Astronaut Chris Cassidy captured from ISS Okinawa, Japan.
Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan and has a population of about 1.5 million. Naha is the capital and largest city, with other major cities including Okinawa, Uruma, and Urasoe. Okinawa Prefecture encompasses two thirds of the Ryukyu Islands, including the Okinawa, Daitō and Sakishima groups, extending 1,000km southwest from the Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture to Taiwan (Hualien and Yilan Counties). Okinawa Prefecture’s largest island, Okinawa Island, is the home to a majority of Okinawa’s population. Okinawa’s indigenous ethnic group are the Ryukyuan people, who also live in the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture. Okinawa was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 and annexed by Japan after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1609.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Chris Cassidy’s Tweet
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