首里城に着いてみれば、たくさんいました。私達の様な観光客が。みんな風に傘をあおられまいと必死。目の前で人々のビニール傘がどんどん壊れていく様子を見て相棒が笑った途端に相棒の傘もバリッ。台風の首里城もオモシロかったです。
昼過ぎ、国際通りに戻り近くを散策。時々、晴れ間も見え隠れ。戦後のヤミ市からスタートしたという商店街と市場は独特の雰囲気。市場に続くいくつもの商店街は衣料品店や青果屋、お土産屋でひしめきあってます。おばちゃん達が
ごぼうを洗って同じサイズに切りそろえたり、仕込みをしながら売ってるのが新鮮でした。商店街のまわりには古〜い建物がまだまだたくさん残っていてビックリ。
あのウーロン茶で有名な福建省福州市と沖縄市の友好都市締結10周年を記念して建設された中国式庭園
福州園も行ってみました。8,500m²の
広い園内には滝や池もあって、都会の中のオアシス。自然が豊かなだけあって蚊に3カ所も刺された〜。
There were many tourists in the Shuri castle after all. Everyone paid too much attension to their own umbrella which might break by the wind. Just after Carsten laughed about girls' broken umbrellas, the wind attacked his umbrella! It was very amusing. Thanks!
Afternoon, we walked around near Kokusai Douri. The weather was better, a bit of sunshine sometimes. The shopping streets + market which were started as a black market after the war, have a very special atmosphere. There were many stores; clothing stores (doesn't seem like selling much), vegetables and fruits stores and the souvenir stores in little alleys near the fish + meet market. It was nice to see old ladies were
cutting vegetables for sale while they were selling stuff. In Naha, there are still many old buildings left.
We went to a Chinese style garden
Fukushu en which were built in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of friendship city conclusion of Fujian Fuzhou (famous for oolong tea!) in China and Okinawa city. There are a waterfall and ponds inside a garden (
8,500m² large), it is like the oasis in a city. I was bitten 3 places by a mosquito! Return to nature and commune with it.
