Kansai International Airport
August 10th, 2009Osaka, one of Asia's mega-cities. The closest hub to Kyoto. Big airport on an artificial island the Japanese built.
For the airport see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansai_International_Airport
For Japan's second-largest metropolitan area, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka,_Japan
About to leave Okinawa
August 10th, 2009Airport in Naha, capital of Okinawa Prefecture. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naha_Airport for info on the airport.
The planes are All Nippon Airways which I flew quite a bit when I lived in Japan; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Nippon_Airways
Hibiscus
August 10th, 2009OK, another wikipedia image. Hibiscus flower grows everywhere on Okinawa & all year as far as I can tell; the Japanese maintain them & keep them pretty.
The hibiscus is so ubiquitous on Okinawa I never photographed it when I was there, and not realistic on this return, no nice shots.
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Yuna, Dan, and ten-year old daughter Yena
August 9th, 2009Old pals (OK, Yena hadn't been born when I was here). Okinawa, Japan, August 9, 2009.