Day 2 started with a buffet breakfast.
Taro imo (like
sato-imo, sometimes called dasheen) a thick potato soup with corn, cubed aloe with
shi-quasa (sometimes called
hirami lemon, is like a mix between a lime, lemon and orange), salad with
goya (bittermelon),
okinawan carrots, spam, egg, weiners made with
ukon (tumeric), fried
taro imo and
beni-jagaimo,
papayairichi(green papaya stirfried with chives and carrots).
We then went to the Churaumi Aquarium.
Chura means beautiful in Okinawan and
umi means ocean in Japanese. This aquarium is big! and has 3
jinbeizame (whale sharks). There were a lot of tropical fish and also some fish that we see in Hawaii fish markets. There were also some species that I've never seen before, like these
chinanago (garden eels)--(eew sea worms!!)
Our next stop was the Yanbaru Anettaien, this garden area has a rainforest atmosphere with
hego (fern) that are over 10 ft tall!
Lunch was
Okinawan style bibimba (rice with Okinawan vegetables cooked in a stone bowl). Bibimba is actually a Korean dish. And
aloe sashimi (sliced aloe). Aloe is quite bitter, but tasted good with a splash of lemon and soy sauce.
There was an area where you could try your hand at making
chinsuko (Okinawan shortbread) and
andagi (Okinawan donuts), I didn't get to try this but the man who was frying them gave me a free one to eat!
Blue Seal ice cream is also very popular in Okinawa. The American name is Foremost. I had Mint chocolate chip (since I can't find this flavor in Japan, not even at Haagen Datz) and Satoshi had
beni-imo (red sweet potato).
Day 2 started with a buffet breakfast. Taro imo (like sato-imo, sometimes called dasheen) a thick potato soup with corn, cubed aloe with shi-quasa (sometimes called hirami lemon, is like a mix between a lime, lemon and orange), salad with goya (bittermelon), okinawan carrots, spam, egg, weiners made with ukon (tumeric), fried taro imo and beni-jagaimo, papayairichi(green papaya stirfried with chives and carrots).
We then went to the Churaumi Aquarium. Chura means beautiful in Okinawan and umi means ocean in Japanese. This aquarium is big! and has 3 jinbeizame (whale sharks). There were a lot of tropical fish and also some fish that we see in Hawaii fish markets. There were also some species that I've never seen before, like these chinanago (garden eels)--(eew sea worms!!)
Our next stop was the Yanbaru Anettaien, this garden area has a rainforest atmosphere with hego (fern) that are over 10 ft tall!
Lunch was Okinawan style bibimba (rice with Okinawan vegetables cooked in a stone bowl). Bibimba is actually a Korean dish. And aloe sashimi (sliced aloe). Aloe is quite bitter, but tasted good with a splash of lemon and soy sauce.
There was an area where you could try your hand at making chinsuko (Okinawan shortbread) and andagi (Okinawan donuts), I didn't get to try this but the man who was frying them gave me a free one to eat!
Blue Seal ice cream is also very popular in Okinawa. The American name is Foremost. I had Mint chocolate chip (since I can't find this flavor in Japan, not even at Haagen Datz) and Satoshi had beni-imo (red sweet potato).
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