Workshop on Okinawa
Identity, History and Culture
9 -18 June 2017
Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa Workshop
Identity, History and Culture
9-18 June 2017
Okinawa, Japan

Sponsored by:
Japan Studies Association
The University of Hawai’i National Resource Center-East Asia (NRCEA) andThe University of Hawai’i Center for Japanese Studies
with the cooperation of The Center for Okinawan Studies

Workshop chairs:
A/Prof. Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Dr. Maggie Ivanova, Flinders University of South Australia

With additional, valued support also from:The Association of Regional Centers for Asian Studies (ARCAS)AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC)

Acknowledgements
Workshop Chairs
Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Maggie Ivanova, Flinders University
Local Arrangements
Sayaka Sakuma, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai’i at Manoa
JSA Executive Board
President
Vice President
Vice President, Special Projects
Secretary
Treasurer
Member at Large
Member at Large
Member at Large
Editors, JSAJ

Joseph L. Overton, Kapi’olani Community College
Maggie Ivanova, Flinders University
Fay Beauchamp, Community College of Philadelphia
James Peoples, Ohio Wesleyan University
Stacia Bensyl, Missouri Western State University
Andrea Stover, Belmont University
Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska, Anchorage
Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College
John Paine, Belmont University
Maggie Ivanova, Flinders University

Attributions: program images
Front cover:Background: Hibiscus (image no. 3629), Images of Okinawa © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Insert: Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Wikimedia Commons, URL:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Futenma_20160720.jpg
Back cover (from top to bottom, left to right):
Naha hari (image no. 1773), Annual Events, Southern Okinawa Main Island © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Battle of Okinawa (image no. 4057), Historical Documents © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Battle of Okinawa (image no. 4066), Historical Documents © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Korijima Kori ohashi (image no. 1972), Aerial Photos, Northern Okinawa Main Island © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors
BureauImages on page 3 (left to right):
Basil Hall comes to Ryukyu (image no. 4046), Historical Documents, Southern Okinawa Main Island © Okinawa Convention＆Visitors Bureau
United States Japan Expedition by Com. M.C. Perry (image no. 4050), Historical Documents, Southern Okinawa Main Island© Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
United States Japan Expedition by Com. M.C. Perry (image no. 4053), Historical Documents, Southern Okinawa Main Island© Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Images on page 4 (left to right):
Shisa (image no. 2397), Images of Okinawa © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Yotsutake Ryukyu dance (image no. 2520), Images of Okinawa © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Awamori (image no. 3429), Foods © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Image on page 16:
Stone pavement (image no. 2371), Images of Okinawa © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau
Image on page 20:
Shikinaen 018 (image no. 5979), World Heritages, Southern Okinawa main Island © Okinawa Convention ＆Visitors Bureau

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Rationale and Structure
Intended for faculty from community colleges and universities with fairly low integration ofJapanese Studies in their curricula, this professional development workshop engages place andlocation as powerful agents in meaning making in teaching, curriculum development and research.
Its framework draws on Donna Haraway’s “situated knowledges” (1988) in recognizing thesignificance of partial perspective, oral history and narrative inquiry as non-totalizing ways ofknowing. By enabling the participants’ embodied, affective engagement with sites of historical andcultural significance in Okinawa, the workshop would create possibilities for connecting withparticular visions, points of view and critical positions that lie beneath Okinawa’s relationship with
its past and present in the Asia-Pacific, with Japan’s mainland and with the United States.
The workshop will also utilize the pedagogical power of museum collections through Object-Based
Learning (OBL): an on-site engagement with objects and museum artefacts enables the pairing ofexperiential learning with subject-specific knowledge. This would promote the development ofcritical, intellectual and affective competencies which can assist faculty not only in creating
attractive and valuable study abroad programs but also in enriching their course offerings on
campus and opening possibilities for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary research. Accordingly, theworkshop’s mornings would be devoted to expert guest lectures on specialized topics. During theafternoons, the participants would either visit historical/cultural sites as a group or work
individually with museum exhibits on a project of their own. Both would provide material for“field journals” or “research portfolios” in which participants will 1) reflect on their experienceseach day and 2) collect research data (questions, observations, photographs, etc.) to support theirsubject-specific project. The workshop will culminate in a half-day seminar in which participants
will present their research during the workshop.
The workshop will take place at three different locations on Okinawa Island to permit easieraccess to historical and cultural sites. Part I of the Workshop will make use of the conference andaccommodation facilities of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST); situatedabout 30 miles NE of Naha, OIST is a suitable base for visiting sites in the northern part of theisland. Part II of the Workshop will be located at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and the IT
Sozoukan in Naha, where a seminar room would be rented. Naha and the Southern Links Hotel inSouthern Okinawa will serve as our departure points to explore museums, historical and culturalsites in central and southern Okinawa Island.

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Workshop Content
The workshop anticipates interest primarily from faculty form the Humanities and Social Sciences, so
the broad themes below would largely respond to their professional needs. These themes would be
explored through expert talks and presentations, and through participants’ engagement withmuseum collections, historic places and cultural sites.
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Okinawa’s pre- and natural history and archaeology;
The Ryūkyū Kingdom: prosperity, relationships with the Satsuma Domain and decline;
Modern Okinawa as a strategic location: 1870s until WWII;
Okinawa and WWII;
Postwar Okinawa: U.S. Occupation, Ryūkyū independence movement and Reversion;
Contemporary Okinawa: tourism; ecology and natural environment; Base Issue tensions;Okinawa’s culture and material culture: architecture, literature, arts, crafts, indigenous beliefs;
the past and present read through buildings, objects and the fine and creative arts.

The workshop includes multiple lecturers and guest speakers, drawn from the University of Hawai'iCenters for Japanese and Okinawan Studies and Okinawa’s major universities, including OIST faculty.
Also, we hope to attract local artists, members of citizen’s groups and local governments as guest
speakers. Workshop participants will benefit from readings packets prepared by UHM faculty; theseinclude materials to contextualize both the morning lectures and talks and the afternoon activities,
including visitation sites and accompanying worksheets. Please access these via Laulima at
https://laulima.hawaii.edu/ (registered workshop participants only).

Contributions from Participants•

Individual Presentations. With the goal of facilitating engagement and retention of knowledge
acquired over the course of the workshop participants are asked to prepare and makepresentations on two occasions during the workshop:
1) one on June 14 based on an Object-Based Learning exercise using material on
display at the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Gallery2) one on the June 17, the last full day of the conference, based on field notes and a
portfolio of materials and resources collected over the preceding days.

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Clog (Blog) Postings. A blog space will be set up for each participant on the workshop website
at http://laulima.hawaii.edu. Participants are encouraged to upload content before, during
and after the workshop. A series of suggested topics will be provided as prompts to get you
started. But feel free to add entries on topics and reflections of your choosing, as well as topost comments on other people’s posts.

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Workshop Schedule
Before You Leave Home . . .
Please make note of the following readings, download as indicated, and where appropriate takethem with you to Okinawa in electronic (or hard copy if you prefer) form.
I. Download these:••

Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education. A Survey of the History and Culture of Okinawa.
2000. This work is accessible
at http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/bunkazai/bunkakesho/hogo/rekishi/rekishi-087.html.
Putting Okinawa at the Center. 2014. To download this course reader go
to http://www.japanfocus.org/course_readers. Follow instructions indicated. The reader
number is #12.

II. These "textbooks" will be provided to you at the workshop.
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Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, A Guide to the Permanent Exhibition ofMuseum. 2012.
Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum (catalog). 2001.

III. Try to read these articles which are downloadable or available in the Resources section of theworkshop web site (and other readings listed below if you can) before you leave home:
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Kakazu, Hiroshi. 2000. “Okinawa: Champuru Culture and Its Prospects” in Hiroshi Kakazu,
Island Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities for Okinawa and Other Pacific Islands in a
Globalized World. Trafford Publishing. 228-249.
Kühne, Oliver E. 2017. “Okinawan Literature: Between Memory, Resistance, andContemporary Issues” in Frank Jacob, ed., Critical Insights: Modern Japanese Literature.
Salem Press. 54-78.
o Additional reading: Hilson Reidpath, “Medoruma Shun: An Okinawan Voice ofUnrest” in ibid., 254-272.
Heinrich, Patrick. 2005 “Language Loss and Revitalization in the Ryukyu Islands” Asia-Pacific
Journal: Japan Focus 3-11. Download link. This article is in Putting Okinawa at the Center.
Salen, Patricia, and Michel de Lorgeril. 2011. “The Okinawan Diet: A Modern View of anAncestral Healthy Lifestyle.” In P. Simopoulos, ed. Healthy Agriculture, Healthy Nutrition,
Healthy People. Basel, New York: Karger. 114–123

IV. If you are into literature you may want to purchase some of these anthologies and bring them with
you:
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Rabson, S., et al. 1989. Okinawa: Two Postwar Novellas. Berkeley, California, Center forJapanese Studies.
Molasky, M. S., et al. 2000. Southern Exposure Modern Japanese Literature from Okinawa.
Honolulu, Hawai’i, University of Hawai'i Press: xii, 362 p.
Stewart, F. and K. Yamazato. 2011. Living Spirit: Literature and Resurgence in Okinawa.
Honolulu, Hawai’i, University of Hawaii Press.
Bhowmik, D. L. and S. Rabson. 2016. Islands of protest: Japanese literature from Okinawa.
Honolulu, University of Hawai’i Press.
5June 9, 2017 (Friday) – Arrive and Settle In
OIST Seaside House, the venue for the workshop’s first three days, is located approximately 30 miles
north of Naha Airport. (A detailed description can be found at https://www.oist.jp/seaside-house-0).
We ask that you arrive there after 4pm on June 9, after which you will be checked into your room.
Depending on your arrival time, please buy bento to bring along or have dinner before heading to
OIST.
The recommended default mode for getting to Seaside House from Naha Airport is to catch thelimousine bus as described below. Unfortunately, the last bus leaves the airport at 6:40 pm and agood many of you will be arriving after that. We are still working on transportation for those of you
who fall into this group and we will update you as we work things out.
For your information taxi fare from the airport to Seaside House will probably run about ¥12,000.
Currently we are looking into hiring “jumbo taxis” that will hold up to 8 people without luggage forthose of you who will be arriving after the last bus departs.

Catching the Airport Limousine Bus from the Airport to OIST(https://www.oist.jp/limousine-bus)

You will need to catch the bus that goes to Area C and get off at the Rizzan Sea Park Hotel at Tancha
Bay. The fare is ¥1,600. Once you arrive at the Rizzan please wait in front of the hotel and we will
arrange for a car to get you the rest of the way to Seaside House.
The schedule for Area C bus is as follows:

Tickets can be purchase at the counter in front of the exit door of the domestic arrivals terminal at
Naha Airport and buses are boarded at bus stop 12. (See map, next page.)

Catching the Airport Limousine Bus from the Naha Bus Terminal to OIST
Some of you will be arriving before the 9th and staying overnight in Naha. In that case it may be
more convenient for you to catch the limousine bus from the Naha Bus Ternimal. The bus terminal islocated around the corner from Asahibashi Station on the Yui Rail line, Naha's monorail system. It isacross the street from the Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa Hotel. You will board the bus at Bus Stop
(platform) 14. (See map, next page and note location of ticket counter.)

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Naha Airport

Naha Bus Terminal

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June 10, 2017 (Saturday) – Orientation and Early History
I.

Schedule
9:00am – 12:00pm Classroom session (OIST Seaside House)• Opening and orientation (JSA Staff)
a. Welcome remarksb. Object-Based Learning (Ivanova)• History I – Prehistory to Early Ryukyu Kingdom (Carlile)• Culture / Field Trip Orientation / discussion (Carlile) – Okinawan Diet (Gusuku)
12:00pm – 6:00pm Field Trip: North-Central Okinawa Island• Nakijin Castle• Ocean Expo Park
• Dinner at Ocean Expo Park
Evening:• Individual project prep
• (Optional) Okinawan films (Seaside House Lounge)

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Resources• Nakijin Castle web site: http://nakijinjo.jp/english/index.html• Ocean Expo Park web site: http://oki-park.jp/kaiyohaku/en/
For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.

III.

Field Trip Activity (please do at least one)
• Collect field notes and portfolio material• Worksheets (choose one):o Omoro sōshi garden worksheeto Native Okinawan Village worksheet

8June 11, 2017 (Sunday) – Base Issues and American Influence
I.

Schedule
9:00am – 12:00pm Classroom session (OIST Seaside House)• Base Issue (Carlile)• Culture / Field Trip Orientation / discussion (Carlile): Eisā, Okinawan Rock• Guest Speaker: Nozomi Irei, Southern Utah University, “Here Today, Gone
Tomorrow: Ryūkyū Omoro-Chants and Aztec Flower-Chants”
12:00pm – 6:00pm Field trip: Okinawa Island base area
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Kakazu Overlook
Kadena Rest Stop / Lookout
American Village
Histreet Museum
Koza City Tour
Dinner in Koza City

Evening:• Individual project prep
• (Optional) Okinawan films (Seaside House Lounge)

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Resources••

Koza City web site: http://kozaweb.jp/
Just for fun: Ryukyu Underground - Koza Riot (music video) –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9df-Z2RW75I

For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.
III.

Field Trip Activity Options (please do at least one)
Collect field notes and portfolio material

9June 12, 2017 (Monday) – Shuri Castle and the Ryukyu Kingdom
I.

Schedule
7:30 – 9:00am

Check out of Seaside House and make your way to OIST main campus;
breakfast at Grano on OIST campus (opens at 8:00am)

9:00am – 12:00pm Classroom session (OIST Main Campus Seminar Room)• 9:00am – 10:15am OIST tour (OIST Staff)• 10:30am – 12:00pm Guest speaker: Gerald Figal, Professor of History, Vanderbilt,"Warring with Memory in Okinawa"
Prof. Figal would like to run this as an interactive discussion session and has
requested that you read several of his articles uploaded to the
Resources/Readings section of the Laulima site.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch at OIST campus
13:00pm Board bus for field trip to Shuri••

We will drop off luggage at the hotel before proceeding to Shuri Castle
We will use the Yui Rail monorail to get back to the hotel from Shuri

14:30pm Guided tour of Shuri Castle arranged by Nana Miyagi (Head, Ryukyuan Cultural
Properties Section of the Okinawa Churashima Foundation). She will be assisted
by Atushi Kōki whose specialty is the Castle’s lacquerware and pigmentation, andJulia Mechler-Olivares, a graduate student at the Okinawa Prefectural Universityof Arts who is involved in the production of media for introducing Okinawan
culture and arts.
Evening:• Check in to Daiwa Roynet Hotel (+81-98-860-1855)• Individual project prep
• Explore Naha independently

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Resources•

Shuri Castle web site: http://oki-park.jp/sp/shurijo/en/

For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.
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Field Trip Activity Options (please do at least one)
• Collect field notes and portfolio material• Worksheeto Shuri Castle worksheet

10June 13, 2017 (Tuesday) – Museum Session I (see Appendix 2)
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Schedule
9:00am – 1:00 pm Classroom session (Okinawa Prefectural Art Gallery Seminar Room)• 9:00 – 9:30am OBL workshop setup (Ivanova)• 9:30 – 11:30am Sonohara Ken, Director of Museum Section, Okinawa Prefectural
Museum and Art Gallery, “Okinawan Museum History: A Tale of Two Prefectural
Museums,” followed by guided tour of Museum exhibition• 12:00 – 1:00pm History III – Modern Okinawa to 1941 (Carlile)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch on own
2:00pm – 5:00pm Work on individual research project using museum resources
Evening:• Individual field notes and portfolio prep
• Explore Naha independently

II.

Resources•

Okinawa Prefectural Art Museum and Gallery web site:
http://www.museums.pref.okinawa.jp/english/index.html

For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.

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June 14, 2017 (Wednesday) – Museum Session II
I.

Schedule
9:00am – 11:30am Work on OBL exercise, field notes and portfolios using museum
resources
11:30am – 2:00pm Lunch on own
1:00pm – 5:00pm••••

Classroom session (Okinawa Prefectural Art Gallery Seminar Room)

1:00 – 2:00pm
2:00 – 3:00pm
3:00 – 4:00pm
4:00 – 5:00pm

OBL presentations
Guest speaker (tba)
Culture / Field Trip Orientation (Carlile)
History IV – Post-Reversion Okinawa (Carlile)

Evening:• Individual field work and portfolio presentation prep
• Explore Naha independently

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Resources
For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.

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June 15, 2017 (Thursday) – Southern Okinawa Island
I.

Schedule
8:00am – 9:00am Check out of Daiwa Roynet Hotel and assemble for bus boarding
9:00am – 5:00pm Field trip to:••••

Sefa Utaki
Okinawa World
Lunch at Okinawa World
Okinawa Peace Park and Museum (See Appendix 2)

5:00pm Check into Southern Links Resort Hotel (+81-98-998-7001)
7:00pm Banquet at hotel and keynote address
Masato Ishida, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of
Hawai’i at Manoa and Uehiro Foundation Fellow“Unfolding the Layers: Archaic Ryūkyū and World War II Meeting in South Okinawa”

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Resources• The Peace Learning Archive in Okinawa site at http://peacelearning.jp/gearth.html
For additional resources, please see UHM’s Laulima website.

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Field Trip Activity Options (choose)a. Collect field notes and portfolio materialb. Worksheets (choose one):• Peace Memorial worksheet• Do it yourself worksheets:o Sefā Utaki: correlate the sections of the utaki with the corresponding sections of
Shuri Castleo Analyze how “the war” is presented in the Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum andcompare and contrast with another World War II-related museum you have seen.
o Analyze the following memorials in the peace park and compare and contrast theirrespective approaches to “remembering” the Battle of Okinawa (links to officials
web pages indicated): the Cornerstone of Peace (link), The Okinawa Peace Prayer
and Memorial Hall (link), the National Peace Mausoleum for People Killed in the
Battle of Okinawa (link-in Japanese), and, optionally, the Himeyuri monument (willvisit the next day) and/or some of the monuments constructed by various
prefectural and private groups on Mabuni Hill. See Okinawa Peace Memorial
Museum catalog, pp. 6-11.

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June 16, 2017 (Friday) – Southern Okinawa Island
I.

Schedule
To 11:30am You have options:• Free time to relax, consolidate notes and portfolios, and prepare for next day’spresentation• 9:00am – 11:00am Optional field trip of local sites led by A/Prof. Masato Ishida,
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
11:30am – 12:00pm

Check out of hotel and assemble to board bus

12:00 – 3:30pm

Lunch and site visit at Himeyuri monument; return to Naha

3:30 – 4:00pm

Check into Hotel Mercure, Naha (+81-98-855-7111)

Evening: Dinner on your own; free time to explore Naha; prepare for next day’spresentation

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June 17, 2017 (Saturday) – Concluding Symposium
I.

Schedule
8:00amAssemble and take cabs or Yui Rail to seminar site

8:30am – 12:00pm

Concluding Symposium at IT Sozokan – individual presentations
based on field notes and portfolios

Afternoon and evening: Lunch on own, followed by free time for independent shopping,
exploration, etc.
• Options:o 2:00 pm - Music concert at National Theater: “Yamauchi Seihin: The World ofMusic” (bio) / tickets ¥3.100
o Naka Bokunen Gallery and American Village with Maggie:
http://museum.bokunen.com/ (in Japanese) and American Village andhttp://www.okinawa-americanvillage.com/?lang=en
o Tsuboya Pottery Museum and Pottery District:
http://www.edu.city.naha.okinawa.jp/tsuboya/English-top.html
o Take in Contemporary Okinawan Folk Performance at Live House Shimauta.
Link: http://en.okinawastory.jp/facility/live-house-shima-uta
o Naha City Museum of History http://www.rekishiarchive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/en/o Create your own craft item at the Naha Traditional Crafts Center
https://kogeikan.jp/
o Okinawa Karate Kaikan http://karatekaikan.jp/en/o Okinawa Karate Museum https://www.facebook.com/Okinawa-KarateMuseum%E6%B2%96%E7%B8%84%E7%9C%8C%E7%A9%BA%E6%89%8B%E5%8D%9A%
E7%89%A9%E9%A4%A8-249438745430163/

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June 18, 2017 (Sunday)—Farewell!
I.

Schedule
Checkout time is 11:00am. Safe travels!

Mata n wuichee
wugama
又ん御行会一拝ま(Hope to see you again soon!)16

Appendix 1
Please read before you leave...
Be. Okinawa is a fantastic site offering both Japanese and foreign visitors all kinds of useful
information about Okinawa. We would recommend it wholeheartedly! Please consider downloading
the following guides, maps and brochures before you leave the States or while you wait for aconnecting flight (some patience might be required depending on traffic):
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Okinawa: Japan’s Tropical Side Travel Guide
Discover Okinawa Handbook, 3rd ed.
Okinawa Guide Map, Revised ed.
Okinawa Tourist Attractions Bus Map, Revised ed.
Naha Trip
Safety Guide for Visitors to Okinawa

Local transportation
Yui Rail a fast and convenient mode of transportation that links Naha Airport and downtown Naha(terminating at Shurijō). Tickets are purchased at vending machines; see here for types of tickets,
finding your fare, using a vending machine, etc. The monorail station at the airport can be accessed
via the Domestic Passenger Terminal Building.

There are four major bus companies in Okinawa: Naha Bus Co., Okinawa Bus Ltd., Ryukyu Bus Kotsu,
and Toyo Bus Co. Only Okinawa Bus and Kotsu Okinawa have English websites. Please check themout for information on routes (including maps), how to ride the bus, bust stop search, etc.
Okinawa Bus route numbers 111 and 120 connect Naha Airport with Naha City. To board bus #111,
go to position 2; to board bus #120, you need position 3 – both accessible on Level 1 of the Domestic
terminal. For other bus routes to downtown Naha, see here. If you have data service in Okinawa,
Route Finder Okinawa might prove a useful online travel tool.

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Taxi fares in Okinawa are cheaper compared to those on the mainland. If you do not feel very
adventurous and would prefer riding a taxi to the monorail or a bus, please find more information
on Okinawan taxi (including shuttle and sightseeing services) here.
If you plan to spend some time on the mainland on either side of your trip to Okinawa, werecommend you bookmark HyperDia, managed by Hitachi Systems, Ltd. This is an English languagesite which provides detailed and easy to follow information on train and highway bus services inJapan (timetable, routes, arrival/departure platforms, etc.).

Renting a Japanese SIM
If your phone carrier is AT&T, please contact a local shop or ring customer service to find out
whether you can add data roaming in Japan as a free service to your plan.
To be able to use a Japanese SIM card, your phone needs to be unlocked for use with any network.
You also need to know the size of SIM card it needs: nano, micro, mini, or full. In addition, yourphone must support one of the following frequencies: LTE Band 1 (2100MHz), Band 19 (800MHz),
Band 21 (1500MHz); W-CDMA/HSDPA/HSUPA Band 1 (2100MHz), Band 19 (800MHz).
SIM card options suitable for a short trip, light-to-medium internet browsing, e-mail and an
occasional photo upload:•

Mobal -- Voice + data SIM: 15 days, 30 days or ongoing service
This option might be a bit pricey for a 15-day trip because it requires SIM purchase for JPY¥3000 in addition to JPY ¥4000 for voice and data use. Free worldwide shipping.

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B-Mobile – Data SIM only: a pre-pad Visitor SIM card which offers an affordable package of
5GB of data to be used over a 21-day period for JPY ¥3,480. The SIM card can be purchased
online and picked up at a major Japanese airport, including Naha, Tokyo Narita, Tokyo
Haneda and Osaka Kansai. It can be delivered directly to your hotel or purchased at retailers,
like AEON, BIC Camera and Yodobashi Camera.

For an informative comparative blog on other options, please see this Tokyo Cheapo article.

Free Wi-Fi in Okinawa
There are three types of free wi-fi service in Okinawa:
Be.Okinawa Free Wi-Fi is recommended by Okinawa Prefecture and requires user
authentication via a Facebook, Twiter or Gmail account (and downloading anapp).
Japan Connected-free Wi-Fi “OKINAWA
FREE Wi-Fi” is used throughout Japan; it
requires user authentication and an app
available at Google Play and the App Store.
One can access this service where one of
the logos to the right is displayed.

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Okinawa Free Wi-Fi Spot requires no user authentication; the required ID andpassword can be obtained at each of the locations where you see the logo of theservice.
For more information on how to download relevant apps or obtain user authentication, please see avery useful webpage by Be. Okinawa here.

International ATM locations
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Naha Airport Domestic Terminal
Naha Airport International Terminal
Shurijō Castle Park (Suimuikan 1F)
Don Quijote Naha Kokusai Street
Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa

In addition, one can find an international ATM at 7-Eleven stores and Japan Post offices. Look for thefollowing logos and visit these websites for locations:

http://inbound.standard.navitime.biz/sevenbank-english/Index.act
http://map.japanpost.jp/pc/?link_id=atmMap (Japanese only)

What to expect from the weather in June
The rainy season in Okinawa starts in May and ends in June, about a month earlier than on themainland. So, bring an umbrella and/or a light rain jacket. The good news is that it does not rain asheavily in Okinawa, so please bring also sunscreen, a hat, sunglasses and, perhaps, something to cover
your arms during the hottest part of the day. Okinawa’s is a subtropical climate, so we should notdisregard the potential impact of UV rays. And do expect a substantial amount of humidity, as notedby Weather Spark: “The chance that a given day will be muggy in Okinawa is rapidly increasing during
June, rising from 87% to 100% over the course of the month.”
Please pack casual clothing. Okinawa has its own version of “Aloha shirt” known as karyūshi wear. If
you dress as you might in Hawai’i you will not look out of place. If you are so inclined, you could bring amore formal outfit which you could wear at the banquet on June 15 and, perhaps, at the music concert
at the National Theatre. Do bring comfortable walking shoes!
Finally, if you have business cards, bring a plentiful supply as it is customary to exchange meishi, as
they are called in Japan, when you first meet someone.

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The Accuweather Forecast for Okinawa (as of May 25, 2017)
Date
Friday, June 9, 2017
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Sunday, June 11, 2017
Monday, June 12, 2017
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Wednesday, June 14,
2017
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Friday, June 16, 2017
Saturday, June 17, 2017
Sunday, June 18, 2017

High

Low

C
27°
27°
27°
28°
28°

F
81°
81°
81°
82°
82°

C
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Appendix 2
Guide – Using the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Gallery
In light of its host of relevant and engaging artefacts, audio-visual media, and textual commentaryand other resources, the Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Gallery has been chosen as a core
venue for engaging in Object-Based Learning that the workshop is designed to achieve. In particular,
the museum constitutes an excellent site for both acquiring a foundation of general knowledge
about Okinawa and to begin a thematically focused research/learning project. However, sinceorganization and layout of the museum and resources can be difficult to decipher—not the least
because the bulk of the explanatory material is in a foreign language—the following is intended toprovide you with the “meta-knowledge” needed to more efficiently navigate the museum bypointing out where to find specific resources and suggesting how they might best be used.

English Language Resources. Given that most of you are not fluent enough in written Japanese toutilize the plentiful printed and audio-visual resources that are there in the museum, it is important
to know what English language resources there are and to start your project by familiarizing yourself
with them. These are:
1. A Guide to the Permanent Exhibition of Museum, pp. 144-155. You will each be given a copy ofthe catalog of the museum’s permanent exhibition. As you will quickly notice most of the text
is in Japanese. However, on pp. 144-155 there is an appendix written in English. What you willfind here is translations of the opening paragraphs of the Guide’s various sections. These
provide an introductions to each of the corresponding portions of the museum’s permanent
exhibition. Locating the visual material and display items associated with the translated
explanations is simply a matter of matching sections of the English appendix with thecorresponding pages in the body of the Guide and items in the exhibit area.
2. English Language Audio Guides. These can be borrowed for free from the reception desk ofthe media library and provide more detailed English language commentary of the items
displayed in the permanent exhibition.
3. The Museum’s Web Site’s English Section. This can be accessed via the internet at
http://www.museums.pref.okinawa.jp/english/museum/exhibitions/index.html
4. Lonny Carlile and Sayaka Sakuma. Your two workshop administrators will be “hanging” in the
exhibition area when you will be working on your projects in the museum. Flag one of us
down and ask for help.
A Note on the Art Gallery. Unfortunately, material in the Art Gallery does not have an English
language infrastructure like that of the permanent exhibition in the Museum, in part because thedisplayed items are changed regularly. Just how much English language labeling there is will need to
be determined once we’re in Okinawa and a strategy for navigating the Art Gallery devised once thatis determined. On the upside, we are dealing with works designed to communicate visually so a lackof English language commentary is not as critical as in the permanent exhibition.

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The Layout of the Museum as a Whole

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The Layout of the Permanent Exhibition

Note that the exhibit is divided into two types of area. The light blue area in the center labeled the“General Exhibit Area” consists of a series of sections—which correspond to the respective sections in
pp.17-79 of the Guide—that walk you through Okinawa’s history in chronological sequence. The othertype of area, indicated in light brown, are devoted to the specific themes indicated in the diagram.
These are covered in pp.80-137 of the Guide.
A Note on Using the Art Gallery. As noted above, the exhibits in the Art Gallery change regularly andeffective use will require more of an ad hoc approach. Some idea of what is available and where tofind it can be ascertained from the following diagram of the Gallery’s layout and descriptions of theexhibits that are scheduled for the days that we will be there.

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Yanbaru's Beauty - A Photo Exhibition
Exhibit Gallery 1 ·2 (1st Floor, Art Gallery)[Description] The plants and animals of the Ryukyu Archipelago constitutea rich and diverse biota shaped by its island environments, its warm andhumid marine climate, and its geological formation process via the earth's
crustal movements. As a consequence in the Ryukyu Archipelago one finds
numerous endemic species and subspecies that followed independent
evolutionary and speciation paths. In particular, the Yanbaru forest which
covers less than .01 percent of Japan's land area and recently dedicated asa national park, is a treasure trove of endemic species with animals likethe Okinawa rail, the Okinawan woodpecker, the Ishikawa frog, and the Yanbaru long-armed scarabbeetle, and plants like the Okinawa carrot fern and bredia okinawensis.
Using photographs taken by prominent photographers, curators and plant researchers that highlightsome of the valuable wild animals and plants that live there along with the natural environment offorests and rivers that nurture them, this exhibit will introduce the "beauty" of nature and life of the
Yanbaru which is currently drawing attention as a candidate for registration a world natural heritage
site.

Tales of Nakijin Castle: An Unknown Work of Kinjō Yasutarō Collection Gallery 1 (2nd Floor, Art
Gallery)[Description] The Nihonga painter Kinjō Yasutarō (1911-1999) is known for his work as an illustratorof novels serialized in newspapers and for his magazine cover illustrations. A series of 11 original ink
illustrations and 12 drawn titled "Tales of Nakijin Castle" which Kinshiro drew about 40 years ago
were recently discovered and are introduced in this exhibition.

Chōshō Ashitomi: Scenes of Light, Wind and Soil Collection Gallery 2 (3rd Floor, Art Gallery)[Description] Chōshō Ashitomi, who led the postwar art world as one of the founding members of
the Sōtokai group. His designs could be found in a variety of places, ranging from the Ryukyu postal
stamps to the drop curtains at public performances and the torch of the Japanese national sports
competition. He mentored a large number followers at the University of the Ryukyus. This exhibition
introduces stylistic changes in his work through a number of representative paintings.

The Development of Okinawa Art Collection Gallery 3 (3rd Floor, Art Gallery)[Description] Okinawa has a unique culture that derived from its culture and history, and the art of
Okinawa was also greatly influenced by the nature of its historical periods and Okinawa's positionand circumstances at the time. Here we introduce works associated with Okinawa, including works
from mainland Japan and overseas.

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Call for Papers
Japan Studies Association Journal
Volume 15 (2017)www.japanstudies.org
JSAJ, a juried professional journal published annually, accepts essays on a wide variety of topics related
to Japanese Studies across the disciplines, Pedagogical Notes and Essays which reflect on aspects ofteaching Japanese material, and book reviews and review essays of relevant research for ourmembership and for all those engaged in infusing Japanese and Asian material into their curricula. JASJ
articles are catalogued and available through EBSCO.
For our next volume, a general number, we invite submissions, inquiries, and proposals, both disciplinary
and interdisciplinary, on any topic related to Japan.

General guidelines:• up to 5,000 words, formatted in a style consistent with your discipline(s);• use roman script as much as possible and severely limit graphic images, especially color images;

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submit in 12-point Times New Roman; use no headers; appropriate use of the macron (e.g., ō) isappreciated, as is following the Japanese custom of last name first name;try to include in your bibliography helpful sources for anyone teaching the material you discuss inyour paper;
include at the beginning of your paper an abstract of 250 or so words, single-spaced;
minimize use of footnotes and endnotes;
send your paper as a Word document attached to an email to: maggie.ivanova@flinders.edu.au;
send in a second attachment a brief Contributor's Note in narrative form including your name,academic affiliation, relevant publications, areas of research, etc.;
make sure you include in your email message a current and reliable email address, as well as yourpostal address;
please use current MLA style (8th ed. of the MLA Handbook).

Everyone is encouraged to have a colleague read/edit a final copy before submitting. If a contributor isconcerned about her/his use of English, and/or is unaccustomed to appropriate academic style for North
American journals, it is her/his responsibility to seek the assistance of a qualified editor in preparing
her/his manuscript for submission. JSAJ receives submissions from around the world, and appreciates theunderstanding of authors of its need for some uniformity in editorial policy.
Deadline for all submissions in completed form is June 30, 2017. Late submissions will be considered, if
you notify the editors about your intentions to submit after the deadline. Early submissions are verymuch encouraged!
We anticipate that Volume 15 will be presented at the JSA Conference in January 2018.
Please do not hesitate to contact the editor if you have any questions or ideas for contributions, including
collaborative.
Maggie Ivanova, Editor, Japan Studies Association Journal
Drama Department, Flinders University
GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Call for Papers
Twenty-fourth Annual Japan Studies Association Conference
January 4-6, 2018
The Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach Hotel, Honolulu, Hawai'i
http://www.japanstudies.org/2018-jsa-conference-hawaii.html
In January 2018 we will meet again in sunny Honolulu to share our continuous and new pedagogicaland research interests in Japan’s literary and cultural traditions, historical and economic
developments, sociopolitical and religious past and present. We invite proposals for individual
presentations, discipline-specific or interdisciplinary panels, roundtables on pedagogy and teachinginnovation and staged readings.
The following themes can serve as useful points of departure:
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Okinawa: identity, history and culture;
Cultural memory: historical perspectives, enduring challenges, possibilities for the future;
The legacy of Fukushima and nuclear futures – healing and persistent challenges;
Pre-modern, modern or contemporary Japanese literature and culture;
Performance traditions and contemporary practice: music, theater, film;
Japanese aesthetics and material culture;
Historical, social, economic or political perspectives on Japan’s relationships with its nationalself and neighbors;Multicultural identities in Japan;
Japan’s religious traditions, sacred texts and architecture;
Youth and popular culture in Japan; manga and anime;
Pedagogy, field trips and study tours: teaching Japanese language and culture – reflections
and strategies, hurdles and achievements;
Infusing Japanese Studies into the undergraduate curriculum: successful course/program
development, faculty collaboration and ways to engage with institutional core goals;
New voices in Japanese Studies: graduate student research.

We encourage both east-west and inter-Asian comparative perspectives and would particularly
welcome contributions by alumni of JSA’s Freeman Foundation intensive workshops on Japan (2002–2016), by participants in the Wichita and Belmont workshops, both funded by a generous grant fromthe Japan Foundation, and by participants in the 2014 Kyoto, the 2015 Hiroshima-Nagasaki and the2017 Okinawa workshops. Please contact colleagues with whom you share pedagogical andresearch interests and form a panel or a round table; this results in more engaging presentations andfollow-up discussion.
Submitting an abstract or a panel proposal:
Abstracts for an individual presentation (approx. 250 words) or proposals for a themed panel,roundtable or staged reading (approx. 500 words) should be submitted via JSA’s
website: http://www.japanstudies.org by Monday, 25 September 2017 Please make sure that you
include the name(s), institutional affiliation and contact information for each presenter.
For more information, please contact the Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Prof. Andrea Stover, Belmont University: andrea.stover@belmont.edu
Prof. Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage: pedunscomb@alaska.edu

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