The first week of May is Golden Week in Okinawa. It's a weeklong celebration including the dragon boat races and most of the Japanese schools let out for a few of the days. The final day of Golden Week is Children's Day or Kodomo-no-Hi. It's just what it says it is a celebration of children. One way to celebrate is by putting up one of these beautiful carp kites. You'll see them all over the island blowing in the wind from houses, across bridges, etc. The weather this time of year is just about perfect, so the combination of the flying carps, Golden Week, and beach weather puts us in great spirits. Fletcher bought us our own carp kite, so we flew ours proudly in celebration of Bennett and Beau. I snapped a few pics of kites around the island.
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