Native Okiwanan Village

Just one more part of Ocean Expo Park is a native Okinawan Village. It was really interesting to see how their houses look inside. Actually when I went to Okuma, we walked thru some villages that still have houses like these, so they really aren't than uncommon today. You can actually look all the way thru the house if they have all the panels open. You will see in the one picture of the back of the house, they have wooden panels that they pull out to close the house. They use panels inside the house that are made of rice paper. This paper is very thin and can be replaced when torn, or kiddos punch holes in it, by accident I'm sure! In the room that the people are sitting, notice the altar on the back wall. All houses have an altar area.