This writer enjoys Okinawa. It's more than the weather, the scenery and the music. There's something about the atmosphere of connection--to people, of course, but also between past times and present times.
I used my background in an antiquities NPO and made up a story set in Okinawa. It's called Katsuren, and it will be published soon.
The story--and the characters--are all made up, but I think the Okinawa atmosphere will be true to life.