Everything about this trip was a foray into the unknown. I had no idea Oki was a group of islands, and I never imagined each of the islands would reveal such a diversity of expressions. Oki is made up of two areas, Dozen and Dogo; and Dozen is further composed of three islands. The four islands are all different in topography, culture, and the character of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The purpose of my trip was to be on the scene and witness Sony\u2019s telecommunications system MADO form a connection between Oki Dozen High School, in Ama Town in the Dozen Islands, and Oki High School, on Dogo Island. The briefing was simple enough, and yet it didn\u2019t leave me very clear about how the system worked, or why Oki was selected out of Japan\u2019s thousands of islands, or what the significance was of connecting two schools in Oki rather than with a school outside the islands. Equipped with theses myriad mysteries, I headed toward the islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n