Walking tour of Koza resumes after three-year hiatus, including the taco stand featured in the movie “Miracle City Koza”

Walking tour of Koza resumes after three-year hiatus, including the taco stand featured in the movie “Miracle City Koza”

Tour guide Takahiro Kina (far left) introducing the history of Koza to his walking tour participants – May 2, Central Park Avenue in Okinawa City


May 23, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Ryota Shimabukuro

Okinawa City – The Okinawa Multicultural Society Promotion Association (run by Okinawa City) restarted their walking tours through the history of Koza on May 2 after a three-year hiatus. The tours had been paused for that time due to COVID-19. Takahiro Kina, 57, where he showed the post-war history, culture and cuisine in front of the gates of the largest air base in the far east, the U.S. military’s Kadena Air Base.

There were nine people on the tour, where they could view from the top of a building the expansive Kadena, the spacious homes of U.S. military personnel around base, and the tightly packed buildings of the Okinawan residential area.

Kina explained that during the Vietnam War, many of the US soldiers deployed to the battlefield from Koza. He explained that businesses in the area saw great profits from soldiers who spent extravagantly as they prepared themselves to face death in battle, but that the area was also plagued by a never-ending string of incidents as well.

The tour also enjoyed some local food at the long-standing “Ocean” taco stand, which was a location for the filming of the movie “Miracle City Koza.”

For inquiries, contact the promotion association at 098 (989) 9392.

(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)

 

Go to Japanese


　


Previous Article:
Next Article:

[Similar Articles]