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Okinawan music (沖縄音楽 Okinawa ongaku) sometimes known as Ryukyuan music (琉球音楽 Ryūkyū ongaku) is the music of the Okinawa Islands of southwestern Japan. In modern Japan it may also refer to the musical traditions of Okinawa Prefecture which also covers the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands. It derived from the larger musical traditions of the Southern Islands.