My Okinawa (In Pictures)

By Kunyarat Jothikasathian | Travel Blogger

When I travel, I love looking at nice and colorful things. I also like to take pictures using different lenses, programs, and angles to create a story. I am not big on words, but I am very interested in photography and capturing the human essence. These are some of my favorite pictures taken during a course of an afternoon in Okinawa, Japan.

Even though the southern part of Japan is much warmer than Tokyo, many Japanese girls still enjoy wearing a sweater because of how cold the temperature of offices are in the south.

This is Nobuko. She is a student from Tokyo University visiting family in Okinawa. Her biggest priority right now is to become a doctor and wants to live in the UK one day.

Okinawa has many types of cuisine, especially American. The US Army has one of the biggest military bases in Okinawa Prefecture and the presence is felt in the food, which we don't mind.

A young woman stares into the ocean. What could she be thinking? It is a long way from the capital city of Tokyo, but even in Okinawa big-city problems are the norm: crime has increased by 7% according to the Japanese Bureau of Health and Safety.

Okinawa has both very hot, very cold, extremely try, and also temperate climates, which makes this part of Japan very unique to both Japanese and foreigners. This is Mike, a photographer from Canada who is attempting to capture the diversity of Japanese landscapes for a university project.