My father was stationed in Okinawa for a time near the end of WWII so the island was interesting for personal reasons. But I suspect that the Okinawa I experienced was very different than the one he experienced.
As usual, we had no excursion planned so we just took the free shuttle to the center of the city and wandered about. In this case the wandering was pretty linear as the main street of Naha is pretty much where all of the action is. We walked probably 2 miles along this avenue, then crossed the street and walked back. The street is lined with small shops of all kinds. We bought some souvenirs, including two bottles of saki for gifts and one bottle of mango plum liqueur for our own personal use. I thought it likely that the booze would be confiscated by the ship security but they weren’t.
Some of the shop fronts were quite ornate. Others were surprisingly western, including a hip-hop dance club and a McDonald’s. We also saw some exotic liquor bottles containing snakes. Disgusting.
We mostly browsed and shopped but had time to goof off too.
Dinner was filet mignon. Not as good as the previous day’s chateaubriand, but very good. The chef is upping his game, I guess.
We danced after dinner, but were pretty tired from the walking (over 15,000 steps) so went to bed early.
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