After having bid farewell to Aaron & Masayo), we were on our way to find something fun to do in Naha (since we were there anyway). As we were driving away from the Naha Airport along the access road that runs along the military harbor towards the city center, we noticed a HUGE rope, mostly covered by tarp, in the usually empty paved lot of the military port facilities. Curious cats that we are, we quickly u-turned around to investigate the scene. And we were delighted to discover & behold the giant rope that was being prepared for use at the annual world-famous Naha tsunahiki tug-of-war (pitting eastern Okinawans vs westerners, for bragging rights & good fortune in the coming year), which we did not attend during either of our years in Okinawa (not being fans of how incredibly crowded Naha gets during such events). We enjoyed watching the workers preparing sections of the massive rope for several minutes before continuing on to Shikina-En.
Photos of the rope:
More info & multimedia about the Tug of War event:
http://www.okinawa.usmc.mil/public%20affairs%20info/Archive%20News%20Pages/2006/061013-naha.html
http://www.ocvb.or.jp/card/en/0600001264.html
http://www.japanupdate.com/?id=7138
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wildvinephoto/3372062550/
http://okinawa.com/content/view/59/36/
http://www.okinawahai.com/my_weblog/2008/10/the-naha-tug-of.html
http://gillbertbu.blogspot.com/2007/10/o-tsunahiki-great-naha-tug-of-war.html
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