I went on a quick excursion with my friend Calla. We didn't have a ton of time, so we went to the Peace Park and Memorial and checked out the Big Buddha.
Since it was almost Golden Week, and Children's day would be soon, the koinobori were flying. The carp streamers were quite fun!
We did find the Big Buddha. And we folded (badly!) an origami crane for the box of cranes that will eventually be turned into a 1000 crane streamer.
Did yo know, that there are stairs behind the Buddha that take you down to a little room, and in that room are lots of rocks. Seems a little odd. But every country sent Okinawa a piece of rock from their country in a sow for peace.
I thought Miranda would have loved it. It was rather fascinating to see how different the rocks chosen were.
This is my "I was there" photo.
And this was the cool bell by the building. I did not ring it! But you know I wanted to!
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