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Shimabukuro Masaru (BEGIN) MV for “Yorokobi no Blues”
If you haven’t heard it yet, stop reading this and open up your favorite streaming platform and give Shimabukuro Masaru’s first solo album “55rpm” a listen because it’s so beautiful. And because the album is beautiful, expect a music video for one of the tracks off of the album, “Yorokobi no Blues”, to be just…
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Nakasone Hajime’s “Yumangwi”
Wow. This video clip was an impromptu one that Hajime uploaded to his YouTube channel after feeling good vibes while taking a stroll on Henza Island. It could totally be an actual music video as everything was timed perfect. Enjoy!
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Coffee & Okinawa? Yes, Please!
We’ve seen coffee (albeit already ground and not whole beans) from Okinawa for sale in Japan, but did you know that there’s an official project under way to make large scale coffee production from Okinawa a reality? What is the Okinawa Coffee Project? The “Okinawa Coffee Project” started in Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture in April…
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HoRookies’s New Single “Kaerimichi no Theme” for Okinawa Gas
If you’ve been looking for the next generation BEGIN, look no further than HoRookies (not to mention that Shuntaro is the son of Eisho from BEGIN), and here they are with a brand new single “Kaerimichi no Theme”. The song is currently being heard on Okinawa Gas’s new commercials. Interestingly, the cover art was done…
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Rude-α’s New Band Bubble Baby is 🔥
After being humbled by Rude-α’s emotional song “Umui” for Okinawa’s Irei no Hi, we were wondering what would be next for the talented rapper. Perhaps taking a cue from this experience of creating music with a full band (the song featured an all-star team with Masaru from BEGIN, Yuki and Shuntaro from HoRookies, and hometown…
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Seven Oops “Seven Pops” Album Music Video features Utasha Nishihara Kazuki
On its own, Seven Oops‘s “Seven Pops” MV (yup, a music video of their entire new album!) is amazing enough but adding an appearance from Yaeyama utasha Nishihara Kazuki is icing on the cake. He appears on the second song “Play Ball”. We don’t recall ever seeing a band do this before and the result…
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Teechi’s “Haru” from the Short Film “Stand for LOVE”
If like us, your ears perked up after hearing the start of Teechi’s “Haru” in the end credits of the short film “Stand for LOVE”, we have you covered. Teechi is a 3-piece band from Okinawa and “Haru” is their first single release. And, wow, talk about hitting it out of the park with this…
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Ryukyu Shimpo’s Web Drama Series “Your Story”
Ryukyu Shimpo has a web drama?! Yup! Episode 1, “From Sacramento”, was just released on their YouTube channel with 3 more episodes to follow that based on true stories featured on their newspaper from its 130-year history. Auditions were held for the actors and they get to work with director Taira Kazuhiro of “Miracle City…
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Nakama Yukie’s Dream Comes True
Actress Nakama Yukie’s dream comes true as her upcoming film “Step” is set for a 2025 release. Her dream was to star in a movie that was entirely filmed in Okinawa and it has come true. The theme of the film is dance and what better way to showcase it then having two young actors…
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MAX & Gori YouTube Collaboration is the Fun We Need Right Now
MAX’s MAX THE BOMB channel (featuring NANA who was in Okinawa) recently collaborated with Gori’s Gori Okinawa channel and as expected, it’s a lot of fun. The story about NANA not being popular with the boys during middle school is worth a listen since it ties to an Okinawan tale. It’s great to see veteran…
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