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Okinawa’s First Female Rakugo Storyteller Kingentei Anju (Kawamitsu Ai)
(via Twitter) Active as a model and actress (“Jun to Ai”, “Chimudondon”), Kawamitsu Ai has made the jump to the art of Rakugo and by doing so became the first female from Okinawa to become a storyteller. She discovered the art of Rakugo after moving to Tokyo Japan to expand her activities and her stage…
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World Sanshin Festival
For the first time, a World Sanshin Festival will be held in the fall to coincide with the 7th Worldwide Uchinānchu Festival (10/30 to 11/3). Looks like they’ll do a “tour festival” in an effort to reduce crowds due to the ongoing pandemic and the World Sanshin Festival will be held every five years after…
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Hirata Daiichi’s “Nantoushijin”
Hirata Daiichi will be taking his one-man show “Nantoushijin” performance to Naha’s Tenbusu Hall on 11/23.
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Ryukyu Renbo Digest (YouTube)
The video digest is from “Ryukyu Classical Performing Arts Meet the 25 String Koto”, a concert that took place last December featuring top artists from Luchu classical music and dance. It’s interesting hearing the classic songs arranged for the 25 string koto as well as Nakai Tomoya’s original songs and we’re grateful for the English…
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National Theatre Okinawa’s Promo Video
The National Theatre Okinawa recently shared promotional videos on their YouTube channel with versions in English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, and Korean (the latter three are subtitled only). The videos are narrated in English by Yonashiro Sho of the idol pop group JO1. National Theatre Okinawa’s building, as seen in the video, was built in…
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