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Date: August 2008

This is the last day of this trip - how time flies! Actually we have to go to the airport at midday, therefore for this morning we only visit Fukushuen(park) and Kokusai Dori(shopping center).

According to the tour guide, Fukushuen is built by the Fu Jian Province in 1992, it is designed to be Chinese style.

The entrance

It is really Chinese theme.

The Chinese hallway

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Date: August 2008

We will watch the dolphin show, actually whales will be there too.

It is saying "hello"!

Shake him by the hand

It welcomes us with a cheerful greeting, but it looks like an alien.

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Date: August 2008

After visiting the Pineapple Garden, we are heading Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium! This Aquarium is not like the Ocean Park in Hong Kong, it is purely for seeing marine life.

This is free of charge to enter,

but this one is not.

This is like a big screen.

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Date: August 2008

We get up at 6am and heading to see coral reef by ferry. The ferry is made of glass!

The tour guide said Okinawa is one of the poorest places in Japan, which is not as rich as Tokyo. In this trip, I can’t see any Corolla, but most of the cars are quite new and under 10 years old. It is because cars in Japan are quite cheap, for example, Mazda 2 is no more than HK$100,000. Moreover, for roads in Okinawa a K car (660 cc) is enough. For European cars, I only see a new S class and a BMW Z3 in this trip.

You see? There are no luxuries in this car park, but most of the cars are quite new.

It is a beautiful beach with nice scenery and not many people.

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Date: August 2008

We are now visiting a Japanese temple - The Haiden.

It is the entrance.

It is not very large actually.

So what’s next? It is the International street! This street is a bit like Nathan road in Hong Kong, but it does not have as many stores as Nathan road. We see some local stores here indeed, and it is not a long street.

Again, this is the entrance.

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Date: August 2008

This is Day 2 of the trip.

This is the scenery I see from the hotel.

I visit Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu - This is where the king of Okinawa lived before it becomes Japan’s territories. The tour guide said during World War II, the US army destroyed here and what we see now is after reparation.

It is written "nation of courtesy".

This is what we see before entering the palace.

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Date: August 2008

I know reader likes pictures more than texts, anyway, hope you can use my blog for references and I will post all of my pictures later.

On the first day, we gather at 6am (4 August, Tuesday) at Shun Tak Centre; we go to Macau by ferry and our flight will depart at Macau.

We will spend four days in Okinawa.
In the flight, there are six groups of travelers and more than two hundred people in total. For day 3 we can spend our time either on  beaches or sightseeing, and we choose the later. I eat rice with curry and chicken in the flight, it is not bad.

It takes more than two hours to get to Okinawa, time is 2pm now (Hong Kong is 1pm).

Weather is good - 33°C.

First we go to JUSCO and buy some fruits, my mother chooses a peach (HK$13), it is yummy!

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Donki Kingdom is another must go place to find your bargains while in Japan.

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The Donki stores in Japan open almost 24 hours so you can play all you want in the day and go shop-til-you-drop after all the other stores are closed.

Or, if you happen to be jetlagging in the first few days, the Donki stores are also great places to go to burn some time and energy (or some cash!)

The storefront might look cluttered, but you can find almost anything - including the almost-impossible-to-get Hermes Birkin bags!

Even if you don’t plan on spending anything, paying the stores a visit or two will sure "amaze" you as much as going to an amusement park.

There are over 150 Donki stores across Japan, so why not come and feel the pleasure of bargain hunting while you are in Japan?

Shop list: http://www.donki.com/shop/index_en.php (some even include a duty-free shopping counter for visitors!)

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Day7

Last day of my trip~I go shopping in Tenjin

I got up early today and wanted to spend time on packing my stuffs, but I just finished it shortly~

So I go to Tenjin at 9:xx am and the stores have not opened yet，and so do the restaurants~

I shopped at the underground passage~

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