Okinawa

“A Giant at the Edge of the Kumui: Kenshin Yamashiro” at Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum Until March 28; A Full Portrait of the Educator and Artist

A retrospective of Kenshin Yamashiro, who died in 2023 (Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum, until March 28). With 49 works, it traces his art-making and his clay modeling education at a special needs school.

Special Exhibition “Shurijo Castle: The Royal Castle of Ryukyu” Opens December 1 at Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum; Commemorating the Completion of the Main Hall

The interior of Shurijo Castle’s Main Hall, destroyed by fire in 2019, opens to the public on November 23. A special exhibition opening in Naha shortly afterward traces the kingdom’s castle through pictorial maps, heirlooms and excavated objects, and will show the memorial tablets of the Sho royal family for the first time.