February 4, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Jahana kippan-ten won the highest prize for its product tougazuke assortment at the 36th Naha food and product fair. It received the highest score among the products of 17 companies at the judging held on January 17. The judges recognized this sweet for creating a new concept of the traditional sweet and for the novelty of the package. Hisano Jahana, the president of the shop, was pleased with the award. “Honestly, I am happy because I am...
January 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ryoichi Komiya, a member of the Friends of Nago Museum, successfully filmed a mirage in which light rays produce an image of a distant object. A mirage was observed on January 6. An image of a big ship cut across in front of the setting sun at the Nago Bay. Komiya,...
January 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural government carried out an awareness survey for Okinawan people from October to November 2012. The survey revealed on January 28 that 73.9 percent people see the situation in which about 74 percent of the U.S. military facilities in Japan...
January 31, 2014 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C.
Susumu Matayoshi, the head of the Executive...
January 31, 2014 Ryota Shimabukuro of Ryukyu Shimpo reports from Washington D.C.
On January 29, Keiko Itokazu, a member of the Upper House and a leader among the anti-U.S. base movement, and Naha City councilors held a news conference in Washington D.C. They spoke about their direct appeal...
January 31, 2014 Yoko Morinaga, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 30, the day before the New Year of the old calendar, a big blue marlin or kurokawakajiki, 4 meters long and weighing 333 kilograms was caught on Kumejima Island. Captain Kunio Nakamichi, 63, a member of the Kumejima Fishery...
January 29, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Onna Village is the birthplace of cultivating seaweeds such as sea grapes, mozuku and sea lettuces. In the village, the Seaweed Food Fair started on January 29. Twenty-three restaurants took part. The event continues until April 30.
According to the Village...
January 28, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 27, 65 scholars and journalists in Okinawa and other prefectures issued an emergency statement asking the governments of Japan and the United States to abandon their plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to Henoko in Nago,...
January 21, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 20, the Okinawa Prefectural Government announced the number of tourists who visited Okinawa from January to December 2013. The number was 6,413,700, a new annual record. This represents a 9.9 percent increase over the previous year. It exceeded the...
January 26, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 25, the Okinawa Churashima Foundation recreated the Momosoomonomairi, one of the traditional rituals that used to be carried out at Shuri Castle during the Ryukyu Kingdom period.
The foundation commemorated the restoration of four buildings...
January 24, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The arsa or hitoegusa (Monostroma nitidum Wittrock) seaweed harvest has started at Ojima, Nanjo City. Shigemasa Oshiro, 59, who visited a beach on the island, said, “This year’s cold and sunny weather helps arsa grow very well.”
The seaweed, which...
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