One of the amazing things about the Linden Endowment for the Arts is the sheer variety that exists within it. From the experimental to the experiential and through to the realistic - everything can exist within their sims. Miyako Jima Island is one of the last, a complex and lovely representation of Japan within Second Life. According to a quick googling, Miyako-jima is part of Okinawa Prefecture, a string of islands south of Japan that became fully part of that nation in the late 1800s and prior to that had a long history as autonomous islands that profited highly from trade between Japan and the nearby continent. I know of it at a distance, through anime and travel shows, but I love an opportunity to wander around and explore the small details built by people who clearly care deeply for Japan itself.
Via Romyka Mars
Maddy Gynoid http://sco.lt/8mCWun
Helen Stringer http://sco.lt/8SvIVl