More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Taketomi 竹富島 I don't often take photos of flowers. I quite like flowers, and they are obviously beautiful, but I am not obsessed with th...

Taketomi Taketomi Island, a small island a few kilometers from the larger Ishigaki island in what is now Okinawa Prefecture, is a very popul...

Taketomi 竹富島 Taketomi is a small island a 10 minute  ferry ride from Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture. The small village on the island ...

Taketomi Taketomi Island is a small island just off Ishigaki Island in the chain of islands now called Okinawa. It is most well known for t...

At several places around the Okinawan Islands you can ride in a cart drawn by Water Buffalo, but the most well known is I think the isla...

Shisa are the magical creatures found on rooves and gates all over Okinawa. Similar to Japanese komainu, though found most often on home...

Taketomi Island is a small island of only 5 square kilometers with about 300 inhabitants in the Yaeyama Islands, now part of Okinawa P...