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Actress Tamlyn Tomita Wishes Everyone a Happy New Year at the OAA Party
Legendary actress Tamlyn Tomita shared a photo from the Okinawa Association of America’s new year’s party and wished everyone a happy new year in Uchinaaguchi! How awesome is that! She can be heard on the upcoming film “Ultraman: Rising” (voice actress) and seen in the upcoming live-action series “Avatar: The Last Airbender”. Both will air…
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Learn Uchinaaguchi with Maashii
With a bunch of content already available on several social platforms, Maashii is a must-follow for those learning Uchinaaguchi. While Maashii’s website and YouTube channel are in Japanese, their Instagram account includes English translations. Their mission is to be an Uchinaaguchi Coordinator meaning that they’re putting themselves out there to help anyone learn Uchinaaguchi with…
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HY’s New Single “LOVE”
HY recently released a new digital single “LOVE” on 11/6! The single has been chosen to be the theme song for the Haisai Project (ハイ祭プロジェクト) which is a collaboration between entertainment professionals creating an event together with children. The name of the project is a play on the word haisai using hai in katakana and…
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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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Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Chijuyaa” on the DisOrient 2023 Film Festival
We think we first saw the video for Brandon Ufugusuku Ing’s “Chijuyaa” during one of the HUOA’s YouTube channel livestreams and thought it was an amazing arrangement of “Hamachiduri” and a very beautiful video. Now we’ll have a chance to watch it again as it’s been selected to be streamed on the DisOrient 2023 Film…
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Amazon Smile Charity Raises $850 for HUOA in 2022
(Pictured: Hat In4mation Purple Bingata) There are many ways to donate to the Hawaii United Okinawa Association (HUOA) and one of the easiest is to choose them as your AmazonSmile charitable organization. So every time you shop on AmazonSmile, you donate to HUOA! I think they just added their organization to AmazonSmile late this year…
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Cesar Farro Yamaguchi & His Grandfather’s Sanshin
(via Twitter) Here’s a heart-warming story about a 3rd generation Peruvian-Okinawa, Cesar Farro Yamaguchi, who brought his grandfather’s sanshin to Okinawa. Currently studying sanshin craftsmanship in Okinawa at Naha’s Shoukoubou (尚工房) under sanshin maker Kishimoto Naoto, Cesar had his grandfather’s sanshin appraised by the Ryukyu Sanshin Musical Instrument Preservation and Development Association and it was…
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Okinawa Web Drama “Akari no Akari ka.” Off to a Great Start
A new Okinawa web drama just completed its 2nd episode and it looks to be worth watching till the end (9 total episodes). “Akari no Akari ka.” (presented by the Okinawa soap brand SuiSavon) stars upcoming actress Sakihama Rico as Akari and she’s supported by an amazing cast of actors starting with Yamauchi Chigusa, Tanahara…
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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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Crossing Cats: Enamel Pins! (Kickstarter)
Less than a week to go to help back artist Nami Oshiro’s Kickstarter project “Crossing Cats: Enamel Pins!“. As the name of the Kickstarter hints at, the enamel pins are inspired by our favorite game Animal Crossing! Here’s an excerpt about the project: Hello! I’m Nami, and I design cat pins. I’ve spent the past…
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