Okinawa2

This time I will talk about my father's home island.
He is from Ishigaki island.
His parents ( my grand parents ) are also born and lived in Ishigaki island.
My grandfather was lived in Taiwan for a while, because Taiwan used to be a Japanese territory.
My grandfather's father was a teacher in Taiwan, taught at a Japanese school..
So we have a family grave in Ishigaki island, and we have to go to Ishigaki once in a while to maintain the grave.
One time, my parents were cutting grass around the grave, there were a big Habu. Luckily I was playing in the sugarcane field so I didn't see it. They gave the Habu to a local factory and they made a Habu-shu ( alcohol bottle with a habu inside ).
My grandparents lived in Shiraho district and I often been there and swimed in Shiraho beach when I was an elementary school student.
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