Its heritage of embracing foreign influences is reflected in its distinctive pottery ... urns. Our explorer meets with skilled artisans to gain an insight into the spirituality of the Okinawan ...

The urns contain the skulls and bones of departed Okinawans. Inside one vault, which had been hit by a shell, lay a coffin made of wooden slats. It contained the body of a recently-dead Okinawan.

Some of my favorite brushstroke ceramic pieces in the space were by Okinawan artist Kyoji Matsuda, working to preserve the thousand-year-old heritage of Ryukyuan pottery. Walk-in closets provided ...

In the late 17th century, the government of the Ryukyu Kingdom centralized Okinawa's pottery industry in the Tsuboya district of Naha. Most potters here now are located along a street called ...

Yumiko says her hometown is a great place to find one-of-a-kind pottery at affordable prices. "Okinawan people are very open-minded and inclusive," Yumiko says, pointing to the eclectic pottery ...