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@kanasaorganics on Twitter
One of my new Twitter follows, KANASA Co-Operative, is one that shares words and stories from Ryūkyū in English. They also have a website with longer form articles about Ryukyuan culture that’s a great resource to deepen your knowledge. One of my favorite articles is about the hidari-gomon that I see everyday when I pick…
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@LoochooW on Twitter
Here’s a great way to learn Uchinaguchi via Twitter by following @LoochooW. There’s also a language account @ryuukyu_Lan but it’s only in Japanese and although this other one is only in Japanese, it’s a fun one to follow since it’s @Ryujin_Mabuyer.
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@toranosukev on Twitter
Travis Seifman is probably one of my longest Twitter follows and I’ve learned so much from him about Ryukyu/Okinawa. He has so many amazing Twitter threads that it’s difficult to select one so I chose one of his more recent ones that happens to be linked to his blog post Ryukyu: Empire of the Sea.…
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Expansive Minecraft Build of Shuri Castle
Minecraft 首里城公園再現 紹介動画です。#Minecraft #マイクラ #首里城 pic.twitter.com/WXc4ocToY9 — 天乃涼介 ✶ Minecraft (@Tenby07) April 9, 2021 @Tenjou_Beta on Twitter created an amazing build of Shuri Castle on Minecraft. It’s mind-blowing.
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Twitter User @kubocchi0617 Shares Rare Footage of Amuro Namie
In the short 2-minute clip Amuro and her best friend since preschool walk through Heiwa-dōri. Looks to be around the time she made her solo debut from Super Monkey’s (and before she hit it big) as hitomi’s CANDY GIRL (from 1995) is playing in the background (why not one of Amuro’s songs?!).
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Koza Uprising Twitter Thread @toranosukev
If you want to learn more about the Koza Uprising, Travis has an amazing Twitter thread.
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@horinyo on Twitter
75年前の沖縄。 1945年6月 母親と子供たち。沖縄戦が激化する沖縄本島の首里近辺にて。 白黒写真を、人工知能＋手動補正でカラー化しました。 pic.twitter.com/KjQbtsuVYW — ホリーニョ (@horinyo) December 6, 2020 Maybe weekly, I’ll feature an account on Twitter that’s worth a follow. Today I’m featuring @horinyo (ホリーニョ) from Osaka who tweets colorized black and white photos of Okinawa before and after the war. The photos are amazing and with close to 9,000 of them,…
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons New CM Features Aragaki Yui
https://twitter.com/nintendo/status/1335755540467646464?s=21 Being a big fan of this game, it’s with great pleasure to see the latest CM (from the Japanese version of the game あつまれ どうぶつの森) feature Aragaki Yui! Did you know that there’s an Okinawan villager in this game? There’s also an Okinawan song by K.K. Slider. I’ll write about this in an upcoming…
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Karakui.com Special: Okinawan musicians to follow on Twitter
This is the first in a series of posts featuring people to follow on Twitter (Wikipedia link), the social networking/microblogging service. Musicians: @rinkenteruya – Rinken Band leader Rinken Teruya. He’ll often reply to @Mentions and tweets quite frequently. @gerhen_oshima – Gerhen Oshima, formerly of TINGARA, Churamana, and Shima Good Needs. His latest project is coco←musika.…
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