LEE JOON GI
PARASAILING
AND
SCUBA DIVING
IN
OKINAWA
JAPAN
LEE JOON GI
IN
OKINAWA
At the end of 2017, Lee Joon Gi
travelled twice to Okinawa, Japan to film his scuba diving and parasailing
programme as well as to
shoot for a photobook (two volumes) with The Star Magazine team. A Japanese
filming crew documented his experiences in Okinawa. Those thrilling experiences in
Okinawa, with some of Lee's other activities, were incorporated into a
variety show for the Japanese audience. The project is referred to as ‘JG
Island’. The Japanese Home Drama Channel would broadcast the show together
with a series of Lee's dramas.
Okinawa Island is the largest
of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryuku Islands of Japan. The
name Okinawa means ‘Rope in the Open Sea’, a fairly apt description
of this long stretch of islands between the four main islands of Japan and
Taiwan.
Naha is the administrative capital
of the Okinawa and Naha Airport is the main transportation hub for the
Ryukyu Islands.
 
One interesting fact about Okinawa
is that the martial art of Karate is Okinawa's most famous export
worldwide.
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PARASAILING
IN
OKINAWA
Lee Joon Gi’s trip to Okinawa was
definitely an adventure-filled trip as he went parasailing for the first time. He took some time off during the photoshoot to do what he had always wanted to do.
Parasailing was a challenge to him. Looking at Lee having fun, one
would not have suspected that he was anxious about heights had he not
confessed to it. Though it was his first parasailing experience, the ‘flying’
part seemed like second nature to him.
Most people experience a certain
degree of natural fear when exposed to heights. It is not so much the fear
of heights but the fear of falling or of being disconnected from the earth
that worries them.
            
For Lee Joon Gi, the whole point
of parasailing was to lose that anxiety and have a lot of fun. When he was
getting strapped and hooked up to the giant parachute right before the
lift-off, Lee was laughing heartily. When he was released, he shot up at a
rapid rate. He was apparently having the time of his life when he floated in
the air.
The only thing lacking in the
video was the viewers did not get to see him on his way down and when he was
being reeled in.
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SCUBA DIVING
IN
OKINAWA
Scuba Diving. It was reported that
it was also Lee Joon Gi’s first diving experience in Okinawa.
Apparently, the diving
instructor was amazed by Lee's enthusiasm and ability to learn the ropes of diving very quickly. His fluency in
Japanese also made a strong impression on him. Lee Joon Gi was also praised for his physical energy and athletic
abilities; he was a natural in the sea and took to diving like a duck to water.
Lee had acquainted himself
quickly with the diving in the sea in Okinawa despite the inclement weather.
The project was almost hindered by the strong typhoon winds.
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