Okinawa, Japan 8: Ie-Jima

[owlskissowls]

i grew up in okinawa on the air force base. watching your videos brings back so many memories for me.

[drgigglefart]

What great information and the cinematography is superior to the youtube standard. You have done a great job!!!!

[yumtoasty]

haha, did you ever try habushu while you were there?

[mozartplayer]

I took was stationed on Okinawa 1961-1963 and took the Ferry to Ie and climbed to the top of the mountain. I still have color slides from my trip there, including photo of the Ernie Pyle memorial.

[Jyamii]

I bet it was a southeast island python. I saw one in Yomitan and killed it when I showed it to my Okinawan neighbor he told me what it was. Whoops.

[cprawat2]

That was a good video, I would like somedat to live on one of the southeren Islands of Japan.

[impearless]

great country okikawa

[christof139]

From Wiki, "Common names: Habu,[2] Okinawa habu,[3] yellow-green tree viper,[6] Okinawan habu, Kume Shima habu (for T. f. tinkhami).[4]"

Note: "yellow-green tree viper", therefore, the snake that fell out of the tree in this video may very well have been a Habu. I don't like venemous snakes, have had close encounters and seen someone get bit by a rattler. Pooh on venomous snakes.

[cindyknowsitall]

hahaha.. i was thinking of going down that trail too... good i thing i didn't huh... great post

[c00lb0y10]

i went to the habu museum and they had a dissected habu and there was a kitten in it;s stomach

[c0ddlefl0p]

LOL

[dojo5794]

HI I spent 7 years on Okinawa in the Air Force. I loved it there. We went to IE Jima And sat at the very place you made this video. I miss it and would to go back someday Thanks for the memories!!!

[audgeyp]

Thanks for posting! I'd always wondered what Ie Island looked like. I only saw it from the Okinawan mainland. It's a lot more developed than I'd thought.

[LyndsayLou2007]

I was there for 30 days in Nov 1981. I was marine stationed at camp foster. We did so bulldozer work, there was a air force base on Ie-Jima bace then. The air force fed us well.

[esrgv]

yea im a marine stationed on that island now,i love it it so nice.i go snorkeling scuba diving exploring the caves and collect war artifacts like bullets. i been all thru ie jima i could tell u anything. the golf course is pretty nice too with a great restaurant located on the golf course.i think its the best on the island

[hoffbill]

Wonderful !

You scared the sh*t out of me!

[tjtesttesttest]

Actually, the habu snake is "venomous" not poisonous.

[AgileHProductions]

I only guarantee my videos to be 93% accurate. Thanks for the correction.

[whooperpooper86]

woo im going here in 2 weeks :D

[arn0ldaar0n]

great video James...you got very lucky.The Habu is VERY aggressive.

[mr2drifking]

man that woulda scared me sinceless n took 10 years off my life always listen to mother in law lol

[risingron]

Great video... Anyone on Ie Shima 1968-1969?

Peace Ron

[gliza]

i couldn't see the head of that snake (which is a sure way to determine habu or non) but the pattern appeared to be habu-like. there are a few different species of habu on the islands, however this looked like a commmon habu.

[richardiraha1]

wow. great to see that! my family is from that island :) i was born in okinawa as well. i am an okinawan-american singer in the u.s. you can check out my videos on my page here if you like.

[AgileHProductions]

Glad you liked it. I'm working on my last Okinawa video today - 25: Peace Memorial. I'm excited to finish it up. Don't forget to tune in in a day or two and check it out.

Ie-jima was a lot of fun. I wish I could have spent more time there.

[ycformosa]

@richardiraha1

I love Okinawa. I am Taiwanese American. I think your family made a mistake moving to the US, America is going down! One day I want to live in Okinawa.

[sayuriteruya]

Sou do Brazil e estive em Iejima no ano de 2000, em um periodo de 3 meses, onde conheci sua cultura, o lugar, clima, as pessoas. Ver este filme me traz muitas lembraças... boas!!!!

[Chaplain161]

I had spent some time on Ie-Jima back in the mid 80's while serving in the Marine Corps.We would stay at the small U.S. Air Force Base while we were there. We invited a group of islander onto the base one night for a softball game, then dinner and drinks afterwards. We sat in the small bar that they had in the barracks and taught the Japanese guys how to shot gun a beer. The next night the Japanese men returned and took us all out for dinner and drinks.

[AgileHProductions]

That's a great story. Thanks for watching.

[AgileHProductions]

Somehow I survived!  ...just by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin.

[timjbd]

That was the finest travelogue about the snakes of Ie Jima I've seen this year! Way to go, James. I thought you were in real trouble when the snake fell out of the tree.