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Okinawa City, Okinawa Japan 1995  
   

Okinawa City, Okinawa Japan 1995

Okinawa City, Open Market.
Living on Okinawa

February 5th 2009
Have you ever thought what it would be like to live in another country other than your own. For me it was one of the best experiences of my life. Of course I had no idea that that would happen to me, and I didn't do it in the usual way. It was during the Vietnam war and I had joined the United States Marine Corps at the tender age of seventeen. It would be a year and a half later when I ended ... read more
Asia » Japan » Okinawa

Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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