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Simple Sanshin Source requests your kunkunshi scans!
Kenji is requesting your help in sending him scans of kunkunshi. More information on how to send it to him can be found on site: Simple Sanshin Source. If he selects your kunkunshi, he’ll post it on the site with a “romaji translation and a small description of what the song is about.”
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2009 Grand Prize winning photo for the 27th Okinawan Festival goes to
Congratulations to Marc Orbito. His photo won HUOA’s Grand Prize for this year’s 27th Okinawan Festival. Marc’s photos from this year’s festival can be viewed on his Flickr 2009 Okinawan Festival set. (Via @thestuffguy.)
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Web: SimpleSanshin.org starts a sanshin forum
If you’ve ever had a question about the sanshin now you have an outlet in the form of SimpleSanshin.org’s new forum. Discuss away! Also check out Simple Sanshin Source for a lot of great info on playing the sanshin. (Via Simple Sanshin Source.)
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Myron shares video of this year’s Naha Matsuri Parade
Myron over at internet-okinawa.com (Flickr link) posted four videos he took of this year’s Naha Matsuri Parade. (You’ll find the 1st of the videos down below.) Visit akanamr’s YouTube channel for more great videos.
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Kiroro’s Chiharu celebrates the birth of her 3rd child
Singer Chiharu Tamashiro (32) of the duo Kiroro is now a mother of three. She gave birth to her newest child, a daughter, on September 29. The baby girl came two weeks earlier than anticipated, but she weighed in at 2,938 grams and is said to be healthy. Tamashiro, who married in 2005, already has…
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An Evening of Japanese and Okinawan Music and Dance – Hawaii
From the flyer: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · College of Arts & Humanities · Music Department presents An Evening of Japanese and Okinawan Music and Dance Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:30 p.m., Orvis Auditorium $12 general admission, $8 students & seniors @ the door A recital featuring instructors from UH Manoa’s ethnomusicology and dance…
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On making 160,000+ hits
I quietly saw Karakui.com pass the 150,000 mark and now we’re over 166,000 hits. Yeah, we’re still a small blog covering the margins of the more popular Japanese pop culture scene but we’re not doing that shabby at all. If you’ve ever kept a blog, and you’re a geek, you’re probably into stats as well.…
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Meisa Kuroki to star in live action “Space Battleship Yamato”
With Stardust Promotion looking to terminate its contract with actress Erika Sawajiri (23), it appears that rising star Meisa Kuroki (21) may be filling in for her in the live-action “Space Battleship Yamato” movie. […] Along with Sawajiri, Kuroki is one of several actresses who were initially considered for the role of Yuki Mori. With…
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Shakespeare in Okinawa
Long a fan of HIFF (Hawaii International Film Festival), I’m happy to see a Spotlight on Okinawa for this year’s festival. Three films shot on location in Okinawa will be shown: “Gunjou (Cobalt Blue),” “Manatsu no Yo no Yume (A Midsummer’s Okinawan Dream)” and “Nada Sou Sou (Tears for You).” While the three films featured…
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Shido Nakamura, Meisa Kuroki dating? – Tokyograph
Sports Hochi reports that kabuki actor Shido Nakamura (37) and actress Meisa Kuroki (21) recently started dating. The unexpected couple met when they worked together in the play “Akai Shiro, Kuroi Suna” this past April. Sources say that Nakamura began approaching Kuroki shortly after it was decided that they would be acting together. However, they…
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