Is the place where Kiara and annie live Hawaii? since they have english names and they refer to "the big island"?.
That's kinda what I want to think, but it doesn't take nearly that long to get from Japan to Hawaii. A 14 hour flight will get you all the way to New York... Hawaii only takes like 8.5, plus the islands aren't made of coral.
But, she did say something about a lot of Japanese tourists, so we can probably assume that either the author just didn't do their homework or it's an imaginary island. Based on the level of accuracy/realism in Earth Girls, I'd lean more towards imaginary.
*Edit: Chapter 4 afterword confirms it's an imaginary country.
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