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The Mark of Empire (YouTube)
Located to Japan’s extreme south, the Ryukyu Archipelago was the setting for the small but vibrant Ryukyu Kingdom that emerged 600 years ago. Peter travels to its idyllic island settings to see how the Ryukyu identity is finding new meaning today as he visits a tattoo studio reviving an almost-lost traditional style, goes on a…
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The First Slam Dunk (Anime Film)
Speaking of media with English-subs and with cast/crew from Okinawa for an Okinawan-film or filmed in Okinawa, let us introduce you to one of the best sports films in anime or live-action, Inoue Takehiko’s “The First Slam Dunk“. We were fortunate to catch it when it screened in theaters this summer so now we wait…
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Mateus Asato, Guitar God
While it’s still rather difficult to find any Asian rockstar in the West, it’s even more difficult to find one who’s Okinawan. Perhaps the most famous are James Iha from the Smashing Pumpkins (his solo album “Look to the Sky” is one of our favorites) and after him we have Guitar God Mateus Asato. Mateus…
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A Post a Day (Almost)
We were almost able to do a post a day so after this coming Tuesday we’ll take a bit of a break. We still have a few more days so we’ll be sure to make the most of it. There’s still a ton of content to share so stay tuned! 😊✌️
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When Worlds Collide Cycling and Music
Pro cycling team Bahrain Victorious was recently in Japan for the Japan Cup Cycle Road Race in Utsunomiya and for their reception singer-songwriter Ishigaki Yu (from Yanawaraba) performed! As you may know we’re big time cycling fans and our favorite road race cyclist is the 🐐 (G.O.A.T.) Arashiro Yukiya who is on the Bahrain team.…
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Miura Daichi Participates in Sada Masashi Tribute Album
Released on 10/25 is the tribute album “Minna no Sada” to Japanese folk singer Sada Masashi and Miura Daichi is one of the artists featured on it! Daichi covers the song “Kaze in Tatsu Raion (The Lion Standing in the Wind)”. Speaking of new releases, Daichi announced that his next album, “OVER”, his first original…
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MONGOL800 Tribute Album 800TRIBUTE
Released on 10/25 (so many amazing released on this day!) is a tribute album for our favorite punk rock band MONGOL800. The new album is called “800TRIBUTE-champloo is the BEST!!2-“ and has a total of 9 tracks featuring Okinawan artists Awich and Mitsushima Hikari (we love that she returned to being a singer!). As far…
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Canae (i-Dushi) Opens a New Web Store
Singer-songwriter Canae from i-Dushi announces her own online store and the name is so cute! Canasando is a play on the Okinawan word kanasando using her first name Cana and sando. We also noticed that for Kanae she’s using a C instead of a K which is in line with what she did during her…
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Awich. The Union. New Album is Out!
Wow. She released the amazing “Queendom” just last year and here is Awich with a brand new album “THE UNION“! It was released last night and we’ve been listening to it non-stop. One song that’s missing that we thought she would include is her remix of MONGOL800’s “Ryukyu Aika” (it can be found on her…
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