(2007) Sunset at the Northern lighthouse on Ishigaki island, Okinawa Japan. 

(2009) Elderly Okinawan man fishing on Hamahiga Island.

(2007) Food vendor on Heiwa Dori in Naha City, Okinawa Japan. 

(2007) Ungami in Ogimi Village, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Dancing at Ryykyu Mura in Onna Village, Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Okinawan obaasan (grandmother) having fun at the Yakena Dragon Boat Matsuri. 

A man fishing with Ie Island visible in the distance in Okinawa, Japan. (2007)

(2007) Traditional Okinawan dance at RyuKyu Mura in Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Okinawa Japan's spiritual island Kudaka.

(2008) The stone walls and red-tiled rooftops in Okinawa's Pottery Village.

(2007) Kokusai Street in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Sunset near an Okinawa ETC (expressway) overpass and Camp S.D. Butler.

The Naha Great Tug-of-War in Okinawa, Japan. (2007)

(2009) Shisa (lion dog) on a traditional Okinawan red-tiled roof.

(2007) A Shinto priest performs a traditional ceremony called "jichinsai" in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.

(2009) The Heiwa Dori district in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Umi Bridge in Northern Okinawa Japan.

(2006) Shurijo Castle in Naha City Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Okinawan children prepare for the Naha Matsuri on Kokusai Dori (Street) in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) A tug-of-war event in the streets of Yakena Town.

(2008) Sunset at a beach in Nago City, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Moonrise over a farm on Miyako Island in Okinawa Japan. 

(2008) Rock formations along the Onna Village shoreline in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) A Shinto procession passing by a corner store in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Beach soccer on Araha Beach in Hamby region of Chatan Town.

(2009) Sunset on Miyako Island in Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Kinjo-cho is a castle town in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Man fishing from the seawall near the Ginowan Marina at sunset in Okinawa, Japan.

(2006) Fishermen at a port in Yomitan Village haul in the morning catch.

(2007) Shikinaen Royal Garden built to entertain envoys of the Chinese Emperors.

(2009) Shikinaen Royal Gardens built to entertain envoys of the Chinese Emperors in Okinawa Japan.

(2009) Stormy seascape at Okinawa's Kerama Islands.

(2007) An old covered shopping district in Naha City in Okinawa Japan.

(2009) Fishing nets line the streets on Hamahiga Island.

(2006) Taiko Drummer at sunset in Yomiton Village, Okinawa Japan.

(2006) An Okinawan Eisa festival taking place during Obon in Okinawa City, Okinawa Japan.

(2009) The largest tug of war in the world taking place at the Naha Matsuri in Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Performers can be seen up and down the full 1.6Km length of Kokusai Street.

(2007) A view of the ocean from cliffs on Ie Island in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Ceremony with the Daikokuten (Daikoku Mask) god of wealth, farmers, food, and good fortune in Okinawa Japan. 

(2007) An aerial view of the Cape Zanpa lighthouse in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Japan.

(2006) The cliffs of Manza Mo in Northern Okinawa.

(2009) Mangroves covering the Yomitan Village landscape in Okinawa Japan.

(2008) A performer on Kokusai Dori in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Seawall at the Ginowan City Marina in Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Backstage during a costume change at a theater in Okinawa, Japan.

(2008) Tsuboya pottery region in Okinawa, Japan.

(2008) Seawall near MIhama American Village in Okinawa Japan.

(2008) A view of Naha City and the South China Sea from Shuri Castle. 

(2008) Sunset at Sunabe seawall near American Village in Chatan Town.

(2008) Low Tide near Hamahiga Island

(2007) Beach and boat in Northern Okinawa, Japan.

(2009) The shoreline of Yomitan Village in Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Naha Matsuri performers receive last minute coaching.

(2009) American Village in Chatan Town, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) A seascape of the ocean from the seawall in Ginowan City, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Okinawan children holding banners during the Naha Matsuri.

(2007) Sunset in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Waves and the seawall in Ginowan City, Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Dragon boat race at Itoman Fishing Port in Okinawa Japan.

(2008) Tidepools in the Northern Okinawa region of Bise.

(2008) Traditional Okinawan Hanagasa "flower hat".

(2007) Dragon boat racing at Yakena Port in Okinawa Japan.

(2007) An Okinawan farmer on Ie Island in Okinawa, Japan.

(2008) A rocky beach in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Japan.

(2007) Shishimai (lion dog) at a bullfighting ring in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) Broken tiles on a rooftop in Yomitan Village in Okinawa, Japan.

(2007) The Naha Great Tug-of-War in Okinawa, Japan. 

(2008) A seaweed farm on a rocky beach in Northern Okinawa. Ie Island is visible in the distance.

(2008) A view of Ie Island from Northern Okinawa, Japan.