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Tommy Lee Jones - a fixture on many Okinawan
soft drink machines. |
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| Clay sculptors making Shisa Dogs |
by Pa Rock
Cultural Explorer
Two weeks ago my friends Valerie and Kelly and I drove south to the glass factory and pottery at Itoman where we purchased a few holiday gifts and then traveled on further south to
Peace Park, a memorial to servicemen, both Japanese and Americans, that is located on the southernmost tip of Okinawa. I had made this same trip last year with another friend, Daniel, so some of the pictures may look familiar.
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Okinawan lad running a booth at the glass factory -
when Okinawans pose, it is always with the
peace sign.
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Forty years ago Itoman was little more than a fishing village. I can remember driving through on our way to
Peace Park, then called
Suicide Cliffs, and seeing the fishermen hard at work along the shore mending their nets. Today Itoman is a bustling city, actually an extension of the capital, Naha, with buildings so dense that there is no view of the sea from the main road.
It was a nice Saturday outing.
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| A glassblower at work |
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| Fine glassware from Itoman |
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Glass sculpture of a tangle of snakes
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| Assorted Itoman glassware |
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