We spent a gorgeous Saturday in northern Okinawa's Higashi Village at their annual azalea festival on the next to last day. We were delighted to share the experience with our friends Aaron & Masayo. The blooms were lovely & the Sonmin-no-Mori (Citizen's Forest) Park's lush hills afforded some marvelous views of Okinawa's east coast. Besides snapping photos & strolling thru the scenic grounds of the park, we did not spend too much time checking out the live entertainment or vendor booths. Although we did snack on some "deeeelicious" fresh "biwa" (a.k.a. loquat) fruit that we purchased for only 250 yen for a bag of about 16, a nice snack for all 4 of us.
We were enticed to attend the celebration of azalea blooms by such sources as Japan Update's write-up & Kadena ITT's tour on the same day (although we decided to skip their $19 price tag & just drive ourselves, paying only the 200 yen/person entrance fee on top of gasoline).Saturday, March 22, 2008
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