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	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
		Okinawa also has its own religious beliefs, generally characterized by ancestor worship and the respecting of relationships between the living, the dead, and the gods and spirits of the natural world.
		Okinawa is one of a number of Japanese islands which has been used by the United States to host nuclear arms, according to Robert S. Norris, William M. Arkin, and William Burr writing for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists in early 2000.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Okinawa (2277 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 is a major producer of sugar cane, pineapples, papayas and other tropical fruits.
		Okinawa's inhabited islands are typically divided into three geographical archipelagos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawa (882 words)

	A Check-list of the Birds of Okinawa Prefecture
		On Okinawa, one was captured on November 1983 on Miyazato, Nago-shi Okinawa by Tetsuo Tomori; the specimen is in Motobu Museum.
		In Okinawa, one recent bird was recorded on 11 November on Tiima-gawa river near Mihara, Nago-shi by Kokushin Akamine (Takehara 1996).
		On Okinawa there are several observations of 1-7 birds at Namizato, Kin-cho from 24 October to 1 November 1981 (McWhirter, M. Kaneshiro, others), one at Namizato, Kin-cho on 15 September 1984 by Nakasone, and at least one from 6 to 30 October 1985 at Kijoka, Ohgimi-son (Kaneda, Takehara, others).
	www.cs.le.ac.uk /people/ferjan/BIRDS/OKINAWA/Okinawa3a.html (7845 words)

	Gusuku - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Nakijin Gusuku is famous for the Hikan cherries which bloom in northern Okinawa between mid January and early February.
		This is Okinawa’s first stone arch gate featuring the unique keystone masonry of the Ryukyus.
		The Katsuren fortress, with the Pacific on two sides, is also called the “Ocean Gusuku.” This gusuku fortress had its golden age in the mid-15th century, under the powerful Lord Amawari.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Gusuku (592 words)

	Katsuren, Okinawa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Katsuren (勝連町; -chō) was a town located in Nakagami District, Okinawa, Japan.
		As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 13,530 and the density of 986.87 persons per km².
		Katsuren is home to the castle Katsuren gusuku.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Katsuren,_Okinawa (79 words)

	Jeff Shaw's Okinawa blog
		When I say "Okinawa has the second-most marine biodiversity in the world, second only to the Great Barrier Reef," what I mean is that only Australia has more types of fish, marine mammals, corals and such populating the offshore environs.
		Amawari, who you may remember as the rebellious lord of Katsuren Castle and traitor to the kingdom, is said to have been born here.
		I was an army brat born and raised in Okinawa for the first 10 years of my life.
	okinawablog.vox.com (3152 words)

	Okinawa Prefecture - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.unipedia.info /Okinawa.html (944 words)

	Okinawa Diary
		This was my first trip to Okinawa, and one of the first thing that impressed me was all the orchids in the airport.
		Okinawa is riddled with limestone caves, but this one is supposed to be the largest and most impressive.
		One of the reasons Katsuren Castle is famous is its association with a local ruler named Awamari, who held out longest against uniting the island.
	www.cis.doshisha.ac.jp /kkitao/et/okinawa/kathi.htm (4264 words)

	About OKINAWA: OKINAWA FILM OFFICE
		Okinawa Prefecture is located in the southernmost tip of Japan and has a beautiful coastlines surrounded by amazing coral reefs, white sandy beaches and cobalt blue ocean.
		Okinawa is found in the same latitude zone as other famous beach resort destinations such as Hawaii, Florida Peninsula, and the Bahamas.
		Although Okinawa is regarded as an international resort with tourism the principal industry, it also has a very rich cultural heritage.
	filmoffice.ocvb.or.jp /en/about/index.php (161 words)

	Takashi Yamazaki: Dreaming "Independence" by Riding on Globalization: The Setback of Okinawa's Reformist Politics in ...
		Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture of Japan) is a group of 108 islands stretching between the Japan Islands and Taiwan (Figure 1).
		Okinawa is in economically critical condition since Okinawa's per capita income remains the lowest in Japan and the unemployment rate is two times as high as the national average.
		The Okinawa Times explained this paradox by saying, "While voters in the municipalities with military bases expressed their objection to the consolidation or reduction [of the bases], they seem to have wavered due to the economic factors of employment and income form the bases" (the Okinawa Times 9/9/1996: 3).
	www.colorado.edu /IBS/PEC/gadconf/papers/yamazaki.html (9350 words)

	Okinawa Prefecture articles and news from Start Learning Now (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Okinawa's capital, Naha, OkinawaNaha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Honto, which is approximately half-way between KyÅ«shÅ« and Taiwan.
		Following the end of World War II and the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, for 27 years Okinawa was under United StatesUS administration.
		During this time, Okinawa's currency was the US dollar, and the US military established numerous bases on Okinawa IslandOkinawa Honto and elsewhere.
	www.startlearningnow.com /articles/Okinawa-Prefecture.htm (912 words)

	Okinawa's World Heritage Sites
		The creator goddess of Okinawa, Amamikiyo, is said to have made this sacred area where all males were once prohibited from entering.
		Katsuren Castle was the residence of the lord, Awamari
		The arch-shaped stone gates are the oldest in Okinawa.
	koinonia365.tripod.com /mistatsokinawatouringguide/id10.html (496 words)

	okinawaBBtv International/World Heritage
		Among representative historical constructions in Okinawa, five Gusuku (castles) and their related properties were designated as “World Heritage Sites” in 2000.
		Katsuren castle ruins sit upon a hill at the base of Katsuren Peninsula.
		The elegance of this castle ruins was compared to Kyoto and Nara in the “Omorososhi”, the literary masterpiece of ancient ballads from the Okinawa and Amami Island.
	www.okinawabbtv.com /international/heritage/index.html (549 words)

	Gusuku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is famous for the Hikan cherries which bloom in northern Okinawa between mid January and early February.
		Shuri Castle (Okinawan: sui ugusiku, Japanese: 首里城 Shurijo) is a gusuku (Ryukyuan castle) in Shuri, Okinawa.
		In 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, it was almost completely destroyed, with only a few walls standing as high as a few tens of centimeters.
	www.shortopedia.com /G/U/Gusuku (409 words)

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		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Town and city councils throughout Okinawa are meeting in emergency sessions this week to pass formal protest resolutions about Friday’s crash of a Marine helicopter in Ginowan.
		Okinawa police have said they were told a tail rotor failure probably made it impossible for the pilot to control the aircraft.
		Okinawa City, next to Kadena Air Base, passed a similar resolution Tuesday, stating, “The crash was a vivid reminder for residents of communities surrounding Kadena Air Base, the largest military base, how dangerous [it is] to live near a military base.”
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SS_081904_Helicopter,00.html (939 words)

	The Role of the Bridge Connecting the Islands of Hamahiga and Okinawa
		Okinawa Prefecture in Japan since the latter half of the 1950's to observe the dynamics of population and to determine various factors that have caused changes and differences among different settlements on the island in relation to the changes in the industrial structure.
		The construction of Hamahiga Bridge in 1997 connected the island and hich resulted in an increased number of households and population of the Inain island of Okinawa, w Hamahiga island.
		The residents of the island who have moved in after the completion of Hamahiga Bridge were interviewed to confirm their attributes, occupations, types or category of moving in, and types of houses.
	www1.odn.ne.jp /cah02840/JSIS/PUBLICATIONS/rjvol4-4.htm (336 words)

	Three Castles, Two Lords and A Ryukyuan Opera
		Close by was Amawari, lord of Katsuren Castle, ambitious and desirous of the throne of the Shuri King, Sho Taikyu.
		The castle of Amawari was situated on the Katsuren Peninsula, which juts out into the Pacific, and allowed him excellent opportunity for the foreign trade with which he enriched himself.
		In 1458 the king's loyal retainer was killed in a revolt called the "Gosamaru-Amawari disturbance." Amawari schemed to divide king and retainer by informing the king that Gosamaru was going to revolt against him, despite his sworn allegiance, allowing Amawari to destroy Gosamaru.
	www.pref.okinawa.jp /summit/gusuku/gusuku_1b/index2.htm (366 words)

	[ Gusuku Site and the Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ]
		The ruins of Katsuren Castle Ruins are located in Haebaru at the base of the Katsuren peninsula, which juts out into the Pacific.
		The ramparts that border Katsuren Castle were existent up to the Taisho Period (1912-1926), when a construction project was started on a nearby embankment and almost all the stones taken away for construction material..
		The road upwards from the fourth enclosure inclines steeply and this is where this Gusuku's characteristics of being constructed to use height in battle are expressed.
	www.wonder-okinawa.jp /002/001/e_kat.html (471 words)

	Okinawa Image and Information Archive - Photography-Photographer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		During the 1300's these castles were constructed as fortresses, and by the 1500's had come to serve as the residences of the powerful leaders of the warring sections of the Ryukyu island.
		During the Battle of Okinawa girls of Okinawan Prefecture schools were known as the infamous Himeyuri Squad, who served as nurses during the war.
		Located in Katsuren Town, Hamahiga was only accessible by ferry until 1997 when the Hamahiga Bridge was completed, allowing easy travel to this small island.
	www.johninjapan.com /info-directory/listalpha/h.html (734 words)

	Stars & Stripes: Okinawa's grand fortresses
		Katsuren Castle is on the Katsuren Peninsula, overlooking both the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
		Okinawa is an island of castle ruins, the remains of a time when regional kings fought a series of wars that eventually led to a united Kingdom of the Ryukyus.
		In 1997, a theatrical group of local high school students performed a musical entitled “Amawari.” The plot, based on Okinawa’s oldest chronicles, the Omorososhi, portrayed Amawari as a compassionate lord and a man with enterprising spirit, not as the traitor he is often portrayed as in traditional Okinawa plays.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=140&article=35665 (933 words)

	:-==-:Okinawa Japan Virtual Ginza Your door to Okinawa Japan:-==-:
		Later the young Amawari established himself as the lord of Katsuren, replacing the 9th lord, Mochizuki.
		However, he was defeated in a subsequent battle by a force from Shuri during which Katsuren Castle was destroyed and never rebuilt.
		Although there are many castles on Okinawa, up until these excavations were done it was beleived that only the Shuri and Urasoe Castles had tiled-roofs.
	www.virtualginza.com /katsuren.htm (266 words)

	Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Okinawa was once a kingdom of its own called the "Ryukyu" regime.
		After several hundred years of rivalry between warlords, Okinawa islands were unified as the Ryukyu Kingdom in the early 15th century.
		Reflecting Okinawa's active exchange with China in the 14th century, Chinese influence can be seen in the construction techniques of the castle.
	home.comcast.net /~d.pelham/japan/oki.html (225 words)

	Okinawa 1988-1991
		The Kijimunaa Festival in Okinawa City is winding down, with the grand finale set for Saturday at Okinawa City Civil Hall, the cityâs Entertainment Hall, and at Chuuon Areaâs Banyan Tree space.
		NAHA â” Okinawa Prefecture on Thursday granted a request filed by the state for compulsory use of land by 11 facilities of U.S. bases in Okinawa.
		The Okinawa prefectural government's panel on the matter approved the request, which concerns a total of 315,000 square meters of land in the 11 facilities of Futemma Air Station and other U.S. bases in the southernmost Japanese prefecture, panel officials said.
	futenma.blogspot.com /2005_07_01_futenma_archive.html (1518 words)

	TOMONOKAI
		It is the purpose of this organization to encourage education and cultural exchange between the Island of Okinawa and members of the
		Since becoming a prefecture of Japan, Okinawa has been steadily losing it's identity as a distinct and separate culture.
		To assist in the preservation of distinct Okinawa culture, the common bond of Okinawa Martial Arts will be used by the Association as a vehicle for
	home.twmi.rr.com /okinawabudokai/page5.html (365 words)

	Gusuku - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		② Zakimi Gusuku Ruins Built in the early 15th century by the renowned Ryukyuan militarist Gosamaru, Zakimi gusuku oversaw the northern portion of Okinawa.
		③　 Katsuren Gusuku Ruins The Katsuren fortress, with the Pacific on two sides, is also called the “Ocean Gusuku.” This gusuku fortress had its golden age in the mid-15th century, under the powerful Lord Amawari.
		④ Nakagusuku Ruins The legendary Ryukyuan commander, Gosamaru, built the fortress in the early 15th century to defend against attacks from the east by Lord Amawari of Katsuren.
	en.freepedia.org /Gusuku.html (622 words)

	Okinawa Index: Index > Places > The World Heritage > Katsuren Castle Ruins
		Located on top of a hill with a spectacular view, Katsuren Castle is believed to be one of the oldest in Okinawa; however, nobody is sure who built the castle or when.
		Amawari and Katsuren were ruined in 1458 in a war against King Shotaikyu of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
		Halfway up the hill, there is a sign pointing to the Katsuren Castle ruins on the right.
	www.okinawaindex.com /index/?tid=3&cid=75&id=4 (193 words)

	GUSUKU 城 —The Castles of Okinawa - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Located at the northern side of Okinawa, the gusuku at Zakimi is now in ruins, but the two inner courts can still be made out, both demonstrating the keystone arches distinctive in Ryūkūan architecture.
		The ruins of the gusuku of Katsuren present an impressive image, with the Pacific lying on either side of the promontary, but within the gusuku archaeology has revealed the importance to trade in Ryūkyūan history, with expensive tiles and precious Ming Chinese porcelain found amongst the ruins.
		A prime example of gusuku-construction with its six courtyards, the gusuku of Naka was constructed in the 15th Century to defend the region against the incursions led by Lord Amawari of Katsuren gusuku.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=9759&st=0&p=4787971&#entry4787971 (951 words)

	Kaichu-doro, the "Road Through the Sea":: mahae plus :: Okinawa Travel Information
		Okinawa awaits you with its unique, proud history, dazzling nature and much more...
		The 4.7-kilometer long Kaichu-doro is an inter-island highway from the Katsuren Peninsula to Henza Island that makes for a great scenic drive.
		The second floor is a cultural museum focusing on the maritime history of the Katsuren Peninsula.
	www.ocvb.or.jp /card/en/0120110904.html (494 words)

	Holy and Sacred: Sefa-utaki/The Lands of Legendary Rulers: Castle Ruins of Zakimi, Nakagusuku and Katsuren:: mahae plus ...
		Located in the central area of Okinawa Island are three ruins that leave behind legends of powerful rulers.
		Gosamaru, the builder of Zakimi Castle, was in residence at this castle while under orders by the king to restrain another ruler known as Amawari, a chieftain in Katsuren Castle, whose power and influence posed a threat to the dynasty's reign.
		The ruins of Katsuren Castle, the fortress base of the powerful chieftain Amawari, are located in Katsuren Town.
	www.ocvb.or.jp /card/en/0000000814.html (663 words)

	White Beach, Okinawa
		Being the Navy’s only forward deployed amphibious assault warship, plying the waters between it’s homeport of Sasebo, Japan and White Beach, Okinawa is a common and fairly ordinary event for USS Belleau Wood’s crew.
		The facility is located in Katsuren town and Yonashiro town, with a land area of 1,568,000m^2.
		Maintenance at the army pier at White Beach, Okinawa, meant Fort McHenry, USS Essex (LHD 2) and USS Juneau (LPD 10) could not be pierside together.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/white-beach.htm (1102 words)

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