January 5, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A sculpted-glass horse that vigorously holds its front feet in the air, is popular. This year’s zodiac sign is the horse. Naoya Oshiro, head of the Forest Glass Museum in Bimata district of Nago, creates the sculptures.
Oshiro twisted heated glass using scissors and a pallet to make the sculpture. It takes less than a minute.
The visitors gasped in surprise seeing how quickly the work is done.
Based on glass forming techniques from overseas,...
December 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ishigaki City Office has erected a bronze statue of Yoko Gushiken, former world boxing champion from Ishigaki, in Ishigaki Port Rito Terminal on December 26.
Gushiken took part in the unveiling ceremony. Seeing the statue depicting him in his prime, he...
January 5, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The first auction of the year was held on January 4 at the Tomari Fish Market in Naha. In the early morning 5:30 a.m., the market resounded with excited voices of middlemen and was filled with an air of excitement. A big‐eyed tuna has fetched a high price of...
January 3, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
At 7:00 a.m. on January 1, many residents visited a beach at Henoko, Nago, to see the first sunrise of the year. It is the first New Year’s Day since Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima approved the Henoko landfill for moving the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station...
January 8, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 8, leading scholars, peace advocates and artists from the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia released a statement opposing the construction of a new US military base within Okinawa. The statement urges, “support the people of Okinawa...
January 1, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
If I am asked, “What’s your favorite drink?” without hesitation I will answer “awamori.” A cold beer after a bath is also hard to resist, but a glass of cold water the morning after drinking a little too much tastes every bit as good.
In...
December 27, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 26, the 3rd Amami Ryukyu World Natural Heritage Candidate Scientific Committee met at a hotel in Naha. The committee announced that it has chosen Amami, Tokunoshima, Iriomote Island and the northern municipalities of Kunigami, Ogimi and Higashi as...
December 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 20, the tour guide group that tells tourists about Okinawa City’s historical and cultural attractions walked around the Goya Crossroads where the Koza Riot occurred in 1970. Led by Soko Furugen, the leader of the group that keeps records on the...
December 26, 2013 Yoshiki Nagahama of Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 25, the Amami City Memorial Event Executive Committee commemorated the 60th anniversary of the reversion of the Amami Islands to Japanese administration. There were speeches by youth groups from each region and performances by...
December 26, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On Miyako-jima, the largest sugar production area in Okinawa, the Miyako Sugar Production Irabu Factory started operation on December 25.
On the main island of Okinawa, the Iriomote Sugar Production Company that owns a factory in Iriomote-jima in Taketomi,...
December 29, 2013 Yoshiki Nagahama of Ryukyu Shimpo
A volunteer collecting remains of war dead unearthed ten sets of human remains in an Imperial Japanese Army shelter in the Maeda district of Urasoe on December 28.
Nine of them had teeth, creating the possibility for the researchers...
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