Japoński budowniczy tradycyjnych łodzi Sabani z Archipelagu Ryukyu

A traditional Ryukyuan house, with a "shisa" guardian lion/dog (believed to protect against evil spirits) on the roof, and Himpun, a wall blocking the...

Yoshida Tomohiro, traditional sabani boat builder, has lunch with his son and a friend at his workshop on the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshida-san...

Yoshida Tomohiro, traditional sabani boat builder, wearing his handmade wooden goggles, called "mikagan", at his workshop on the coast of northern Ish...

Bamboo nails at Yoshida Tomohiro's, traditional sabani boat builder, workshop on the coast of northern Ishigaki. The sabani, that he builds, have no...

Yoshida Tomohiro, traditional sabani boat builder, uses a plane to finish a block of wood for a new sabani in his workshop on the coast of northern Is...

Yoshida Tomohiro's dugout sabani. A dugout is made by carving out a boat from a single tree trunk. Sabani boats came into being after Sai On, adviso...

Butterfly joints and bamboo nails, used by Yoshida Tomohiro, in the construction of traditional sabani boats at his workshop on the coast of northern...

Student of Yoshida Tomohiro building miniature sabani boat at his workshop, to learn the process. Ishigaki, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan Their clean li...

Students of Yoshida Tomohiro building miniature sabani boats at his workshop, to learn the process. Ishigaki, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan Their clean...

Yoshida Tomohiro's dugout sabani. A dugout is made by carving out a boat from a single tree trunk. Sabani boats came into being after Sai On, adviso...

Yoshida Tomohiro cuts a butterfly joint for a new sabani boat his is building in his workshop on the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshida-san, born in...

Yoshida Tomohiro, traditional sabani boat builder, carves out a space for a butterfly joint in his workshop on the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshid...

Yoshida Tomohiro carves a space for a butterfly joint for a new sabani boat his is building in his workshop on the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshid...

A butterfly joint and bamboo nails holding together the hull of a sabani boat built by Yoshida Tomohiro. Ishigaki, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan Their...

A traditional scalloped sail, often called a lugsail or sampan rig, on the traditional sabani boat built by Yoshida Tomohiro. Ishigaki Island. Ryuky...

Yoshida Tomohiro, captains his traditional sabani boat off the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshida-san, born in Tokyo, felt that city life was making...

Outrigger, made from Japanese cedar (cryptomeria) from Kyushu. This is a recent addition for stability. Originally sabani did not have an outrigger...

Yoshida Tomohiro, traditional sabani boat builder, pull the sabani he built onto the beach along the coast of northern Ishigaki. Yoshida-san, born in...

Yoshida Tomohiro walks through a tunnel of pandanus to the beach on the coast of northern Ishigaki where the sabani boat he made by hand awaits. Yosh...

A 78 year old woman, Tafuku Hiroko, lovingly referred to as "Obaa" (obaachan is grandmother) who dances with a bottle on her head in Ishigaki in the R...

Crow perched on a traditional Ryukyan red terra cotta tile roof in Ishigaki. Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan In the past, only noble officials could have...