Originally Posted by
JamesBigglesworth
Not really. The risk is close to nil.
I'd be more concerned about ticks & mukade than I would about snakes. Can't comment on Okinawa, but in 7 years running around Honshu I saw snakes less than half a dozen times. Come to think of it, I saw bears more often.
Odd isn't it? I've spent far less time going around Honshu than you and I saw snakes about half a dozen times. No bears.
Go figure.