He nui nā mea like o Okinawa a me Hawaiʻi a me nā pilikia moʻomeheu. Noho ʻo Okinawa ma kahi o 1500km mai Tokyo, ma waena o ka ʻāina nui ʻo Iapana a me Kina. ʻĀpaʻapaʻa nā mokupuni ʻelua, like ke ʻano o ke aniau. He 2,600 mile ʻo Hawaii mai ka ʻāina nui US a he mea nui nā mokupuni ʻelua no ka pūʻali koa US. he mau kumu nui.

Aloha nā hui mokupuni ʻelua i nā malihini mai Iāpana mai, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka uku no ka mea kipa mai Tokyo e ʻoliʻoli ai Aloha Moku'āina ma mua o ka huakaʻi ʻana i Okinawa.

ʻ claimlelo pinepine ka poʻe ʻōiwi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i ʻaihue ʻia ko lākou ʻāina a ma Okinawa, ʻoi aku ma mua o nā wahi ʻē aʻe paha i Iapana, nā mōʻaukala o kēia manawa ʻO nā hoʻomanaʻo hoʻomanaʻo mamao ʻole o ke kūʻokoʻa, ukali ʻia e kahi hoʻouka kaua e Satsuma (kahi feudal domain o Iapana) ma 1609 a me kāna hoʻohui ʻāina ʻana e Iapana i 1872 a me nā kulekele assimilation e pili pū ana i hopena i kahi pilina luhi ʻole ma waena o nā mokupuni ʻo Okinawan a me ka ʻāina nui ʻo Iapana. ʻO nā hanana e like me ke kaua o Okinawa, ka mea i ʻike ma mua o 30 pākēneka o ka heluna kanaka i make a hopena i ka noho aliʻi ʻana o US a hiki i ka 1972, ke ʻano o ka ʻike Okinawan a me ka pilina me Tokyo.

ʻAʻohe mana o ke aupuni prefectural ʻo Okinawa ma luna o nā kulekele ʻē aʻe a hoʻokele iki i kā Tokyo hoʻolālā. Eia nō naʻe, pono i nā mea kālaiʻāina ʻo Okinawan a me nā hui kaiāulu e hōʻike hiki ke lilo i ʻāpana o ka hopena.

Ma Okinawa 30,000+ mau pūʻali koa US i hoʻonoho ʻia ma ka mokupuni ka manawa pinepine o ka makaʻu ʻole a me nā hōʻike e pili ana i ka hōʻeha kolohe e ka mea lawelawe ʻo US ma Okinawa wahine ʻaʻole e hana maʻalahi i kēia pilina triangle ma waena o nā kamaʻāina maoli o ka ʻĀina, ʻo Iapana a me ʻAmelika.

Wahi a ka poʻe i loko, ke hāʻawi nei ke aupuni Kepani i nā hale a me nā pono ʻauhau e neʻe i nā kamaʻāina Kepanī mai Tokyo a Okinawa wale nō no ke koho balota a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pono aupuni o Iāpana i nā koho balota kūloko.

He hula ko Hawaiʻi, a aloha ʻo Okinawa i kāna mau hoʻolauleʻa

I kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka lā Mei 4 o ka kalena mahina (ma kahi o ka hopena o Mei a Iune) kahi 'Hari' e mālama ʻia i nā awa lawaiʻa ma Okinawa. He hanana kēia e hoʻokūkū ai nā lawaiʻa i nā heihei waʻa e hoʻohana ana i nā moku Okinawan kuʻuna, e like me nā moku deragona nui a me ka 'Sabini liʻiliʻi'. ʻO ka Hari kahi hoʻolauleʻa e pule ana no ka palekana o nā lawaiʻa a me nā ʻohiʻohi nui, a ʻoiai he mau manaʻo like ʻole e pili ana i kona kumu, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ma Tomigusuku ka ʻaha ma ka hema o ka mokupuni nui o Okinawa ma hope o ka hoʻolauna ʻia ʻana mai Kina. 600 makahiki aku nei. I nā makahiki i hala aku nei, ua lilo a kaulana kekahi mau wahi a ʻo Naha Hari ma Naha ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Okinawa ka hanana hoʻokipa kaulana loa, e hoʻokipa nei i nā mākaʻikaʻi he nui i kēlā me kēia makahiki. I kēia manawa, kahi Hari kuʻuna e noho laʻa a hiki i kēia lā hiki ke ʻike maka ʻia ma ka Itoman Hare ma ke kūlanakauhale Itoman, kahi i ʻike ʻia ma ke kūlanakauhale lawaiʻa mai nā wā kahiko loa.

Me 200,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ʻo Naha Hari ka mea nui loa ma ka moku ʻo Okinawa Prefecture. ʻAʻole like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ka prefecture, hoʻohana ʻo Naha Hari i nā moku deragona nui i ʻike ʻia ʻo 'Haryusen'. He ʻano kūikawā kēia o nā moku heihei i hiki i 14.5m ka lōʻihi a hoʻonani ʻia me ke kala, me ke poʻo o ka deragona i kālai ʻia i ke kakaka a me ka huelo ma ka hope. ʻOiai ʻo ka liʻiliʻi ʻo Sabani hiki ke komo a hiki i ka 12 mau kānaka i hana ʻia e nā mea hoe waʻa, kahi mea hoʻokipa gong a me ka mea hoʻokele, hiki i nā moku deragona ke komo i 32 mau hoe waʻa wale nō, me ka huina o 42 mau kānaka e like me nā gong beaters, nā mea kaʻa a me nā poʻe hae. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole pili ka Naha Hari i ka kalena mahina akā ma kahi o kēlā me kēia makahiki mai Mei 3-5 i ka manawa like me nā lā nui o ke aupuni i ka hoʻomaka mua o ke kauwela. A me nā heihei waʻa, hiki i nā malihini kipa ke leʻaleʻa i nā hana mele a me nā hulahula ma ke kahua, nā meaʻai kūloko a me nā hanana i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e like me ke ahi. Hiki nō hoʻi ke ʻike i ke kau ʻana i kahi moku deragona a puni ka lā.

ʻO Okinawa ka puka ma waena o Iapana a me nā tropic. ʻIke ʻia ʻo ryukyu he semi-kūʻokoʻa ia Iapana, he mokuʻāina ʻo Kina a hoʻohiki i ka kūpaʻa i kēlā me kēia daimyo i Iapana. Ma hope o 1873, Iapana hoʻohui loa i nā mokupuni ʻo Ryukyu a hōʻuluʻulu iā ia i loko o kahi Japanese prefecture. Ethnicity: Okinawa (a i ʻole ʻo nā moku ʻo Ryukyu, e kūʻē ana me "mainland" Iapana).

ʻO Kepani ʻo Okinawa. Eia kekahi mau lula i kaʻana like ʻia me Okinawa hoʻokipa, hiki iā Hawaii ke aʻo mai:

I Okinawa, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka ʻōpala ma ke alanui. E hoʻokaʻawale ʻia i nā kini, nā ʻōmole, nā ʻōpala hiki ʻole ke puhi ʻia.
Mai kuha i ke ala, a i ʻole kulu i ka nau kāhinu i hoʻohana ʻia.
Kamaʻilio malū nā Okinawans ma nā wahi lehulehu, ma nā pahi a me ka monorail.
Pāpā ʻia ka puhipaka ma nā wahi he nui. E ʻoluʻolu e puhi i nā wahi puhi puhi i koho ʻia. Pāpā ʻia ka puhi paka ʻana ma ke alanui ma ke Alanui Kokusui a me ke Alanui Okiei ma Naha City. Hiki i ka hōʻino ke alakaʻi i ka uku.
He mea maʻamau ke hele shirtless ma Okinawa. ʻO ka ʻaʻahu ʻauʻau ʻana a me ka hele ʻole ʻana i ke kāʻei ke ʻole ke kahakai.

Ke ʻai nei i ke ʻano buffet, pale i ka haʻalele ʻana i ka meaʻai. E uku ʻia paha ʻoe inā haʻalele ʻoe i ka meaʻai. Eia kekahi, mai lawe i nā mea inu a pēlā pū me ʻoe.
E ʻoluʻolu mai lawe mai i kāu ʻai ponoʻī a me nā mea inu. Hoʻopaʻa paʻa ʻia ka papa ʻaina no nā kauoha mai ka papa kuhikuhi. ʻO nā ʻili hua, nā iwi iʻa a me nā ʻōpala ʻē aʻe e waiho ʻia ma kāu pā a ʻaʻole e heleleʻi i ka papahele.
Hāʻawi kekahi mau hale ʻāina i ka wai a hāʻawi i nā kāwele liʻiliʻi no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kou mau lima. ʻAʻohe manuahi lākou a hiki iā ʻoe ke noi hou aku. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe iā lākou me ʻoe.
Hāʻawi nā hale ʻaina he nui izakaya i kahi pā liʻiliʻi o ka meaʻai āu i kauoha ʻole ai. He mea ʻono kēia, a hoʻopili ʻia i ka uku papa. Ma kahi o 200 a 500 yen i hoʻohui ʻia i ka pila no kēia. Aia kēia i ka hale ʻaina. Inā pilikia ia iā ʻoe, e nīnau ke komo ʻoe i kahi hale ʻaina

Hiki iā ʻoe ke noi e wehe i kou mau kāmaʻa ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka hale a i ʻole hoʻololi i nā paheʻe i loko.
ʻAʻole pono e uku i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ke kūʻai aku ʻoe, ma nā kaola a me nā hale ʻaina, i nā hōkele a i ʻole nā kalaka. ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻo "Arigato" ua lawa.
ʻO nā lumipaku Kepanī ka hapanui o nā lumipaku ʻano komohana a me nā lumi holoi kaila Kepanī. E hoʻomanaʻo i ka mea aʻe e hoʻohana i ka lua, a hoʻohana kūpono ia.

ʻO Okinawa kahi moku Iāpana Kepani nona nā mokupuni he 150 a ʻoi ma ke Kai Kina Hikina ma waena o Taiwan a me ka ʻāina nui ʻo Iapana. ʻIke ʻia no ke aniau tropical, kahakai ākea, a me nā koʻa, a me nā pūnaewele World War II. Ma ka mokupuni nui loa (ʻo Okinawa ka inoa) ʻo Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum, e hoʻomanaʻo ana i kahi hoʻouka kaua nui Allied 1945, a me Churaumi Aquarium, kahi home o nā manō kohola a me nā kukuna manta.

Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ʻo Okinawa ma o nā puka kīwaha Iāpana e like me Tokyo a me Osaka, a ma o Taipei paha.
Nā ʻike hou aku ma Okinawa: www.kapahelein.jp Nā Nīnau ma Hawaii: www.hawaiitourismissociation.com