City of Concrete | Okinawa, Japan

Visiting Okinawa, I was struck by how much it didn't feel like I was in Japan. Not only are the vast majority of buildings made of concrete, but they are designed in a unique Okinawan way.

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Sources:
Why many reinforced concrete buildings in Okinawa https://www.rc-style.jp/blog/2014/031...
Concrete and Okinawa https://sumai.okinawatimes.co.jp/comm...
Architecture Exploration Part II Before and after the Battle of Okinawa (Okinawa Prefecture) https://sumai.okinawatimes.co.jp/comm...
Consideration of underlying historical changes in house building materials in Okinawa prefecture https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/...

Okinawa Architecture book by 岡本尚文 https://amzn.asia/d/e0kPSoA (non-affiliate link, only available in Japan)
https://meguri-japan.com/en/knowledge...
By Own work - File:Military facilities on okinawa.gif, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Shisa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shisa
Roofs https://mickmc.tripod.com/2019/roofti...
White roofs http://haisai.yama-sun.com/?eid=1044131
Okinawa crime stats https://www.police.pref.okinawa.jp/do...
Japan National Police Agency stats https://www.e-stat.go.jp/stat-search/...
Extension pillars    • 沖縄で「角出し住宅」とは？【沖縄で建築と暮らしを考える】   and https://croton.jp/product/%E3%80%8C%E...
Shuri castle burning down https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-5...
Wooden housing https://blog.goo.ne.jp/aprile2007/e/9...
Wood construction https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/...
Termiticides https://www.icup.org.uk/media/jzpllcv...

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