The day before, we went to the Naha Tourist Center to find out how we could do a whale watching tour. There are many companies offering them, but there was one in particular that they recommended: Cerulean Blue. We made a reservation with the English speaking staff and we were offered a free pick-up service from the hotel. The time of the pick-up was decided later that day so we received a fax (yes, you are reading that right. Faxing is still done everyday in J...

On our first full day in Okinawa we decided to go cultural. We walked through some shopping streets that weren't open yet due to the early hour, to get to our first destination: Yachimun Street. This paved street is famous for its pottery since you can find 35 pottery shops and craftsman workshops within a few hundred meters. It's not just a regular shopping street as the side streets look like the days of old with withered walls crawled over by vines and bushes....