November 21, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Shogaku High School won the 44th Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament with a 3-1 upset victory over Nihonbunri High School in the final in Tokyo on November 20. Okinawa Shogaku represented the Kyushu area and Nihonbunri (Niigata Prefecture) the Hokushinetsu area. Okinawa Shogaku was the first high school team from Okinawa to win the Meiji Jingu Baseball crown. They allowed Nihonbunri to get out to an 8-0 lead, including five home runs, which is the most...
November 19, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The kariyushi shirt market remains strong. According to the Okinawa Clothing Sewing and Manufacturing Industrial Association, the shipping volume of these shirts from January to October totaled 398,413 items, which breaks the record of 385,965 set in...
November 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A representative of the Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum announced on November 21 that the oldest piece of Okinawan earthenware discovered to date has been found in the Sakitari Cave in Nanjo City. Carbon dating has identified it as a piece with the...
November 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Travel agency H.I.S. plans to charter direct flights between Naha and the cities of Vladivostok and Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East for six months from mid-May 2014. The first program charter between Russia and Okinawa, it will involve four flights a week,...
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Sadao Tome, 72, was elected as the next executive director of the Japanese Prefectural Association of Southern California (Nanka Kenjinkai Kyogikai) by its board in October. The association is the unified body for the 40 kenjinkai (prefectural associations) from...
November 13, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 13 at the Hawaii Okinawa Center, the theatrical group Unai held their first performance in Hawaii. While Ryukyuan performing arts are popular in Hawaii, performances of Okinawan theater are rare. In the audience questionnaire, 152 out of 170 respondents...
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 24th Chubu Time Prediction Race was held at the Okinawa Comprehensive Athletic Park in Okinawa...
November 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the All Japan Abstinence...
November 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The third Koza A-lunch Competition was held on November 9 and 10 at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum...
November 13, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Naha City-based Okinawa Tourist Service has issued an English version of the booklet entitled...
November 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A group of Okinawan traditional performing artists sent overseas as part of the prefecture’s...
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