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(United States) Cheers for Okinawan rhythms at Nisei Week Japanese Festival

(United States) Cheers for Okinawan rhythms at Nisei Week Japanese Festival

August 29, 2016 Sadao Tome, Correspondent of the Ryukyu Shimpo

The Nisei Week Japanese Festival, which started over 100 years ago with the theme of celebrating Nikkei culture and the local community, was held for the 76th time (it was cancelled for the period around World War II). The festival lasts for around one month, centered in Little Tokyo in downtown Los Angeles. The festival reached its peak at a parade held on August 14.

Selected as Grand Marshall of the parade was makeup...

 

Okinawan team visits Virginia to promote memorable Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival

Okinawan team visits Virginia to promote memorable Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival

May 17, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hisao Tome in Washington, D.C.

An Okinawan team promoting the 6th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival scheduled for October made its last stop on its rounds to four cities and two countries in North America to encourage attendance for the festival. At 11 a.m. on...

Okinawan Nisei Ono Immersed in Ryukyu Performing Arts

Okinawan Nisei Ono Immersed in Ryukyu Performing Arts

April 4, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo

By Sadao Tome

Sponsored by the Okinawa Prefectural Government, exchange student 25-year-old Amy Ono studied at the Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts for one year. She is an Okinawan Nisei (second-generation immigrant), born in Los Angeles. Her study...