Let the lizards in, they'll eat the bugs.

 My husband is a US Marine. A mere two years after being stationed at Camp Pendleton, Ca he got orders for  Okinawa, Japan. He had two options; 2 years here unaccompanied, or 3 years accompanied. After a 5 minute discussion, we chose the latter. After many issues and mix ups we arrived on island 3 months after our original check in date.
  The second I stepped off the plane into the terminal, I was struggling to breath. "Please," I thought to myself, "please someone tell me they just steam mopped the floor, or they didn't shut the boiler room properly." As I was carrying my son, my husband stepped outside for a smoke, when he stepped back in I asked, "it's better out there, right?"
WRONG
 I was so humid at midnight that my skin was damp, and that was INSIDE, with the air conditioner ON! Now, coming from a town that sits on the border of the Mojave and Colorado desert, I have never experienced such a thing before. What do you mean the air is wet? Water falls to the ground and is sucked up by the sun. That's nature, right? The cycle of precipitation and evaporation? It doesn't just hang around in the air, looking to drown unsuspecting victims as they step off the plane.
WRONG AGAIN!
 Now, I did do my research. I know Okinawa is a sub-tropical island. I know the average annual rain fall is over 80in, but unless you have experienced it before, you are not prepared. I grew up in a place with a grand total of 4.5in of annual rain fall. For those of you in green parts of the country imagine 4.5in of rain in a whole YEAR. Is your mouth getting parched? I bet you get that in one storm, huh? So 80in to me was unfathomable. Now that I have been here through the last half of typhoon season and into spring, I believe it. I know now what 80in per year feels like, and it feels wet ALL the time!
 Anywho, after we arrived and got situated in our temporary housing in what is known as "transit barracks". Our "suite" was 2 barrack's rooms with a shared bathroom. One for a sleeping area and the other was for the tv/ eating area. one whole month there before we got our government housing. About 2 months after we arrived we finally got into a rhythm.
 My dad is a retired Marine. He did numerous tours out to Okinawa, and the first bit of advice he gave me was to "let the lizards in because they'll eat the bugs" The bugs out here are no joke. I guess to an entomologist they would be a joke and a good time, but not to me. In the summer and spring I get eaten alive. The spiders could eat the lizards I let into the house. There are no ROUS (rats of unusual size) because the spiders have likely eaten them all.
 In short, coming to this island was like being tossed into waters that are crystal clear and infested with spiders and snakes. So far I like it. the locals are nice enough, and they try to work with you if you don't know Japanese and they don't speak English.

 No regrets.