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• Glenn Beck Articles

  • Picture of the Day - March 12, 2010 2010/03/11
    A really creepy commemorative Obama doll...
  • Is American History Repeating? 2010/03/11
    People are waking up but not enough are aware of what we're up against. There just aren't enough in Government able or willing to fight it: For every Michele Bachmann there are 10 progressives.
  • Glenn Beck: Rep. Kennedy goes berzerk 2010/03/11
    Patrick Kennedy went nuts on the floor this week, yelling at the media for not reporting on the war. In a Howard Dean-esque moment, he charged the press has been negligent reporting on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He wants an immediate end to the wars, but his point is correct... where IS this media? The same media that couldn't stop reporting on t […]
  • Glenn Beck: This land is your land, this land is my land...or is it? 2010/03/11
    Glenn mentioned the Woodie Guthrie classic American hit song on TV last night, and so many people were shocked to learn that this song is actually communist propaganda. Glenn goes over the words to the song, and once your brain stops mindlessly singing and actually processing the lyrics, it's quite shocking. For good measure, Glenn also reads the ' […]
  • Do You Have What it Takes to Beat the Odds? 2010/03/11
    Why do some people escape airplane crashes while others don’t? Why do some people bounce back from bankruptcy while others never recover? Why do some men and women overcome terrifying medical diagnoses while others give up hope and perish?
  • Glenn Beck: Land Grab By the Federal Government? 2010/03/10
    The reason I got so frustrated Tuesday night is because the house in on fire — it's an inferno. We need firefighters! Eric Massa told me he was going to help make a difference. Instead we got tickle fights and valuable advice like get out and vote — enough about him.

• Okinawa Topics (沖縄トピックス) by Ryukyu Shimpo

  • ＜２７＞米大統領が沖縄新政策　１９６２年３月２０日夕刊 2010/03/12
    　ケネディ米大統領は１９６２年３月１９日午後４時（日本時間２０日午前６時）、米国の沖縄に対する新政策と大統領行政命令の改正を、大統領声明として発表した。声明では沖縄が日本の領土の一部であることを認め、今後日本の主権下に復帰するまでに取る措置を明らかにした。続きを読む >>> […]
  • 中部病院侵入車両は米海兵隊所属　防衛局に連絡、県にも 2010/03/12
    　県立中部病院に米軍大型車両が侵入し、ガードレールや縁石を破損した問題で、在沖米海兵隊は１２日午前、車両が海兵隊所属であることを認めた。海兵隊は同日午前に沖縄防衛局へ通知。同局は午前９時ごろに県基地対策課へ連絡した。【琉球新報電子版】
  • バス停に長いす「お年寄り座って」　南風原中１３人、卒業前に 2010/03/12
    　【南風原】南風原中学校（松元憲雄校長）の３年生の男子生徒１３人が、木製の長いすを製作し、校区内の９区に贈呈する取り組みを進めている。生徒らは１２日の卒業式を前に、地域貢献がしたいという思いから、バス停や公民館などで不足している長いすの製作を発案し、約１０日かけて１３脚を作り上げた。続きを読む >>> […]
  • 「考えられない」　米軍車両病院侵入で知事、綱紀粛正申し入れへ 2010/03/12
    　仲井真弘多知事は１２日午前の定例記者会見で、米軍大型車両が中部病院に侵入し、縁石などを破損させた件について「普通は考えられない。米軍であれば綱紀粛正の徹底を申し入れる。米軍は沖縄の中できちっと生活をしてほしい」と憤った。続きを読む >>> […]
  • 北小４年、水保全へ誓い　宮古島水循環計画策定イベント 2010/03/12
    　【宮古島】宮古島市の地下水保全対策などをまとめた「宮古島水循環計画」策定に伴う「同計画策定記念キックオフイベント」（環境省九州地方事務所主催）が７日、市中央公民館で催された。同計画に基づき作成された教科書副読本などを使い、市の水環境に関し調べた北小学校４年生５８人が学習成果を発表した。続きを読む >>> […]
  • 「集まれる広場を　ロッカーの幅広く」　砂川小校舎改築へ児童も提案 2010/03/12
    　【宮古島】宮古島市立砂川小学校の６年生２４人が９日、市役所平良庁舎で下地敏彦市長へ同校の新校舎改築の計画案を提案した。卒業を控えた児童たちは「１年生から６年生まで集まれるピロティ（１階部分が柱だけ）がほしい」など後輩たちのために提案。下地市長は子どもたちの提案に感謝し要望を検討する考えを示した。続きを読む >>> […]

• TOP NEWS!! Guam Okinawa plus Washington Tokyo

  • Okinawa officials push Tokyo on removing Marine air operations 2010/03/12
    By David Allen and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and StripesPacific edition, Saturday, March 13, 2010GINOWAN, Okinawa — Okinawa officials are unleashing a full-court press on Tokyo to let the government know they don’t want Marine air operations to remain on the island.Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima and members of the Okinawa Assembly were in Tokyo this week visiting […]
  • Defense chief says partial transfer of Futemma functions possible 2010/03/12
    Mar 11 10:26 PM US/EasternTOKYO, March 12 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said Friday it is possible that the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa will be partially transferred, since it would be difficult to relocate all the functions to an alternative site right away."There is certainly a po […]
  • Daily Yomiuri Online :: Friday, March 12, 2010 2010/03/11
    Daily Yomiuri Online - Home PageClick for NationalClick for WorldClick for CommentaryClick for EditorialClick Cabinet Lineup (to 1998) Screening unit readies to wield ax for 2nd time (Mar.12) New Komeito OK's modified subsidy bills (Mar.12) Account of 1945 air raid found (Mar.12)Editorial :: Increase number, quality of lawyers (Mar.12)
  • Hatoyama once told U.S. current Futemma plan would be accepted: sources 2010/03/11
    Mar 11 12:32 PM US/Eastern(AP) - TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo) — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos in December that Japan would eventually accept the 2006 accord to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station from Ginowan to the coastal area of Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Okinawa Prefecture, bilateral diplomatic so […]

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Archive for February 7th, 2009

Cherry blossoms (Sakura) in Okinawa

Posted by okinawatime on 2009/02/07

Cherry blossoms in Okinawa – Jan-Feb, 2008 Festival

The most well know nation’s earliest cherry blossoms festival is held during mid January to mid February in Okinawa.
By climbing up to the observatory, you can see the amazing beautiful emerald green ocean and the hot pink cherry blossoms together which is a breathtaking sight for visitors on valentines day.

Cherry Blossom: Sakura in Japanese
Festival: Matsuri

The must sightsee the Sakura Matsuri spots are listed belows.

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