June 11, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanemichi Kinjo
Nanjo – In Taira Ozato, there is a leatherworker who turns the skins of culled sharks into products. Ryuma Kinjo (Naha) has already made 200 sharkskin products such as wallets and bags. He explains, “I want to give sharks that were killed for being a nuisance new life as appealing products.”
After graduating high school, Kinjo started working at a leather workshop in Okinawa. He practiced his craft there for...
June 11, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
The best time to see the powder puff trees (Barringtonia racemosa) in front of Palette Kumoji in Kumoji, Naha City has arrived. When early evening rolls around the tuft-like flowers bloom and release their characteristic scent, and the feel...
May 28, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Among the mangroves of Sashiki Higata in Sashiki Fusozaki, Nanjo, Okinawa, the mating season of the barred mudskipper (tontonmi), which began at the start of spring, continues. On May 27, when a spring tide occurred, males could be seen engaging...
May 21, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 20, Naha City celebrated its 100th anniversary as a city and held a centennial celebration at its city hall. The event commemorated the centennial anniversary as well as its history of overcoming tumultuous times, including the Battle of Okinawa...
May 20, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Takahiro Kina
On April 19 in Okinawa City, the 2021 Okinawa City Peace Ambassador certification ceremony was held at City Hall. The Okinawa City Peace Ambassador Project was started in 1991 for the purpose of conveying the tragic experiences and lessons...
May 10, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ikue Asato
(Ogimi) On April 29, two blue rock thrush parents were found devoting themselves to childrearing at the vegetable shop at the Ogimi Village Revitalization Center. The sight of the birds warmed the hearts of the shop staff and customers.
A...
April 2, 2020 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sanenori Kinjo
“Please try to imagine: girls just ten years old going to sleep only to be soon awoken and forced to work all day long under harsh conditions.”
On March 16, the Okinawa Shogaku Senior High School Regional Laboratory...
March 29, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 28, the Ushimi, a ritual visit, was performed at Tamaudun Royal Mausoleum in Shuri Kinjo and at Fungaku Sanryo in Shuri Yamagawa, both in Naha. Generations of monarchs of the Second Sho Dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom are entombed at...
March 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Under the management of General Manager Kaoru Honda, the resort hotel Hoshinoya Taketomi-jima in Taketomi-Cho, Taketomi Island, recently started supplying its drinking water by desalinating seawater. The hotel hopes to reduce plastic bottle waste,...
March 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tsuken Island, Uruma – A memorial and an explanatory sign were recently erected on Tsuken Island, the birthplace of Akainko, father of the sanshin. The memorial was prepared by the executive committee of a volunteer organization on the island that...
March 4, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
Buds and new green leaves in the trees in the northern part of Okinawa Island mark the arrival of spring.
On March 3 the weather in this region was overcast. However, in the surroundings of Yofuke, Nago City, warm rays of sunlight shone down...
Webcam(Kokusai Street)