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	E-Budo.com - I don't get it..........
		For Okinawa, the creation of these special economic zones comes on top of three decades of effort and the use of more than 6.7 trillion yen in public funds on infrastructure to bring the prefecture's economy up to par with the rest of Japan.
		Okinawa and the national government have invested 2.1 billion yen in land and construction costs to build the Nago Multimedia Building, which is supposed to support the operations of financial institutions and venture firms the city hopes will flock in.
		With Okinawa's unemployment reaching a high of 9.4 percent in calendar 2001, roughly twice the national average, the prefecture needs to secure 9,000 new jobs a year to keep the rate from rising further.
	www.e-budo.com /forum/printthread.php?t=13978 (1526 words)

	Articles - The Okinawan "Suicide Cliffs"
		Okinawa is located south of mainland Japan in the East China Sea.
		Okinawa also has a proud artistic and musical tradition, and is home to many unusual and beautiful species of flora and fauna.
		A sub-tropical climate keeps Okinawa pleasantly warm even when the rest of Japan is shivering but summers tend to be very hot and humid.
	www.21stcenturyadventures.com /articles/TheOkinawanSuicideCliffs.html (1673 words)

	Japan's Battle of Okinawa
		Okinawa Island is only two to eighteen miles wide by sixty miles long-a small place for a violent clash of major powers, compared to, say, North Africa or the open Pacific.
		Okinawa's economy produced sweet potatoes to feed the cows and pigs, and imported rice from Taiwan to feed the human population.
		The Okinawa caves were in some ways a unique response to the lethal mass of enemy artillery the IJA 32d Army faced, and given what they were intended to do, the caves were extremely successful.
	www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/Huber/Huber.asp (15153 words)

	The Morien Institute - Exclusive illustrated interview with Professor Masaaki Kimura about the underwater pyramid ...
		There seem to be many features on land, both in Okinawa and on Yonaguni-jima, that are simlar to features of some of the structures found underwater.
		I am given to understand that the Okinawa culture is different to that of mainland Japan.
		The Okinawa one is said to be newer, since 12 Centuries.
	www.morien-institute.org /interview3_MK.html (895 words)

	Okinawa Travel: Nakagusuku Castle Ruins
		Nakagusuku Castle is one of the castles, which were built across Okinawa during the era of the Ryukyu Kingdom.
		Nakagusuku Castle is among the sites, which were added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites under the collective title "Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu" in the year 2000.
		It is recommended to combine a visit to Nakagusuku Castle with a visit to nearby Nakamurake, a beautiful, traditional Okinawan style residence from the 18th century.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e7107.html (261 words)

	Did You Know? guide for Central Okinawa by Hostelbookers
		Most of the bases are concentrated in central and south Okinawa, on land that was seized in the 1950s.
		Despite that, Okinawa remains the poorest of Japan's prefectures, with unemployment twice the national average, and people are beginning to argue for more investment in local industry.
		Making Okinawa a free-trade zone has been suggested and new Governor Inamine is all for co-operating with Tokyo to get the prefecture more money, as shown with the effort poured into the G8 Summit.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/central_okinawa/did_you_know? (447 words)

	THE NAKAGUSUKU CASTLE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nakagusuku Castle site is located two kilometers from the old trading port of Ygi on an elevation of 150-160 meters above sea level.
		Upon Okinawa's reversion to Japan which occurred on May 15, 1972, Nkagusuku Castle was also designated as a National Historic Site.
		It covers the period of the three kingdoms until their unification, the account of the Satsuma invasion, the historical events and developments prior to the 14th century and up to the beginning of the 17th century.
	www4.ocn.ne.jp /~knaka/ncastle/ncastlee.html (451 words)

	Ryukyuan religion Information
		While specific legends and traditions may vary slightly from place to place and island to island, the Ryukyuan religion is generally characterized by ancestor worship and the respecting of relationships between the living, the dead, and the gods and spirits of the natural world.
		Negative spirits in Okinawa are often in English referred to as "ghosts", though they are not necessarily "ghosts" in the Western sense of the world (wandering souls of the dead).
		These appointments were primarily from local powerful families, to serve at their local sacred sites throughout the main island of Okinawa; this system of appointment also served Miyako Island and the Yaeyama Islands.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ryukyuan_religion (5988 words)

	:-==-:Okinawa Japan Virtual Ginza Your door to Okinawa Japan:-==-:
		To the north are the hilly regions of Okinawa; Baten Fishing Port can be seen to the south; the Kerama and Zamami islands can be seen in the western waters past Naha City; and Kudaka Island is to the southeast.
		Nakagusuku Castle was renowned for being the residence of the great commander Gosamaru, but the castle was also the headquarters for a number of historically powerful Aji chieftains previous to Gosamaru's residence.
		After Gosamaru took his position at Nakagusuku Castle, it was fortified and the third stone wall enclosure facing Katsuren to the northeast was added along with the northern enclosure.
	www.virtualginza.com /castle.htm (1219 words)

	Conversation with Chalmers Johnson, p. 1 of 4
		Okinawa prefecture, which is Japan's southernmost prefecture [is] the poorest place in the Japan, the equivalent of Puerto Rico; it's always been discriminated against by the Japanese since they seized it at the end of the nineteenth century.
		He invited me to Okinawa in February of 1996 to give a speech to his associates in light of what had happened on September 4, 1995, when two marines and a sailor from Camp Hansen in central Okinawa abducted, beat, and raped a twelve-year-old girl.
		The head of Okinawa was a lieutenant general in the army.
	globetrotter.berkeley.edu /people4/CJohnson/cjohnson-con1.html (1279 words)

	Hawaii Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A recent highlight of Club Motobu was the tour to Okinawa it sponsored to coincide with the Marine Expo '75, held at Motobu, Okinawa.
		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)

	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.
		Nakagusuku castle was constructed by Gosamaru, one of the best architects in Okinawa history.
		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)

	Nakagusuku Shrine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nakagusuku Shrine is in the east side from the ruins point on Main terrace.
		The castle wall that curved to the semicircle type is similan to the Nakakagusuku castle in Nakagusuku village of Okinawa main island.
		Since it has the constriction of semicircle type just like the form of the castle wall, it is refessed to as Nakagusuku Shrine.
	www.wonder-okinawa.jp /024/english/tano/shinden/index.html (68 words)

	Stars and Stripes: Okinawa soaked by unusually severe rainy season
		Sadao Higa, an Okinawa Meteorological Observatory weather forecaster, said the total precipitation in May — 15.8 inches in central Okinawa, where the major U.S. bases are — was 155 percent of the average rainfall for the month.
		In Nakagusuku, mudslides scraped a village road off a hillside in the Kita Uehara district Saturday.
		According to the Okinawa prefectural government’s Disaster Prevention Office, 30 people in 11 families were evacuated from their homes.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=37905 (627 words)

	Goju-Ryu History
		Born Matsu Miyagi on April 25, 1888, at Higashi Machi, Hana, the son of Chosho Miyagi came to inherit the fortune of one of the wealthiest families on Okinawa ("Miyagi" is the Japanese derivative of the Okinawan name "Miyagusuku").
		When he eventually returned to Okinawa, Higashionna established a style of self-defense known as Naha-Te, which was a combination of Chinese Kempo and Okinawan techniques.
		The art that was born on the island of Okinawa has now spread worldwide, seemingly in keeping with the wishes of the founder, who always believed that karate should be made available to the public.
	www.portaskarate.org /gojuhist.html (3679 words)

	Three Castles, Two Lords and A Ryukyuan Opera
		It is one of intrigue, deceit and betrayal set in the 15th century Ryukyus (Okinawa).
		Gosamaru was ordered by the king to move to the central area of the island and there he created Nakagusuku Castle, building the third fortifications and back gates.
		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)

	«“ê^CX@ryukyu islands and okinawans
		Nakagusuku Castle: one of the largest remaining castles in Okinawa
		Nakagusuku Castle, one of the largest remaining, sits upon a 200-meter high hill on the boundary between Nakagusuku and Kitanakagusuku villages.
		Of the lineage of rulers who made the castle their seat of power, it is known that Gosamaru, Lord of Nakagusuku who moved from Zakimi Castle in 1440, lost it after his death at the hands of Amawari, Lord of Katsuren of the Katsuren and Shuri combined forces.
	www.okinawatimes.co.jp /summit/english/ryukyu/ryu1_3_6.html (329 words)

	Nakagusuku Castle: A Spectacular Fifteenth-Century Fortress - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, ...
		It was built by the Lord of Nakagusuku, Gosamaru Seishun, during the first half of the fifteenth century.
		Its name, Nakagusuku, means Central Castle and was built to protect the Chuzan, or middle, kingdom.
		In 1458, Gosamaru was brought to his demise at Nakagusuku Castle by Lord Amawari, who tricked King Sho Taikyu into believing that Gosamaru intended to invade Shuri and overtake the throne.
	www.japanupdate.com /?id=3259 (710 words)

	Bulletin No.35
		III from dredging sands at Nakagusuku-son, Okinawa, Hence the new species name.
		In view of the polygonal outline and strong radial ornaments, this species may be somewhat similar to Hochstetteria costata Bernard, 1896, the type species of Cosa, from Stewart Island, New Zealand.
		Kaneko (1984) recorded this species from the dredged sands from the sea bottom of the Pacific coast of southern Okinawa.
	www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp /publish_db/Bulletin/no35/no35018.html (558 words)

	Nakagusuku, Okinawa - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Nakagusuku, Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nakagusuku, Okinawa - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Nakagusuku, Okinawa.
		Here you will find more informations about Nakagusuku, Okinawa.
		The orginal Nakagusuku, Okinawa article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Nakagusuku-Okinawa.html (117 words)

	Naomi's Okinawa Connection - Geustbook - November 1999
		I lived in Okinawa from Apr90-Jun99, those were some very good times for me. I wish all who visit Okinawa a pleasent and happy time.
		Later, we returned to Okinawa in 1962 and were there for the birth of our daughter Karen in 1964.
		My mother is from Okinawa and I can share this information with her, I know she will be very excited to visit.
	naomi.okinawa-connection.com /guestbook/1999/guestbook9911.htm (2309 words)

	Nakagusuku Castle
		Nakagusuku Castle site is located two kilometers from the old trading port of Yagi on
		Of the approximately 300 castle ruins found in Okinawa, this castle is one of
		the panoramic view of Nakagusuku Bay (Pacific Ocean) to the east and the East
	www.ryukyukempo.com /culture_nakagusuku.html (186 words)

	Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On the south shore of Okinawa, 30 m under the sea level, ruins of buildings were discovered that are around 10.000 years old.
		OKINAWA IS NOT PART OF JAPAN - Nobumasa Sato explains why Okinawa is not part of Japan and should be again independent country.
		OKINAWA CENTENARIAN STUDY - Okinawa is also known as the land of centenarians.
	titan.fov.uni-mb.si /shohei/english/okinawa.htm (455 words)

	Battleships USS Mississippi BB-41
		Okinawa, arriving 6 May to support the landing forces there.
		Her powerful guns leveled the defenses at Shuri Castle, which had stalled the entire offensive.
		On 5 June, a kamikaze crashed into her starboard side, but the fighting ship continued to support the troops at Okinawa until 16 June.
	www.multied.com /navy/battle/mississippi2.html (874 words)

	WWII Pg 51
		At 0850, as the COLORADO and PICKING entered NAKAGUSUKU WAN, many enemy planes were reported coming from the north and were attacking our picket ships.
		Departed from NAKAGUSUKU WAN at 1800 with the fire support units of 51.19 and retired to seaward on a course of 150° T. Left the formation at 2000 in company with the COLORADO and proceeded to Fire Support Sector Three, southeastern OKINAWA, to conduct night harassing bombardment in accordance with CTG 51.19 orders.
		The pilot landed his plane on the water successfully and took to a rubber life raft.
	www.uss-picking.org /wwii_pg_51.htm (1109 words)

	Virtual Okinawa - Guestbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Served on Okinawa from 1959 to 1960 and from 1974 to 1981 with USAF.
		I was stationed in Okinawa from November 1994 to April 1998.
		Okinawa is a beautiful place and has touched our lives.
	www.virtualokinawa.com /guestbook/archive/oct1-31-98.html (2331 words)

	The reply from H.EMr.HIroshi Oki to Mr.Dellmar Blasco （2002/7/12）
		Then Nakagusuku bay area including Awase Tidal Flat is listed in the National Inventory of Important Wetland 500, compiled by the Ministry of the Environmemnt of Japan in December 2001.
		As for the reclamation project of the Awase area, the national plan for ports and harbors, of which this project was a part, was discussed at the Meeting of the Council for Ports and Harbours in 1995.
		Also, the Environment division of the Okinawa Prefectural government requested, on its project approval, that a monitoring survey on birds and marine algae be implemented, and that reclamation not be implemented in wetlands where endangered marine algae is found, unless transplantation skills are established.
	www.ne.jp /asahi/awase/save/en/topix/20020712ramsar.htm (378 words)

	Okinawa(1174) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		JAPAN Furugen Souichirou Okinawa city Okinawa pref, JAPAN Furuichi Namiko Nakagamigun town Okinawa pref, JAPAN Furuichi Yosiharu Nakagami county Okinawa pref, JAPAN Futemma Kimiko Naha city Okinawa pref.
		JAPAN Komura Yoshimi Nakagami county Okinawa pref, JAPAN Koshima Tsukie Tomigusuku village Okinawa pref.
		Okinawa pref., JAPAN Nakamura Yutaka Naha city OKINAWA pref, JAPAN Nakandakari Mirian Naha city Okinawa pref.
	www.walrus.com /~dawei/petitions/japan-okinawa.html (2358 words)

	THE OKINAWA TIMES WEEKLY TIMES 2000.12.4
		The recognition of the sites on Okinawa is the eleventh designation of World Heritage Sites in Japan; there are six hundred thirty throughout the world that include cultural remains, natural treasures, and their combinations.
		Both Nakagusuku and Zakimi Castles belonged to Lord Gosamaru, executed by the King for an alleged rebellion, an artifice set up by Lord Amawari of Katsuren Castle.
		Ryoichi Toyohira, president of the sponsor, the Okinawa Times, stated, "This commemorative exhibition is a compilation of all her works.
	www.okinawatimes.co.jp /eng/20001202.html (1385 words)

	USN Ships--USS Inca (IX-229). Also named Gamage, (IX-227)
		On 25 May 1945 she was damaged by an aircraft torpedo off Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa, and although towed into port was considered a constructive total loss, not suitable for repair.
		On 26 February CNO told the naval base at Okinawa that WSA Okinawa was authorized to accept redelivery, but on 27 March the Okinawa naval base replied that WSA Okinawa refused to accept delivery without a specific directive from WSA Washington.
		Aground at Okinawa, next to a small floating drydock, after they were blown ashore by a typhoon in October 1945.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/ix229.htm (1009 words)

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