1999 Map showing the location of Tamaudun, Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, Shuri-jô and Shikinaen 1999 Map showing the location of Nakijin-jô site 1999 Map showing the location of Zakimj-jô site 1999 Map ...

The most eye-opening site is a triangular opening formed by two towering rocks. During the kingdom period, Sefa Utaki was off-limits to men. It's said that even the Ryukyu king had to change into ...

A security camera installed by the board of education captured several people visiting the site on the morning of Oct. 3 writing graffiti on the walls and other surfaces. The Ryukyu Kingdom ruled ...

We have our own kingdom.” Chibi refers to the Ryukyu Kingdom, a once-independent maritime state that governed these South Pacific islands for centuries before Japan annexed it in the late 19th ...

A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands.

Japan's southernmost islands of Okinawa were once ruled by the independent kingdom of Ryukyu. The kingdom prospered through trade with its more powerful neighbors, maintaining diplomatic relations ...

Around 240 people, including government officials and local residents, attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration work at the site of ... culture of the Ryukyu Kingdom, as Okinawa ...