This book describes how a Western child, born in Japan, in the Ryukyu Island of Okinawa, is growing up in a culturally diverse environment. She loves life and loves the people she comes into contact... More > with. This book describes how she sees life whilst she visits all the lovely areas of the country and goes to a local Japanese school.< Less
This book describes how a Western child, born in Japan, in the Ryukyu Island of Okinawa, is growing up in a culturally diverse environment. She loves life and loves the people she comes into contact... More > with. This book describes how she sees life whilst she visits all the lovely areas of the country and goes to a local Japanese school.< Less
In Okinawa, Japan the utility covers found on the street surfaces are works of art. They are beautifully designed and tell the observant pedestrian a great deal about the people, their passions, and... More > the communities where they are found. I've spent several years photographing these iron bas relief sculptures and I present them in this gallery just for you.< Less
This Tome is an encyclopedia of the subject of Okinawan Martial Arts and specifically the art of Shian Toma 10 Degree Black Belt Karate Master. This Tome traces the 400 year history of the island... More > nation and the influences that played in its development and the Okinawan influence it had on the world. It's focus is the linage of Okinawa Seidokan and the events and people that carry on this art today.< Less
This Tome is an encyclopedia of the subject of Okinawan Martial Arts and specifically the art of Shian Toma 10 Degree Black Belt Karate Master. This Tome traces the 400 year history of the island... More > nation and the influences that played in its development and the Okinawan influence it had on the world. It's focus is the linage of Okinawa Seidokan and the events and people that carry on this art today.< Less
Moving anywhere can be stressful especially when it's to another country. This book covers some questions you might have before you get the ball rolling with your move to Okinawa and some questions... More > that you might not even have thought to ask.< Less
A surreal and haunting look at the decaying remnants of Okinawa's nightlife heyday that began during the Vietnam War and lasted into the early 1990's. Take a tour through urine-soaked alleyways that... More > were once the place to be for thousands of GI's seeking "rest and recuperation". Photographer Joe Andes captures the cabarets, crumbling bars, and "short-time" hotels in all their squalid glory. 105 pages (sepia and full color photography)< Less
The With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa Study Guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge. It includes a detailed Plot... More > Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Character Descriptions, Objects/Places, Themes, Styles, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion on With the Old Breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa.< Less
A surreal and haunting look at the decaying remnants of Okinawa's nightlife heyday that began during the Vietnam War and lasted into the early 1990's. Take a tour through urine-soaked alleyways that... More > were once the place to be for thousands of GI's seeking "rest and recuperation". Photographer Joe Andes captures the cabarets, crumbling bars, and "short-time" hotels in all their squalid glory. 105 pages (sepia and full color photography)< Less
