I remembered that after I posted. A friend's nephew was stationed there. His job was to kill poisonous snakes. Now he's in Fort Lauderdale and much happier
Mao...I have been to Nihon many times ...and met a gal from Oki once...was very beautiful ..a bit more polenisian looking than other orientals....I envy you...farthest south I went there though was the ancient capital city (with the gold foil wrapped structure over the pond)..if you speak the language we can talk in code... BTW what would it cost to buy a secluded house lot on oceanfront there? in US$....