Okinawa Prefecture (Okinawa-ken) is lJapan's southernmost prefecture, and
consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over 1,000 km long,
which extends southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha,
is located in the southern part of the largest and most populous island,
Okinawa Island, which is approximately half-way between Kyushu and Taiwan.
The Ryukyu Kingdom was once an independent kingdom occupying the island
chain, from Yonaguni Island in the southwest to Amami Oshima.
Prefectural Symbols
Okinawa Flower is Deigo (Erythrina variegata)
Okinawa Tree is Ryukyumatsu
Okinawa Bird is Okinawa woodpecker (Sapheopipo noguchii)
SGI practice Soka Gakkai's particular form of Nichiren Buddhism. Butsudan
Buddhist altar Nichiren taught that by chanting "Nam Myoho Renge Kyo"
to the Gohonzon. SGI practitioners call this process a "human revolution."