Ryukyu Life: Camera Tour

Saturday, August 17, 2013

It's always nice to get an email from TripAdvisor telling you one of your photos was selected.

There's no money involved in it but, here's a little secret:

It drives people to your website.

A little drum roll and, here are the latest:

Ranked #1 of 3 Restaurants in Ginoza-son, Okinawa: Dugong

#19 of 54 Restaurants in Nago: Nagumagai

#11 of 14 attractions in Onna-son: Onna-son Museum

#4 of 5 attractions in Higashi-son: East Village Tateyama and Mizuno Seikatsu Museum

So new it hasn't been rated against the other 4 attractions, yet:

What's wrong with people, are they afraid to get their feet wet ?

Maybe, I should set-up a camera tour through the place and see if that draws a crowd.

Once, when I was in there, I saw a pretty girl and a can of Orion Beer !

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

It's unbelievable, some of the things you can find in a china shop.

Like, I always knew they would have dishes and tea sets.

All those things, I always figured were chinaware because that's what folks put in their china cabinets.

After I took photos of everything on the first floor I wondered what was upstairs.

So, up I went. There was more china.

But, take a look at what's on the wall behind that chinaware.

These look like samurai swords to me.

Making sure I was real quiet, I went back down the stairs.

These statues, I liked more than anything else in the store.

The people at China Pete's were nice enough to let me use a camera.

Maybe, when the anniversary rolls around again, I'll go back there.

If the missus likes them statues as much as I do we could get a pair of them.

We don't need any dishes.

Our china cabinet is already full of paper plates !

For more about China Pete read this interesting history on his website.

CHINA PETE'S STORES IN JAPAN AND ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA

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