Okinawa is historically richer than its sun-kissed demeanour initially suggests. From the 15th to 19th Centuries, this southernmost prefecture of Japan formed most of the Ryukyu Kingdom ...

NAHA -- Two posthumous painted portraits of rulers of the Ryukyu Kingdom -- now Japan's Okinawa Prefecture ... including old maps, ogoe portraits and ceramics gad been located.

“I hope the public viewing of this site offers insight into the heritage and spirit of the people who built the Ryukyu Kingdom.” The early morning blaze on Oct. 31, 2019, destroyed seven ...

The designs of the shirts vary from traditional patterns, such as “ryukyu kasuri” (patterns based on diagrams from the Ryukyu Kingdom era ... Four people from Okinawa Prefecture arrived ...

Okinawa Prefecture, previously the independent Ryukyu Kingdom, was annexed by Japan in ... that since the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Chinese maps and documents have consistently included Diaoyu ...