“Fighting Bull” design wins cabinet office Kariyushi wear contest on “Okinawa41” website
The “Ryukyu Tribal Fighting Bull” design which won the Kariyushi wear design contest (image provided by the cabinet office)
April 3, 2022 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yosuke Anri
Tokyo – Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Kosaburo Nishime announced the results of the 2021 Kariyushi wear design contest at a press conference following a cabinet meeting on March 29. From 398 submissions, the winner was Yuuma Minatogawan, 27, from Chatan) for his fighting bull pattern titled “Ryukyu Tribal Fighting Bull.” The winner of the photo contest was Maruku Tachibana (27, Tokyo), whose photo “Tiny Me” won out over 838 total entries.
The works were collected on the “Okinawa41” website run by the cabinet office.
Minatogawa’s illustration shows two bulls locking horns in a pattern inspired by Pacific Islander tribal patterns. He commented, “I combined something traditional with something fresh,” and was happy to win the award.
Tachibana captured a beautiful picture on film of the Cape Shiratori coastline in Irabu, Miyakojima at night.
“Each star is glittering on their own, but together, which gives birth to hope and possibility,” she said of her picture.
(English translation by T&CT and Sam Grieb)
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