Tuesday, March 12, 2013

A WARM WELCOME TO OKINAWA ...


Either someone slipped something into my sake, or a very unusual welcoming committee greeted me shortly after my arrival in Okinawa today.  I was originally supposed to be in Okinawa all week, but when I saw how busy things were in our Hong Kong office, I decided to cut the trip short.  I'm here for little over a day.  But that's obviously enough time to see at least one of the local attractions:  Miss Okinawa and her chaperone made the scene at a welcome banquet organized by my corporate 'hosts.'  Miss Okinawa, a local beauty contest winner, seems very down-to-earth.  Her chaperone, however, looked a bit bizarre, like a larger-than-life parody of Miss Okinawa, complete with an inverted rice bowl for a hat.  Now that's something you don't see every day, not even at 7th and Montana ...!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nice photo Marty.

Webster said...

I spent three months on Okinawa in 1977, visiting my brother who was in the Air Force. Nice place, with nothing to do.

Anonymous said...

and your an ugly goof to boot... go away