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Yoshimoto Kogyo planning Okinawa film fest – Tokyograph
Last week, Yoshimoto Kogyo unveiled its plans to hold an international film festival in Chatan, Okinawa, next year. Known as the Okinawa International Movie Festival 2009, the event’s theme is ‘Laugh & Peace.’ It will take place on March 19-22. Among the works being screened are the 100 short films directed by Yoshimoto Kogyo entertainers,…
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Star Bulletin features Hui O Laulima’s 2nd cookbook, Chimugukuru
To embrace Okinawan cooking is to embrace its holy trinity: pork, bittermelon and the purple sweet potato. The first and the last, not so hard, but when it comes to goya — that bumpy, bitter staple veggie of Okinawan cuisine — well, you love it or you hate it. (Link: Everything Okinawan on starbulletin.com by…
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“LooChoo nu Kwa” coming to Honolulu
Our successful and emotionally charged production of LooChoo nu Kwa will be coming to the Mamiya Theater, on the St. Louis/Chaminade Campus on Waiʻalae Ave, in Kaʻimuki on Sunday, August 24th, 2pm. Tickets are $25 general admission, and $20 seniors (60 and over), students (12 and under). Seats are limited so buy early as we…
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Takako Uehara in Okinawa
Takako Uehara (ex-SPEED) is currently in Okinawa and she posted two entries on her blog of a recent trip to Kokusai-dori and Heiwa-dori. What’s interesting in watching these clips is that she’s walking down both streets and you’re just waiting for someone to recognize her and say: “Hey! It’s that girl from SPEED!” 🙂
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Seminar: Okinawan Language Revitalization
Professor Shinsho Miyara of the University of the Ryukyus will be giving a free talk on Okinawan Language Revitalization (PDF link) Monday, March 17, 2008. The talk will take place from 2:30 PM to 4 PM at the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, University of Hawaii’s Manoa campus. (Nifee to Char for the info.)
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TBSK: The next HY / HandMC?
Sorry about the abbreviations in the title folks but can you name all three bands? We’ll start with the popular indie band HY — since that’s what they go by — who are representing their hometown, Higashi Yakena, with pride. (Btw, it’s the band’s choice to remain indie.) Next is the uber-popular J-mixture band HIGH…
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Best 9 in Okinawa
I hear that there’s going to be a big sports event happening here in the US this Sunday but for baseball fans like me, spring seems so far away. In the case of NPB (Nippon Pro Baseball) though, spring season gets underway this month! Woot! Where do the majority (9 out of 12) of these…
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Okinawan music and dance performance: ‘Loochoo nu Kwa, Children of Loochoo’
Norman Kaneshiro-sensei emailed information on an Okinawan music and dance performance his group has lined up for March 28, 2008, a Saturday. Titled “Loochoo nu Kwa, Children of Loochoo,” the performance featuring the talented members of Ukwanshin Kabudan will be held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center (<rant>for those like me who are irritated…
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Web: Uta Sanshin Circle
Found a link to this wonderful website (kept by a fellow Mac user too 😀 ) in my referral log and I thought I’d share it with everyone. The Uta Sanshin Circle is a resource for those who live in (or are visiting) the mainland USA with information on classical and minyou classes. It looks…
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Kazutoshi Matsuda posts pics from Okinawa’s New Year’s TV specials
Popular utasha (Okinawan folk singer) Kazutoshi “Kaazuu” Matsuda recently performed in two of Okinawa’s New Year’s TV specials: RBC’s “Kouhaku Uta-gassen” and OTV’s “Shinshun! Shimauta no Saiten.” Although both shows won’t air until January (RBC’s one on 1/2, OTV’s on 1/3), Kaazuu is sharing a few pics on his blog which gives us a preview…
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