Coming to Okinawa: First Resources

Usually when we know where we're going, I start to learn about our new place. The more I know, the more I can share with my children. The more they know what to expect, and what they will see, the more they are at peace with our move and look forward to where they are going next.

I love taxonomy, so the first thing I look for are field guides.
There weren't any bird guides in English for the birds of Okinawa. I found the Birds of East Asia by Mark Brazil and A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Japan by Tadao Shimba.

I did find a neat guide called a Birder's Guide to Okinawa by Tom Marko.

(We didn't start looking at fish and shells and plants until we got to Okinawa.)

I also looked on youtube for video about Okinawa, and really didn't find anything I really liked. I did find an amateur film on Amazon that was worth the money. Tour of Okinawa by James and Chissy Knott.

What's the first kind of information you look for when you PCS?