Driving by Yomitan Cultural Center, across the road from where the Yomitan Festival was held last weekend, I once again saw these images on the side of the YCC. Ron obligingly stopped so that I could get the photos. The first, of course, is the image of the trading ship we were witness to seeing at the Festival in all its resplendent glory.
The second photo is of one of the most well known objects on the island of Okinawa, the Shi-sa Dog, with the image of the Zanpa lighthouse in the background. The Zanpa lighthouse is within easy walking distance of Ron's home here in Yomitan.
The third photo shows the sanshin, the traditional musical instrument of Okinawa. It has 3 strings and the body of the sanshin is usually covered with snake skin, either python, or the native Habu. The wall behind the sanshins represent the many rock foundations of castles still to be seen on Okinawa. At the right are two forms of the bingata, or cloth specially produced on Okinawa.
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