Recently found this link which gives a nice overview of the many cultural assets of the Ryukyus ...

http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/ad/summit/doe/

and this Realvideo snippet discusses modern Okinawa and the G8 summit ...

http://www.glocom.org/opinions/essay...nawa_intro.ram

Enjoy!

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Doug Daulton

[Edited by Doug Daulton on 11-14-2000 at 11:21 PM]