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Awich and Ryuchell in 2022 Voice Project
Last year’s Voice Project (similar to Rock the Vote) featured Nikaido Fumi and this year we have two shimanchu: talent Ryuchell and rapper Awich.
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Miyagi Karin’s “Chimuganasa” (Short Shorts Film Festival)
Model/singer/entrepreneur/actress and now film director Miyagi Karin’s “Chimuganasa” is available for online screening with English subtitles until June 30th as part of the Short Shorts Film Festival. The film which was written and directed by Karin, brings together three generations of actresses with the veterans Yoshida Taeko, Kyan Hitomi (currently on NHK’s “Chimudondon”), and Karin.…
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New Song by Brandon Ufugusuku Ing “Hamachiduri”
Brandon Ufugusuku Ing has a new song out “Hamachiduri”! The song, an arrangement of the traditional Okinawan song, features the talented Derek Fujio and Jesse Shiroma. After hearing this song a few months ago, we were wondering when Brandon would release it and it’s finally here! Be sure to pick this one up as well…
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“Eisaa Don Don” with English Subs! (YouTube)
Originally posted on Karakui: https://youtu.be/H_9Aym4iNrY “Eisaa Don Don” available until 8/31 With news that the 66th annual Eisaa Festival may actually take place this year (it was canceled last year due to the pandemic), the special movie “Eisaa Don Don” was made available on YouTube until August 31st. Be sure not to miss it!
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Grooving to Irei Shunichi’s “Nangoku Beat”
Irei Shunichi’s first album in TEN years is out! It’s called “Nangoku Beat” (tropical beat) and the emphasis is on the beat as the songs on the album have a nice groove to them. “Nangoku Beat” has a total of 8 tracks and is currently available on Apple Music. We’re totally grooving to the title…
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Amazing English Subtitled “Okinawa Live Show”
In the “We can’t believe this is available” department comes a strangely named website called “Okinawa Live Show” from the Okinawa Prefectural Government. Don’t let the name fool you as this is an amazing resource of English-subtitled videos (also available on their YouTube channel) of Luchuan traditional performing arts like Okinawa Shibai, Kumiudui, Ryukyu Buyou,…
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Oshiro Takafumi’s Best Album “Rissyunnotoki”
Singer-songwriter Oshiro Takafumi (of the disbanded vocal group Sky’s The Limit) released his first best of album “Rissyunnotoki” this year through his crowdfunding project. The double CD has a total of 23 tracks and is available on digital streaming services too. Of particular interest to us is his antiwar song “1972” which was composed by…
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MATSURI’s Mini Album “Harenohi” & Upcoming Single “52Hz no Kujira”
Singer MATSURI has been slowly rolling out new songs and she finally released her new mini album “Harenohi” (not to be confused with the single of the same name) in April. “Harenohi” features a total of 7 tracks and includes previously released singles “Kingyo Sukui” (her debut song), “Hotaru” and “Harenohi”. MATSURI also announced the…
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