Photo Essay - Okinawa

This is a Japanese temple. When I lived there, this was where my friends from school would go to church.
Posted by-Akira ASAKURA

This is a little extreme, but most of the buildings on Okinawa were made of concrete and looked something like this.
Posted by-Akira ASAKURA

This is a part of Okinawa outside of the cities.
Posted by-Teruhide Tamori 

This is the aquarium, which was one of my favorite places to go there.  They had hundreds of different fish.
Posted by-Stephanie Cornell



Posted by-ippei & janine naoi



This is the mall in Okinawa.  The view from the top of the ferris wheel is amazing.  
Posted by-Akira ASAKURA



This is an Okinawan mythical creature that is a combination of a lion and a dog.  Okinawans always had one outside of their house to protect them from evil spirits.
Posted by-nana.leder



This is an Okinawan sunset.  The sunsets there were amazing because it is so close to the equator.
Posted by-Akira ASUKARA