October 17, 2013 Hiroyuki Horikomi,correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
A kajimaya (97-year-old) celebration for Masao and Haru Sakuda from the Yonashiro district of Uruma was held at the local community hall on October 13. More than 200 relatives and neighbors celebrated with them. To commemorate their kajimaya, their second son Seitoku and his wife Keiko published a book about Masao and Haru, entitled Three-Legged Race, and gave copies to participants. The couple...
October 10, 2013 Tetsuya Nakajima, correspondent of the Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 28, about 40 residents took part in the Kumejima Island Underwater Cultural Heritage exhibition held in the sea off Oha Island. This event, held on the island for the first time and sponsored by the Agency for...
October 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa City Office has reproduced the scene of the Koza Riot in 1970 using 3D computer graphics. The riot occurred in what was then Koza City (now Okinawa City) in 1970, when Okinawa was controlled by the U.S. military. From this month the city is providing...
October 6, 2013 Junko Uechi correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Kitadaito Island celebrated the annual festival Daitogusai on September 22 and 23 to pray for bumper crops. The Daitogu Shrine has honored Amaterasu Omikami, the goddess of the sun, as the guardian deity for people on the island...
October 1, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A male noguchigera Okinawa woodpecker was confirmed as having been seen in Nago-dake in Nago in the morning of September 28. This sighting is the first time in over four years. The noguchigera is designated as a special national treasure and...
A full moon festival was held in the square in front of the Tomimori Community Center in Yaese on September 22. The town’s intangible cultural heritage parades: Tunchu junei (Chinese), Yamatonchu junei (Japanese) and Yonshi (women’s) were held. The parades depicted colorful...
September 22, 2013 Shogaku Umeda of the Ryukyu Shimpo
Minami Daito Village Office plans to revive the train that until 1983 was used to transport sugarcane on Minami Daito Island.
The office hopes to increase the number of tourists visiting the island, which is located approximately...
September 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On September 21 and 22, the Mid-Autumn Feast held during the Ryukyu Dynasty was held in the Una forecourt of Shurijo Castle Park in Naha. On the opening day, four masters of the traditional performing arts who have the status of Living National Treasure...
September 10, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
At a meeting entitled “Norihide Cafe” held in Adaniya, Kitanakagusuku, Toshie Asato, a 93-year-old survivor of the Battle of Okinawa called for there to be no more war. She lost her four-year-old son Norihide during the war. The women’s peace...
September 3, Ryukyu Shimpo
Nine members of the Naha Daiko, a drum group from Okinawa, performed their stirring dances at the “Hoi An – Japan Festival 2013” in Hoi An City in Vietnam on August 24 and 25.
After Naha City helped Hoi An to resolve waste-related issues, interaction...
September 2, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Nago City declared itself to be the “Home of Agu” on September 1. Through the years it has worked to save and promote the Okinawan native pig known as agu, which used to be threatened by extinction. A statue of an agu pig...
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