Shuri Castle in Naha, home of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which ruled Okinawa from the 14th century until 1879, when the kingdom was disbanded and the islands became a Japanese prefecture. It took me three years to get the picture I wanted of this building: brilliantly sunny day, blue sky, a few clouds, and no tourists. This was taken a week to the day before we left Okinawa for good and moved back to Turkey.