Culture The Kitchen God of Sefa Utaki Bonson Lam Sefa Utaki is the Okinawan way of acknowledging the “ultimate ancestor”, the creator of the Ryukyu Islands. It is a place of...
Culture Naha Tug-of-War Festival Guilhem Malfre Every October, Naha hosts its annual Tug-of-War Festival, where competing teams face off with a 200-meter long rope – a Guinn...
Culture Oceanic Culture Museum Bonson Lam The Oceanic Cultural Museum was originally part of the 1975 World Exposition, to celebrate the importance of the oceans to ma...
8 Culture A Folk Story by Okukubi River Michael R Lynch Folklore that's part history and part legend in the north of Okinawa.
Culture Yonaguni Island Shiyoung Kim Yonaguni is the small westernmost island of Japan. It belongs to Okinawa prefecture and is about a one and a half hour flight...
Culture Kinjo-cho Ishidatami-michi, Naha Sandra Isaka Kinjo-cho's ishidatami michi, a stone-paved path near Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa.
8 Culture A stroll around Hedo Village Michael Flemming Observing important cultural sites in remote Hedo Village, Okinawa
9 Culture Iha Nuru Tomb Michael Flemming The Iha Nuru Tomb in Uruma City contains 15 Ryukyuan urns each shrines themselves with a pair of remains
15 Culture Tobaru Park's Big Slide in Chatan Michael Flemming The park in the Tobaru neighborhood of Chatan Town, Okinawa is best known for its big slide
9 Culture Sukubu Koen Michael Flemming Sukubu Koen: Noborikawa's park is really a memorial and shrine
