Ryukyu Diversity

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]Okinawa and the Ryukyu Golden Age are some of Japan's indigenous people, but there's one big misconception. People seem to think that the Ryukyu Kingdom was always culturally and linguistically unified as one kingdom. But, that's historically misleading. Before the Ryukyu Islands were unified into the Ryukyu Kingdom, each island had their own culture and their own people. In fact, just the island of Okinawa was split into three rival states. They didn't even speak the same language as some islands had languages that others couldn't even understand. They only became the Ryukyu Kingdom in the 1400s under Okinawan rulers like Sho Hashi. If you want more unknown Japanese history, then subscribe.