fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than 50,000 casualties with around 12,000 killed, or missing in action, over nearly three months of fighting.
anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than
more protective deposits around the bones. basically weaponizing even your weakest and smallest extremities. and it hurts even to watch. brutal. james: it s bad, it s bad. anthony: james pankiewicz, brit and black belt in shorin-ryu karate, moved to okinawa in 2009 to study budo, or the way of martial arts. he acts as translator for most of the karate sensei on the island. earlier i met james and hokama sensei in makishi public market in okinawa s largest city, naha. james: that s the tasty one, right, we ll take that one. anthony: and what are these? james: so these are puffer fish. so, we got some they re gonna do some deep-fried fish for us. anthony: gurukun, the unofficial national fish of okinawa. and porcupine fish, both
do some deep-fried fish for us. anthony: gurukun, the unofficial national fish of okinawa. and porcupine fish, both battered and deep-fried. james: we re gonna do sashimi. anthony: okinawans eat just about any kind of fish sashimi style. for us, snapper and parrotfish. james: and lobster. anthony: because one must. served raw and still twitching in the shell. james: and we re gonna get some sea grapes as well. anthony: oh good, good, that s, uh, super traditional. sea grapes, the classic regional side dish dressed in rice vinegar. what you buy downstairs from vendors. for a small fee, restaurants will cook it for you upstairs. james: wow. group: oh my god. happy? anthony: wow. so, okinawa s most famous export, perhaps, is karate. hokama: uh-huh. anthony: when most of us