 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1879, Umambo hweJapan hwakaparadza Nyika yeRyukyu, huchiendesa mambo wayo kuTokyo. Okinawa Prefecture yakatangwa munharaunda yakanga ichangobva kuwanwa. Zvitsuwa zveAmami zvakanga zvatova rutivi rweJapan nemhaka yeKupinda kweSatsuma muRyukyu, uye vakaitwa chikamu cheKagoshima Prefecture mushure mekudonha kweSatsuma Domain. 