May 31, 2011 Hiroko Sato of Ryukyu Shimpo
Typhoon No. 2 lashed the Okinawa area during the two days of May 28 and 29, causing extensive damage. A total of 68 injuries had been reported by May 30, including two people in a critical condition. According to prefectural government statistics, at least in the last ten years, there has never been a case in which the injury toll exceeded 60 people for a typhoon in May. This is the first time among such May typhoons that a maximum wind speed of...
May 22, 2011 photo by Hiroaki Yamashiro, photographer of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Noguchigera or Okinawa woodpecker, designated as a special national treasure and found in the forests of the Yambaru in the northern part of Okinawa, has entered the fledging brood season.
Around midday on May...
Webcam(Kokusai Street)