Okinawa Prefecture places on the most southern and western extremity of Japan, and the warm chain of 160 islands . Islands only belongs to subtropical zones in Japan. About 129 million people lives there, and sea area reached about 400 km in north and south, 1,000km in east and west.

Sea and beach

Credit: Okinawa Prefectural Government

Okinawa is blessed nature by its temperature, then about 387 million tourist comes to see emerald sea and white beach every year.

The island called "Ryukyu" and the island was the Ryukyu Kingdom that loved peace and had no weapons in ancient. The Ryukyu Kingdom was unitied by Hasshi Shoh in 1429, and the kingdom's center of politics was Shuri castle. And inhabitants in Ryukyu were known peaceful, they treated visitors with the utmost courtesy.

Shudun

Credit: Okinawa Prefectural Government

Then for a long time, Ryukyu had build original culture by cultural exchange with Southeast Asia and so on. For example, there are Shudun, Eisah, Bingata, lacquer, earthenware, shamisen.

But now, Okinawa become a bases island, because bases hold 11% of all area of Okinawa and there is the biggest air force base. And, inhabitants call theirselves "Uchinanchu", and they call Japanese except them "yamatonchu". That is to say, they separate them and Japanese except them.

We visited Okinawa with the intention of meeting inhabitants of Okinawa and listening their thought about U.S. Military Bases. However, the status quo wasn't as soft as our thought. There was gloomy atmosphere around bases, and they thought about peace as well as us.

What changed Okinawa? Why must they change? In Blue Peace!, we'll explain these deeply. Please see this site and know about Okinawa and our thought. And please think what changed Okinawa that was in peace?, what is the best way to solve U.S. Military Base problem?. After that, please think what is peace again.

We are providing "Data",to learn and to think, and "Discuss",to think and to discuss. We recommand you'll learn and think at Data category, after that you'll discuss to make your thought more deeply at Discuss category.

At last, we hope making this site will be useful to approach Okinawa in peace and to make chance of thinking about peace afresh.

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