Actually, Shirahama is where you go to look for your spouse if they haven't
shown up for a few days.

Isn't it still like that?


"Declan Murphy" <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:413DA8B3.5020702@hotmail.com...
> Ryan Ginstrom wrote:
>
> > <snip>but you see a lot of couples of dubious
> > marital status, consisting of men in their 40s and 50s and beautiful
young
> > women.
>
> No need to travel to Okinawa for that. My guesstimate when I was down at
> Shirahama a few weeks back was that about 1/2 the people on the beach
> were there for a fling.
>
>
> -- 
> "You are about to embark on a course of studies which...  form a noble
> adventure. Except for those of you who will become teachers or dons, all
> that you will learn in the course of your studies will not be of the
> slightest possible use to you in later life -- save only this -- that if
> you work hard and intelligently you should be able to detect when a man
> is talking rot"
>
> J.A. Smith, 1914
>