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56–60 American servicemembers and 27 Okinawans injured; 82 people arrested. The site of the riot roughly 15 years prior, c. 1955. The Koza riot (コザ暴動, Koza bōdō) was a violent and spontaneous protest against the US military presence in Okinawa, which occurred on the night of December 20, 1970, into the morning of the following day.
This list is of the Historic Sites of Japan located within the Prefecture of Okinawa. [1] Much of the heritage of the Ryūkyū Kingdom and Islands was destroyed during the Battle of Okinawa. The mausoleum complex of Tamaudun, Shuri Castle, Katsuren Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Nakijin Castle, Zakimi Castle, Sefa-utaki, and Sonohyan-utaki all form ...
236, 672, 778, 250. The Okanagan ( / ˌoʊkəˈnɑːɡən / OH-kə-NAH-gən ), [ 3] also called the Okanagan Valley and sometimes the Okanagan Country, is a region in the Canadian province of British Columbia defined by the basin of Okanagan Lake and the Canadian portion of the Okanagan River. It is part of the Okanagan Country, extending into ...
The Yonaguni Monument ( Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. "Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography"), also known as "Yonaguni (Island) Submarine Ruins" (与那国（島）海底遺跡, Yonaguni (-jima) Kaitei Iseki), is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu ...
Okanagan Lake. 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Okanagan Lake winds between Kelowna (foreground) and Westbank (background). Okanagan Lake ( Okanagan: kɬúsx̌nítkw) [ 3 ] is a lake in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia, Canada. The lake is 135 km (84 mi) long, between 4 and 5 km (2.5 and 3.1 mi) wide, and has a surface area ...
Naha. inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu [5] 26°12′59″N 127°43′09″E. / 26.21643454°N 127.71917595°E / 26.21643454; 127.71917595 ( Shuri Castle Shoin - Sasunoma Gardens) 1. [7] Ishigaki Family Gardens. 石垣氏庭園.
Ryukyuan architecture ( Japanese: 琉球建築, romanized : りゅうきゅうけんちく) is the architecture in Ryukyu islands (the Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan). The history of Ryukyuan architecture dates back to the Shell Mound Period that lasted between 2000–1000 BC. During this period, houses ...
Nakagusuku Bay. / 26.25500°N 127.83194°E / 26.25500; 127.83194. Nakagusuku Bay (中城湾, Nakagusuku-wan, Okinawan: Nakagushiku-widu) is a bay on the southern coast of Okinawa Island on the Pacific Ocean in Japan. The bay covers 220 square kilometres (85 sq mi) and ranges between 10 metres (33 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft) deep. [ 1]