{"id":201,"date":"2020-05-15T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/?page_id=201"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:37:31","slug":"information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/information\/","title":{"rendered":"Precautions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"inblock precautions\">\n<div class=\"inblock \">\n<h3 class=\"title_bar2\">Watch out for Habu Snakes<\/h3>\n<h4>Dangerous and poisonous snakes<\/h4>\n<div class=\"text_block\">The habu is a poisonous snake found in Okinawa Prefecture. It is most active between April and November, but is also awake throughout the year.<br \/>\nThe young will hatch around September and begin to move around looking for food. During the day, they hide in stonewalls, caves and thick brush, but will come out at night.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"grey_block\">\n<h3 class=\"title_bar\"><span><i class=\"fa fa-exclamation-triangle\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> Habu Bite First Aid<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"num_list\">\n<li>Stay calm, try not to move around, and call someone close by for help<\/li>\n<li>Seek medical attention at a clinic or hospital right away. As a first-aid measure, use a venom extractor to repeatedly draw out poison from the wound.<\/li>\n<li>If it\u2019s going to take time to get to a hospital, then wrap a cloth loosely, enough for one finger to be inserted, around an area between the bite and heart.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link_block\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitokinawa.jp\/for-visitors\/enjoyable-safe-okinawa-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">Precautions for Aquatic Activities <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bousai-okinawa.my.salesforce-sites.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">Okinawa disaster prevention information portal <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitokinawa.jp\/travel-tips\/emergency-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">What to do During a Disaster <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/okinawa-mcc.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">Okinawa Tourism and Medical Support Center<i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitokinawa.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/wifi_map_english_korean.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">Free Wi-Fi is Available <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link_block\">\n<h4>See the following website for a guide to using medical institutions in Japan<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jnto.go.jp\/emergency\/eng\/mi_guide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\u201dnofollow\u201d noopener noreferrer\">Guide to medical institutions <i class=\"fa fa-external-link\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch out for Habu Snakes Dangerous and poisonous snakes The habu is a poisonous snake found in Okinawa Prefec [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6532,"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201\/revisions\/6532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/education.okinawastory.jp\/visit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}