JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Well, it’s November and that means time for a month full of street festivals. According to sources, Gate 2 Street will be closed to traffic most of this weekend for the Kokusai Carnival. This will be a two day event that is supposed to begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4, and around noon on Sunday, Nov. 5, and ending around 10 p.m. each night. I’ve also been told that B.C. Street (Chou Park Avenue) will be joining in on the activities this year (once again according to sources). Check with your island activities provider for further information.

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Thursday November 2, 2006 [PC(1/365) LW(1/365) H(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Autumn (????)

November 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365) PC-party cloudy (1/365)
SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
LW-light winds (1/365)
H-humid (2/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (35/365) C-cloudy (55/365) PC-partly cloudy (61/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (43/365) LW-light winds (87/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (85/365) SH-slightly humid (49/365)

For the longest time I thought having a green thumb just wasn’t one of the items that were being passed around when it came to my percentages …that’s before we found these little guys had decided our garden was extremely tasty.

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Wednesday November 1, 2006 [C(1/365) SR(1/365) H(1/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Autumn (????)

November 2006 Total:
C-cloudy (1/365)
SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
H-humid (1/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (35/365) C-cloudy (55/365) PC-partly cloudy (60/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (13/365)
W-windy (43/365) LW-light winds (86/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (84/365) SH-slightly humid (49/365)

Halloween is over and as the holiday season approaches, mid-autumn sets in and the island sky begins to take on that all too familiar almost-bland glare with light brush-stroke clouds of pale colors.

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 [C(14/365) D(2/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Autumn (????)

October 2006 Total:
S-sunny (5/365) C-cloudy (14/365) PC-partly cloudy (12/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (2/365)
W-windy (8/365) LW-light winds (16/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (12/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (35/365) C-cloudy (54/365) PC-partly cloudy (60/365)
D-drizzle (4/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (12/365)
W-windy (43/365) LW-light winds (86/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (83/365) SH-slightly humid (49/365)

Although it’s definately showing signs of autumn weather on island, rain clouds galour, I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween anyway.

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Monday October 30, 2006 [C(13/365) D(1/365) LW(16/365) H(8/365)]

Julian Calendar Autumn (????????????) Okinawan Autumn (????) Ryukyu Island Autumn (????)

October 2006 Total:
S-sunny (5/365) C-cloudy (13/365) PC-partly cloudy (12/365)
D-drizzle (1/365) SR-scattered rain showers (2/365)
W-windy (8/365) LW-light winds (16/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (12/365)

This Year’s (June 3, 2006 – June 2, 2007) Total:
S-sunny (35/365) C-cloudy (53/365) PC-partly cloudy (60/365)
D-drizzle (3/365) R-rainy(6/365) SR-scattered rain showers (12/365)
W-windy (43/365) LW-light winds (86/365) VW-very windy (3/365)
H-humid (83/365) SH-slightly humid (49/365)

This is another guest photo courtesy of Robert Franklin.

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