※全編英語でお送りします。明日の日本語訳をお楽しみに!
Hi there, this is MANO from IKB.
I’ve been to Iriomote Island last weekend, and it was GREAT.
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A border between the sky and ocean was gone…
Unfortunately, we’ve only seen a blue sky once while the tour due to the rainy season.
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Young Stout Chromis (Chromis chrysura) and male Stocky Anthias (Pseudanthias hypselosoma Bleeker)
But, when we dived into the ocean, such weather didn’t matter at all!
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Everyone’s favorite “Spotted Garden Eel”
Spotted garden eels are too common to introduce in Okinawa.
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Ocellaris (left), Tomato (above), and Yellow (below) clownfishes
Among six species of crown fish that can be seen in Japan, we could see four of them this time^^
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A coral paradise, called “Secret Garden”
Iriomote Island is famous for its coral reefs.
You can see various kinds of unique corals here.
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A maaaaaanta ray passes, adrenaline rushes.
Lucky us! 4 manta rays showed up!!
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Boar sashimi (upper left), ”Satapanbin” Icecream (upper right), “Kokushi” rice & “Soki” soba (lower left), “Jimami” tofu and brown sugar pizza (lower right)
After the diving, it’s happy yum yum time with Okinawa foods☆
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Let’s challenge kayaking!
On the last day of the trip, we enjoyed mangrove kayaking.
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Mangrove forests in Iriomote consist of three different kinds of mangrove trees.
Did you know that a word “mangrove (in Japanese)” isn’t a name of these trees? By the way, I didn’t know lol
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A mangrove seed on the branch drops, sticks into the sand, and sprouts.
Mangrove trees grow like this.
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Happy faces 🙂
Say, cheeeese~~ in front of the Pinaisara Fall, the highest waterfall in Okinawa.
Thanks to the wonderful nature and people on the Island, we had so much fun!
The next Mano-Omote tour will be on November 23-26, 2023.
Don’t miss it ;)!!
MANO