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Winter 2025-26 Playlist Songs 1-9
This is something we’ve wanted to do for the previous playlist. We’re going to give a little background on the tracks we chose for the playlist (and yes, there’s an order to it!). Songs 1-3. KIZUKI Minami. If you asked us who our favorite solo artist was she would be top on our list. We…
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Karakui YouTube Playlist for Winter 2025-26
Yes. It’s been a long time but we’re back with a new post. Woohoo! We were actually planning to do a playlist for every season but we seemed to have passed a whole year without one so better late than never. Many of the tracks here are about a year old with a few new…
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Karakui YouTube Playlist for Summer 2024
We’ve been thinking of doing this and we finally got around to putting a playlist together. Although there is a kind of order to the playlist, it may be best to listen to it on shuffle. Leave a comment if you have any questions regarding any of the artists on the playlist. Enjoy!
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Natsukawa Rimi’s New Single “Uta, Uta, Uta”
Wow, this release came out of nowhere? Rimi has been reminiscing lately on her Instagram with a new post everyday of an album from her vast catalog of recordings. Somewhere in that mix she slipped out a new digital single, “Uta, Uta, Uta”. It’s more in the adult pop genre rather than shimauta but we…
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ORANGE RANGE’s New Single “Zombie”
Hey, everyone! The banger of 2024 is here in ORANGE RANGE’s new single “Zombie”. As if the music wasn’t enough, the music video is a lot of fun and was filmed in Okinawa. Be sure to look out for the throwing of the Okinawan salt and Ishiganto. The single is out on all streaming platforms.
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Wow, We are Amazing! “Ai wo Tateru” Hits 1,500 Views 😘
Looks like we caught the attention of the Okinawa Film Office as they happily (and surprisingly) announced on their Instagram account that their short film “Ai wo Tateru” hit 1,500 views on YouTube! Just the English-subbed version alone is over 200 views. Our hope is this is the push we need to make more subtitled…
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Sorry Sho, It’s Kiyosaku for Us
Ok. So we’re going to cheat and say we like both Yonashiro Sho’s and Kiyosaku’s versions but, whoa, when Kiyosaku first starts singing it’s like goosebumps and the feels. We’re calling it for the next collab: Awich. Make it happen HY!
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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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