Squarespace Site Server v5.8.4 (http://www.squarespace.com/)http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/kaimanaandkaiu.jpg?pictureId=666095<p>Photo by Ray Richards</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/crewonamami.jpg?pictureId=665521<p>On the way to Kumamoto from Okinawa, Hokule'a and Kamahele stopped at Amami Island to wait out a storm. Welcome party at Master Miura’s Karate Dojo. Master Miura is in the left end of the front row. From the website of Mr. Tsuboyama, the master traditional canoe builder of Amami:</p> <p>http://scofits.mo-blog.jp/ayhavela/2007/05/post_c9ff.html </p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/chadinamami.jpg?pictureId=665615<p>Hokule'a Captain Chad Baybayan talks with master canoe builder Tsuboyama-san at the canoe building yard. From the website of Mr. Tsuboyama, the master traditional canoe builder of Amami:</p> <p>http://scofits.mo-blog.jp/ayhavela/2007/05/post_b41e.html</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/takujiinamami.jpg?pictureId=665616<p>From the website of Mr. Tsuboyama, the master traditional canoe builder of Amami:</p> <p>http://scofits.mo-blog.jp/ayhavela/2007/04/post_72d1.html .</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/amamideparture.jpg?pictureId=666869<p>After the storm passed, heading east, Hokule'a left Naze harbor, accompanied by two kayaks built by Tsuboyama-san. Courtesy of Tomohiro Aoki.</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/shimabarabay2.jpg?pictureId=668133<p>Seabirds over Shimabara Bay: Uto Peninsula extends out from Kumamoto prefecture into Shimabara Bay, the largest bay in Kyūshū. The bay is used for aquaculture, with nori, or seaweed, being a major product.</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utoarrival1.jpg?pictureId=667138<p>From Weblog at http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/omichinseikatu/diary/200705040000/</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utoarrival2.jpg?pictureId=667139<p>From Weblog at http://kita-taka.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/05/post_3e2f.html</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/02.aloha%20at%20uto%20harbor.jpg?pictureId=669174http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utowelcome.jpg?pictureId=667160<p>From the weblog at http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/omichinseikatu/diary/200705040001/</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utotour5.jpg?pictureId=668421http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utotour4.jpg?pictureId=668420http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utotour2.jpg?pictureId=668418http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utotour1.jpg?pictureId=668417http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utotour3.jpg?pictureId=668419http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/kumamotocastle.jpg?pictureId=667332<p>Kumamoto's most famous landmark is its castle, located at the center of Kumamoto City.</p>http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utoschoolband.jpg?pictureId=673886http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutotaikoettes.jpg?pictureId=673888http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutokanjiletter1.jpg?pictureId=673892http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutokanjiletter2.jpg?pictureId=673891http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xcrewandkids.jpg?pictureId=673895http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutojapancrew.jpg?pictureId=673893http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutooarcrewonhoku.jpg?pictureId=673890http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutofarewell.jpg?pictureId=673884http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutoboatline.jpg?pictureId=673885http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutotraditionalcanoe.jpg?pictureId=673889http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/utokidsfarewell2.jpg?pictureId=673887http://pvshawaii.squarespace.com/picture/xutofishermenfollowing.jpg?pictureId=673894