Overview of Okinawa: Culture

With their own language and customs, Okinawans still regard themselves as different from the mainland Japanese and some still harbor a certain degree of resentment towards the mainland for the brutal way the islands were treated as colonies and during World War II. Read More »

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Overview of Okinawa: Culture is based on Okinawa by Greg Martin, Claus Hansen, A.J. van Werven, Jani Patokallio, D. Guillaime, Paul Hildebrandt, Kambayashi, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.