April 4, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 3, the opening ceremony of the 13th Shisa Day event was held at Tsuboya, Naha. The Tsuboya Pottery Museum has a display of 29 ceramic shisa works made by Okinawan craftsmen. This exhibition will be held until April 20. Shisa is a traditional Okinawan ceramic art. Shisa or lion-dogs are believed to ward off evil spirits. On April 3, people celebrate Shisa Day event each year around Tsuboya area, which is famous for...
April 1, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
World-famous Japanese rock band The BOOM will end its career this December. The band is famous for globally popular song,”Shimauta.”
The band’s recording company announced the news on March 30.
The vocalist Kazufumi Miyazawa remarked,...
March 20, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
For three days from March 14 to 16, junior high school and high school students in Uruma City performed the modern kumiodori play Kimutaka no Amawari at the world heritage site Katsuren Castle. This 2014 event commemorates the 15th anniversary of their...
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...
December 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 23, the Okinawa Jazz Association held a Christmas concert at the Naha Civic Hall. This is the first part of a series focusing on jazz vocalists. The OJA Jazz Orchestra and COCKTAIL played various songs, including several jazz standards. Takako Afuso,...
December 17, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Chromatic Harmonica player Sachito Higa, 28, won second place at the category of solo chromatic with a set piece in the World Harmonica Festival 2013 in Germany.
Held once every four years, the festival is the world’s top international contest for harmonica...
November 22, 2013 Ryukyu shimpo
Uchinaguchi (Okinawan language) has words that cannot be pronounced using the 50 Japanese syllabary. In this respect, the difficulty of using the Japanese writing system to read Uchinaguchi aloud has limited the spread of the language and passing...
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 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A group of Okinawan traditional performing artists sent overseas as part of the prefecture’s...
October 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Eisa groups from both inside and outside Okinawa competed in the Worldwide Eisa Festival held at the National Theater Okinawa in Urasoe on October 6. Thirty groups, including some from overseas entertained the audience with their unique dance...
September 19, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Government held the first Shimakutuba Citizens’ Rally at the Okinawa Convention Center Conference Building in Ginowan City on September 18. The aim of the rally was to encourage Okinawan people to be become interested in Shimakutuba...
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