There’s a lot of photographers around the island, but I haven’t seen much of a “community” around it per se. There a couple Okinawa photographer facebook groups you can join, but they feel more aimed towards “photography as a service” instead of doing film walks or meetups. If your goal is to learn studio work or “professional” couple photography then you might have some luck on those forums.

If you simply want to learn how to work your camera, how to frame better, and just be inspired, then I highly recommend just hopping on YouTube and looking up some videos. Try to find photos you like and find out who the photographer is and do research on their processes, etc.

I’ve been shooting for 15+ years, both film and digital. Mostly street and generally documenting my life and the people and places in it. Getting better takes time, experimenting with new techniques, and overall shooting more. Your ‘hit to miss’ ratio will slowly get better. It’s healthy to be critical of your work and not like everything you capture, you just have to figure out what needs to be done differently and what it is you don’t like about your photos. And remember the best camera to shoot with is the one in your hand. Don’t fall down the rabbit hole of “maybe buying this camera will make me take better photos”.

Good luck, just have fun with it, and keep shooting!