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YouTube: Toki no Suisaiga (時の首里彩画)
A YouTube series of video clips created by RBC called Toki no Suisaiga features narration by Miyazawa Kazufumi (The Boom) and amazing music by Oyakawa Haruka (Ryukyu Koten Ongaku performer) is worth subscribing to. There are thirty 3-minute clips so far and new ones are uploaded every Sunday Japan time.
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Happy Sanshin Day!
Well, it was actually yesterday in Okinawa but today here in the rest of the world. Thankfully, if you missed all 9 hours of it, RBCi’s YouTube channel has you covered with all 3 parts! It’s so nice to see Part 1 with over 12,000 views so let’s get those numbers up and be sure…
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Chimudondon – NHK’s 2022 Morning Drama
NHK announced its 2022 morning drama (asadora) and it’s an Okinawan series called Chimudondon (ちむどんどん)! The 106th edition of the series follows 2001’s “Churasan (ちゅらさん)” (can you believe it’s 20 years ago?!) as the second asadora with an Okinawan theme. Chimudondon stars Okinawan-born actress Kuroshima Yuina (黒島結菜) and will tell the story of chef Higa…
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NHK World: Say Cheese to Life in Okinawa
NHK World continues to bring stories from Okinawa and this time it features a story on Pamela Ann Matsunaga’s Greek-style cheese using Okinawan goat milk. The cheese and yogurt she makes looks so delicious and I love the fact that she doesn’t use any preservatives. Her shop’s name is also cute: Cheeseanista (located in the…
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Elizabeth Miki Brina’s “Speak, Okinawa”
I’m looking forward to reading Speak, Okinawa (my mother is also from Okinawa — my father is a 3rd generation Japanese-American) as I’m sure I’ll find some similarities with my own childhood. Fortunately, I’m from Hawaii where there are many like me but there were still instances where I learned that I had a different…
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Sanshin no Hi March 4, 2021
The 29th annual Sanshin no Hi (さんしんの日) is taking place on Thursday, 4th March 2021 (“34 Day” Japan time). There will be 3 parts to the celebration with Part 1 featuring artists as China Sadahito 知名定人 (Sadao’s son), Matsuda Kazutoshi 松田一利, Hatoma Kanako 鳩間可奈子, and Miyara Kōsei 宮良康正 (my relative) among others. Part 2 will…
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Shimabukuro Seina’s Wedding Announcment
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKy01hHgbzn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Model and actress Shimabukuro Seina probably best known for her appearances on the reality show Terrace House has announced her marriage to Noah who also appeared on the show. Congratulations! Follow Seina on Twitter (via Sora News 24)
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Twitter User @kubocchi0617 Shares Rare Footage of Amuro Namie
In the short 2-minute clip Amuro and her best friend since preschool walk through Heiwa-dōri. Looks to be around the time she made her solo debut from Super Monkey’s (and before she hit it big) as hitomi’s CANDY GIRL (from 1995) is playing in the background (why not one of Amuro’s songs?!).
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2021 Marks SPEED’s 25th Anniversary
Wow, it’s hard to believe that it’s been 25 years since SPEED made their debut. To commemorate this occasion the group released a special box set called SPEED MUSIC BOX -ALL THE MEMORIES- for ¥19,968 ($199 USD) containing several booklets, CDs, and Blu-rays — definitely a must-have item for diehard fans. Of the 4 members,…
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Okinawan Folk Musician Oshiro Misako RIP
Sad news from Okinawa Times reporting that minyou great Oshiro Misako has passed away. RIP.
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