Yao Airport (RJOY)

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By cmike77 @ 2006-07-12 11:38:02

Osaka, Japan (JP)

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AKpilotEMT

@ 2006-07-13 05:28:07

Named after famous basketball player Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets

kaiken

@ 2006-07-18 23:49:38

"Yao" is a city name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao%2C_Osaka

AKpilotEMT

@ 2006-07-19 03:12:10

Hmm, well, it's obvious then, they named the airport AND the city after Yao Ming!

kaiken

@ 2006-07-19 08:07:53

Yao city's "Yao" is "八尾".
Yao Ming's "Yao" is "姚".

(Yao city) http://www.city.yao.osaka.jp/
(Yao Ming) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_Ming

AKpilotEMT

@ 2006-07-19 08:43:07

I was only joking but thanks for the info :)