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In this episode, James heads to Nakijin to introduce you to his Okinawan relatives. He also finds a huge spider living in the bathroom behind the toilet. Yikes!
Okinawa is a sub-tropical island in southern Japan. James Knott explores the geography, history, people and culture of this unique place in a series of podcasts. Tune in, learn, and enjoy!!!Please comment, rate and subscribe to my videos. I’m using any feedback I can get to help me make a documentary about visiting Okinawa.
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I came to okina with my wife Chrissy
this is what I look like her parents
Carl and satoko her sister Annie he
wants to go over here now and Annie’s
husband
joy joy John that’s me right
here it’s a great opportunity to meet
the okan half of my wife’s family my
name
for most of my time in Okinawa this cute
little house in nakian Village is my
base of
operations my mother-in-law’s sister
tuno and her husband Haru occupy the
home haruo tuno
to they take me on Many Adventures
around the
island they host several cookouts at
their home in Naki
jeene relatives come from around Okinawa
Kito and the mainland to see
us we work together to cook the
food and there’s always lots of food and
oh that was a good one maybe one or two
Beverages hadu and tuno also have a pet
spider living in the bathroom look
there’s the
toilet there’s the spider
we’re in Okinawa and my big question is
how do they sleep with
spiders that are this big in their
house
us haduan doesn’t mind the spider
because it doesn’t hurt humans and eats
bugs that wander into the house in this
rural part of
Okinawa
it’s a lot of fun hanging out with
[Laughter]
everyone Chrissy and Annie spent a lot
of time with their cousins growing up
and relish being reunited with them
happy birthday to
you they even get a cake for Annie’s
birthday dear
Annie happy birthday to you hi
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[Laughter]
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[Applause]
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for me meeting my ok now and relatives
gives me a greater attachment to the
island as I wander around on my
Adventures I know know that I have the
support of a wonderful family I want to
learn as much as I can about their
unique
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culture my name is James not thanks for
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40 Comments
Well, im not going to Japan anytime soon!
@funkyjim That's too bad. It's a lot of fun!
@Neutrinoghost Japan – the land of fancy toilets.
HOLY SHIT! I want to go to japan, but after seeing that spider… idk…
@GagaPromoter She is a cute little kid – who gets bigger every time we skype with Japan!
It's funny how the top comments are so oposite
(Bad english=Argentinian (: )
@PascualSeba Wow. That is very funny.
@Neutrinoghost lmao i seen that too!
@JayMK47 thinking the SAME thing. i would love it there
"yall got spiders out here this big!!!!' sorry ice cube i had to take that line
@kabol69 Is that from the movie "Congo"?
@kabol69 I mean "Anaconda".
@AgileHProductions iwas in the navy and there in 78-79, i loved it there, but one of my most favorable places to visit was north in nago, which ? might be the 2nd largest city, i don't know. the rock is a very vivid memory which now is more visual. i am now 56 and was young 20's when there. many thanks
@AgileHProductions hell yea, but now that u bring up congo that was a good movie! havent heard congo the movie in years.
@stu7491 It must be a lot different now. My father-n-law was there around the same time and misses how the island used to be.
@youweon How about a spider sitting on the toilet seat? That sounds pretty bad too.
1:21 for the spider
@RealSkyDiver2 The spider was wicked spooky!
o ok i feel better now since it doesnt hurt humans
@Daymitchris Could you sleep soundly with that spider in your room?
You have a very lovely family!!! :"D <3 I also think spiders are helpful in our homes.
The spider has been adopted into the family.
Thats so nice! I love spiders! :") <3
If you think that's big, you should see the centipedes.
if i had that spider as a pet id name it "aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh-oh-my-god-kill-it-fire-aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"
if i saw that spider in my house, id burn it to the ground and move
This video makes me miss Okinawa. Not so much the spider (and I wasn't so kind to them when they were in my house lol), but the rest of it. The island, the culture, all so beautiful 🙂
It's a great place. I want to go in a year or two and do some more exploring.
That seems extreme, but I guess we are just different people. 🙂
Oh the memories…
Awesome video! Love this guy.
Thanks!
i always see people posting how they miss okinawa. but i wonder why u people dont go back there?
Why do people never just put the spider on their hands and remove it like that lol, ok huntsmans are big for spiders but theyre still like 100 times smaller than humans lol.
its a huntsman spider its harmless 😉
Could be a coincidence but, my mother who is from the Nakijin area (Wakugawa) who married my father (an American), told me one time that there was some other lady in the area who also married an American. Wondering if that is your wife's family. I noticed the little girl gave her name as Ooshiro. My mother is an Oshiro. Hmmm.
OKINAWANS YAY
Thanks for sharing this video. My grandparents were born in Nakijin and emigrated to Lima, Peru. One of my dreams is to do what you did, to travel with my wife and children to Nakijin and to know the land of my ancestors.
蜘蛛は怖いよや〜
Wonderful to see, thank you for sharing! I was in Naha Okinawa in Oct 2019 (first time visit) and connected to my Okinawa family! Thank You for sharing, I miss Okinawa! ( especially Shuirijo )