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Roots Round-up 2023
It’s time to look back on 2023. The year was a good one for Okinawan music with some excellent new album releases. In the Spring there was an … Roots Round-up 2023
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Winding Down 2023
We’re getting close to the end of the year so we’ll be taking it a little slower with upcoming posts. But. There’s so much great news to write about so let’s look forward to a lot of content in 2024! We’ve been working on a few longer form posts that we’re hoping to put out…
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Orion Beer’s First Official Store Opening!
A visit to the Orion Happy Park in Nago, Okinawa is a must-go on everyone’s list and it used to be one of the only places to purchase their official goods. But now, we can visit their official store on Kokusai Street! And of course, it’s not just located anywhere on Kokusai Street but on…
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Nakamura Shugo New Mini Album “Henshin” 12/13 Release
Voice actor and artist Nakamura Shugo will be releasing a new mini album “Henshin” on 12/13! He wrote all six songs on the album and the song “NOTE” has been released ahead of the album. Be sure to check it out and support him! BTW, he recently (back in September) opened his official fan club…
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Learn Uchinaaguchi with Maashii
With a bunch of content already available on several social platforms, Maashii is a must-follow for those learning Uchinaaguchi. While Maashii’s website and YouTube channel are in Japanese, their Instagram account includes English translations. Their mission is to be an Uchinaaguchi Coordinator meaning that they’re putting themselves out there to help anyone learn Uchinaaguchi with…
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Kamiya Family’s Commemorative Album “Yuubaru Utakata”
To commemorate the recent Kamiya family concert, a commemorative album “Yuubaru Utakata” was released. The CD is currently being sold on their website and they have a special version of it with additional goods. Sadly, as of this writing only the single for “Yuubaru Utakata” is available on streaming platforms but we’ll keep an eye…
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Musicians Oyakawa Haruka & Tanahara Kenta in “Toki no Suisaiga”
The long-running YouTube series “Toki no Suisaiga” and one of the most missed gems on the platform for Ryukyu culture finally, yes finally, released a couple of videos with English subtitles. The first video features popular Ryukyu classical musician Oyakawa Haruka (pictured above) performing the song “Nakarata Bushi (なからた節)”. Haruka has been on the series…
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Live Performance of Anly’s 26ml Tour 2023-2024
This is pretty cool. A fan of Anly’s (zero jack on YouTube) recorded her live concert in Nagoya’s Shangrila in support of her 26ml tour. We used to see Anly release her own live videos to her YouTube channel during the Covid-19 lockdown but now that she’s back to touring she’s mostly been releasing her…
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Miura Daichi’s New Single “Sheep”
Wow. Get ready to be blown away by Miura Daichi’s latest single “Sheep” and its music video. We won’t spoil it for you so just check it out! Daichi’s new album “OVER” is set for a January 24th release.
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Aragaki Yui Stars in “Seiyoku” (Film)
Aragaki Yui can be seen on the big screen starring in the highly rated Japanese film “Seiyoku (Ab)normal Desire” released on 11/10. Yui plays the main role of Kiryu Natsuki and as a bonus, the insert song “Differences” for the film is by Okinawan rapper Chico Carlito! We don’t see a link up the song…
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