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	Backpackers Inn Safari Chatan OKINAWA JAPAN
		Okinawa is located in the most southern part of Japan.
		In Japan, Okinawa is the only semitropical area and it is blessed with amazing nature and a very long history with China, Korea, and other countries in Southeast Asia.
		Okinawa is a place where you can forget about your problems and live near one of many beautiful beaches all over the island.
	www.geocities.com /backpackersinnjapan/index.html (355 words)

	Okinawan Shorin Ryu Kenshin Kan Karate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It was this atmosphere that honed the early karate-like arts of Okinawa into a weapon, enabling the island people to conduct a guerrilla-type war with the Japanese samurai that lasted into the late 1800's.
		In addition, it is reported that Kusanku introduced a maneuver whereby the closed fist was held in a chambered or ready position along the side of the torso (hikite)and then from this position a punch was thrown, corkscrewing it in karate fashion, toward the intended target.
		For example, Chinto uses the one legged stance of the crane extensively, Gojushiho uses the movements of the neck and beak of the crane in its technique and Hakutsuru uses the wing (hane) of the crane.
	www.kenshin-kan.com /13556/13587.html?sessionidkey=sessionidval (2855 words)

	Okinawa Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Honto, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
		Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.
		Okinawa is a major producer of sugar cane, pineapples, papayas and other tropical fruits.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawa (882 words)

	Okinawa Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to China, Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.
		On May 15, 1972, Okinawa once again became part of Japan, although to this day the US maintains a large military presence there: more than 50,000 US military personnel and dependents, including 17,600 Marines, are still based there.
		Its body is often bound with snakeskin (from pythons, imported from elsewhere in Asia, rather than from Okinawa's poisonous habu, which are too small for this purpose, but which are sometimes used to make habu awamori...)—and the eisa dance—a traditional drumming dance.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/O/Okinawa-Prefecture.htm (912 words)

	VOICE OF DESIGN Vol.9-2
		The Chatan city decided to implement this plan and a budget for feasibility study was allocated for FY2003.
		Chatan people are famous for their warm and hospitable attitudes.
		Chatan was the point that US troops landed on the soil of Japan on April 1, 1945.
	www.voice-of-design.com /vod/9-2/9211_am.html (503 words)

	Marine Corps News -> Marine shows warrior spirit on, off duty
		CHATAN, OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 16, 2005) -- Spending late nights burning up keyboards with lighting fast keystrokes is the scenario many Marines may think of when the title data network specialist comes up in conversation.
		Upon arriving at Okinawa, Reyes found the Kamikaze Fighting Gym near Camp Foster and began training in kickboxing as well as submission wrestling, which is similar to ju-jitsu.
		CHATAN, OKINAWA, Japan — Lance Cpl. Herman Reyes spends his liberty time in a kickboxing gym honing his skills in kickboxing and submission wrestling.
	www.marines.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/200591534721 (727 words)

	Ginowan, Okinawa -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Ginowan (宜野湾市; -shi) is a (A large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts) city located in (The largest island of the central Ryukyu Islands) Okinawa, (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan.
		As of 2003, the city has an estimated ((statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn) population of 88,318 and the (The amount per unit size) density of 4,526.81 persons per (additional info and facts about km²;) km²;.
		Ginowan borders Chatan to the west, Okinawa City to the North, Urasoe to the south, and Nishihara to the east.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/gi/ginowan,_okinawa.htm (143 words)

	Chatan, Okinawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Chatan, Okinawa - TheBestLinks.com - Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer,...
		Chatan, Okinawa, Japan, Population, 2003, Square kilometer, Population density...
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 26,377 and the density of 1,936.64 persons per kmandsup2.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Chatan__2C___Okinawa.html (98 words)

	MSISSHINRYU.COM \| Okinawan Masters
		In 1340, Ryukyu (Okinawa) entered into a tributary relationship with China, and by 1372, Ryukyu (Okinawa) was formally invested as a tributary state of China by the Ming Chinese Emperor.
		At this time, the first of a succession of 23 Chinese envoys was sent to Ryukyu (Okinawa), the main island of the Ryukyu Island chain located about 3000 miles south of mainland Japan, 300 miles north of Taiwan and 400 miles east of China.
		In 1477, King Shoshin of Okinawa banned the possession of weapons by the warrior class, and forced the nobility to reside near the royal castle.
	www.msisshinryu.com /masters/index2.shtml (1134 words)

	Welcome to Ken Matsuoka's Home Okinawa
		NAHA, Okinawa (Kyodo) The Okinawa Municipal Assembly, angered by a series of incidents involving U.S. military personnel in the prefecture, unanimously passed a rare resolution and a written opinion Wednesday calling for a midnight curfew to be imposed on U.S. military personnel.
		Hailston was reacting to a resolution passed unanimously by the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly on Jan. 19 demanding a reduction in the number of U.S. Marines in the prefecture, after the alleged molestation of a 16-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine on Jan. 9.
		Ito, who was on a trip to Okinawa, later told a news conference that the unanimous approval of the resolution is an indication of the extent of the seriousness the people of Okinawa place on such incidents, and added that the central government needs to recognize this.
	members.aol.com /kenmazuoka/9909KenO.htm (11483 words)

	Naomi's Okinawa Connection - Guestbook - May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Okinawa was the most life changing experience I've ever had.
		I believe Okinawa is the definition of paradise,with all of its beauty and people.
		I arrived on Okinawa from Otsu, Japan in February 1955 as an Army E2.
	naomi.okinawa-connection.com /guestbook/2001/guestbook0105.htm (1658 words)

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		Chatan mayor makes proposals to U.S. forces that include a curfew The mayor of Chatan-cho, where the rape incident occurred, visited the U.S. forces' Camp Zukeran on the 6th and met with the head of the U.S. Forces Japan Okinawa Coordination Office.
		Okinawa Municipal Assembly adopts resolution of protest The assembly of the City of Okinawa, which houses Kadena Air Base, at which the rape suspect is stationed, unanimously adopted a protest resolution today that calls for a curfew at midnight for U.S. servicemen, as well as a sweeping revision of the SOFA.
		In Okinawa this incident has once again triggered calls for the Governments of Japan and the U.S. to revise the SOFA provision for the handling of U.S. servicemen who are involved in criminal incidents and accidents.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/SUL/wwwsul/test/depts/asrg/dailysum/Daily_Summary_2001/july_01/Ds010710_1.doc (2138 words)

	More Okinawa Anger Vs. U.S. Troops
		TOKYO –– Anger at crimes committed by U.S. military personnel is "on the verge of eruption," Okinawa's governor said Friday, reiterating his call for a reduction of U.S. military bases on the southern Japanese island.
		Opposition to the heavy American military presence on Okinawa flared in late June after a U.S. Air Force sergeant allegedly raped a Japanese woman in a parking lot outside a row of bars.
		Okinawa, about 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo, is home to more than half of the 47,000 American troops stationed in Japan.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20010803/aponline103741_000.htm (446 words)

	What's New?
		The people of Okinawa may be compelled to bring the issue of the violation of our right to security to international adjudication if we continue to be forced to tolerate gross violations of the human rights of women, and the fundamental human rights of all Okinawans.
		Chatan township's resolution was also motivated by anger over a series of arson attacks on local restaurants by a U.S. Marine and the month-long delay by U.S. military authorities in turning the suspect over to Japanese police and judicial authorities.
		Chatan township's resolution called for the removal of all U.S. Marines from Okinawa, and it was the first such assembly in Okinawa to raise this demand.
	www47.tok2.com /home/redcard/English-new.htm (6406 words)

	Hawaii Okinawa
		Three of the prominent Chatan figures are Tau Chinen and the late Kiman Kaneshiro, who were instrumental in organizing the Island Pork Producers Cooperative Association, and Peter Iha, who served for over 15 years as a member of the Hawaii State House of Representatives.
		When Ginowan- son, Okinawa, was redesignated as a shi in the latter part of the 1970s, the club changed its name to Ginowan-Shijinkai.
		Shizuko Chinen: (1) In October 1979, Kochinda, Okinawa, was elevated from son to cho, becoming the ninth area in Okinawa to be designated as cho.
	www.hawaiiokinawa.com /clubs2.html (9288 words)

	The Militant - March 5, 2001 -- Japanese protest U.S. sinking of fishing boat
		Last July, a Marine stationed in Okinawa was arrested for entering an unlocked apartment and sexually molesting a 14-year-old girl while she was sleeping, and an Air Force sergeant was accused of a hit-and-run crime against a pedestrian on the island.
		On February 15 an assembly in the town of Chatan, Okinawa, unanimously called for the withdrawal of all U.S. Marines from the island and the resignation of General Hailston for his insulting remarks.
		In addition, the Chatan assembly demanded the U.S. military hand over a Marine suspected in a series of arson attacks, which the Pentagon at first refused, and then agreed to February 16.
	www.themilitant.com /2001/6509/650958.html (634 words)

	Kittery Kenshin Kan Dojo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Chatan Yara was an early Okinawan master of whom some information exists.
		Upon his return to Okinawa, Matsumura established the Shuri-te or Suidi ("Shuri Hand") that later became known as Shorin-ryu.
		Upon his return to Okinawa in 1945, he found that karate had greatly changed: sport Karate had all but replaced the ancient methods.
	home.comcast.net /~bmodee/history.html (1109 words)

	Marine Corps News - NEIGHBORING TOWN THANKS CORPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		CHATAN, Okinawa, Japan (Jul 10) -- Chatan Mayor Choichi Hentona recently presented a letter of appreciation to Col. Richard F. Holihan, assistant chief of staff, Facilities Engineering Division, in a ceremony here for the Marine Corps' support of a joint land use project.
		The mayor said the citizens of his town are extremely thankful for the support the Marine Corps and the U.S. government gave in opening the new town hall on the grounds of Camp Lester.
		"When Okinawa Governor Ota came, he said he was very happy to see the facility, and the cooperative environment in which the Marines and city officials work together," Hentona added.
	www.usmc.mil /news98.nsf/78474d8d567cc4648525657d0064a54a/a30e6dc6c74422778525663d0017f9d0?OpenDocument (358 words)

	Sunday, July 1, 2001
		CHATAN, Okinawa — The alleged rape of a Japanese woman on Okinawa — which police say might have been committed by a U.S. Air Force sergeant — could cast a shadow on this weekend’s summit between President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
		Okinawa police said Saturday they suspect an Air Force sergeant assigned to Kadena Air Base raped an Okinawa woman in her early 20s Friday morning in the parking lot of the American Village shopping district.
		And last July, just two weeks before the Group of Eight Summit on Okinawa, a 19-year-old Marine was arrested after allegedly molesting a 14-year-old Okinawa girl after stumbling into her Okinawa apartment and crawling into her bed.
	ww2.pstripes.osd.mil /01/jul01/ed070101b.html (727 words)

	Okinawa karate & kobudo
		It is unsure who brought this kata to Okinawa, but we do know that in 1867, Aragaki Seisho (1840-1920), a master of the Chinese-based fighting traditions (Toudi) demonstrated this kata (among others) in front of the last Sappushi, Zhao Xin (Tomoyori, 1992; McCarthy, 1995, 1999).
		The word Seiunchin is written as "Control, Pull, Fight" by many Okinawa Gojuryu stylists, as well as Isshinryu teacher Uezu Angi (son in law of Shimabuku Tatsuo), perhaps hinting at the various grappling and grabbing techniques contained within.
		To Daiki, 1888-1937), two Chinese martial artists who immigrated to Okinawa in the early part of the 20th Century, may be responsible for the introduction of the Wansu kata (Gima, et al, 1986).
	www.karate.org.yu /articles/Aishirnryu.htm (3287 words)

	Karate classes in Orlando, Central Florida, YMCA, TaeKwonDo, Shito Ryu, Tang Sho Dau formerly Olympic Karate
		Chatan Yara (1668-1756) studied in China at the age of 12 under Wong Chung-yoh (Hsing-I and Chi-Kung).
		Kushanku is said to be the originator of the method of striking unique to karate in which the striking fist is chambered at the side and twisted, in corkscrew fashion, toward the opponent as it is extended.
		After his return to Okinawa, the changed Motobu was accorded the respect due to him as a great karate master.
	www.kantetsuryukarate.com /pages/historypagetwo.htm (803 words)

	Uechi-Ryu/Shohei-Ryu Karate at the Okinawan Karate School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Okinawa, Japan based on the Tiger, Dragon and Crane fighting systems of the Shaolin Temple in Southern China.
		The Okinawa Karate-do Association or OKIKUKAI (oh-key-koo-kigh) is the governing body of Shohei-Ryu Karatedo around the world.
		It is based in Okinawa, Japan and is headed by individuals who have dedicated their lives to the study and Mastery of Uechi-Ryu/ Shohei-Ryu Karatedo.
	www.pittsfielddojo.com /shohei-ryu_karate.html (592 words)

	Chatan residents irritated over dropped military flare - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, ...
		Nobody was injured and only a small patch of grass was burned, but Chatan Town Assembly members are angry that a flare fell from a fighter jet and landed in their town.
		Chatan officials say its citizens observed the same fighter jet flying over the area several hours later, despite protests there be an investigation and inspection as to what happened.
		Former Marine in 1995 Okinawa rape dies in murder-suicide
	www.japanupdate.com /?id=7085 (346 words)

	Stars & Stripes: Poisonous jellyfish hit popular Okinawa beaches
		The infestation of Okinawa’s waters usually doesn’t occur until the end of July, but warmer weather in May set the stage for their early arrival.
		He said the habu kurage on the main island of Okinawa are usually concentrated in the waters off the central west coast, primarily in Ginowan and Chatan.
		A 5-year-old Okinawa girl remains hospitalized in serious condition a week after she was stung in Itoman, according to health officials.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=22638&archive=true (906 words)

	Yara Guwa: ZoomInfo Business People Information
		Students of the time who were to become Masters in their own right often developed training patterns based on what their teacher taught them and it later became a kata bearing that teachers name.
		Chatan-Yara (Yara Guwa or Yara of Chatan Village) is one of the earliest Okinawan karate men about whom some written information exists and, as with most other early karate men, this information is sparse.
		Yara returned to Chatan, Okinawa at the age of 32 and remained there for the rest of his life.
	www.zoominfo.com /people/Guwa_Yara_902026104.aspx (692 words)

	THE OKINAWA TIMES WEEKLY TIMES 2001.2.17
		@The email was sent on Jan. 23, the same day the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passed a resolution requesting a reduction in the U.S. presence after an incident in which a Marine allegedly lifted the skirt of a high school girl and took a photo in the town of Kin on Jan. 9.
		Okinawa Board of Education officials say they intend to expand this project to 20 schools in the near future.
		Okinawa has a distinct scenic beauty beyond compare to any other place in Japan.
	www.okinawatimes.co.jp /eng/20010217.html (1629 words)

	The History of Kobudo
		They were developed independently by the people of Okinawa, in response to the ban on real weapons, that is the weapons of the samarai and higher classes, by the Japanese.
		The oar as weapon appears unique to Okinawa and while sais certainly resemble pitchforks, they are generally attributed as a weapon invented by the Okinawan police-it has been suggested that the idea came from the nails used to pin the large wooden blocks together in large buildings.
		His return to Okinawa in 1762 is credited in the shorin ryu tradition as being the introduction of karate to Okinawa.
	members.fortunecity.com /stableford/kob5.html (1336 words)

	Headline: "RESIDENTS FED UP WITH U.S. MILITARY BEHAVIOR IN OKINAWA" (Translated) [Free Republic]
		Photo of commander of US forces in Okinawa Heilston today apologizing (again) in the latest string of US military personnel crimes in Okinawa in the last years that have included arson, vandalism, shoplifting, rapes of women and underaged minors, trespassing, attempted murder and assault.
		New US Ambassador to Japan frmr Sen. Howard Baker, upon landing today at Narita Airport Tokyo, had to unfortunately and sadly perform his very first official act on an a rather negative note, which was to issue an airport apology to the people of the country to which he has been dispatched.
		The condition shouldn't be such that the people on Okinawa find themselves being subjected to more atrocities from us than potentially from the people we are supposed to be defending them against.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3b41f90e7781.htm (2175 words)

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