Kudaka, Okinawa Sachiko Kadoi Featuring photographs of cramped apartments

Featuring photographs of cramped apartments

which set him on the path to becoming a photographer himself

photography

This is a book steeped in mysterious and tense beauty

Through his encounter with folklorist Shinji Ichikawa

Kudaka, Okinawa Sachiko Kadoi Featuring photographs of cramped apartmentsLocated off the coast of the former Chinen Village in Okinawa, Kudaka Island is a slender strip of land approximately eight kilometers in circumference. It is revered as the sacred birthplace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, where the creator deity Amamikiyo is said to have first descended. Often called the "Island of Gods," Kudaka is dotted with Utakisacred sites where gods and ancestors are believed to visit from Niraikanai, the mythical utopia across the