January 26, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 25, the Okinawa Churashima Foundation recreated the Momosoomonomairi, one of the traditional rituals that used to be carried out at Shuri Castle during the Ryukyu Kingdom period.
The foundation commemorated the restoration of four buildings next to the main temple of the castle such as the Kuganiudun, Yuinchi and Kinjutsumesho, Okushoin.
In the ritual, noro or female oracles made a pilgrimage around the castle and...
January 24, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The arsa or hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum Wittrock) seaweed harvest has started at Ojima, Nanjo City. Shigemasa Oshiro, 59, who visited a beach on the island, said, “This year’s cold and sunny weather helps arsa grow very well.”
The seaweed, which...
January 24, 2014 Koei Chibana, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Yonabaru Town Culture Association Children Culture Club has been working to promote familiarization of Shimakutuba, the endangered Okinawan language to children. The organization formed a Shimakutuba drama group “Yonabaru ObaQ.”...
January 26, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
An event introducing Okinawan traditional arts started at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan on January 25. The organizer has held the event for 31 consecutive years in Okinawa. The four-day event has attracted about 11,000 people by January 26.
The...
January 22, 2014 Katsuyoshi Oshiro, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
In the morning of January 11, two humpback whales swam 200 meters off the coast of the Ginama district of Kunigami Village. They moved slowly, occasionally shooting up a spray of water and slamming their tail fins into the surface.
In...
January 25, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau investigated the habitat of the endangered species the dugong from an aircraft over 35 days between September 2011 to January 2013 in preparation for moving the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago. They confirmed...
January 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 16, the ASEAN-Japan Tourism Exchange Convention, which seeks to attract tourists from ASEAN countries to Japan and Okinawa was held in Ginowan City. People related to the tourism industry and the government in Japan held a panel discussion on the challenges...
January 19, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Marking the 10th anniversary of its opening, the National Theater Okinawa held commemoration ceremony and celebration performance in Urasoe on January 18.
Many people involved celebrated this occasion for the theater that has been growing as the Hall of...
January 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Sunflowers are in full bloom in a 10,000-square-meter field behind Kitanakagusuku Junior High School. On January 18, the 6th Sunflower Event in Kitanakagusuku started, and will run until February 2.
The sunflowers, which farmers planted for use as fertilizer,...
January 20, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the Nago mayoral election, the incumbent Susumu Inamine, who rejects moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago, won a landslide victory in his second term against Bunshin Suematsu, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly member who backs the...
January 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Linguist Noam Chomsky, a leading international scholar, peace advocate and artist who released a statement opposing the construction of a new US military base within Okinawa, contributed a message to the Ryukyu Shimpo on January 16. The author and activist commented...
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