Category: Climate

It’s not only birds and flowers which hail the coming … Continued

A type of textile typical to Okinawa. Tough, stiff, and … Continued

If I had to name one vegetable to represent Okinawa, … Continued

Now that I think of it, I did come quite … Continued

Mīnishi is written with the characters 新北風—new north wind—and as … Continued

Okinawan wares can be roughly divided into two, Jō-yachi and … Continued

In Okinawa, typhoon and drought are two natural phenomena that … Continued

Generally speaking, the Ryukyu Archipelago is considered to be subtropical—anettai. … Continued

Twunji-bīsa (winter solstice chill) is the seasonal wind that blows … Continued

Okinawa has incredible typhoons. According to Japanese records, the worst … Continued

It can be quite difficult to describe what urizun actually … Continued