Photos tagged as okinawa
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Agena Bullring
Agena is one of the places in Okinawa where bullfighting is very popular. This ring is capable of accommodating up to 10,000 spectators.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Agena, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa agena
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Blue Seal Ice cream
Popular ice cream shop in Okinawa. It has lots of local flavors, such as bitter melon, sugar cane, purple sweet potato.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Chatan, Japan: gallery
- Tags: food okinawa chatan
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Ugan
Ugan is a sacred place of prayer in Ryukyu language. It is situated by the Chibana Castle site.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Chibana, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa chibana gusuku
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Iha Castle
The castle has been registered as Important Cultural Property by Okinawa Prefecture in 1981.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Ishikawa, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa iha gusuku
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Entrance to Iha Castle
Small castle in Uruma City. Unfortunately the castle is not in good condition.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Ishikawa, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa iha gusuku
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Agena Castle
The castle has been registered as Important Cultural Property by the government in 1972.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Agena, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa agena gusuku
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Agena Castle
Agena Castle is situated in Agena, Uruma City. Reportedly, built in 14th century by the ruler Ōkawa.
- Date: 10 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Agena, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa agena gusuku
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Kokusai Street
Naha's main street is empty after holidays.
- Date: 9 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Naha, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa naha
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Sea snake soup
Soup stock is made from smoked sea snake, black-banded sea krait or locally irabū. Irabū is a sacred creature and highly valued.
- Date: 9 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Naha, Japan: gallery
- Tags: food okinawa naha
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Okinawa soba
Soba is buckwheat noodles in mainland Japan, but in Okinawa soba (or suba in Ryuku language) is made from wheat flour. Beside soba is jūshī (cooked rice with vegitables and seasoning).
- Date: 9 May 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Naha, Japan: gallery
- Tags: food okinawa naha
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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: gallery
- Tags: food okinawa nago
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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: gallery
- Tags: bridges okinawa
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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: gallery
- Tags: food okinawa nago
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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: gallery
- Tags: bridges okinawa
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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: gallery
- 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: gallery
- Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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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: gallery
- Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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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: gallery
- Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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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: gallery
- Tags: buildings okinawa world_heritage naha
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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: gallery
- Tags: buildings okinawa world_heritage naha
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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.
- Date: 31 March 2007
- Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
- Location: Shikina, Japan: gallery
- Tags: okinawa world_heritage naha
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Hectic
Waterfall in Okinawa, Japan. The main feature of the buddhist garden.
- Date: 21 June 2005
- Photographer: funkfaerie: gallery
- Location: Japan: gallery
- Tags: waterfalls nature rocks okinawa
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Path of Least Resistance
Naha, Okinawa, Japan.
- Date: 21 June 2005
- Photographer: funkfaerie: gallery
- Location: Japan: gallery
- Tags: waterfalls nature okinawa
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Unnaturally Natural
A Buddhist Garden in Naha, Okinawa, Japan ...one of the most beautiful adn peaceful places I have visited in Japan
- Date: 21 June 2005
- Photographer: funkfaerie: gallery
- Location: Japan: gallery
- Tags: waterfalls nature rocks okinawa
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