
Stone walls and red-tiled rooftops line the streets of Okinawa's Pottery Village where traditional Okinawan pottery known as "yachimun" can be found. Yachimun is Okinawan for pottery and the Tsuboya district in Naha is the yachimun area where potters traditionally lived.

Former U.S. Marine and Art Director and contributing photographer to both Okinawa Living Magazine and Okinawa Outdoors Magazine as well as a contributor to Okinawa Guide and the Best of Okinawa Living book published by MCCS Okinawa. I lived 15-years in Okinawa Japan, 2-years in China and am currently a resident and photographer in Denver, Colorado.
John Russell Burgreen III