March 11th marked a year since the earthquake and disaster on Mainland Japan. The Japan YMCA organized a kite flying event, for people all around Japan, and the world, to participate in. In Okinawa, they held the event in Ginowan, near Tropical Beach. It wasn't a beautiful day, but it was windy and that was good enough to fly a kite. We heard about it through a friend and decided to check it out. The idea was that everyone would fly kites at the same time, uniting hearts around the world in remembrance.
Kites of Hope pictures around Japan
Olivia's Dora kite was having a hard time flying, so this man was nice enough to give Olivia a tail in hopes it would help:
Worked out pretty well. Who knew a tail would help flight? :)
Eventually we traded in for a YMCA kite that flew super high:
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I love the picture of Olivia with the kite--one of my favorites ever.
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