Traditional Crafts Ryukyu Glass / Okinawa World It is a Ryukyu glass workshop located in Okinawa World in Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture. You can take a closer look at how craftsmen make Ryukyu glass. This is a process in which glass is placed in a kiln and melted at a high temperature. Ryukyu glass was first made after the war using discarded bottles of cola and beer that were drunk by the U.S. military stationed in Japan. It is characterized by air bubbles trapped in the glass and colorful colors. You can also experience glassmaking in this workshop. Traditional crafts that can only be found in Okinawa - I will experience them when I go there today.

Former Kiya Takeshi Family Residence / Okinawa World Ryukyu Kingdom Castle Town Okinawa World is located in Nanjo City in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture. It is a registered tangible cultural property located in the castle town of the Ryukyu Kingdom, where red-tiled kominka houses that recreate the townscape of the Ryukyu dynasty are lined up. It is a private house built in the late Meiji era, and it is a building that miraculously survived the ravages of war in the most intense place during the war. (It was moved here from its original location.) It is now used as a hands-on workshop. There were quite a few people who experienced it ^^ It is a valuable building that I would like to preserve in the future.

Former Kiya Takeshi Family Residence / Okinawa World Ryukyu Kingdom Castle Town Okinawa World is located in Nanjo City in the southern part of Okinawa Prefecture. I went to the castle town of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which reproduces the townscape of the Ryukyu Dynasty era lined with red tile kominka, which is a registered tangible cultural property. The building in the photo is a private house that miraculously survived the ravages of war and was the site of the most intense ground battle of the Pacific War. On the pillars on the side of the corridor, the scars of shells received during the war were still vivid. (The building was moved here from its original location.) Since it was relocated, it has been used as a hands-on workshop. A very valuable building that tells the history of the Battle of Okinawa, I want to preserve it for a long time.

This photo was taken in the valley of Gangala, Nanjo City, Okinawa Prefecture. According to the guide's explanation, in addition to Gangala, what used to be a limestone cave tens of thousands of years ago collapsed and became a valley. From the roots of the banyan tree that grows like a rock in the rock, you can feel the power of nature. March in Okinawa Prefecture is easy to spend because the temperature is just right.

Cape Chinen Park is located in Nanjo City in the southern part of the main island of Okinawa. It is located near the World Heritage Site "Seiba Utaki". You can see the Pacific Ocean and see the sea about 250 degrees. On a sunny day, you can see the colorful cobalt blue sea, but unfortunately it is light cloudy on this day.

This is a photo taken when I went to Ojima Island in Okinawa with my family. I took this photo in the autumn season, but it was hot like summer and I thought that Okinawa has only summer and winter. smile

2022.12.31 Photo taken Even at this time of year, the sky and hibiscus ? fit. After all, it is the southern country of Okinawa.