Hedo Point

Okuma Beach

Hedo Point overlooking East China Sea

Hedo Point Monument

On New Year's Eve day, Ed drove Paul and I to the northern most part of Okinawa, Hedo Point. On our drive we stopped at Okuma Beach. The military owns a resort at Okuma Beach and military families vacation and enjoy their leave on this most beautiful beach paradise. The resort hosts a oceanview restaurant where we ate lunch. I ate yakisoba and loved watching the waves and the beautiful light blue color of the water.

We then continued to Hedo point where the Pacific Ocean meets the East China Sea. The view was spectacular. It was very windy but we stayed and stayed looking at the view. I couldn't get enough of the ocean and the smell of the air. The monument is in Japanese, but is very famous and we had to wait in line to get our picture taken by it.

New Year's Eve in Okinawa

New Year's Eve day, Ed drove Paul and I to the northern top of the island to see Hedo Point. It's the spot where the Pacific Ocean meets the East China Sea. It's a breathtaking view of gorgeous ocean surf from a volcanic rock cliff top. On our way back to Ed's, we stopped at a farmer's market and purchased 2 fresh pineapple for 1 yen each. We used the fresh pineapple to top homemade pizzas for our New Year's Eve festivities! Yummy!!

We loved seeing Jaron, Kimberlee, Keira and Krista having fun with the noise makers!

Smiles from Nancy, MaryAnn and Ed too.

I think we had the biggest smiles of all. What was even more fun. We flew home on New Year's Day and flew through the international date line and got to have New Year's over and over again with every time zone!! Happy New Year's everyone!!

Yes, I made New Year's resolutions. Did you?