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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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Rude-α’s “Perfect Chemical”
Speaking of Rude-α, in addition to his new band Bubble Baby, he’s still releasing new songs as a solo artist! How amazing is that?! His new track “Perfect Chemical” was released last month and a music video was made for it — he’s in the snow. In. The. Snow. ⛄️ The song is available on…
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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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Short Film “Ai wo Tateru” Starring Actress Matsuda Ruka with English Subtitles
Speaking of director Taira Kazuhiro, his short film, “Ai wo Tateru”, starring breakthrough actress Matsuda Ruka had its screening at this year’s Okinawa International Movie Festival and it’s now being shown on Okinawa Film Office’s YouTube channel with English subs! Be sure to watch it and give it your thumbs up for support! Synopsis: Chica…
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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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HY’s Hit Song “366 Days” Becomes a J-Drama & Spawns Several Collaborations
Who would’ve thought? On the J-pop side, we’ve see Utada Hikaru’s hit song “First Love” become a J-drama and now, it’s HY‘s “366 Days” turn! The drama is currently airing on Fuji TV’s coveted 21:00 time slot and although it doesn’t have any Okinawan actors in it, it does have Maeda Gouki from “Chimudondon” and…
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