Ryukyu Mura Village

Welcome to Ryukyu Mura, recreated Okinawan village.

Musicians welcoming us to Ryukyu Mura, dressed in authentic textiles
The ever-popular peace symbol the Japanese love to flash for the camera.

Amy dancing the traditional Okinawan way. Arms in the air waving from left to right.

Here is another masked man flashing the peace sign. ;)
Monkey business??
An old fishermen's vessel that could travel as far as China.
An old tug of war rope used during the yearly island festival in October.

Okinawan textiles and looms on display in the village.
A lonely shamisen
A musician plays to an audience of passerbys and offers mochi (pounded rice cakes) for sale wrapped in leaves.
Amy has a go at the shamisen.

Amy learns to play the Okinawan-style castenets.
Our new friend sporting a traditional Bingata textile pattern on her head.
The village mascot
Bright gourds and melons on display

While James is born in the year of the snake.

Have some ondage: Okinawan donuts! Yum!
A sweet Okinawan serving up fresh ondage. The best I've ever had, actually.

A male shisa perched on a rooftop for protection of the home.
Beautiful bourgainvillea
a sleepy goat in his stable
I am born in the year of the monkey.

About to enter the pottery village...
Inside, a worker carefully paints a pottery piece.
Amy greets a water buffalo used to grind sugar cane in the old days.

A kiss for Mr. buffalo
a water wheel
A stunning flower I've never seen before. and it is soft, unlike its spikey appearance.
Amy and enormous fan palms

An indigo dye center in the village
Recently dyed pieces and work gloves.