (translation: 駅; へ (go) to; station; こちら here)
(g) takai 高い (adj)
yasuku 安く (adv) inexpensively
"shite" is short for "shite kudasai" して ください/ 為て 下さい please do it (inexpensively)

(h) Pretz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretz
(i) seirogan 正露丸, by Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 大幸薬品株式会社
http://www.seirogan.co.jp/
(j) rice cooker 電鍋
(k) Yonaguni Island 与那国島
(l) Taketomi 竹富 島

* Yaeyama District, Okinawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeyama_District,_Okinawa
(八重山 郡)

(m) TransAsia Airways 復興航空
www.tna.com.tw



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choi

本文通过一路BBS站telnet客户端发布

Yu Miyaji, OKINAWA/ Taiwanese hit remote islands en masse. Asahi Shimbun, Oct. 16, 2010.
http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201010150377.html

Note:
(a) Japanese surnames:
Miyaji 宮地
Kosugi (photographer with credit): 小杉
Ryosawa 両沢
Nakayama 中山
(b) Ishigaki Island 石垣島
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishigaki_Island

* 垣 (pronounced "kaki"): fence
* 石垣: stone wall
(c) Naha, Okinawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naha,_Okinawa
(那覇 (市);  the capital city of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa; on Okinawa island)
(d) kariyushi shirt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kariyushi_shirt
(section 2 History: first worn with the purpose of attracting tourists to Okinawa. Their inception began in 1970, when hotel association members started to wear them.)
(e) For Shurijo castle, see Shuri Castle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuri_Castle
(Japanese: 首里城 Shurijō; in Shuri, a district of Naha; palace of the Ryūkyū Kingdom; destroyed in 1945; reconstructed in 1992; construction materials: stone, wood)

* 城 jō
(f) Kokusai Dori 国際 通り

通り, a thoroughfare

* official site
http://www.kokusaidori.org/

Click at the mid page the horizontal bar 那覇市国際通り県庁駅前商店街へはこちら (translation: 駅; へ (go) to; station; こちら here)
(g) takai 高い (adj)
yasuku 安く (adv) inexpensively
"shite" is short for "shite kudasai" して ください/ 為て 下さい please do it (inexpensively)

(h) Pretz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretz
(i) seirogan 正露丸, by Taiko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 大幸薬品株式会社
http://www.seirogan.co.jp/
(j) rice cooker 電鍋
(k) Yonaguni Island 与那国島
(l) Taketomi 竹富 島

* Yaeyama District, Okinawa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeyama_District,_Okinawa
(八重山 郡)

(m) TransAsia Airways 復興航空
www.tna.com.tw



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