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9th December 2012

More links added on the Document Archive section. Notable additions include the 1959 "Conlon Report" and the 1961 "Kaysen Report".

 

18th November 2012

I've been adding Japanese text versions to a number of documents in the archive section. Thus far, these are 1950's military land-related documents but there will be more to follow. In each case I have scanned in and digitized the original documents using optical character recognition software. Although I try to be vigilant there will, I'm sure, be a few typos or mistaken kanji characters.

 

 

21st October 2012

As you can see, a revamped content interface. Still a work-in-progress but it will be much better once finished. You will be bumping into 'Modern Okinawa' a bit until content is sorted. Your continued patience is always appreciated.

 

 

 

20th October 2012

Quite a lot of section updating has been going on. I'm still miles from where I want to be but effort is being made and the direction is certainly forward. Once the major sections are tidied up I will beging to look at the links section whish sorely needs updating. Your continued patience is always appreciated.

Any really good links I'm missing? Please e-mail me.

 

 

 

24th September 2012

I've been a busy little bee today, upgrading the Prehistoric Ryukyu and Ancient Ryukyu pages somewhat. The other pages are up for changes. The reason for this is that I will begin using this site in closer conjunction with my history courses at the University of the Ryukyus.

There will be much more history and culture text content added, images where copyright is not an issue and as many useful references as I can put together.

Although more of a current affairs adjunc right now, please feel free to comment on the strengths and failings of this site at the Facebook page below.

Facebook Page - Ryukyu-Okinawa History and Culture

 

23rd September 2012

I started upgrading the documents section today. I'm adding new content in English and, in far greater quantity, Japanese. I'm also providing links in proximity to some documents that will provide you with a bit more background information in both English and Japanese.

If you want to keep up with more current affairs you might find the Facebook link below of interest.

Facebook Page - Ryukyu-Okinawa History and Culture

The Facebook page I set up in late-2010 as a location for the latest Ryukyu-Okinawa-related news has come to fulfill everything I had hoped. If you get time please check it out and by all means give some feedback.

 

4th January 2012

Best wishes to you all for the New Year of the Dragon.

The Facebook page I set up in late-2010 as a location for the latest Ryukyu-Okinawa-related news has come to fulfill everything I had hoped. If you get time please check it out and by all means give some feedback.

Facebook Page - Ryukyu-Okinawa History and Culture

 

 

Some changes to this site will be coming this june as a result of Apple's Mobile.Me service ceasing to exist. For several years now I have kept my teaching websites and this one separate but I will now be looking to bring them together.

28th August 2010

Finally, I have organized a solution to the latest news situation: A Facebook page! Check this link out.

Facebook Page - Ryukyu-Okinawa History and Culture



4th June 2010


Sorry to all of you expecting an update! It has been well in excess of a year. Most of my time has been devoted to research projects and course materials.

There has been some reward for these efforts. Along with my two colleagues, Bixia Chen and Nakama Yuei, I finally got published in the December 2009 edition of the Scientific Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, the University of the Ryukyus (琉球大学農学部学術報告). It was the first part of a project devoted to the works on forest practices by Sai On. The Secrets of Forestry: An English Translation of the Sanrin Shinpi (山林真秘) of Sai On details the feng shui underpinnings of Sai On's theories of geomorphic analysis (being of greater importance than soil quality for forest development).

Although the introduction to this article is entirely in Japanese, I translated it into English. Koji Taira is publishing the English translation in the next issue of The Ryukyuanist. Check this out if you have any interest in the subject. The Sai On article in Japanese will be available for download in .pdf as and when the Ryudai Faculty of Agriculture gets organized. I will let you know.

We also moved a short distance up the eastern coast of Okinawa Island from Kin Town to the Matsuda district of Ginoza early in 2010. Apart from the rather intrusive community announcement system this is a quiet place with great views of the sea, the trees and mountains (see photo below for the sea view). From time to time I shall upload bits of information about Ginoza

That's it for now. Once again, apologies for my lengthy absence. I'll start looking at all the broken links and other issues.


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