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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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Kamiya Chihiro Announces Upcoming New Album
It was teased on Twitter but fans all knew that Kamiya Chihiro is working on a new album that follows her 3rd album “Utaui” (which is amazing) released in 2012. The upcoming new album “Utayui” is slated to be released in August and has a total of 10 tracks. Like her previous release, the album…
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Turn All Weapons into Instruments
A recent web article on Hub Okinawa features a story on Kina Shoukichi and the peculiar release of his enka song “Fujisan Japan” — his first single in 39 years! The article discusses his new single as well as the single that started it all, “Haisai Ojisan” written when he was 13 years old. The…
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Okinawa Memorial Day
Today (June 23rd Okinawa time) is our Okinawa Memorial Day (Irei no Hi). 🙏 … During the occupation of Japan, in 1961, Okinawa Memorial Day was made a holiday by the Government of the Ryukyu Islands in order to remember and pray for their family members and relatives who were killed during the Battle of Okinawa. In 1972,…
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“Ghosts Can’t Dance” Web Drama (YouTube)
Although the 6-episode web drama “Ghosts Can’t Dance (Yūrei wa Odorenai)” was uploaded to YouTube back in March, I finally finished watching it recently and it’s so good (lots of feels)! Anyone with an interest in Ryukyu culture (both pop and traditional) shouldn’t miss this. The web drama is produced by the Kariyushi Geinou Kouen…
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“Chimudondon” Gets a Logo
Okay, so it wasn’t the news of who will be singing the drama’s theme song that we’re waiting for but the announcement of the logo designed by Kosugi Koichi. At this rate, we’ll probably see a new Twitter account for the drama before the theme song is announced. 😂
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