Ukuhamba malunga neekhilomitha ezingama-70 emazantsi ukuya emantla ngakwisiqithi esimxinwa, ndafumana into ezisa ngakumbi nangakumbi iindwendwe eOkinawa: ubuhle bethropical, isantya sokuphumla, kunye nomxube otyebileyo wamaOkinawan, ilizwe laseJapan kunye neempembelelo zaseMelika. Ewe, isiqithi sineengxaki kunye nexesha laso elidlulileyo. Imfazwe yase-Okinawa yatshayela yafikelela kwisithathu sabantu abahlali. Ukutshutshisa Imyuziyam yoxolo yaseHimeyuri , Kwisiqithi kunye ne-apos; s incam esemazantsi, ubalisa ngeenyanga ezintathu zoyikisayo ngebali lamantombazana esikolo abhaliswe njengabongikazi kumajoni aseJapan. Kufuphi, Ipaki yeSikhumbuzo soxolo Uhlala kumhlaba oxhonyiweyo apho umlo waphelela khona. Inkqubo ye- Ipaki kunye nemyuziyam ibalisa ngemfazwe eneenkcukacha ezibi.

Ndashukunyiswa zezi ndawo, ke ukutya kwi Yama-no-chaya Rakusui (ixabiso elimisiweyo lesidlo sasemini $ 12), ukuhamba nje okufutshane, ndaziva ngathi ndithambile. Ndiphuze ijuva juice ndaza ndatya i-peanut tofu ehlafunwayo, ndihleli efestileni ejonge elwandle. Iintsapho zazingelwa amaqokobhe kumachibi omsinga ongezantsi.

Umsebenzi waseMelika oneminyaka engama-27 wawungekho & apos; kulula kumaOkinawans, awayesokola nendlala, ukulahleka komhlaba, kunye nokusilela kwamalungelo omgaqo-siseko. Ukwazi oku kwenza iipokotho zeAmerican quirky ezithi ziqhawule esi siqithi ngakumbi. Ama-1950s kunye nama-60s abonakala ngathi afakwe kwimemori edibeneyo njengeminyaka yegolide yeemoto zakudala kunye neCoca-Cola.

Kunxweme olujonge kuLwandle lwase China lwase Mpuma, Ilali yaseMelika Inguqulelo yepaki yomxholo wase-US apho iindwendwe zinokukhwela ivili likaFerris kwaye zifote iifoto ezinomfanekiso wobungakanani bomntu woKhuseleko. I-American American ekufutshane (3-6-6 Mihama, Chatan-Cho; entrees $ 10- $ 20), Isibini esise-Okinawa esiphakathi esiphakathi, silingisa indawo yokutyela edongeni, ukuya ezantsi kwiminqathe enkonkxiweyo kunye nee-ertyisi.

'Ku-Okinawa, i-US ngumntu onobunzima,' utshilo uHideki Yoshikawa, isazi ngemvelaphi yabantu esilwela ukumisa ukwakhiwa kwesiseko kufutshane nekhaya lakhe. Ucacisile kwelinye icala ukuba i-United States imele ingcinezelo. Kwelinye, lilizwe elisekwe kwidemokhrasi nakwinkululeko - kwawona matshantliziyo anje ngaye.

Ndikuthathile oku njengokuba ndandindwendwela Idolophu yaseMinatogawa Stateside . Ukuhamba kude phakathi kwezakhiwo zeflethi zedolophu yaseUrasoe, ubumelwane boxy, izindlu zekhonkrithi zakhiwa kwiintsapho zaseMelika. Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, umphuhlisi wabucala waguqula iindawo zokuhlala zaba ziivenkile kunye neeresityu, ezinemiqondiso ebonisa ii-waitresses zokuqhuba kunye neeChevys zakudala. Izitrato ezizolileyo zithiywe ngamagama aseMelika.

Kwisitalato iVirginia, ndatya ityhuna kunye nemifuno etyisiweyo Iqhwala (Ixabiso eliqingqiweyo ukusuka kwi- $ 26) , Apho umpheki uYutaka Wakabayashi alungisa khona izinto zasekuhlaleni esebenzisa ubuchule baseFrance. Kwisitrato iFlorida, ndafunda iipostikhadi ezikwikhulu leminyaka kwivenkile yeediliya Amaza aseMelika . Umnini uChris Towe, ongomnye wabase-Okinawa kunye nabapapashi abaninzi baseMelika, bafika kuqala kwesi siqithi njengabakhenkethi, emva koko babuya ngokulungileyo kuba imeko ye-back-back yamkhumbuza ilizwe lakhe laseKentucky. Ngevenkile yakhe, uzama ukubonisa 'iindawo ezilungileyo' zaseMelika, uthi - 'elidlulileyo, ngokusisiseko.' Okwangoku, kunye nezihloko zayo zopolitiko? 'Andifuni kuyenza loo nto.'

Ngesanti emhlophe kunye nemithi yekhokhonathi, iOkinawa kunye neeapos zonxweme olusentshona zijonga zonke iibhokisi zeholide-yolwandle. Iipropathi ezinkulu ezinje nge Irizothi yaseHilton Okinawa Chatan (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 350), Umnyango olandelayo waseMelika Village, uvule kule minyaka idlulileyo, kunye nokukhetha umama-kunye-pop, njengegumbi elinomtsalane elinamagumbi amabini Uwassa Wassa (kabini ukusuka kwi-237 yeedola). Nge Okuma Private Beach & Resort (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 265), Igumbi lam belifuna ukuhlaziywa, kodwa ulwandle olukhulu lungqamle isitya solwandle oluhlaza-luhlaza.

Abahambi bahlala bethe cwaka kwimimandla eselunxwemeni, oko kuthetha ukuba iYanbaru, iOkinawa kunye neapos sendawo esemantla yehlathi elishinyeneyo nelisoloko liluhlaza, lihlala ngaphandle kwe-radar. I-US Marine Corps ilawula i-chunk yale mithi, kodwa andizange ndibubone ubukho bayo ngexesha lokuhlala kwam Ihlathi lokuFumana iYanbaru (kabini ukusuka kwi- $ 110), Inkampu yasemkhosini eyayisakuba yindawo yokuhlala ngoku enendawo yokuhlala emnandi enamaziko emfundo yendalo esingqongileyo. Ndandihambahamba phakathi kwemithi ndingaboni mntu. Endaweni yoko, ndabona ooqongqothwane be-orenji behlangene kumagqabi abanzi; inkunzi yehagu yasendle; kunye nomgaqo kaloliwe osemngciphekweni waseOkinawan, intaka engenakubhabha neenyawo ezibomvu ngokuqaqambileyo neentsiba ezinemigca.

Ngolo rhatya ndangena embindini webala evulekileyo, ndajika ndanyanga ngakumbi ngokongeza ibhegi enkulu yeti yemifuno. Idrone yee-cicadas yaphakama yawela kumaza, kwaye ukukhukhumala kwenkungu kwaphakama phezulu emithini njengomsi womlilo. Ndacinga ngendlela imihlaba ehlala ihlaziywa ngayo, nokuba ixesha elidlulileyo liyala ukuphela.