Last week, we spent a day at Ryukyu Mura, a cultural park that highlights the food, traditional dress, music and history of Okinawa. It's an easy way to learn a lot about Okinawa in a short amount of time.

Olivia was a wonderful baby the entire day. We carried her in the peanut shell (the brown sling) and she relaxed in her little mobile hammock. Every two hours she would wake up and I would feed her. She slept and ate right through the entertainment.

Olivia was a bit of a show stopper herself. The Japanese tourists would stop and stare at her. They would ask how old she was, who was the mother (this tells you how young my mom looks) and be shocked to learn that Olivia was only a few days old. In Japan, mother and baby stay in the hospital for seven to 10 days and babies don't leave their homes for the first three months of life. So seeing a newborn out in public is a rare treat.

The weather was sunny and warm. March is the perfect time to visit Okinawa. It's the only month when it's not too hot and humid, but doesn't have constant rain.