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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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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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Miyagi Hiroya Leads the Orix Buffaloes to the Japan Series! (Baseball)
The Orix Buffaloes (I knew them as the Blue Wave!) made it the the Japan Series (like USA’s World Series) with a great effort from Okinawan pitcher Miyagi Hiroya (#13) and winning the Pacific League Climax Series versus the Lotte Marines. They go on to challenge Hanshin Tigers. By the way, the Orix Buffaloes has…
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Orion Beer’s Shokunin for Overseas Market?
So apparently Orion Beer released a new item for the overseas market called Shokunin with a really cute can design. Has anyone seen it yet? It’s a wheat beer with the wheat coming from Okinawa and it can only be purchased online in Okinawa as it’s not being sold at restaurants and stores in Japan.
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Agena Sisters Announce New Music Group “Unaikanai”
Singer-songwriter Agena Mana announced that she and her sister Halu started a new music duo called Unaikanai. (There’s a third sister who often appears on Mana’s YouTube channel that’s currently not part of this unit.) The name of the duo is a play on Niraikanai with Unai meaning sisters and Kanai make it come true…
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Anly’s 5th Album “26ml”
Our beloved singer-songwriter from Okinawa’s Ie Island Anly is set to release her 5th album “26ml” on 10/18! 🎉 We don’t have any links to streaming platforms at this time but we’re pretty sure we’ll get them soon. For now, physical copies of the album are being sold on online retailers with special limited edition…
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Nakasone Hajime’s Amazing 2023
One of the nicest and humblest humans we’ve met, Nakasone Hajime is having an amazing 2023 and it’s much deserved. He recently announced his marriage and now he has a new album “En” that will be released on June 3rd. Can you believe that it’s already been 7 years since his previous album “Ten” was…
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Alicia Ang’s “Echoes from an Island”
A book about Okinawa? We’re all in! Alicia Ang’s “Echoes from an Island” is the author’s self-published book debut featuring poems and short stories with Okinawa as its theme. The book’s introduction mentions that Alicia was working on a YA (young adult) historical fantasy with the protagonist starting off as a refugee in Okinawa —…
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HoRookies “Dawn” to be the Main Theme Song for the Film “Yō izuru”
Okinawa pop rock band HoRookies announced on Instagram that their single “Dawn” will be the main theme song for the film “Yō izuru (Sunrise)”. The film will have its world premiere in the upcoming 15th Okinawa International Movie Festival on April 15th. We’re looking forward to listening to the new songs and hopefully we’ll be…
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