Okinawa

Okinawa (, Okinawa) is a Japanese island that lies several hundred kilometers south west of the four main Japanese islands. It is featured as a fully explorable map in Yakuza 3 and makes brief appearances in Yakuza 4, Yakuza 5, and Yakuza 6.
==History==
In 2007, Kazuma Kiryu took over the Morning Glory Orphanagecalled Sunshine Orphanage in the original western releases of Yakuza 3, 4, and Dead Souls on PlayStation 3 in Okinawa after being requested to do so by its former carers. As Kiryu was an orphan himself and wanted to get away from his Tojo Clan past, it was an offer he could not refuse.
===Yakuza 3===
Okinawa is one of the two main locations in Yakuza 3, the other being Kamurocho. It is not long before the land that Morning Glory is built on is sought after by Shigeru Nakahara, the local yakuza family's patriarch and owner of the deed to the orphanage. Kiryu's neighbors are initially less than pleased by the idea of Nakahara evicting them to build a resort, though most are eventually swayed by the amount of money being offered.
Kiryu travels to Downtown Ryukyu and meets Rikiya Shimabukuro, one of Nakahara's men, as well Mikio Aragaki, who looks up to Rikiya as his aniki. Kiryu manages to convince Nakahara to allow him to keep the orphanage, but during the latter half of the game, rival family patriarch Tetsuo Tamashiro enlists Yoshitaka Mine's assistance in demolishing the orphanage, leaving the children and Kiryu without a home, and Mikio gravely wounded. The orphanage is repaired later.
===Yakuza 4===
Taiga Saejima washes up on the beach in front of Morning Glory Orphanage after escaping from the privately-owned Okinawa Penitentiary No. 2. Several days later, Goh Hamazaki does the same, and Kiryu accompanies him downtown to turn himself in after his prison break. The two spot Yasuko Saejima speaking with the local police, inquiring about her brother's whereabouts, and Kiryu and Hamazaki bring her to the former Tamashiro Family Office, now abandoned after the events of Yakuza 3.
=== Yakuza 5 ===
Okinawa appears briefly in the game, first when Kiryu and Mirei Park discuss him leaving the orphanage behind for the sake of Haruka's future career as an idol, and again, right before Kiryu leaves for Nagasugai, he and Haruka sit together near the beach, where he convinces her that him leaving the orphanage will end up being better for everyone.
===Yakuza 6===
Okinawa - specifically Morning Glory Beach and Morning Glory Orphanage - feature in several brief segments in Yakuza 6. Kiryu first 'visits' the area during a dream he has while hospitalised, where he reminisces about the numerous people he has met through his life up to this point. He then visits the orphanage in person after being released from prison, where he learns of Haruka's absence, and finally during the game's finale to witness Haruka Sawamura's return to the orphanage with Yuta Usami and Haruto Sawamura.
==Notable Locations==
*Bullring
*Downtown Ryukyu
*Nanyou Country Club, a golf course.
*Morning Glory Orphanage
*Okinawa Airfield
*Okinawa Penitentiary No. 2
==Gallery==
Second Playthrough Screenshot 2019-06-06 00-56-03.png|Okinawa Penitentiary No. 2
File:Y3orphanagebeach.jpg|Beach outside Sunshine Orphanage.
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==Notes==
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