Okinawa Features

Okinawa Features

• Top Reasons to Go to Okinawa
  

  Local Flavors: Okinawa's food, music, art, and local spirit combine powerful influences from all over Asia with funky, homegrown flavors.... Read more

• Okinawa's World War II Sights
  

  The Battle of Okinawa is one of the most tragic events in modern history. Caught between two warring nations, the people of Okinawa were killed... Read more

• Who's Who
  

  Encoded into islander speech are delineations for who comes from where. Ethnic Ryukyu are shimanchu—written with the Chinese-Japanese ideographs... Read more

• On the Menu
  

  Okinawa's famously long-lived and hearty population has made the "Okinawa Diet" a buzzword among Slow-Food enthusiasts and others interested... Read more

• Legend of the Shisa
  

  Shisa, the lion-like talismans protecting doorways and adorning rooftops throughout the islands, have quite a history. It's said that during... Read more