Hennoko

My aunt and I went to visit Henoko and join kayakers out on the water. Unfortunately it was too windy for kayakers to go out but I got the experience of meeting team leaders and organizers of the kayak protesters. Often, newspaper photographers will go out on the kayaks with the protesters to take photos. Sometimes they get a good snapshot of a Duong.

Unfortunately, Medoruma Shun wasn't among the protesters but some key leaders were. The strongest angle against having the bases right now seems to be the enviornmental effects. I noticed many of the pamphlets in English I recieved from protesters weren't well translated and gramatically incorrect even printed newspapers.

I was allowed in the tents and offered a place to sleep and food to eat. I was astonished at the living conditions. In the hot Okinawa weather in a small tent people protested everyday; surviving only through the support of their community. I was unable to take pictures inside as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to take down as many tents as possible and any evidence of the sleeping/food tents could be enough proof for arrests.

Much of the form of protest is seen through song, comedy and dance.

Me, Momo and Yosuke.

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