Photos tagged as okinawa

Dolphin steak

Dolphin (hītu or pitu in Ryukyu language) is not common food nowadays, but you will find some restaurants with dolphin dishes in northern Okinawa. This steak, although meat is sliced thin, is cooked with lots of garlic as the meat itself is bloody.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nago, Japan
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Kouri Bridge, a view from Kouri Island

Now the bridge is a popular driving spot. Also a small beach welcomes many tourists in summer.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Kouri, Japan
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Duck soup

In Okinawa duck is believed to be efficacious on asthma. With some veggies and sea kelp.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nago, Japan
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Kouri Bridge, a view from Yagaji Island

This 1960m bridge connects Kouri Island with neighboring Yagaji Island. Construction was due to be finished in 2002, but the difficult construction method delayed the opening to 2005.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Kouri, Japan
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Stone wall from below

Walls are made of Ryukyu limestone, which can be found in Nansei Islands (Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures). The highest part of wall measures 8m.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Stone wall and the East China Sea

The total lenghth of the limestone wall is 1.5km. Gusukus (castles in Okinawa) were usually built on the hills or the mountains.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
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Main gate Heirō-mon

This main gate of Nakijin Castle was reconstructed in 1962 under the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
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Nakijin Castle

Located on the Motobu Peninsula, Nakijin Castle site is one of the largest gusuku (castle) sites remaining today. It was registered as a part of World Heritage Sites 'Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu,' in 2000.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
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Rokkakudō in Shikina-En

A hexagonal small building on a pond for welcoming delegations from China. Now welcoming kids.

Date: 31 March 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Shikina, Japan
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Main building in Shikina-En

Shikina-En is a garden with a guest-house of Ryukyu Kingdom that has 15 rooms.

Date: 31 March 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Shikina, Japan
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Shikina-En Garden

Shikina-En is a part of World Heritage Sites 'Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu,' and was registered in 2000. Most of buildings there were destroyed during WWII.