Ryukyu dog (琉球犬, Ryūkyū-inu or Ryūkyū-ken) is an endangered, medium-sized breed of dog indigenous to Okinawa, Japan. There were as few as 400 Ryukyu as...

Prefecture. Okinawa was ruled by the Ryukyu Kingdom from 1429 and unofficially annexed by Japan after the Invasion of Ryukyu in 1609. Okinawa was officially...

The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi), also known as the Ryukyu rabbit is a dark-furred species of rabbit which is only found on Amami Ōshima and Tokunoshima...

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The Ryukyu flying fox or Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and...

lion statues in Burma, Laos and Cambodia Shisa similar lion statues in the Ryukyu Islands Nian to compare with a similar but horned (unicorn) mythical beast...

Northern pika Okinawa flying fox Ryukyu flying fox Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat Ryukyu mouse Ryukyu shrew Ryukyu spiny rat Ryukyu tube-nosed bat Sado mole Sado...

religion (琉球信仰), Ryūkyū Shintō (琉球神道), Nirai Kanai Shinkō (ニライカナイ信仰), or Utaki Shinkō (御嶽信仰) is the indigenous belief system of the Ryukyu Islands. While...

de facto standard, as it had been used as the official language of the Ryukyu Kingdom since the reign of King Shō Shin (1477–1526). Moreover, as the former...

muenninki CR IUCN (MOE: CR) (endemic to Okinawa Island; Natural Monument) Ryukyu spiny rat, Tokudaia osimensis EN IUCN (MOE: EN) (endemic to Amami Ōshima;...