This is Okinawa 

I just got sent here with the US military and I want to ask, how do you feel about individual American service members. Not the organization, but us as people? Do we tend to be rude? What can I do to be more respectful and less invasive?

Actually, I have no idea how truly they are affected our normal life because I’m living in Naha where does not have any military base, but I personally like them as people. They’re kinda nice, not rude at all. Also I think most of Okinawan people love them like how I feel about them. WWⅡ was terrible and it should never do again in the future, but it doesn’t mean we hate Americans who live in Okinawa. I hope we can live with respect for each in this beautiful island together :)

@@ninao2669 That's awesome to hear! I think I'm going to enjoy my time here, this is a very beautiful island :)

Do you speak Ryukyuan?

Evan Pangaribuan Not that much but I think yes 🤔 Sometimes I cannot understand what older people say tho

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Dude, that is funny as shit.

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As far as I’m concerned Japan committed the worst atrocities during World War 2... the rape of NanKing, the Bataan death march, beheadings of American and Filipino POWs, and countless other atrocities. What portrayal are you talking about, your final conclusion on what/who Okinawa belongs to? 12,520 Americans fell here and 110,000 Japanese too. not to mention the civilian deaths too.

@@warvinsroom9364 This is a brief telling of what he's referring to. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--LNBLr3eS1k.html

Thank you! We definitely have more videos in the works!

We're glad to hear that!

Lilo and Stitch in Japan even made a spin-off that took place in Ryukyu.

There are a lot of parallels and Hawaii even has many Ryukyuan migrants, from what I've heard.

We have in average 27% of Jomon blood, with the rest being Yayoi. Mainland japanese people have around 12% of Jomon with the rest being Yayoi, that's why Okinawans are closely related to the Ainu, because Ainu are descendants of the original Jomon that isolated in the north, thus mixing less with the Yayoi genes.

I've read this as well and I think it does basically come down to them having more Jomon extraction. I have heard stories of Okinawans being mistaken for Ainu and vice-versa. I'm Okinawan and I would say I have some similar features to Ainu, like hairy face and body, double eyelids, and prominent nose bridge.

Thanks, Dave!

Check out Rob Kajiwara/YT channel. He talks about the history, politics, contention between Japan and Okinawa, the language, etc.

There are actually people doing this right now. But they're being suppressed and threatened by Japan. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--LNBLr3eS1k.html

Hernando Malinche Native. I’m form Ishigaki. Why would I use Shima Kutuba? I have an accent but Shima Kutuba is no longer normalized in the younger generation. I only use it whenever I greet someone or when I talk to my grand parents. Do Scottish people use Gaelic in daily basis? Same thing.

Hernando Malinche Depending on which island you're from, the younger to the middle-aged generation is more likely to speak the standard Japanese with an Okinawa accent here in Ishigaki Island. Different places, such as the northern part of mainland Okinawa may relatively speaks more Shima Kutuba. The skin color is not much different from the Japanese on the mainland, some of us have tanned skin, but mainly because we often go under the sun(Okinawa has a thriving fishing industry and a lot of grownups work under the sun.) We aren’t born with dark skin like the Southeast Asians, we are just like the Taiwanese. Search some famous celebrity who was born and raised in Okinawa, and you might get a clue. Although- there are certain stereotype that we are hairier and have more defined facial features compared to the main land Japanese. And I think that’s true since I’m hairy my self😂 Anyway, I’m happy to hear that you’re interested in Okinawa. I hope you get to visit us someday.👍 also your Japanese is very good.

Hernando Malinche Hmmm I’ve been to Tokyo several times but I never experience being outcasted or treated like a foreigner. Also Aragaki Yui, a native okinawan celebrity, doesn’t look different from the mainland Japanese at all, so that would be a yes.

Okinawa has so deeply assimilated into Japan that there's really no getting out of it at this point. It would probably only be to the detriment of Okinawa, especially with China getting antsy over any island in that region.

Do you know that US soldiers in Okinawa military bases rape children’s all the time,right? That’s a huge problem that media do not talk about.

@@jadeyunetdicaprio5754 not all the time, it happened like twice in 2016, and i think there was also a drunk driver incident, and the media does talk about it, alot, stop talking out of your ass buddy.

@@jadeyunetdicaprio5754 and i don't even think any children were raped in 2016

@@jadeyunetdicaprio5754 it's hilarious, you're acting like i didn't live there and don't know these things. you're just another pathetic weak minded sheep.

@@billrobertjoe Are you playing the dumb? In 1995 a 12 years old girl was raped by US soldiers on these military bases.

@arai nn THANK YOU!

they never did.. you're not okinawan you're korean so don't tell bullshit

Ryukyu independence should be an ally of the USA🇺🇸, but Ryukyu should not be a part of China🇹🇼🇨🇳, Japan🇯🇵, and any other countries.

@@d_bennji When push comes to shove the Koreans will buckle over and side with China, they're close. The Japanese will always oppose the Chinese. It's in Okinawa's best interest to stay in Japan. As an American I can say, Japan is running a lot smoother than the states. We have some serious work to do here.

Korea always makes things worse about Japan

I actually agree. If you guys want independence, everyone should be cool with it, including Japan. Hell even Japan should help you guys by setting up your independence. You can still be great friends/family, military allies & economic partners for the big three like Phillipines, Korea & Japan to keep the CCP in line & to make sure they don't use you for their own political ends, it's a win-win-win for political stability for the region to if we all play the cards right.

that can be called independence?LOL

Lol だめ、誰も気にしない。

Ryukyu was independent for several centuries but Catalonia has never been independent. I respect catalan's decision about independence as long as history is not manipulated. It's a fact that CATALONIA IS SPAIN in the same way as any other Spanish region. Don't tell lies.

Uyghur is not a place you dumbass😂