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Recital: Derek Ichiro Shiroma Kenkyusho’s “Uta Gukuru” on 10/28/12!
On Sunday, 28 October 2012, the Okinawan Minyo Kyokai Wakugawa Dojo Derek Ichiro Shiroma Kenkyusho will be holding a recital at the Hawaii Okinawa Center from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Tickets will be available after June 1st for US $25.00. The recital will feature special guest performers from Okinawa as well as local performers.…
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2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 36,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 13 sold-out performances for that many…
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Oriental Faddah and Son
A smile. Whenever I pick up Lee Tonouchi’s Oriental Faddah and Son, I can’t help but smile. The book’s cover is nicely designed and at 152 pages, it should be a fast read (compared to the 925 pages in Haruki Murakami’s 1Q84 which I’m also reading) but in reality, it’s not because I often find…
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Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai Hawaii’s Awamori Fest
Received an email heads up for Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai Hawaii’s annual Awamori Fest, a benefit fundraiser for their Okinawan dance school (Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai Frances Nakachi Ryubu Dojo). Here’s the information from the flyer for the event: The Awamori Fest event is held annually to raise funds for our Okinawan Dance School, Tamagusuku Ryu Senjukai…
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Help Chinagu Eisa Hawaii by Eating
Ray from Chinagu Eisa Hawaii tipped me off to a way to help their club by eating! On Sunday, 20 November 2011, bring the flyer to any Panda Express or Hibachi-san restaurant on the island of Oahu and 20% of your purchase will be donated to the club. Go eat!
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Living Spirit (via Voices of the Okinawan Spirit)
We are very happy to announce the summer 2011 issue of MANOA: Living Spirit: Literature & Resurgence in Okinawa. A companion volume to Voices from Okinawa (published in 2009), Living Spirit is a collection of compelling prose and poetry representative of the Okinawan renaissance that began in the 1960s. Katsunori Yamazato, who worked with us…
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Application Submitted (via Sanshin Tuner)
Sanshin Tuner, my first application, has finally been submitted to the App Store. I hope a lot of people find this useful and I am looking forward to feedback. … Read More via Sanshin Tuner
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Change is good
It’s been 5+ years here at Karakui.com and over a decade of Okinawan pop culture posts spread out throughout the Web. So, what now? Well, from today, you can find us at the brand-spanking new Karakui.net. Not to worry about this site (what we’re referring to as the dotcom) as it’ll still be here with…
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Event: “Nuchi du Takara (Life is the Treasure)” in San Francisco, 6/18
Via Shari Tamashiro: Wesley Ueunten is organizing a free event on Saturday, 06.18 from 2 pm in the Japantown Peace Plaza with musicians, dancers, storytellers. Details are in the attached document (Press Release_Nuchi du Takara.doc). I’m coming out for a special performance of a storytelling program I researched and produced with Alton Chung, who is…
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