October 16, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the evening of October 16, the closing ceremony of the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival was held in spectacular fashion at the Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha City. A total of about 31000 people – Uchinanchu from overseas, other prefectures and locals – participated in the closing ceremony. This festival is held once every five years for people of Okinawan origin who live all over of the world.
This evening’s performances...
October 13, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kicking off a four-day schedule of events, the opening ceremony of the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival was held in the evening of October 13 at Okinawa Cellular Stadium in Naha City. In his greeting speech on behalf of the organizers, Governor of Okinawa...
October 12, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
Several thousand people from 23 countries and two regions who came to participate in the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival marched in matching regional and national costumes in a parade in Kokusai Street in Naha City, at 4:00pm on October 12. Brazilian...
October 8, 2011 Tsuyoshi Arakaki of Ryukyu Shimpo
The Executive Committee of the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival will formally recognize the efforts of seven brave people of Okinawan origin who brought 550 pigs for Okinawan people suffering from severe food shortages in 1948. On...
October 7, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 6, it was reported that the number of people planning to come to Okinawa from other prefectures and countries to take part in the 5th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival has reached a record-high of almost 6000. The festival will be held over a four-day...
October 4, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
Despite the Japanese government having paid about 122 billion yen since 2009 as their share of the burden of the cost of relocating the United States Marines Corps in Okinawa to Guam, the use of this money is still up in the air. This was revealed by a reporter...
October 4, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
A traditional pantou event, in which “gods” covered with mud and grass smear mud on people or things in order to drive away bad luck, was held on October 2 and 3 in the Hirara Shimajiri district of Miyakojima City. In Japan, this traditional event...
October 2, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
Part-time teacher at Seisa Kokusai High School Masashi Sakihara and three academics studying the Okinawan dialect are creating a textbook called Rikka, Uchinaa-nakai! that is designed to help people learn the Okinawan dialect through the medium...
October 2, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Performing Arts Association or Okigeiren (Chaired by Choichi Terukina), is planning to go on a tour from late October to early November that includes Paris in France, Cologne in Germany, and Rome in Italy. Termed the “Ryukyu Traditional...
October 5, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 4, Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa announced that in keeping with the agreement reached to help ease the base-hosting burden of Okinawa, from October 10 the Japanese and U.S. governments will relocate some of the U.S. Marine Corps fighter jet drills...
October 1, 2011 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Kitsugan Festival organized to pray for a good harvest and perfect health for all in their region was held on September 24 at Nnibushi Utaki (a sacred place) in Kabira, Ishigaki City on Ishigaki Island.
These last three years, inclement weather...
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