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The people carry a philosophy called nuchi du takara, life is the greatest treasure, and it shows in the unhurried pace of the mornings and the laughter spilling from open-air markets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA watercolor palette for Okinawa pulls from the sea and the stone in equal measure, drawing on the translucent turquoise of shallow reef flats and the warm terracotta of Shuri Castle's lacquered gates. Softer tones appear in the silver-green of fukugi windbreak trees and the pale gold of awamori distilleries catching afternoon sun. 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