http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2311 Comments for "Meeting Cubanchu "Cousins" - Worldwide Uchinanchu Join Cuba’s Okinawans in Celebrating Their Centennial - Part 3" en http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2311 <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/l_chinen90_1.jpg" title="View: l_chinen90.jpg"><img style="width: px; height:px;" src="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/sites/www.discovernikkei.org.forum/files/l_chinen90_1.jpg" class="inline" alt="l_chinen90.jpg" title="l_chinen90.jpg" /></a></p> <h2>Meeting Cubanchu "Cousins"</h2> <p>Worldwide Uchinanchu Join Cuba’s Okinawans in Celebrating Their Centennial<br /> by Lesley Chinen</p> <p><i>Third in a four part series. (click <a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2310">here to read part two</a>)</i></p> <p>ISLA DE LA JUVENTUD</p> <p>On our third day in Cuba, we boarded a chartered plane to Isla de la Juventud, where the commemoration activities were to be held. The flight was less than 45 minutes long.</p> <p>Isla de la Juventud, or Island of Youth, is located 62 miles south of mainland Cuba and is approximately 1,170 square miles. The name of the island has changed several times, from Treasure Island to Island of Parrots to Isla de Pinos (Island of Pines). Cubans say that Nikkei named it Isla de Pinos after its Japanese translation, <em>matsu</em> (pine) <em>shima</em> (island). In 1978, the name was again changed — this time to Isla de la Juventud to reflect the young people who studied there and the foreigners who worked on the island.</p> <p><a href="http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2311">read more</a></p> http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum/en/node/2311#comment Immigration &amp; Citizenship Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:20:59 -0700 editor 2311 at http://www.discovernikkei.org/forum