What kind of country is the Solomon Islands you imagine?
There will be many people who do not get too close.
The Solomon Islands are bordered by Papua New Guinea and are made up of 1000 islands floating in the South Pacific.
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How about it?
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National territory
It is about twice as large as Iwate Prefecture.
The capital is Honiara
The time difference is
Two hours ahead from Japan.
From Australia, it is 1 hour from QLD.
Time required
About 3 hours from Australia to the capital city Honiara.
Currency
Solomon $
1 Solomon $ 0.2 Australian $ Calculated at 16 yen in Japanese yen。
It's pretty colorful, and recently a $ 20 Solomon dollar bill has been made. (2018)
Prices
Since it is an island country, its distribution costs are high, so it is high as a developing country, but not as much as Australia and Japan.
Canned juice is 5 Solomon $ 80 yen in Japanese yen
Water is 1.5 liters, 10 Solomon $ Japanese yen 160 yen
A restaurant where Solomon people go is about $ 50 for Solomon $.
There are Japanese restaurants and restaurants where Westerners go, but they are as expensive as Australia and Japan.
Recently, taxi service is available, but there is no meter, and 50 Solomon $ per hour is a common price.
In comparison, the bus is $ 2 Solomon, so you can see how expensive taxis are.
Security
Security is quite good for developing countries.
There are many people with a mild personality in the Solomon Islands.
However, there are many people who drink a lot of alcohol and those who depend on drugs.
Because it is the Solomon Islands, which is still self-sufficient, guarding is a great enemy.
National character
It has a fairly friendly national character.
Spend a relaxing time and value things.
I cherished my relationships with my neighbors, and my parents raised their children ...
I felt a sense of postwar Japan.
Climate
Because the climate is tropical, it is a hot and humid summer country.
Although the heat seems to be a severe climate, the temperature falls at night.
There are no four seasons, it is divided into dry and rainy seasons.
The dry season is from July to September and the rainy season is from January to April。
Population
The population of the Solomon Islands is about 520,000.
Its racial composition is composed of 93% Melanesian, 4% Polynesian, 1.5% Micronesian, 0.8% European, 0.3% Chinese, and 0.4% other.
Of these, about 96% are Christians, and the other about 4% are local spiritual people.
In the Solomon Islands, villages and tribal unity are still very strong, and it seems that they are divided into 4,000 communities.
Solomon's history
The Solomon Islands have a long history, and it is said that by 1000 BC, Melanesian inhabitants were settled. In the Paleolithic period, it has become the southern limit where humans have migrated from the Safuru continent, so the islands that are approximately northwest from here are called near oceania, and the islands that are approximately southeast are called remote oceania It is supposed to be. After that, the movement stagnated for 1000 years, and in 1568 the Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana de Neira was the first European to come. We found gold dust on Guadalcanal Island and thought it was the “Treasure of Solomon”, which was the origin of the name, and was named the Solomon Islands.
In 1893, it became a British colony, and in 1900, Britain also won the northern part of the Solomon Islands, which was a German territory.
In the same year, the copra industry also started, and in the Second World War, Guadalcanal Island became a fierce battlefield between Japan and the United States. It was occupied by the Japanese army in 1942, and the United States occupied from Japan in 1943 .
A young independent country that gained autonomy in 1976 and became an independent country in the British Federation in 1978, two years later.
There have been ethnic conflicts for five years since 1998, and the younger generation is experiencing war.
In modern times, the city of Honiara has been urbanized with the support of many countries, but if you go about 20 minutes by car, you can live in a self-sufficiency, selling villages and selling things you have raised. ing.
For us Japanese, the war is more than 70 years old.
While there are fewer people to remember, there are still many places in the Solomon Islands where Japanese people were killed and buried in World War II.
Of course, the history of the island itself, the food and the scenery are all wonderful.
At M.E.L, you can experience such an attractive homestay and tourist information on the Solomon Islands with local staff.