Yonabaru;Okinawa;Japan

A soybean field near Yonabaru, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Ripe soybeans on Awase clay, near site of G136."

Agricultural workers planting sweet potato slips on a slope near Yonabaru, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Tall grasses and cultivated patches, the latter being planted with sweet potato slips, on Regosols from calcareous clays, 15% slopes, a little north and west of G132."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Area of Awase clay, Alluvial soil from Regosols, and some limestone float along the coast just north of Yonabaru, Okinawa with people putting out sweet potato slips in the tilled patches after the recent rain. Ships off shore are left from the typhoon of October 1945. This is a duplicate slide; the original was filed unmounted and unnumbered."

Landscape of grassy slopes and fields in Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Landscape with grass and cultivated patches in region of Regosols from calcareous clays. Awase clay, an Alluvial soil from fine-textured materials, is in foreground."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Mudholes filled with water in secondary road from the Regosols from calcareous clays in the area north-northwest of Yonabaru about 2 miles. This is near site of photographs of profile shown in G129 and G130; it is the same road. Grass vegetation is common, and this shows a stray pine. Disabled tank along road in middle distance."

Muddy road with deep tire tracks near Yonabaru, Okinawa. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "The muddy road running through the cut in which profile shown in G129 and G130 was photographed. More hills show in the distance."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Profile of Regosol from calcareous clays (Shimajiri marl) in exposure along side road about 2 miles north-northwest of Yonabaru. This profile grades into the slightly weathered rock, is under grass, and allows slips readily. A tiling spade to show scale has 16" blade."

Profile of Regosol from calcareous clays (Shimajiri marl) alongside road about two miles north-northwest of Yonabaru, Okinawa. A tiling spade to show scale has a 16 inch blade. Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Regosol profile shown in G129. Slightly darker slide."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Disabled and rusting American tank, "Blue Magic", sitting in Awase clay in small valley along the gravelled road running from Yonabaru to Shuri, Okinawa. Coarse grass vegetation is largely on upland."

Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Strong slope with slip scars still barren somewhat more than 6 months after typhoon passed over southern Okinawa. This is 50% slope in Regosols from calcareous clays a few miles northwest of Yonabaru."