Summary of my survey

My 5 questions was:

1. Do you like Okinawa? (Yes/No/you Don't care)
2. What is your image of Okinawa? (Note)
3. Do you think Okinawa is a part of Japan? (Y/N/D)
4. Do you think Okinawan are ethnically same as Japanese? (Y/N/you Don't know)
5. What is the reason for Q4? (Note)

*I got 9 respondents.

1. 8 says "Yes", 1 says " I don't know"
I think I can say that most of the people (though there were only 9 respondents) like Okinawa.

2. Simply, there were 3 types of image.
1. nature: ocean (given by 3 people), sunny, breezy, warm
*a word "Beauty/Beautiful" was likely to be used.

2. people/its culture: warm, laid-back, friendly, slow-life, "churasan"
*1 mentioned "churasan" which is a famous TV drama in 2001.

3. history: the history of war
*given by 1 person.

There was a lot of positive image I could find from respondents, so it can be said that majority of people have good impression on Okinawa. However, it can be also said that many of them are seeing only a good/happy aspects of Okinawaw, even though Okinawa has some dark past/problems like "history of war".

3. All of 9 respondents said "Yes".
I understand this result. I mean, this result is exactly what I expected, since I knew they were going to base on their answers on "Nationality". However, I think the result won't be same if this survey were taken place in Okinawa.

4. 5 people said "No", 2 for each "Yes" and"I don't know".
I was surprised by this result, because I expected "No" from everyone.

5. Reasons for each position.
1. "Yes": could not find any differences.
2. "No": different history/culture/language/sense/facial appearance/structure of building.
3. "I don't know": can't answere easily.

SUM: I can say 2 things from my survey.
1. considering those 9 respondents, people likely to see only possitive images about Okinawa and ignore negetive images.
2. considering those 9 respondents, people see Okinawa as same as Japan (Okinawa=Japan) when they talk about "Nationality", but people more likely to see differences between Japan and Okinawa (Okinawa≠Japan) when they talk about "Ethnicity".

Is Japan One Race?

I found some interesting sources...

Forum: Why are Japanese racist?
http://http://www.topix.com/forum/world/japan/T9U1Q1DQEVTEUM4IC

Video:Discrimination towards Okinawan
http://http://www.discovernikkei.org/ja/interviews/clips/269/

Web Site: Japanese and racism
http://http://www.suzin.com/index/sabetu/sabetu1.html