Both women wear kimono, but in different styles. They represent the blending of Japanese and Ryukyu styles adopted by local women at the time, according to Ichiko Yonamine, a researcher of the ...

URASOE, Okinawa Prefecture--Vandals spray painted graffiti on a mausoleum for Ryukyu Kingdom royalty here, known as “Urasoe Yodore,” officials said. The mausoleum is located in the Urasoe ...