Zakimi Castle Ruins

This guide to Zakimi Castle Ruins in Okinawa opens at Okinawa's oldest stone arch gate, asking who taught fifteenth century masons to bend a wall like this. It follows Gosamaru, the warrior lord who built these curved gusuku walls to watch a rival kingdom's horizon during Okinawa's Sanzan period, and traces what followed after the king later moved him to Nakagusuku Castle to keep watch over another powerful lord, Amawari. You'll also hear how these same walls were pressed into service twice more, first by Japanese anti-aircraft gunners, then by American radar crews.