Haisai

My mother went to Okinawa and she's just come back home.

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Most of tourists tend to buy Okinawan foods (such as Chinsukou cookies, Beniimo Tart, and so on) as a souvenir.

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But my mother has been to Okinawa many times and she get bored with buying typical souvenirs from Okinawa.

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This time she bought them and gave them to me.

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① "Aosa" seaweed soup

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② Cards with Okinawan Dialects

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Every card has a different Okinawan word.

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For example, do you know the meaning of "あがっ"?

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Some of my friends are Okinawan and they use this word when they bump into another player in basketball practice.

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The answer is here.

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It means "Ohch!!"......yeah it's interesting.

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And the Jokers are Okinawan Habu (a poisonous snake which lives in Okinawa) and Mongoose.

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Why is Magoose drawn?

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Mangoose didn't live in Okinawa originally, it brought from India in 1910 to exterminate Okinawan Habu.

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Okinawa the strange place...(^O^;)