CHAPTER 06 — o[F]fshore

Okinawa — two weeks on island time

Summary

Draft — Tentative. Spend 2028-04-08 to 2028-04-22 in Okinawa as a two-week island chapter between the eastbound return to Tokyo and Shikoku. The islands, bases, and activities remain open. Document review and approval are pending.

Part of the travel plan.

Copyright and licence

Dates and continuity

Item	Plan	Certainty / evidence
Start / arrival	2028-04-08	Tentative; user planning discussion
End / departure	2028-04-22	Tentative; user planning discussion
Duration	14 days; arrival-inclusive, departure-exclusive	Calculated from tentative boundaries
Housing nights	TBD; reconcile with overnight transfers and selected dates	TBD
Previous chapter	CHAPTER 05 — the sea leads [E]ast	Tentative
Next chapter	CHAPTER 07 — small towns, lon[G] roads	Tentative

Dates use local Japan calendar dates. ~ means approximate. Overnight travel and transfer times remain TBD.

Expected stay

Area	Expectation	Certainty / constraints
Locations and bases	Okinawa; specific bases and purpose TBD	Tentative; user planning outline
Housing	TBD type, area, nights, and alternatives	TBD
Priority sightseeing and activities	TBD	TBD
Optional activities	TBD	Ideas
Everyday needs	TBD	TBD
Work or study	TBD	TBD
Administrative tasks	TBD	TBD

Budget

Reporting currency: TBD. Fixed planning exchange rate: €1 = ¥160. Display converted EUR amounts to the nearest €10, rounding halfway values away from zero; retain unrounded values for calculations and round each total or range endpoint only at the end.

Expense	Calculation / basis	Planned amount and currency	Certainty / source
Housing and fees	TBD nights × TBD rate; fees TBD	TBD	TBD
Food and everyday expenses	TBD days × TBD allowance	TBD	TBD
Local transport	TBD	TBD	TBD
Sightseeing and activities	TBD	TBD	TBD
Owned inter-chapter transfers	Transportation records below	TBD	TBD
Other costs	TBD	TBD	TBD
Contingency	TBD basis	TBD	TBD

Planned expenditure total: TBD. Known subtotal, if useful: TBD; unknown amounts: TBD.

Refundable deposits and payment timing: TBD. Total cash needed including deposits: TBD.

Expected income, tracked separately: TBD.

Trip-wide costs and emergency reserve: overall budget recap; allocation or exclusion TBD.

Transfer costs owned elsewhere and excluded here: TBD; link to owning record.

Transportation

Arrival

Arrival from Tokyo at the end of the Setouchi and Tokyo chapter: previous chapter’s outbound record. That chapter owns the transfer cost; excluded here. Route and cost remain TBD.

Origin, destination, date or window, time zones, mode, cost and currency, booking certainty, evidence, luggage, and timing constraints: TBD.

Local movement

Routes or passes, dates, costs, certainty, evidence, luggage, and timing constraints: TBD.

Departure and connection

This chapter owns the transfer to the next chapter, or the final return journey.

Origin, destination, next chapter / final return, date or window, time zones, mode, cost and currency, booking certainty, evidence, luggage, and timing constraints: TBD.

Overnight housing and shared-booking cost allocation: TBD.

Preparation and open decisions

Action or decision	Deadline	Dependency	State
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Review of dates, housing nights, arithmetic, transfer allocation, and itinerary recap: pending.

Sources and assumptions

Item	Source / evidence	Checked on	Assumption or limitation
Chapter title, region, and date range	User planning outline in this conversation, 2026-10-19	2026-10-19	Years inferred from the 2027–2028 WHV context; dates are planning intentions, not booking evidence. Other content remains TBD.

Revisions

Revision	Date	Author	Description
1	2026-10-25	Akane SHIMOKA	Initial draft. 2026-10-25: Renamed the chapter file and ID to match the selected title, escaped the bracketed letter, and updated chapter links.