i dreamed a dream of okinawa

OKINAWA

what do you associate the name with?

probably many who know it associate it with beautiful beach, unique food, and interesting culture. my innocent and naive imagination about okinawa is always associated with beach and hot bikini girls.
something like japanese version of this:P (btw, this is the reason why i love to visit bulgaria again...)

last week, i made a business trip to okinawa. it was my first time to be on the main island of it. although i knew it was a business trip, i was really motivated to encounter this sort of dream girls somewhere somehow. and if i could i would be willing to move there without any hesitation.

but you know what, the life might be a box of chocolate but i reconfirmed that the reality was far from sweet, more like cruel. what came out from my box of okinawa was a pile of garbage and a pig farm.

ok, as a mystery hunter wanna-be(?), actually i felt really lucky to be able to visit these sites. these are not something that you could visit on your vacation or tourist guide books would recommend to visit. i would say it was a deeper side of okinawa.

however, at the same time as a okinawa beginner lonely single sexually-unsatisfied 27-year-old male, i couldnt give up my dream of okinawa hot girls in bikini.

however, it turned out that i was just dreaming a dream. while i was talking with some locals i got to know at a bar after work, it turned out that girls in okinawa wouldnt appear on a beach with bikini!! they wear stupid t-shirts on a beach as otherwise it would be too hot and they literary burn themselves.

no hot tanned okinawa girls with bikini on a beach...

it was the saddest wake up call ever.

somehow it reminded me of the first encounter to this weird lady, but totally opposite way.

tokyo wonderland 07: the latest trend of gardening in tokyo

gardening has become really popular in recent years all over japan, and tokyo is no exception. regardless of limited amount of land availability, tokyo urbanites do all kinds of things to create charming urban gardens.

the other day i spotted the latest trend of gardening in tokyo while i was cycling to west. i discovered that gardening had evolved from a mere hobby to a way of expression. people today seemed to be not only enjoying gardening but expressing their whatsoever. for example, this barber shop successfully exemplified how barber shops should garden by its unique expression.

how do you garden?

tokyo wonderland 06: abandoned US army in fuchu

last sunday, i made a good long cycling to fuchu city in tokyo in order to check out an abandoned US army facility, or haikyo. in japan, there are plenty of haikyos around, but i think its rare to have such an army haikyo preserved (or just left).

although this area looks really cool, its not allowed to enter. probably ordinary haikyos are not welcoming any visitors but everybody just visits them. 

in this case, its too risky to intrude there as there might be a risk to be captured by american army (not by police):o 

the reason why ive got interested in this place is because ive read about the two parabolic antenna (on the picture below) in a magazine. im not sure what sort of signals they can receive. if the owner wants to continue watching japanese TV programmes, probably NHK should inform the owner that it is needed to change antenna to receive digital TV signals. 

they might be very useful if the owner want to follow the latest trends in the evil neighbor or wherever. who knows. 

whats funny about this place is that even local people dont get close to this place, regardless of its coolness. one of my colleagues is from this area but she has told me that she has never seen this haikyo from this distance, as it is dangerous.
however, according to the sign board hanged on the fence, this area is not dangerous.
it is just "bit dangerous." and the reason of its "bit danger" is because of flashers and gropers, not rapists or murderers. what a peaceful country japan is:P