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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Okinawa Prefecture

Okinawa is one of Japan's prefectures and it means "rope in the open sea". It comprises of  49 inhabited islands and 111 uninhabited islands. Mainly, It can be divided into three major island groups, the Okinawa Islands (Okinawa Shoto) around Okinawa Island (Okinawa Honto), the Miyako Islands (Miyako Retto) around Miyako Island and the Yaeyama Islands (Yaeyama Retto) around Ishigaki Island.





The prefecture is known as the healthiest place on earth, where there are more than 450 people whose their ages exceeded 100 years ! Here are some photos of the prefecture:







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