January 19, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ishigaki rangers’ office has set free a male Kanmuriwashi, or crested serpent eagle, that was injured in a traffic accident on the highway in Hoshino district, Ishigaki last October.
When a ranger found the eagle on the highway, its internal organs were bleeding. The eagle fully recovered from its injuries and was released back into the wild. It looked fine and flew away into the forest.
Kanmuriwashi is registered as a Special Natural...
January 11, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 2 and 3, a New Year’s Festival was held at the Okinawa Zoo & Museum in the Goya district of Okinawa City. Along with her daughter Rubi, who was born in 2015, popular Indian elephant Ryuka appeared in public and performed kakizome, or the first...
January 7, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Yoshiki Nagahama
New Zealander Jesse Whitehead, 25, recently published a photography book depicting the people, nature, and culture of Okinawa as he experienced them during his three-year stay in Tomigusuku City, which ended in December. Captions for...
January 1, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Pretty squirrel monkeys cheerfully played and jumped up on peoples’ shoulders on Ishigaki Island for the beginning of the year of the monkey. The 59 monkeys met the visitors at the Risuzaru no mori (squirrel monkeys’ forest), Yaima Village in Nakura, Ishigaki...
December 25, 2015 Hirokazu Otsubo Correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 21, fishermen reported to the Zamami Whale Watching Association the appearance of two humpback whales. Association staff started looking from an observation point for signs of spray from a whale’s blowhole and successfully...
December 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tomigusuku Tourism Association started an event called the Illuminated Garden of Lights at Toyosaki Kaihin Park on December 12. The garden is illuminated from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The entrance fee for adults is 300 yen and it is free for junior high school students...
December 16, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A stork was observed in Nakijin village on December 14. The bird is known as a special national treasure. According to a 53-year-old manager of the Yagaji national game reserve, Yutaka Toguchi, it is not common to see the species on Okinawa Island although the...
November 19, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 7 and 8, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) held the Okinawa International Cooperation and Exchange Festival 2015 at the Okinawa International Center in Maeda, Urasoe. JICA’s interns, learning about technology from all over the world,...
November 21, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ishigaki City and Su’ao Township in Yilan, Taiwan celebrated 20 years of sister-city relationship this year. On November 6, at Ishigaki Shinei Park, there was an unveiling ceremony for an inscribed monument with the kanji, or Chinese character, “yui”,...
November 17, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A swan goose unexpectedly flew in and landed in Kijoka, Ogimi on November 13. The large swan-like goose is rarely seen in Japan.
Children at Kijoka Elementary School regularly conduct bird-watching activities, which the school has been doing for 27 years,...
November 13, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hideaki Yoneda reports from Tokashiki
A wild Kerama deer, a government-designated protected species inhabiting the Kerama Islands, was observed swimming in the ocean around 3:00 p.m. on November 2. Masayuki Komine, a staff member at Tokashiki Village Office,...
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