Posts Tagged ‘country’
Arizona Destination
When most of the cold regions of the United States, the State of Arizona is still quite warm so it became a vacation destination. Because of that, came the term “Snowbird” is reserved for U.S. citizens in the north and Canada who vacation in Arizona. Arizona is positioned on the southwestern U.S. has a subtropical climate. The position was made the state whose territory is a combination of mountains and desert is more “warm” when the majority of U.S. territories into autumn and winter.
Winter for the elderly can be an ordeal, because they must be more confined in the house and shovel snow. Because of that, they then choose a vacation to the south, which was still warm. Many options on vacation in Arizona. One of them was the famous Scottsdale.
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War Orphan
Following the defeat of WWII, while many Japanese racially mixed babies were abondoned by their parents, Miki Sawada dedicated her life to take care of the orphans.
With many American military servicemen residing in Japan to help rebuild the country, unwanted pregnancies between American men and Japanese women were not unusual. However, racially mixed children, particularly of American decent, were viewed as shameful. A culture of shame created an extraordinary influence on Japanese society to marginalize these orphans. Read the rest of this entry »