May 20, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
International Hula Dance competition Kagimana hula Miyakojima 2014 was held at Mateada Civic Theater and other venues in Miyako City from May 16 to 18.
The contenders performed gracefully, dancing to Hawaiian music and captivating the audience.
About 160 people from 23 Japanese groups took part in the competition held on May 18. They competed in four divisions: Wahine (Women from the age of 14-44 years old), Kupuna (Women from the age of 45 years...
May 9, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nago’s snake hunter Yasuhiro Makishi, 57, caught a habu snake and discovered that it had swallowed up the head of an adult Okinawa rail in the forest of Kunigami Jashiki at around 1:50 a.m. on May 8. When he opened the belly of the snake to make habu-sake or...
May 2, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
A launching ceremony for three dragon boats built last October was held on April 27 at Itoman Fishing Port. Young people from Nishimura, Nakamura, and Niijima districts – Itoman’s long-established communities – poured rice and sacred sake on the boats...
May 6, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 5, the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory announced the beginning of the rainy season in Okinawa.
It started four days earlier than average years and five days earlier than last year.
Due to the seasonal rain front, the state of the atmosphere in...
April 23, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Thriving on Yonaguni island, the world’s largest Atlas moths have reached the time of emergence. They are called Ayamihabiru on Yonaguni Island. The Ayamihabiru Museum in Yonaguni displays a female moth that emerged on April 15, and a male that emerged...
April 12, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 11, the Okinawa Meteorological Observatory announced Deigo or tiger’s claws are in bloom in Naha. They have arrived 10 days later than last year. It was a summery day with a maximum temperature reaching 25.5 degrees Celsius. Last year, deigo bloomed on...
April 20, 2014 Yukito Kinjo, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
The 19th Lily Festival started at Lily Field Park in Ie Village on April 19.
The flower will be in full bloom by the end of the month when Golden Week holidays start. About 100 flowers will form a white carpet to fill the park....
April 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 15, tea production company Kanegawa Tea Factory began harvesting Benifuki black tea at the tea farm in Sate district of Kunigami Village. Takayoshi Ota of the Kunigami Village Office who inspected the harvesting site, said, “I hope the tea will become...
April 17, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Seventy-five-year-old sculptor Minoru Kinjo, based in Yomitan Village, will present a pair of large-sized shisa to the Okinawa Association of Argentina. Shisa is a traditional Okinawan ceramic art. Shisa or lion-dogs are believed to ward...
April 11, 2014 Tetsuya Nakajima correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
An agreement signing ceremony for a fund to protect Mozuku seaweed was held on April 2 at the town office on Kumejima Island. Kumejima Mayor Choko Taira, Seiji Tonaki, the president of the Kumejima Fishing Cooperative, Takayuki...
April 2, 2014 Masahiko Miyagi of Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa City, which declares itself as the town of Eisa, has created a plan for the first dedicated hub building for the Okinawa traditional drum-dance. The location will be at the Goya intersection of the city. The building occupies about...
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