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Okinawa History Club YouTube Channel
While it’s only in Japanese, there’s a YouTube channel called Okinawa History Club (沖縄歴史倶楽部チャンネル) run by historian Maeda Yuuki (links to his Twitter profile). He has videos of Zoom sessions as well as walking tours of Ryukyu history. The 4-part series for the Ryukyu dance “Nubui Kuduchi” is of particular interest as he retraces the…
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Nema Ui’s New Single “Umi Watari”
When the single was first announced on Nema Ui’s Twitter, it was only available domestically 😿 and with a new tweet it’s now available to international fans too! 😻 Needless to day, it’s on 🔂 all-day for me and hopefully they’ll embed lyrics for it on Apple Music so we can singalong. Nema Ui’s “Umi…
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ORANGE RANGE’s New Single “HEALTH”
ORANGE RANGE’s “HEALTH” It looks like the boys pulled out all the stops for their new single “HEALTH” released June 30 as they continue to commemorate their 20th anniversary. There’s a highly produced promotional webpage and MV for the song.
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What at lazz Announces Online Concert & New MV for “Cider!!”
The band tweeted that an announcement was forthcoming and I figured it was an upcoming new single but was pleasantly surprised that a free online live was included. It’s set to take place on Saturday, July 10th, on the Isotopes Movie YouTube channel. The live concert will be to celebrate the opening of Toyopla Studio…
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New Music Releases
New singles and albums released in June 2021 2021.06.03 [EP] Fukuda Yasuyuki – Okinawa wo Wasurenaide (Link) 2021.06.15 [Single] Nacil & Johnny Ginowan – Kanpai Okinawa (Indies) 2021.06.23 [Album] Matsubara Tadayuki – Churaumi, Churashima -Ayagu, Miyako no Uta- (Link) 2021.06.23 [Single] Rude-α – Jounetsu no Uta (Link) 2021.06.25 [Single] Nema Ui – Umi Watari (Link)…
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Starbucks Okinawa’s Special Limited Frappuccino
To celebrate its 25th anniversary of coming to Japan, Starbucks is commemorating it with special Frappuccinos for each prefecture in Japan. Okinawa (#47) gets one made with chinsukou called the Karii Chinsukou Vanilla Caramel Frappuccino. It’s available from June 30th to August 3rd or while supplies last. The product focuses on the traditional Okinawan confectionery…
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Rude-α’s New Single
Rapper Rude-α has a new single “Jōnetsu no Uta” released on June 23rd (which happened to also be Irei no Hi). The song will be the theme song to Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting’s “2021 Sokuhō! ! Mezase Kōshien!” show. While we wait for its release, check out his catalog on Apple Music. I’m especially fond of…
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Okinawan Heroes YouTube Channel
Every Tuesday the Okinawan Heroes YouTube channel will release a new episode from their catalog. They’re currently releasing episodes of the Daichi Man series and are hoping to reach 1,000 subscribers. Please help them reach their goal! Okinawan Heroes
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25th Ryukyu Festival 2021
If there’s one concert you need to go to it’s this one so you’re fortunate if you live in Japan because the 25th Ryukyu Festival 2021 is taking place on October 17th at the Hibiya Open-Air Concert Hall. The list of performers is incredible. Daiku Tetsuhiro and Daiku Naeko DIAMANTES Parsha cluB — my favorite…
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“Eisaa Don Don” Available for Limited Time (YouTube)
With news that the 66th annual Eisaa Festival may actually take place this year (it was canceled last year due to the pandemic), the special movie “Eisaa Don Don” was made available on YouTube until August 31st. Be sure not to miss it!
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