Makiya;Okinawa;Japan
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Coastline view of people fishing near the shore in Makiya, November 6, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Large group of men and women trying to catch fish in schools in waters offshore from Makiya, a village along the coast a short way north of Motobu peninsula. About 4 men hold a net and the others try to frighten the fish into it, apparently with little success."
Person harvesting rice with hand sickle, 1947
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "An Okinawan man harvesting rice with a hand sickle in the paddies near Makiya, a village north of Nago. The handfuls of cut rice plants are laid on the dike along the paddy edge to be gathered and taken home later."