European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 16 2007 an advertising supplement stripes Okinawa 7 town if youre pressed for time there is one place that combines several of these and its simply called gala at gala not Only can visitors observe the artisans in action but for a modest fee the bravest among us can take part in the action and create your own works of Art the main attractions Are a Glass factory a pottery shop and a Salt factory that produces Salt from Nat ural sea water visitors can make a Glass trin Ket a pottery sculpture or Salt suitable for Home use Check out the spectacular Ocean View where for a few months of the year february through april whales can be observed what makes gala different from other tourist attractions is their Salt manufacturing process Here the proprietors have found a Way to harness the wind Sun and a natural renewable heat source to Power their refinery first three giant propellers circulate sea water through an evaporator that utilizes the natural Power of the wind and the Sun to remove a significant amount of water what remains from this process is a hype Saline solution the solution is pumped to Large vats the solution is heated with a clean burning natural heat source to evaporate any remaining water the final result is Home ready purified Salt there is no admission fee which makes gala an excellent place to take the whole family or that special someone it is a great top right Bottom powered by the wind these turbines process sea water into Salt each of these three tanks holds 200 tons of sea water natural charcoal fires Are used to further boil out the impurities into the final product place for school Field trips the facilities Are modern extremely clean and for Japan reasonably priced to get to gala drive West along Highway 6 West about two Kilometres North and West of Torii station youll notice a Lawson store on the left Side just past Lawson find the Kan hide supermarket on the left and Fork in the Road take the left Fork about two Hun dred meters Down youll notice a Suzuki Dealership on the right and several signs for attractions pointing to the left take a left turn and follow the signs to gala its located on the Ocean behind another tourist attraction that was once the set of the japanese to drama Ryukyu no Kaze