Keywords: STREET SCENE in OLD OKINAWA.jpg en The fine semi-transparent fabric worn by the ladies is woven from fiber taken from a species of dwarf banana tree The sugar cane is still cut like that Okinawa_Soba has carried tons of the stuff on his back during sugar cane harvests over the years The umbrellas double as parasols under the hot Okinawan sun almost overhead as you can see from the shadows http //www flickr com/photos/24443965 N08/3439456417/in/faves-36237651 N06/ Author s 1880 Traditional clothes of Ryukyu PD-old |