August 10, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 27th Tobinsu Haninsu Kachashi Contest was held on August 9 at Ginowan Seaside Park in Ginowan.
Forty-nine individuals and 23 groups took part in the contest, with people of all ages participating, from children to the elderly. The performers and the groups captivated the audience with their clever costumes and choreography.
The performers and spectators danced together for the finale of the event.
The Oasis team won the grand prize...
August 4, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa City (former Koza City) hung a banner on August 4 marking the milestone of the city’s population growing to 140,000.
The city is located near U.S. Kadena Air Base. In 1974, two years after Okinawa’s reversion to Japan, Koza City and Misato...
July 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Master-hand at Habu hunting from Mihara Nago City, Yasuhiro Makishi has opened an exhibit at the Wansaka Oura Park displaying pictures of habu and other wildlife. The exhibition is called “Habu and Friends in the Forest: Photo Exhibit of Habu and Rare Creatures...
July 18, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 22nd Miyakufutsu speech contest was held on July 12 at Matida Municipal Theater in Miyakojima.
Seven men and women from 27-year-olds to 66-year-olds performed their speeches on stage in Miyakufutu, the dialect of Miyakojima. With many stories of humor,...
July 18, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 22nd Miyakufutsu speech contest was held on July 12 at Matida Municipal Theater in Miyakojima.
Seven men and women from 27-year-olds to 66-year-olds performed their speeches on stage in Miyakufutu, the dialect of Miyakojima. With many stories of humor,...
June 29, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 28, the Wakanatsu National Kite Festival in Ishigaki was held at the Intercontinental ANA Ishigaki Resort Maesato Golf Course for the first time in Okinawa. Three hundred kites, from all over Japan and in all different shapes and sizes, were displayed in...
June 25, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On June 24, roseate terns, black-naped terns and little tern birds listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species were sighted on Oura Bay in Nago. They were searching for fish.
It appears that roseate terns and black-naped terns breed on...
June 22, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Meio University has set up a commemorative plaque honoring late Richard von Weizsäcker’s peace message beside a Hikanzakura cherry tree he previously planted at the campus in Nago.
Weizsäcker, the first President of Germany after unification, was...
June 3, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the forest of Yambaru, Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms (Shii no tomoshibi-dake) light up during the rainy season. Toru Hosonuma, a resident of Motobu, took photos of the mushrooms near the Nago Youth Center in Nago-dake, Nago. About 40 glowing mushrooms, which are...
May 14, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A blue-tailed bee-eater that breeds in Southeast Asia has been spotted at a park in Naha. The sighting was made by bird watcher Akira Nakamura on April 26. According to Kenji Takehara, a member of the Okinawa Wild Bird Research group, it is the first confirmed sighting...
May 1, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 30, at a tidal wetland of Sashiki-fusozaki in Nanjo, Tontonme mudskippers’ breeding season started, and courtship behavior was observed.
Male mudskippers were demonstrating their beautiful back fins to attract the attention of females. Male mudskippers...
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