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every year on May 5th, Children's Day (
こどもの日
; Kodomo no hi). From Oku we'll contin-
ue south almost another 10 miles (16 kilometers) to the turn-off for Ada (
安 田
). We won't
stop here now but we'll come again when we visit the offshore islands of Okinawa, for Ada
is the site of the first islet south of Hedo Point, Adakashima (
安田ケ島
; Adaka-shima). Incid-
entally, if you do wish to stop now, it's only one 1 (1.5 kilometers) east down the mountain to
Ada and its enormous white sand beach.
Cape Hedo, the northernmost tip of Okinawa.
It's only a little over a mile (2 kilometers) from the intersection of the Ada road to the
junction with Route 2 described a little earlier. If you wish to do so, you could cross back
over the island at this point and pick up the Ōkuni-rindo in 4 miles (6 kilometers) or go 8
miles (13 kilometers) to the East China Sea at Yona and catch Route 58. Continuing south,
however, from the Route 2 intersection, it's 1.5 miles (2.5 kilometers) further to Aha Falls and
another mile to Aha village.
Staying on Route 70 all the while, now it's 17 miles (27 kilometers) south from Aha to
Higashi village (
東村
; Higashi-son). From the village it's less than three-quarters of a mile (1
kilometer) to the end of Route 70, where it meets Route 331. Taking 331 north for 5 miles (8
kilometers) brings you across the island to Route 58. From there it's not quite 7.5 miles (12
kilometers) north to Okuma or 11 miles (18 kilometers) south to Nago. But we're not cross-
ing over now, we're staying on the east coast and heading south.
