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Sailor in Hawaii finds message in a bottle from Japan

National Sep. 16, 2011 - 03:00PM JST ( 30 )

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OkinawamikeSep. 16, 2011 - 04:23PM JST

Que the Message in a Bottle song by The Police, 80's rock!
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CrazyJoeSep. 16, 2011 - 04:34PM JST

It reminded me of "Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croce.
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Sandra CaraanSep. 16, 2011 - 04:35PM JST

Ahw how cute and cool at the same time :3
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Andrew DecenaSep. 16, 2011 - 06:24PM JST

So did they contact the girl who put that bottle in the ocean?
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USNinJapan2Sep. 16, 2011 - 06:55PM JST

I hate this PT uniform!
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concentratedsinSep. 16, 2011 - 07:06PM JST

that's cute!! :3
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Chris AlvisSep. 16, 2011 - 07:17PM JST

Awesome. I am surprised they printer her name and city.
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Chris AlvisSep. 16, 2011 - 07:19PM JST

Here's the photo http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6076/6151387143_d8888f88be.jpg
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LFRAgainSep. 16, 2011 - 07:21PM JST

Nice story. I hope he had the opportunity to contact Ms. Arikawa and let her know her bottle made it to someone.
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JKatsSep. 16, 2011 - 07:27PM JST

I love it...!!! :) She must be smart... :)
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TumbleDrySep. 16, 2011 - 08:15PM JST

I'm not a trash.

... Mr. Ocean
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LagunaSep. 16, 2011 - 08:38PM JST

Doubly cool as she would now be my son's age: a high school second-year student. This is good incentive as preparation for college exams approach!
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sctaber56Sep. 16, 2011 - 08:59PM JST

A nice, feel good story - Thanks, JT!
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BurakuminDesSep. 16, 2011 - 09:12PM JST

Que the Message in a Bottle song by The Police, 80's rock!

Brilliant song, one of Sting's best! This is a wonderful story - let's hope the media does a follow up feature on the kid who put this note in the bottle!
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AsagaoSep. 16, 2011 - 09:35PM JST

This kind of stupid activity causes our beaches to be awash with rubbish.
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Taka313Sep. 16, 2011 - 09:39PM JST

Asagao is right. Our beaches are absolutely covered with letters in bottles.

What are people thinking trying to communicate with one another?

Taka
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NeoJamalSep. 16, 2011 - 10:03PM JST

I feel like I'm a little more alive after reading this article. Thanks JT! I hope the two get in touch soon
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tenguleavingsSep. 16, 2011 - 10:12PM JST

This kind of stupid activity causes our beaches to be awash with rubbish.

Well, there are a hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore.
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LoveNotSep. 16, 2011 - 11:02PM JST

Wow, it is so heartwarming. I would like to send a message in a bottle to somebody now!
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LagunaSep. 16, 2011 - 11:22PM JST

Dunno, Asagao - looks like on my beach people are sending messages in disposable lighters, canned coffee cans and discarded fishing equipment.
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TrentonGaijinSep. 16, 2011 - 11:37PM JST

They could've waited a few days to get & include Arikawa-chan's impressions on her message making it to Hawai'i....
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TriumvereSep. 17, 2011 - 12:12AM JST

Too bad the message was so lame.
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lucabrasiSep. 17, 2011 - 12:32AM JST

I don't know why, but when I read "... sailor in Hawaii....", I imagined some old, wild-looking guy with an eye-patch and a pipe and a straggly beard. This guy looks like a college professor or an airline pilot. Oh, well, times change I guess!
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Elbuda MexicanoSep. 17, 2011 - 06:51AM JST

I have been to Hawaii but I do not remember any garbage anywhere, let alone on their beaches, is Kauai the bad part of Hawaii?? Too bad Asagao has to always be so negative, but I am happy for this sailor in the cool yellow t shirt and he seems to have gotten a real good Hawaiian sun tan too??
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AsagaoSep. 17, 2011 - 09:20AM JST

Sorry if I sounded negative. I think it is wonderful that people spend their own time, cleaning up other people's mess! Good job sailor man!
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jforceSep. 17, 2011 - 09:37AM JST

Natural currents. That's all. Isn't the Internet a little faster and less polluting?
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shirokuma2011Sep. 17, 2011 - 10:02AM JST

Maybe the bottle managed to escape the great Pacific garbage patch before making it to shore...

Elbuda, Kauai's beaches probably see a bit more of a marine pollution problem because they are not as crowded--and thus not as frequently maintained--as beaches on Maui or Oahu. Maybe its location at the northern end of the main chain of islands has something to do with it, too--increased exposure, etc. But marine trash is a problem throughout Hawaii.

Nearly 60 metric tons of abandoned/discarded fishing nets alone are collected from waters around the Hawaiian Islands every year.
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USNinJapan2Sep. 17, 2011 - 02:22PM JST

I would think that its natural that more trash washes up and is left untouched for longer on a beach that's inside a restricted military site like Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range Facility.
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sf2kSep. 17, 2011 - 03:10PM JST

Proof that the capture of a memory, a simple moment in time to be shared with the world in that little bottle floating in the ocean connects us all