Coming out of  Ishigaki 石垣 airport, we saw 'murder'- a flock of black crows sharing and eating a dead pigeon. Later I learned that  ' the Jungle Crow' is common and prevalent on Ishigaki Island. Arriving in Taketomi  竹富, we were welcomed by rows and rows of neatly trimmed  ' The Indian Coral Tree' ( Erythrina variegata )  -  Okinawa prefectural flower designated in 1972.  Deigo  デイゴ in Japanese and written as ' 梯梧'. Although I am pretty sure linguistically borrowed/developed from  刺桐 ('Zaitun' - aka the historic name for Quanzhou 泉州) The second photo - iconic black crow on symbolic  Deigo,  I would therefore say represent one of the feature of The Yaeyama Islands. Rapa Nui July 2025 What's worth mention here is my trip to Easter Island - The moment we hit the road after arriving at the small Rapa Nui airport - we saw rows and rows of 'coral tree' in every neighborhood. The scene continues during our entire stay. The tree isn't na...