April 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the early morning of April 21 (March 3 in the old lunar calendar), a sea turtle showed up at Sumuide beach, Yagaji Island near Nago. The turtle laid eggs and went back to the sea in a few minutes. This was on the day of Unjami festival which honors the sea gods. The head of the community Munemasa Furugen welcomed the animal, saying, “I have not seen a sea turtle laying eggs for a long time. It is going to bring good luck to us.”
At around 7:00...
April 16, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Taketomi Municipal Office will hold events to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Iriomote cat. The animal is a subspecies of the leopard and is only found on Iriomote Island, which is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands and the second largest island...
April 9, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 4th Worldwide Youth Uchinanchu Festival is to take place in Manila from September 10 to 15, 2015. It aims to help participants learn about the current situation in developing countries, including the problems of poverty and environmental degradation. The World...
March 23, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Save Iriomote wild cats from traffic accidents – five couples are involved in a project called the “Yamaneko Patrol,” on roads around Taketomi Town, Iriomote Island where many wild cats have been seen. Twenty-nine-year old Mirai Hirai who came...
March 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 17, two elephants that spent the winter season at the Okinawa Zoo and Museum in Okinawa City went back to Fukushima.
A farewell party for them was held on March 15 at the zoo.
The two Asian elephants, Tonsai and Boonthong, came to Okinawa...
March 8, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 7, a protest rally against the expansion of U.S. military training at the Ie Jima Auxiliary Airfield was held on Ie Island. U.S. Marine Corps plans to expand its MV-22 Osprey aircraft training program and begin F-35 fighter’s training. About 100 people...
March 6, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of March 4, 14-year-old Indian elephant Ryuka gave birth to a baby girl weighing 100 kilograms at the Okinawa Zoo and Museum. This is the first elephant born in Okinawa and the 10th in Japan.
Ryuka started having contractions at 7:00 p.m. on...
March 2, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 33rd Higashi Village Azalea Festival has kicked off at the Higashi Sonmin no Mori Tsutsuji Park on March 1. Although the flowers have been slower to bloom than in previous years, with the most of the plants in the park only partly flowering, some were blooming...
February 27, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 26, the Yomitan Fishery Association landed a giant black marlin at Toya Fishing Port in Yomitan. This was caught using a fixed fishing net. It is the largest black marlin weighing 350 kilograms and 3.90 meter long to be caught since the port opened.
The...
February 8, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the morning of February 8, The 18th World Food Festival was held to foster the international exchange at Nago Civil Hall. Participants enjoyed home cuisines from 11 countries, including Ghana, Hawaii, India, and Morocco, which took part in the event for the...
January 28, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 25, NPO Uyagi Okinawa held a three-day coffee harvest tour at a coffee farm in Arime, Higashi. Many coffee producers and coffee lovers from Okinawa and the main islands of Japan took part in the event. They harvested berries from coffee trees and tasted...
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