(2007) Naha Matsuri performers receive last minute coaching.
(2007) Shishimai (lion dog) at a bullfighting ring in Okinawa City, Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) An old covered shopping district in Naha City in Okinawa Japan.
The Naha Great Tug-of-War in Okinawa, Japan. (2007)
(2009) Stormy seascape at Okinawa's Kerama Islands.
(2007) A Shinto procession passing by a corner store in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) A rocky beach in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Okinawan children prepare for the Naha Matsuri on Kokusai Dori (Street) in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Dancing at Ryykyu Mura in Onna Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Kokusai Street in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
A man fishing with Ie Island visible in the distance in Okinawa, Japan. (2007)
(2008) Tsuboya pottery region in Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Kinjo-cho is a castle town in Okinawa Japan.
(2006) Fishermen at a port in Yomitan Village haul in the morning catch.
(2007) Seawall at the Ginowan City Marina in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) The Naha Great Tug-of-War in Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Ceremony with the Daikokuten (Daikoku Mask) god of wealth, farmers, food, and good fortune in Okinawa Japan.
(2009) Fishing nets line the streets on Hamahiga Island.
(2008) Backstage during a costume change at a theater in Okinawa, Japan.
(2008) Sunset near an Okinawa ETC (expressway) overpass and Camp S.D. Butler.
(2007) Food vendor on Heiwa Dori in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) A seaweed farm on a rocky beach in Northern Okinawa. Ie Island is visible in the distance.
(2008) Tidepools in the Northern Okinawa region of Bise.
(2007) A tug-of-war event in the streets of Yakena Town.
(2007) An aerial view of the Cape Zanpa lighthouse in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2006) Taiko Drummer at sunset in Yomiton Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) Low Tide near Hamahiga Island
(2007) Umi Bridge in Northern Okinawa Japan.
(2009) The shoreline of Yomitan Village in Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Traditional Okinawan dance at RyuKyu Mura in Okinawa, Japan.
(2009) Mangroves covering the Yomitan Village landscape in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) A seascape of the ocean from the seawall in Ginowan City, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Broken tiles on a rooftop in Yomitan Village in Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) A view of the ocean from cliffs on Ie Island in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Sunset at the Northern lighthouse on Ishigaki island, Okinawa Japan.
(2006) The cliffs of Manza Mo in Northern Okinawa.
(2006) Shurijo Castle in Naha City Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Man fishing from the seawall near the Ginowan Marina at sunset in Okinawa, Japan.
(2009) Elderly Okinawan man fishing on Hamahiga Island.
(2008) A performer on Kokusai Dori in Okinawa Japan.
(2008) Sunset at a beach in Nago City, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) An Okinawan man harvesting sugarcane in Yomitan Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2009) Shisa (lion dog) on a traditional Okinawan red-tiled roof.
(2009) The Heiwa Dori district in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) Sunset at Sunabe seawall near American Village in Chatan Town.
(2007) Ungami in Ogimi Village, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) A view of Ie Island from Northern Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Performers can be seen up and down the full 1.6Km length of Kokusai Street.
(2007) Sunset in Okinawa Japan.
(2008) A view of Naha City and the South China Sea from Shuri Castle.
(2008) Traditional Okinawan Hanagasa "flower hat".
(2006) An Okinawan Eisa festival taking place during Obon in Okinawa City, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) An Okinawan farmer on Ie Island in Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Okinawan children holding banners during the Naha Matsuri.
(2009) Sunset on Miyako Island in Okinawa, Japan.
(2009) Shikinaen Royal Gardens built to entertain envoys of the Chinese Emperors in Okinawa Japan.
(2008) Okinawan obaasan (grandmother) having fun at the Yakena Dragon Boat Matsuri.
(2008) Dragon boat race at Itoman Fishing Port in Okinawa Japan.
(2009) The largest tug of war in the world taking place at the Naha Matsuri in Okinawa, Japan.
(2008) Seawall near MIhama American Village in Okinawa Japan.
(2008) The stone walls and red-tiled rooftops in Okinawa's Pottery Village.
(2007) Dragon boat racing at Yakena Port in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Shikinaen Royal Garden built to entertain envoys of the Chinese Emperors.
(2009) American Village in Chatan Town, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) A Shinto priest performs a traditional ceremony called "jichinsai" in Naha City, Okinawa Japan.
(2008) Rock formations along the Onna Village shoreline in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Beach and boat in Northern Okinawa, Japan.
(2007) Moonrise over a farm on Miyako Island in Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Waves and the seawall in Ginowan City, Okinawa Japan.
(2007) Okinawa Japan's spiritual island Kudaka.
(2008) Beach soccer on Araha Beach in Hamby region of Chatan Town.
