2013 - OCEANIA - OKINAWA

Okinawa - Japan

Famous for being attacked by the US in WW2, & now famous for an attack on me - later.

A few old US forces onboard, asking questions of the guide about where places are that are memories for them. These guides were not even born then.

I visit the Castle at Naha.

It's mostly castles I will visit in Japan....

These ladies - looking fabulous. They pose with tourists to have their photo taken. I was a mile away so no Yen for them i'm afraid..

My dad once bought me a pair of socks like that.

Lots of tourists...

Here's Don who is on an independent tour, pointing me out to his wife...

Jenny...

Inside the castle which is not like an English castle at all. It does have walls, but that's where the similarity ends..

The famous Shoji screens......

Wonderful toilets....

Lots of creative posing going on..

And a visit to the shopping district of Naha...Being Japan, there are signs like this...

It was just after I took my McDonalds photo that I was attacked on the street by an old Japanese guy.

He was very small but doing his best to throttle me or grab my camera from around my neck.

We walked up the street for a good way with me screaming at him & he screaming at me.

I scream for police - he screams for police.

The street was crowded but nobody helped. Him or me!

I come across 2 girls of the crew & ask for help to get rid of him. They suggest going into a shop. We go in and try to get he shopkeeper to call the police & then It dawns on me what his problem is.

He thinks I have taken a photo of him.

After I show him the pictures on the camera & he is not on any, he calms down.

I calm down & we part.

2 minutes later he is trying to throttle a young Japanese guy.

I move on..

And into a covered market.

Easy to get lost in here, which I nearly did. Unfortunately, I missed the food court.

Then back to the ship.