Visit to Iejima

Saturday, April 29th, we had the opportunity to travel to Iejima, a small island off the coast of Northern Okinawa. We rented a microbus from OCSI and 25 of us headed up north. It was a rainy day, but that did not stop this crazy adventurous group from their mission; to climb to the top of the peak on Iejima. (look at the picture in the center top)
Trevor Raichura spent 2 years on this island teaching english to the jr highers in the school district, this is where he learned Japanese and is now a fluent speaker. Trevor was our tour guide and he kept on yelling "this is my Island" from the top of his voice. Just kidding! Well, you have to take a ferry boat to the island (about 25 minutes) and at this time of the year it is the Lily Festival on Iejima. The islanders say that there are over 1 mission lilies on this small island, almost one lily for every Okinawan (there are 1.3 million Okinawans).We really had a blast!