August 20, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 19 the traditional Great Tug-of-War of Henoko was held at the Henoko Ground.
The community split into East and West teams for tug-of-war, and the West team won with one victory and one draw.
This event, where Henoko Ward reseidents come together to compete, takes place once every three years.
Starting at 5:00 p.m. the two sides paraded their team captains, and local children carried portable shrines,...
March 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 16, a group of Nakagusuku Village and Kitanakagusuku Village residents who oppose collecting waste from the U.S. bases visited the Aobaen waste processing facility operated by Nakagusuku Village and Kitanakagusuku...
January 17, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Visitors are thronging to Genka, Nago in Okinawa Prefecture to see the charming white plum blossoms in full bloom along the road in the Ohshittai wetlands area.
The plum trees were planted by local residents. Spectators...
December 29, 2017
By Hirokazu Otsubo, Correspondent for the Ryukyu Shimpo
(Zamami) This season’s whale watching tours started in Zamami Village on December 27.
On that day, a warden from the village’s Whale Watching Association spotted one humpback...
November 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Okinawa) On November 18, a welcome party was held for Yumeka,...
August 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Yomitan) Yomitan Village in Okinawa Prefecture plans to open a public archive, which will be the first village-established public archive in the country.
The village aims to begin the detailed design phase for the archive in...
August 16, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
June 24 saw the release of the film “Hacksaw Ridge,” which takes place at the Maeda escarpment in Urasoe, Okinawa, which was the site of ferocious fighting during the Battle of Okinawa.
Since the film’s release, tourists have flocked...
July 11, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Pascal Ibert a Nana-dan (7th rank) practitioner of Okinawa Goju-ryu Karate has been training for 38 years in Dordogne, southern France, where he now teaches about 50 students. For three consecutive years beginning in 2015, he has traveled to Yamashita Town, Naha...
April 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Hiroe Nakagawa
High school students from Forest Lake Christian School in California and program leaders, 12 people altogether, stayed on Ie-jima the week of April 11 through April 17. These students volunteered in providing English lessons for elementary...
April 19, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 5, the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J) and the Tokyo-based branding company ImageMILL held a screening event of the documentary film ZAN at Nago Civic Hall. The film addresses dugongs’ habitats in national natural monuments of Japan such...
April 19, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Chie Tome
“If you harass a mermaid you will be cursed.” The dugong was a model for the legends of mermaids and is a designated for special protection in Japan. There is much folklore about the dugong in Okinawa, and in every tale it is said that harming...
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