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 spring. The events will continue until February 2.
In Motobu, the 36th Yaedake Cherry Blossom Festival attracted many people. In the opening ceremony, Mayor Fumio Takara said, “I am grateful...
January 16, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Soba Development and Heritage Association has started selling a new Okinawa soba called Perfect Okinawa soba as a souvenir. It enjoyed popularity when limitedly sold in the Okinawa Foods Exhibition held outside the prefecture...
January 19, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The incumbent, Susumu Inamine, 68, who opposes moving U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko, Nago, won his second term against Bunshin Suematsu, 65, a former Okinawa prefectural assembly member who backs the government’s relocation plan, in the...
January 13, 2014 Yoshiyuki Nakamura, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Association of Hong Kong Urizun held a year-end party at the Okinawan tavern Izakaya in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
About 400 people took part in the party and enjoyed it. The head of the association...
January 10, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
The plaintiffs group and legal team of 126 people has been seeking cancellation of the approval of the Henoko landfill by initiating an administrative lawsuit. They held a press conference at the Okinawa Prefectural Office on January 9. The suit is against the...
January 8, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
January 8 (December 8 in the old lunar calendar) is the Muuchi Day to wish for children to grow up to be healthy and strong. Muuchi is a rice cake wrapped with sannin or shell ginger leaves. On January 7, cake shops in a market in Naha...
January 11, 2014 Ryukyu Shimpo
Selected as poster girls for Orion Beer in 2014, Eika Nagayoshi, Sakiko Hanaoka and Aimi Uehara visited Ryukyu Shimpo on January 10.
Nagayoshi, who is from Itoman, said, “I would like many people to drink Orion beer.”
Hanaoka from Uruma...
January 12, 2013 Yukito Kinjo, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo
Flowers of narcissus are in full bloom at fields owned by Shunwa Uchima who runs a drugstore in Ie Village. The flowers fascinate the villagers and tourists.
Uchima has two fields near entrance to a fountainhead at north shore...
December 18, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Convention & Visitors Bureau (OCVB) exhibited at the Hong Kong Wedding Expo 2013 held from December 13 to 15 in Hong Kong. Ten companies from Okinawa, including the Okinawa Resort Wedding Association and the Chiyoda Bridal House, had a presence...
December 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 13, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) appointed Kurara Chibana, a 31-year-old model from Okinawa, as their first national ambassador to Japan. She will carry out a public relations role for the WFP during her two-year tenure. At the swearing-in...
December 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 23, the Okinawa Jazz Association held a Christmas concert at the Naha Civic Hall. This is the first part of a series focusing on jazz vocalists. The OJA Jazz Orchestra and COCKTAIL played various songs, including several jazz standards. Takako Afuso,...
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