We went to Toguchi Beach with our friends...here it is...This is where they do baptisms. At first i wondered how they could do baptisms here b/c it goes straight out into rocky areas with lots of sea urchins, but i realized it was low tide, which explained a lot. High tide would make it better. :)
A little quaint beach. We went here with our friends. We heard it was a great spot. It is a great spot for exploring, but not when you want to swim. Snorkeling is great here too. I was able to find TONS of seaglass here. We saw tons of crabs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. We also saw a blue starfish, which you will see in one of the pics below....
Exploring around the beach i came upon this tomb. Interesting. The first thing i thought of when i saw this is the history of this island. I read a book recently called The Girl With the White Flag, which tells a true story about a little girl and what she went through during WWII time here on this island. 250,000 people died here in Okinawa. So sad. I am anxious to get to the south part of this island b/c they have tons of historical stuff there about that time here in Okinawa.So, i wonder how old that tomb is. And to the left of that, in the dark abyss you see, is a small tunnel you can walk through that brings you out to the beach.
We were at the beach during low tide, so we saw lots of tidal pools. The boys are down there finding all the sea urchins, crabs and cucumbers. At one point shane had a stand off with a crab. :)
Here's jaydon filling his sack with sand and seashells...
The blue starfish...
Shane found an anemone while snorkeling...
Our cute little beach....we were all surrounded my caves and big rocks. It was a really cool beach b/c it was so secluded and we were in the shane the whole time while sitting b/c of all the rocks formations.
A little quaint beach. We went here with our friends. We heard it was a great spot. It is a great spot for exploring, but not when you want to swim. Snorkeling is great here too. I was able to find TONS of seaglass here. We saw tons of crabs, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. We also saw a blue starfish, which you will see in one of the pics below....
Exploring around the beach i came upon this tomb. Interesting. The first thing i thought of when i saw this is the history of this island. I read a book recently called The Girl With the White Flag, which tells a true story about a little girl and what she went through during WWII time here on this island. 250,000 people died here in Okinawa. So sad. I am anxious to get to the south part of this island b/c they have tons of historical stuff there about that time here in Okinawa.So, i wonder how old that tomb is. And to the left of that, in the dark abyss you see, is a small tunnel you can walk through that brings you out to the beach.
We were at the beach during low tide, so we saw lots of tidal pools. The boys are down there finding all the sea urchins, crabs and cucumbers. At one point shane had a stand off with a crab. :)
Here's jaydon filling his sack with sand and seashells...
The blue starfish...
Shane found an anemone while snorkeling...
Our cute little beach....we were all surrounded my caves and big rocks. It was a really cool beach b/c it was so secluded and we were in the shane the whole time while sitting b/c of all the rocks formations.
2 comments:
I am so interested in the WWII history of Okinawa too. My Great Uncle Ballard died there in May of 1945 when he was 24. We grew up hearing stories of him. My dad was 8 when he walked the War Departments telegraph up to my grandpa on their dry farm. (My grandpa raised all of his younger siblings after their parents died so the government sent the notice to him.) So Okinawa is somewhere I have always felt a connection to and have been interested in. I look forward to seeing your posts after you explore the history.
sarah, thats very neat! You should read the story The Girl With the White Flag. its a quick read, but it's good. It's so sad what happened here. i will definitely post about it when we see all the historical stuff :)
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