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HY provides theme song to NHK drama “Jun to Ai”
http://youtu.be/kIShvaAuws0 Top indie pop band HY’s “Ichiban Chikaku ni” is the theme song to NHK’s latest asadora “Jun to Ai” which started airing on 10/1/12. The drama is filmed in Miyakojima and is the first since 2001’s popular “Churasan” to be set in Okinawa. “Jun to Ai” stars actress/talento Natsuna as Jun Kano, who dreams…
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Grits and Sushi is also on Tumblr. Cool. 🙂
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Wonderful post about museums in Okinawa and a parent’s remembrance on the war’s impact on life during and after the war.
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Gotta do this again!
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 36,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many…
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Application Submitted (via Sanshin Tuner)
Sanshin Tuner, my first application, has finally been submitted to the App Store. I hope a lot of people find this useful and I am looking forward to feedback. … Read More via Sanshin Tuner
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The Hatoma Family at Ishigaki’s Bashofu (via Power of Okinawa)
Last week I made a trip down to the Yaeyama Islands, the most southerly of the Ryukyus. While on the largest island, Ishigaki, I called in at Bashofu, the minyo live venue which is run by Takashi and Chiyoko Hatoma. The Hatomas are both accomplished singers and musicians who have appeared at the annual Ryukyu…
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