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Okinawa Everywhere All at Once
A long time dream come true to see my hero pro cyclist Arashiro Yukiya (if you don’t know him, he is the 🐐 [G.O.A.T. means greatest of all time] in all of Asian cycling and he’s from Ishigaki Island) in a road race during the Saitama Criterium in Japan. Although I wasn’t able to meet…
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An Introduction (Pinned)
But first, a meme. The image (a meme) reads: When Twitter was the place all of us with similar interests would gather, we often saw the same complaints (very justified IMHO) whenever an anime, TV show, or movie about Okinawa (or filmed in Okinawa) was released. In reaction to this, a prominent Okinawan stage (Okinawa…
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Hello, Again
Wow, our break lasted a few more months than planned. Sorry! We were practicing for the Okinawan Festival (it went well) and intended to return after that. That said, there’s a lot of news in Okinawa’s pop culture scene that we hope to catch up on. We’re working on a new YouTube playlist for fall/winter…
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A Who’s Who of Prewar Okinawan Cultural Figures
Reading an autobiographical piece by Okinawan artist / playwright / novelist / cultural writer / cultural official Yamazato Eikichi, and it’s kind of… A Who’s Who of Prewar Okinawan Cultural Figures
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Karakui YouTube Playlist for Summer 2024
We’ve been thinking of doing this and we finally got around to putting a playlist together. Although there is a kind of order to the playlist, it may be best to listen to it on shuffle. Leave a comment if you have any questions regarding any of the artists on the playlist. Enjoy!
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Going Down a Rabbit Hole
So we have this playlist called “Today” where we add new music from artists we follow along with songs we haven’t gotten tired of. Every now and then, we’ll recall a song we loved and add it to the playlist too. This is the story of going down a rabbit hole. There was a drama…
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Shinto ceremonies at Sui gusuku?
I was shocked when I saw this image on the official Shurijo Castle Park Instagram account this past May 25-26. Shinto priests performing a fully … Shinto ceremonies at Sui gusuku?
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“A Woman Who Acts” Short Film with English Subtitles
With the success of the latest short film that was released with English subtitles, the Instagram account for the Okinawa Film Office is going all-out with reposting the other films that are subtitled too. All of these films had their premiere or a screening at the Okinawa International Movie Festival so we’re very lucky that…
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The Debut Single Before Her Big Break
1999. No, not that “1999“, but that’s the year of Natsukawa Rimi’s debut single, “Yubae ni Yurete”. As we mentioned in the previous post covering Rimi’s new single “Uta, Uta, Uta”, she has been reminiscing over her past releases and it all started with this one in 1999. Looks like the single is no longer…
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Natsukawa Rimi’s New Single “Uta, Uta, Uta”
Wow, this release came out of nowhere? Rimi has been reminiscing lately on her Instagram with a new post everyday of an album from her vast catalog of recordings. Somewhere in that mix she slipped out a new digital single, “Uta, Uta, Uta”. It’s more in the adult pop genre rather than shimauta but we…
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ORANGE RANGE’s New Single “Zombie”
Hey, everyone! The banger of 2024 is here in ORANGE RANGE’s new single “Zombie”. As if the music wasn’t enough, the music video is a lot of fun and was filmed in Okinawa. Be sure to look out for the throwing of the Okinawan salt and Ishiganto. The single is out on all streaming platforms.
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Ryukyu History Drama “Amawari: The Last Hero”
We last posted in 2021 about the Ryukyu Historical Drama “Shō En Ou”, and for 2024 RBC is following it with the drama “Amawari: The Last Hero“. With an all-Okinawan cast (yes, that includes the famous actor Yamada Takayuki too!), the drama stars Sakumoto Takara as Amawari and Higa Rino as Momotofumiagari. And, like the…
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