Glenn McIlvride (Owner/Operator), is a New Zealander who has been living in Okinawa for the past 15 years. "There is so much great stuff here in Okinawa, both martial arts related and not, that you just cannot get anywhere else (unless you are willing to pay a premium). Our whole motivation of setting up OkinawaDirect.com is to let everyone overseas enjoy the great products and prices of Okinawa that we do."

The official website of the World Matsubayashi-Ryu (Shorin-Ryu) Karate-Do Association  headed by Soke Takayoshi Nagamine Hanshisei 10th dan.

The main site of Wonder Okinawa amazing information on all aspects of Okinawan life and culture.
Prefectual Government site

The Tourism New Zealand website is an introduction to tourism in New Zealand. Through this site, potential visitors will be able to learn about the diversity of what New Zealand has to offer and how their visit can become a fantastic experience.

Convenient local shop at the top of Queen Street Auckland City.

The World Karate Federation, or WKF, was formed in 1990 from former WUKO (World Union of Karate-do Organisations) members and is the largest international governing body of sport karate  with over 130 member countries. It is the only karate organisation recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members. The WKF organises the Junior and Senior Karate World Championships, which are each held every other year. The headquarters are located in Madrid, Spain.

This is the main travel information source in Okinawa. The bureau plans most of the conventions and events in the entire Okinawa prefecture. It also develops the tourism environment with the prefectural government such as innovating eco tourism.

The English pages  of the official website of the Naha City Tourist Association

Elderly Okinawans have among the lowest mortality rates in the world from a multitude of chronic diseases of aging and as a result enjoy not only what may be the world's longest life expectancy but the world's longest health expectancy. The goal of the Okinawa Centenarian Study is to uncover the genetic and lifestyle factors responsible for this remarkable successful aging phenomenon for the betterment of the health and lives of all people.

A huge amount of information on Okinawa that covers most of what you want to know about Okinawa. The site features Okinawa's history, culture, area information, accommodations, travel information, and much more.

Virtual Okinawa is a blogger community dedicated to provide general yet practical information on living in Okinawa.

Wikipedia's Okinawa Prefecture pages. Which you can edit. Wikipedia  is a multilingual, Web-based, free content,  encyclopedia  project. Wikipedia's articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information.

The Commonwealth Karate Federation was founded in 2003 with the key purpose of supporting the development of the World Karate Federation objectives by seeking the acceptance of Karate as a full sport in the Commonwealth Games.
In addition to this key objective, the Commonwealth Karate Federation aims to celebrate and further develop the cultural diversity of the Commonwealth.