-
YouTube: AkisamiYOH, Young Okinawans of Hawaii on the ‘Tube
YOH (Young Okinawans of Hawaii) has a YouTube channel up called AkisamiYOH featuring bon dance and eisaa videos of their performances. Be sure to check it out and subscribe too. 🙂 AkisamiYOH’s YouTube channel
-
Chimugukuru: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit of Hawaii’s Okinawan Community
WHAT IS IT? Come join us for Chimugukuru: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit of Hawaii’s Okinawan Community (featuring storyteller Alton Chung) on Saturday, October 24th at the Hawaii Okinawa Center. 100% of proceeds from this celebration support the Hawaii United Okinawan Association and Ikuyu Madin (HUOA Capital Campaign). The event runs from…
-
“Thinking Out Loud” on KZOO Radio [Honolulu]
Chris Yano is hosting a really interesting radio program called, “Thinking Out Loud” on KZOO (1210 AM) at 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. On 07.20, she will be talking to Norman Kaneshiro and Eric Wada. They will be talking about playing Okinawan music, issues of identity and their organization Ukwanshin Kabudan. They will play their…
-
Blogs: Voices from Okinawa Online
It’s always nice to see a blog about Okinawa (especially if it’s in English) and here’s one you’ll want to check out: “Voices from Okinawa Online: A blog related to the summer 2009 issue of MANOA.” From the MANOA website: Launched in 1989, MANOA strives to bring the literature of Asia, the Pacific, and the…
-
Save the Date: Saturday, October 24, 2009
Shari Tamashiro (All Things Okinawan) emailed about an event she’s organizing for Saturday, October 24, 2009, in Hawaii: I am organizing a FABULOUS program featuring award-winning storyteller Alton Chung, with performances by Derek Ichiro Shiroma and Frances Nakachi. We will be doing two shows: Nuchi du Takara at 1 pm and Okinawan, Japanese and Hawaiian…
-
Champuru shares gōyā champuru recipe
Donna over at Champuru.net posted a delicious entry featuring her gōyā champuru recipe. Link: “Goya Goodness.”
-
Web: Ryukyu Minyo Ongaku Kyokai
Many of you may know about Okinawa minyo, but you may not know that there are many different organizations of the music in Okinawa and one of them is the Ryukyu Minyo Ongaku Kyokai, or RMOK. I’m actually pretty excited about this entry because having a large, traditional, organization like the RMOK build a website…
-
New year get-together and fellowship dinner
Happy New Year to the Okinawa Minyo Kyokai Derek Ichiro Shiroma Kenkyusho and Jane Kaneshiro Sozan Kai who will have a New Year get-together and fellowship dinner this Friday night at the Jikoen Hongwanji Mission. I’ll be there and I’m hoping to see some of you there too. 🙂 (Nifee deebitan for the invite, Derek-sensei!)
-
Center for Okinawa Studies Conference 2009
“From Aza, through Sanzan, Loochoo, and Ryukyu, to Okinawa, to Uchinanchu Diaspora—Where is Okinawan Studies Headed?” March 19th – March 21st, 2009 Hawaii Imin International Conference Center, East West Center, Hawaiʻi The first COS Okinawan Studies conference will feature scholars from UH, the US mainland, Okinawa and Japan and will examine ways in which the…
Karakui 