March 31, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Zoo & Museum held the first birthday party of kangaroo Yayoi on March 30.
Many parents and children took part and presented a cake made of Yayoi’s favorite vegetables and fruits.
According to a member of the breeding staff Akari Shinjo, baby kangaroos or “joeys” as they are known, stay in their mother’s pouch for about half a year after their birth. A kangaroo’s age is counted from the first day it emerges from...
March 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
New green leaves have grown from the buds in the northern part of Okinawa, marking the beginning of spring.
On March 16, a clear day, people visited Nagao bridge on Okuni forest road in Kunigani Village to view the new green leaves.
On warm days in...
March 14, 2014 Masaaki Umeda of Ryukyu Shimpo
A popular one-year-old male dog named Saburo energetically plays around the coast in Itoman, running in the sea spray to the amusement of locals at Fisher Craft Center. A hit-and-run accident left him a paraplegic last summer. He lost his rear left...
March 2, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
For the Doll’s Festival, people dressed in traditional Ryukyuan costume walked through the streets in a michijune parade in the First Commercial Avenue in Okinawa City on March 1.
One hundred people dressed in bright costumes paraded down the...
February 27, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 16, the Owarai Futenma Gekijo, or Comedy Futenma Theater was held at Jubilance wedding center in Ginowan.
Popular Okinawan comedians performed on the stage, incorporating ideas from the audience about how to use the land returned from the...
February 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The name of the Okinawa rail that the learning center in the Ada district of Kunigami Village has been raising is Kyonkyon. Six-year-old Riria Kinjo of Hentona Kindergarten came up with the name. The center invited children, including Kinjo to hold a ceremony...
January 19, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Cherry blossom festivals have started in Motobu and Nakijin earlier than other parts of Japan. The flowers are in full bloom at the event sites. Walking under trees with the flowers colored in various shades of pink, the participants celebrated the arrival of...
December 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 15th Itoman Peace Illumination started at the Itoman Tourist Farm in Mabuni, Itoman on December 14. This year’s theme is the prayer of light to connect people. About 300,000 lights were lit up at the same time.
The lights are on from 6.00pm to 10.00...
November 11, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The drying of dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus, otherwise known as mahi-mahi) in the sun, an autumn tradition in Kunigami Village, has begun. The birthplace of this tradition is Ginama Fishing Port. In the afternoon on November 8, local fishermen and residents...
November 11, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Bullfighting Federation and the Ryukyu Shimpo held the 100th All Okinawa Togyu (Bullfighting) Autumn Tournament at the Ishikawa Multipurpose Dome on November 10. Twenty-six bulls competed in 13 bouts in the largest bullfighting event in...
October 29, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 28, the Nature Conservation Section of the Okinawa Prefectural Government and the Wild Bird Society of Miyako announced that the number of gray-faced buzzards observed at two spots in Miyako-jima City has reached 31,833. This is the first time since...
