July 21, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Chef at the Hotel Yugafuin in Nago, Go Shimabukuro, is the first person in Okinawa to pass the examination to become a Yakuzen Dietetics Master. Yakuzen is medically beneficial food based on the Chinese tradition that a balanced diet creates a healthy body.
Shimabukuro said, “I am still very much at the learning stage, but I would like to create Yakuzen cuisine using the ingredients from the Yambaru.”
His interest...
July 25, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Construction workers unearthed dozens of barrels marked with the logo of the Dow Chemical Company at a soccer ground on land returned by the U.S. military in Okinawa City. The Okinawa Defense Bureau said on July 24 that it detected dioxin and other harmful ingredients...
July 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Residents considered the potential of local tourism, including experience-based tourism focusing on the Haneji Inland Sea in Nago. On July 10, they listened to a lecture and took part in a sea-kayak tour. The Nago City Tourism Association organized the project. Many...
July 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A firework display was held in Motobu in the evening of July 13 as part of the Ocean Expo Park Summer Festival 2013. According to the organizer, 42,403 people attended the festival and enjoyed the sky lit up with 10,000 fireworks.
The festival unveiled “Suiku,”...
July 14, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ninety-seven-year-old Shinfuku Tamaki lives in Ogimi, which is known for the longevity of its residents.
Tamaki enjoys riding a 125cc motorcycle that his children and grandchildren gave him for his birthday this May.
He uses it to go from his house...
July 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Pink Dot Okinawa, an event for sexual minorities, was held in the open space in front of the Tenbus Building in Makishi, Naha on July 14. The event aims to help make society comfortable for sexual minorities. A total of 800 people took part.
Pick Dot events...
July 16, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
A convoy of ten U.S. military amphibious vehicles drove through Village Road No. 1 in Shirohara, Ginoza on July 15. Because the road through the village is only narrow the residents oppose such vehicles using it because of the risk of accidents. The U.S. military...
July 15, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
About 1,600 rock fans crowded into the Okinawa City Open Air Stage on July 14, in the final day of the 31st Peaceful Love Rock Festival 2013. Ten bands from Okinawa and other prefectures took part and this year Rock N’ Roll Band Murasaki was the last performer....
July 17, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Miyagi Store at the Ichiban Gai shopping avenue in the center of Okinawa City opened a permanent retail booth on July 5 for “Tastes of the North.” The store aims to promote products from Hokkaido. The store is doing this in cooperation with the Southern...
July 17, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Ryukyu Shimpo and the Kyodo News Service have carried out a telephone opinion poll of Okinawan people asking about moving more Osprey to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Of those surveyed, 82.3 percent opposed the plan and 6.5 percent supported it.
July 22, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Keiko Itokazu, 65, leader of the Okinawa Social Mass Party, won a third term in the Okinawa prefectural constituency for which one seat was contested in the July 21 House of Councillors election. Itokazu, who won 294,420 votes, beat first-time candidate of the ruling...
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