#: locale=en ## Hotspot ### Text HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B0DA5C77_54AF_64DE_41EE_8FC36DEB69D8.text = a hundred feet from the ground. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B30DEF28_54D0_A472_41ED_8DD75C8A630C.text = The room has its own moon, HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B9F117B3_5750_A456_41D1_11A234430492.text = (base fence) HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_AFD4ABEF_5751_A3CE_41EE_60273AB09BF8.text = (hotel fence) HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B6EF7431_5750_E452_41E8_2D7A3BA67091.text = (no man's land) HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B82A6342_5750_9C36_41E3_113C522A0C72.text = 2015 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BD8896A9_DBB7_A472_41C1_E95B883CEB5B.text = 2015 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BC246B99_D4D0_AC52_41E2_1FE681A67342.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BC023418_DBB1_A452_41CF_CEBDDAA84C98.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BC792BFC_DBB1_63D2_41CA_02592BED062D.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BCED7035_DBB1_7C52_41B4_080D21098F33.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B2BA2E45_54B0_A432_41BE_FBB4D09DC10C.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B4406F33_57BF_6456_41D9_C0159DE7F256.text = 2023 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B5113718_5773_6452_41EB_06B44BC1CEC2.text = 2024 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BC90BDD2_D4D1_E7D6_41D4_D90E4E55F732.text = 2024 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B4E272EB_54B0_9DF6_41E6_B6EF7B170ABE.text = 2024 QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_06C237B1_ADF0_A452_41CF_A1202C2E55EE.text = About this poem: \ I attended Amelia Earhart Intermediate School for 6th grade. We played at recess every day on the field across this highway. \ \ The chemicals discovered adjacent to the school fields in 2013 included several ingredients of the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange. Soil and water samples showed toxic chemicals at concentrations of up to 280 times recommended levels. \ \ The soccer field where they were found had been an underground dump before it was returned from the US to Japan in 1987. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4FC21E8E_ACD1_A44E_418D_76CE6493621B.text = About this poem: \ I attended Amelia Earhart Intermediate School for 6th grade. We played at recess every day on the field below. \ \ The chemicals discovered adjacent to the school fields in 2013 included several ingredients of the Vietnam War-era defoliant Agent Orange. Soil and water samples showed toxic chemicals at concentrations of up to 280 times recommended levels. \ \ The soccer field where they were found had been an underground dump before it was returned from the US to Japan in 1987. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4FE499BD_ACD0_AC52_4167_6EF4DDE2B896.text = According to the Status of Forces Agreement that governs US-Japan relations, the US is not responsible for cleaning up former base sites, so Japan's taxpayers paid for the years-long remediation project. No comprehensive testing or remediation has been carried out on the base side. \ \ The REF Hotel Okinawa Arena opened on the clean off-base site in 2023, and now its roof deck offers the highest, clearest view into the base there is. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_7D34261E_F550_A44E_41C0_884E703FF783.text = According to the Status of Forces Agreement that governs US-Japan relations, the US is not responsible for cleaning up former base sites, so Japan's taxpayers paid for the years-long remediation project. No comprehensive testing or remediation has been carried out on the base side. \ \ The REF Hotel Okinawa Arena opened on the clean off-base site in 2023, and now its roof deck offers the highest, clearest view into the base there is. \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BB756D92_57B1_6456_41E4_5340802D6CF7.text = Back then this was a soccer field, QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_AD322774_55AF_A4D2_41AA_F8BE607C941A.text = From here, what can you see? QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_95BBC31A_862E_0CB6_41A0_D666E9FCDD57.text = From here, what can you see? HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B2312876_57B7_6CDE_41EA_B8B6E9BBD65E.text = Here is the closest I can get \ to my old playground. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4F8CD2D4_ACB0_9DD2_4175_9DCAA283FB28.text = How to read this poem: \ In VR, train the dot at the center of your vision on the text for a few seconds to reveal the next line of the poem. In 2D, touch or click on the text. To start over, reload the page. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_AFC30171_54D0_BCD2_41E7_02C4EC477A6E.text = If there's poison, it's all the way down. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_AE95E4BC_54AF_E452_41CE_3AC6849D3095.text = In the dark, \ I spin round. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B722F702_5773_A436_41C2_243754F6D29C.text = Japan paid to excavate HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_505FAA45_ACF3_6C32_4181_0DF58EF81B2F.text = Koza City Sports Park, QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A8054B9A_5571_6C56_41E4_9D23BC0FC216.text = My playground is still there. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B0D82F00_5550_A432_41DB_2D5B4A798BEE.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Collier Nogues, 2023. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_0F6EBC2F_5573_E44E_41BC_13CFC6810AD2.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Collier Nogues, 2023. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_09B811B1_5570_BC52_41AE_C878C04FBC54.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Collier Nogues, 2023. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B17C36C4_5551_6432_41BB_16C2A9955CFE.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2010. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A6B63D8C_5551_A432_4198_AFC7BF6A0C30.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2015. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_ACF928D1_555F_EDD2_41D2_28ABD4EFC2BE.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2018. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B135B688_555F_6432_41D0_87C206E2422B.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2022. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B1B62FDB_5550_A3D6_41E2_CEC55A9FF1CD.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2024. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B13E5D1D_5553_6452_41B8_A1313E28F32F.text = Okinawa City, Okinawa. Photo: Google Street View, 2024. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_0ED95F54_5570_A4D2_41D0_DF1766E6D7C9.text = REF Hotel Okinawa Arena. Photo: Collier Nogues, 2023. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4BC22AD9_ABAF_6DD2_4145_CE0FE4A40CCD.text = REF Hotel Okinawa Arena. Photo: Collier Nogues, 2023. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_A4C6D7E1_54F3_63F2_41E8_290A436AF3BC.text = Sealed in, \ HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B7E1C65A_5571_A4D6_41EF_9CC9E5397D14.text = So are whatever chemicals are buried HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BDBB58C1_D4B0_AC32_41CB_4738536F620E.text = The room has its own moon, HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_ACE4B231_54D3_7C52_41E4_26A190FEEF61.text = The schoolyard glows under sodium lights. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B9F063C9_5753_BC32_41E5_4848E9A27233.text = Then a hotelier dug it up again QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_05B5B16D_ADD1_FCF2_4181_7A78CEDA731A.text = Then it was a dioxin field, HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_896C28F6_BDE2_1D7E_41B3_623534A6E4F1.text = To explore the other fork of this poem, return to the highway below. QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_8D9E031C_BE22_0CB2_41C4_555BF081E866.text = To explore the other fork of this poem, return to the highway outside. \ \ \ QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_8ACEEF49_BE2E_3492_41E2_BB85A8C89FB8.text = To find out more about the playground, hotel, and what's underneath them, click here. \ \ QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_8D08ECF5_8222_1572_4191_D44430C85024.text = To find out more about the playground, the hotel, and what's beneath them, click here. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_AD1C9D16_555F_645E_41E6_309BEE2A74E7.text = To get these photos, I rented this room HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_96A73F9B_85DE_13B6_41E0_A7CE03BD69D6.text = To get these photos, I rented this room HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_007CE6B4_ABD7_6452_41D2_F2805A46EE31.text = Turns out it was \ a dioxin field HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B4FEF4C0_54B1_6432_41E7_B6627A65D4CD.text = You can see the playground a little better from up here. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4DB154E1_ACF1_65F2_4180_1D902BB0CF02.text = a few kids in the outfield \ (just specks), QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B2BF688D_5573_6C32_41B8_B56B309280DA.text = and built \ all this. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BB7860CA_5771_BC37_41CD_E6A2CB55A7D2.text = and pave it. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4F736232_ACF0_FC56_417C_74780128B448.text = and, trying to see everything, me. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B57BCE8B_5550_A436_41D0_0AEF660986EE.text = but I never slept here. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_97FAE560_85DE_1492_41E3_12ED48050F0F.text = but I never slept here. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_B0FDF676_54D3_64DE_41EE_5F559F1FF5F3.text = hanging HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4BE483F1_AB50_A3D5_4137_E1F2FAC9A74E.text = here QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4BFD5264_AB51_7CF2_4183_E8A27C2551B6.text = or here, QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_56F077A4_AB50_A472_4189_CED315454AE5.text = or here. HotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_BD45B28D_D4B0_9C32_41CB_89F2F6DF4A64.text = outlining this truck makes it look like a toy QuadHotspotPanoramaOverlayTextImage_4950278A_ABB3_A436_4161_4AAB1B043C07.text = that looked like this. 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I attended 6th grade on base at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School, across this highway. We played at recess every day on the playground field.
The chemicals discovered in 2013 on the off-base side of the fence, beneath the current hotel, included several ingredients of the Vietnam War era defoliant Agent Orange. Soil and water samples showed toxic chemicals at concentrations of up to 280 times recommended levels.
The soccer field where they were found had been a dump extending across both sides of the current fence before the nearer parcel was returned from the US to Japan in 1987. According to the Status of Forces Agreement governing US-Japan relations, the US is not responsible for cleaning up former base sites, so Japan's taxpayers paid for the years-long remediation project. No comprehensive testing or remediation has been carried out on the US side of the fence.
The REF Hotel Okinawa Arena opened on the cleaned off-base site in 2023, and now its roof deck offers the highest, clearest view into the base there is.
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I attended 6th grade on base at Amelia Earhart Intermediate School, across this highway. We played at recess every day on the playground field.
The chemicals discovered in 2013 on the off-base side of the fence, beneath the current hotel, included several ingredients of the Vietnam War era defoliant Agent Orange. Soil and water samples showed toxic chemicals at concentrations of up to 280 times recommended levels.
The soccer field where they were found had been a dump extending across both sides of the current fence before the nearer parcel was returned from the US to Japan in 1987. According to the Status of Forces Agreement governing US-Japan relations, the US is not responsible for cleaning up former base sites, so Japan's taxpayers paid for the years-long remediation project. No comprehensive testing or remediation has been carried out on the US side of the fence.
The REF Hotel Okinawa Arena opened on the cleaned off-base site in 2023, and now its roof deck offers the highest, clearest view into the base there is.
## Tour ### Description ### Title tour.name = Dioxin Field • Collier Nogues