Notes:
There are one or two things that need explaining in this song. The big one that no one will understand is the star sand. Haruna explained it to me. There is a kind of sand found in Okinawa, and only Okinawa, which has individual grains shaped like little stars. It's a very popular souvenir to get when visiting the beaches of Okinawa. And as most people should know, Okinawa is in extreme southern Japan. But Ryouga comments that it's sure warm for September in northeast Japan. Again, he's totally clueless to his location, obviously. But Akane, reading the letter, figures it out.
The summer greeting cards are tradition in Japan. If you mail it before a certain date (I think June 15th) it's called "shochuu mimai" and after that date, it's called "zansho mimai."
As you can probably tell, Ryouga is writing this letter as he travels, and
he keeps encountering people he knows, but apparently, his usual
cluelessness is in full swing. By the end of his letter, he's writing it
while in the Tendo-ke backyard, and thinks he's incredibly far from Akane.
Poor guy.
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