Live Nuchigusui in Okinawa – Sponsored article Carmen Mc IntoshsponsoredDecember 5, 2017April 14, 2018 Okinawa is the southern prefecture of Japan, comprising hundreds of Ryukyu Islands in a 620-mile long chain. But Okinawa is not just this: it’s the place where karate was born and where life expectancy is the longest of the world.