They say today is Day of Naha. Why? Because July 8 is written as 7.8 and they are read as na (7) ha (8). Naha is the name of the seat of the Okinawa (沖縄) prefectural government. Okinawa is the southwest and the westernmost prefecture in Japan.
The land area is 2,275.94 square kilometer. Population is 1,381,116 people as of May 1, 2009. The rate of the population under 14 years old is the highest in Japan. This is the only prefecture that younger (under 14 years old) people are more than older (over 65 years old) people.
There are many islands and they belong to the tropical zone. This is the only prefecture that does not have a first-rate river.
Okinawa is very popular for sightseeing places and beautiful beaches. There were 5,153,200 visitors in 2004.
I hope you will have a chance to visit there someday.
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