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	Okinawa Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Okinawa Island (沖縄本島 Okinawa-hontō) is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands, and is home to Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture.
		In 1990, the total population of Okinawa Island was an estimated 1.22 million people, comprising Ryūkyūans (especially native Okinawans), Japanese people, and expatriates, as well as American military personnel and their families.
		Whereas northern Okinawa Island is largely unpopulated, the south is markedly urbanized—particularly the city of Naha, and the urban corridor stretching from Okinawa City through Naha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawa_Honto (304 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 Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyūshū and Taiwan.
		Okinawa also has the highest life expectancy rate in the world, with native men living on average to 90.1 years and native women living to an average of 93.2 years.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture (2329 words)

	Okinawa Honto - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Okinawa Honto (沖縄本島, "the main island of Okinawa") is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands at the edge of the East China Sea, helping to define the sea's boundary with the open Pacific Ocean.
		Okinawa Prefecture has its capital on Okinawa Honto (at Naha).
		The city of Nago and the urbanized corridor from Okinawa to Naha are in the south.
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Okinawa_Honto (292 words)

	Okinawa-Japan.com - Okinawa City
		Okinawa (沖縄市; -shi), or Okinawa City, is a city of Japan located on the island of Okinawa Honto in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
		Okinawa City is the second largest city in Okinawa Prefecture, following Naha, the largest and capital city.
		The city was founded on April 1, 1974 with the merger of Koza, Okinawa (formerly Goya, Okinawa, and Goeku, Okinawa prior to that) and Misato, Okinawa.
	okinawa-japan.com /Okinawa_City.html (84 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Okinawa Honto
		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 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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Okinawa-Honto (459 words)

	WEB att.JAPAN - Japan Travel Guide - Tourist Information - Okinawa Regeon (Okinawa Prefecture) - Naha City
		Okinawa is Japan but it is an area with its own unique culture and history largely different from that of the rest of Japan.
		Okinawa Prefecture is located between the large island of Kyushu in southern Japan and Taiwan and all told, consists of approximately 160 islands.
		Okinawa Senseki Kokutei Koen is a park to console the souls of more than two hundred thousand such war dead and "Heiwa Kinen Shiryo-kan" is a museum and "Heiwa no Ishizue" a monument, on which the names of these victims are carved side by side - regardless of nationality, in Heiwa Kinen Koen.
	www.att-japan.net /modules/tinyd0/rewrite/tc_60.html (2208 words)

	Okinawa-Honto, Japan. Travel guide & tourist information by Hostelbookers.com
		It was these two countries – both of whom invaded and occupied Okinawa – who fought it out on the island's middle and southern reaches in 1945.
		Okinawa's chief city and the former Ryukyu capital is Naha, whose prime attraction is its reconstructed castle, Shuri-jo, the ruins of which have recently been awarded World Heritage status.
		Southern Okinawa saw the worst fighting in 1945, and the scrubby hills are littered with war memorials, particularly around Mabuni Hill, where the final battles took place.
	www.hostelbookers.com /guides/japan/okinawa-honto (410 words)

	Okinawa - Sixth World Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Okinawa’s capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island, Okinawa Honto (沖縄本島), which is approximately half-way between Kyushu and Taiwan.
		The crisis in Okinawa was temporarily resolved when the JIS co-opted the independence movement.
		The private military company Tsunami, Inc. has its headquarters near Okinawa City (沖縄市; -shi), on the island of Okinawa Honto, and uses the stretches of land across the island previously known as Camp S.D. Butler when the former United States stationed the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force prior to the Indian War.
	wiki.dumpshock.com /index.php?title=Okinawa&printable=yes (467 words)

	Okinawa Travel
		Okinawa (沖縄市; -shi) is a city located on the island of Okinawa Honto in Okinawa, Japan.
		The city was founded on April 1, 1974 with the merger of Koza (formerly Goya, Okinawa, and Goeku, Okinawa prior to that) and Misato, Okinawa.
		The Battle of Okinawa, fought on the island of Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands (south of the four big islands of Japan) was the largest amphibious assault during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/149/okinawa-travel.html (975 words)

	Okinawa Travel Guide
		Okinawa (沖縄) is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan.
		It is itself an island chain consisting of 41 inhabited islands and 16 uninhabited islands.
		Okinawa is the only sub-tropical climate in Japan and as such is a major tourist destination for the Japanese, but not many foreign visitors make it to these shores.
	www.imakoopedia.org /en/article/Okinawa (600 words)

	Mysteries of Asia - Travel Notes - Vantage Travel
		Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture, consisting of a few dozen small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches more than 620 miles from Kyushu to Taiwan.
		Okinawa is said to have the most beautiful beaches in all of Japan.
		The islands making up Okinawa Prefecture are also known as the Ryukyu Islands, named after the native culture, which is distinctly different from that of the rest of Japan in terms of language, cuisine, arts, etc. It became a Japanese prefecture in 1879, accompanied by efforts to assimilate the native population.
	www.vantagetravel.com /Trip/TravelNotes.aspx?TripID=244 (2642 words)

	Okinawa Travel Guide: Okinawa Prefecture
		Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture, consisting of a few dozen, small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island chain which stretches over about one thousand kilometers from Kyushu to Taiwan.
		Okinawa Prefecture can be divided into three major island groups, the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Shoto) around Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto), the Miyako Islands (Miyako Retto) around Miyako Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Yaeyama Retto) around Ishigaki Island.
		An independent kingdom and tributary state to China for several centuries, the Ryukyu Islands came under control of the Satsuma feudal fief (today's Kagoshima Prefecture) in the 17th century, and were made a Japanese prefecture in 1879, accompanied by efforts to assimilate the native population.
	www.japan-guide.com /list/e1247.html (295 words)

	Okinawa Travel Guides : Taste of the tropics
		It's claimed that one of the reasons Okinawa has Japan's highest percentage of centenarians (28 per every 100,000 population) is a healthy diet.
		Regardless of whether eating in the islands is good for you, one of the pleasures of a visit to Okinawa is the opportunity to indulge in the distinctly different Ryukyu cuisine, combining Chinese and Japanese cooking styles, with plenty of tropical ingredients and liberal use of pork and fresh seafood.
		Among the most common dishes are Okinawa soba, a filling bowl of thick wheat noodles and pork chunks, and chanpuru combining stir-fried vegetables in a thicker stew.
	www.travelpages.com /japan/29240/guides/71985.html (385 words)

	OKINAWA HONTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Okinawa Honto is the largest of the Ryukyu Islands at the edge of the East China Sea, helping to define the sea's boundary with the open Pacific Ocean.
		Okinawa Prefecture has its capital on Okinawa Honto.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/ok/Okinawa%20Honto.htm (237 words)

	OKINAWA HONTO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Okinawa Honto é o maior dos consoles de Ryukyu na borda do mar de China do leste, ajudando definir o limite do mar com o oceano pacífico aberto.
		O prefecture de Okinawa tem seu capital em Okinawa Honto.
		Assim, Okinawa é o nome de um prefecture, de um console e de uma cidade.
	www.faktoport.com /wiki/pt/ok/Okinawa%20Honto.htm (254 words)

	Okinawa Honto, Japan - Travel and Tours Idea
		The center of the former Ryukyu Kingdom, Okinawa Main Island (Okinawa Honto) is by far the largest and most populous island in Okinawa Prefecture and the regional transportation hub.
		The prefectural capital Naha and most of the US military bases are located on Okinawa Honto.
		While much of the central part of Okinawa Honto is urbanized, the southern tip of the island is less densely populated, and the north remains mainly covered by forested hills and small fishing and farming villages.
	www.it8it.com /site_en/Okinawa_Honto_Japan.htm (111 words)

	Okinawa and Ryukyus - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		The modern Japanese government abolished the kingdom of Ryukyu and established the prefecture of Okinawa in 1879.
		Representatives of Japan and the United States signed the Okinawa Reversion Agreement on June 17, 1971.[1] (http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html) Under terms of the agreement, the US retained its rights to bases on the island as part of the 1952 Treaty to protect Japan, but those bases were to be nuclear-free.
		Okinawa remains the poorest prefecture of Japan as of this writing (August 2003).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4532 (4125 words)

	JapanDiscovery: Honto
		Naha Airport (also known as Okinawa Airport), just outside of Naha, is the prefecture's major airport.
		There are direct flights from Naha into most parts of Japan, to various other islands within the prefecture and a few international destinations such as Shanghai, Seoul, Taipei and Manila.
		Besides the Okinawa Monorail (Yui Rail), which connects central Naha with Naha Airport, public transportation on Okinawa-Honto Island is limited to buses.
	www.japandiscovery.com /cities/Honto/getting_around.html (224 words)

	Travel in Japan - Travel Japan - Visit Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		If traveling by boat in late summer, note that the area around Okinawa is known as Typhoon Alley for a reason.
		Taco rice is a hybrid originating from the American presence in Okinawa — spiced Mexican-style taco meat with cheese, lettuce and tomatoes, but instead of being in a tortillas, it’s on rice.
		Okinawa’s beer label Orion is a safer alternative (at least in small quantities).
	travel.3yen.com /2004-12-22/travel-japan-visit-okinawa (560 words)

	Naomi's Okinawa Connection - Guestbook - April 1997
		Okinawa is a special place, you do a great job in portraying that.
		I was staioned at the Naval Hospital in Okinawa from NOV 1994 - Jan 1997.
		I remember Okinawa as the most beautiful place I have ever visited.I have been fortunate enough to be associated with several people who have also visited "The Rock" and we constantly share stories about the good times we had.Now that I have found your web, I'll be a regukar visitor.
	naomi.okinawa-connection.com /guestbook/1997/guestbook9704.htm (7781 words)

	OKINAWA Articles from AMAZINES.COM - The Article Database and EZine Publishers Database
		The islands that now make up Okinawa Prefecture were formerly not part of Japan, but part of an independent nation called the Ryukyu Kingdom.
		Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia allowed the Ryukyu 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 37,240 US military personnel and dependents, including 14,460 Marines, are still based there.
	amazines.com /Okinawa_related.html (1003 words)

	Hachiro NISHIOKA Vol.50 No.2 pp.52-59 (1994.7)
		Prior studies in ethnology, etc.have confirmed that in the southern @part of Okinawa Honto (main island of Okinawa), a f~Lmily is structured along the father-eldest son line as its axis, and the patrilineal family prevails.
		Therefore, if the hypotheses, H 1-H4 are empirically supported, we can ascertain that the family formation norms in Okinawa have a large effect on the demographic behaviors and that the sex-selective fertility behavior leads to a high level of fertility in Okinawa.
		In conclusion, the family formation norms found in Okinawa have a very large effect on the demographic behaviors including the distinctive patterns of fertility determined by the sex composition of children as well as the high level of fertility.
	www.ipss.go.jp /publication/e/jinkomon/50_2_p52-59.html (2078 words)

	۞ Okinawa Honto - Encyclopédie, information et définition sur www.apropos-savoir.fr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Okinawa Honto est le nom donné par les Japonais à l'île principale de la préfecture d'Okinawa et de l'archipel des îles Ryū-Kyū, afin de bien préciser que l'on parle bien de cette île-là.
		Okinawa Honto a été rendue aux Japonais par les Américains en 1972, suite à des incidents avec des soldats américains puis une révolte.
		Okinawa Honto présente de nombreuses traces de son occupation par l'homme aux temps préhistoriques et historiques.
	www.apropos-savoir.fr /Okinawa_Honto (317 words)

	Iejima
		Ie-shima (伊江島 -island) is an island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, lying a few kilometers off the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa Honto.
		The island constitutes Ie Village and is connected to the Okinawa Motobu-Wan by ferry (also going to Tomari).
		There is a monument dedicated to his memory in a coral cave on a beach on the southern coast of the island.
	www.paleorama.com /Lakes-I/Iejima.php (222 words)

	SuicideGirls > News > Politics > Okinawa: Is Massive U.S. Military Presence There Necessary?
		It's also worth pointing out that the vast majority of military members stationed in Okinawa are respectful of their hosts and go out of their way to learn local customs and find some common ground with the people in Okinawa.
		The U.S. is in Okinawa by treaty and by statute, and Japan has not asked the U.S. to leave the base.
		According to the statistics of the Japanese Government as well as of Okinawa prefecture, a number of crimes committed by U.S. soldiers for these 30 years has reached around 5,000, and more than 10% of them are violent crimes such as murder, burglaries, and rapes.
	suicidegirls.com /news/politics/13796 (3199 words)

	Tropical Paradise, Japanese Style!
		Okinawa is a 2-hour flight from Hiroshima, and is pretty far removed from the "mainland." It has its own distinct culture, that Okinawans seem to be fiercely proud of.
		Okinawa has a sad, war-filled past, as it was one of the final Japanese battlegrounds during World War II.
		This is part of the view from Mabuni Hill, where the Battle of Okinawa took place.
	www.travelblog.org /Asia/Japan/Okinawa/blog-63119.html (1099 words)

	Okinawa Hotels Japan - Cheap Hotels in Okinawa 85% Off.
		Okinawa is the name for the island of Okinawa (Okinawa Shima or Okinawa Honto) and the name of the 47th prefecture of Japan (Okinawa Ken) which includes not only the main island of Okinawa but also the southern islands of the Ryukyu archipelago.
		Okinawa has a unique and fascinating culture with a strong craft tradition.
		The sub-tropical climate, emerald ocean and coral sand beaches make Okinawa the travel destination of choice for Japanese and foreign visitors.
	www.hotelsguru.com /japan-okinawa-hotels.html (115 words)

	Yaeyama Islands Beach Vacation Guide
		Edging ever closer to the Tropic of Cancer, a further 100km southwest of Miyako-jima and 430km south of Okinawa-Honto, is a cluster of coral reefs and forested mountains which make up the Yaeyama Islands.
		Although it's Okinawa's second largest island with an area of 284.5 square kilometres, less than 2000 people live here, most of them concentrated along a barely developed strip on the northeast coast
		Iriomote is, naturally, a divers' paradise, with the Manta Way between the island's eastern coast and Kohama-jima being particularly famous for its shoals of manta rays; you're most likely to sight them between April and June.
	www.beach-vacation-guide.com /japan-okinawa-yaeyama.html (566 words)

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