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Pilot Club International Christmas chari… [Community]
The International Pilot Club of Okinawa, a member club of the Pilot Club International, an international women’s organization headquartered ...Read More
Hinukan watches over family fortunes [CULTURE]
By Naomi Nakamatsu Okinawa is more than just beautiful white sandy beaches, good food and tourist sites. There are many interesting customs,...Read More
Child Abuse Campaign features “Umareru” … [Community]
A child abuse prevention campaign is slated for Okinawa in the form of the 10th Issaigassai Festival in late June, with a documentary a corn...Read More
2013.11.30
Blind to benefit from Sunday Charity Christmas Festival [Community]
The 2013 Charity Christmas Festival sponsored by Agena Driving School is taking place Sunday at the school’s facilities in Uruma City. Admission is free to the festival, which runs...
WWII veterans looking for lost friend [History]
We recently received this letter from a WWII veteran who together with his brother was stationed in Okinawa just at the end of WWII. If at all possible he would like to get in touc...
2013.11.25
Pilot Club International Christmas charity luncheon [Community]
The International Pilot Club of Okinawa, a member club of the Pilot Club International, an international women’s organization headquartered in Macon Georgia, is holding its annual ...
2013.11.23
Shikinaen setting for annual gathering [Community]
The Shikina Garden Friendship Gathering is ready to welcome visitors Sunday, with entertainment including Shishimai, the famed Lion Dance. The festivities, which include folk enter...
2013.11.18
Inca Empire subject of new Okinawa exhibition [History]
The Okinawa Prefecture Museum & Art Museum has done it again, bringing a world class exhibition – The Inca Empire Revealed: A Century After the Manchu Picchu Discovery — for a ...
2013.11.18
Kiyomizu temple exhibition brings piece of Kyoto to Okinawa [CULTURE]
Anyone who has visited Kyoto and done any sightseeing there knows Kiyomizu temple. It is a Buddhist temple perched on a steep hill overlooking the city, and a part of the Historic...
2013.11.18
Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum [CULTURE]
The former Okinawa Prefectural Museum opened in Shuri, Naha City in 1972. In 2006 it was closed and moved to a new building in its current location in the Omoromachi district in Na...
2013.11.11
Hinukan watches over family fortunes [CULTURE]
By Naomi Nakamatsu Okinawa is more than just beautiful white sandy beaches, good food and tourist sites. There are many interesting customs, which are not written in a guidebook or...
2013.11.05
Paintings of Ryukyu beauties on exhibition [CULTURE]
An exhibition focusing mostly on paintings by Okinawan born artists of the Meiji and Taisho era (1868 ~ 1926), is currently open through Saturday in Hiyamikachi Machiguwa Museum in...
2013.11.04
Classic Ryukyu dolls showing at exhibition [History]
Hand crafted dolls have a long history in Japan, but Ryukyu dolls, which are said to be especially beautiful because of the way they’ve been fabricated through the ages, are now th...
2013.11.01
Traditional Shuri parade is prayer for peace [History]
By Naomi Nakamatsu The ancient Ryukyu Kingdom comes alive for the day Sunday as the Shuri Castle Festival parade takes place on the castle grounds before spilling out onto nearby s...
2013.10.28
Peace Memorial Museum presents special exhibition [History]
The effects of the Battle of Okinawa 68 years ago are being analyzed now through an Okinawa Prefectural Museum special project focusing on “The Battle and what Okinawan Japanese Im...
Invitation to solve Halloween Puzzle! [Community]
Koza Shopping Street Federation will be holding “Halloween Town in Koza 2013″ this weekend, and on the 31st. The event will be held in the Ichibangai shopping mall and ...
2013.10.25
Lion Dance Festival is something bit different [CULTURE]
There are festivals, and then there are special festivals, including Sunday’s 28th Shishimai Festival, which keys on the traditional lion dance. The Shishimai Festival taking place...
2013.09.30
Kume Island has lot to offer for short trip [CULTURE]
By Naomi Nakamatsu According to a tradition, Kume Island has been known as a rice-producer in Okinawa, and this is also where derives its name from. Kume was a rice island. It is u...
2013.09.30
Yambaru Byobu Exhibition opens Tuesday at OIST [CULTURE]
Yambaru Byobu, the collective name for traditional folding screens with the animals and plants of Yambaru painted on them, is the theme for a month-long exhibition starting next we...
Vendors wanted for Oct. 26-27 Okinawa Tomodachi Works [Community]
Onna Village has created a new opportunity for Okinawans, Japanese and foreigners to get to know each other better, via Okinawa Tomodachi Works, a community event planned for late ...
2013.09.22
Byron Jones is ‘almost Okinawan’ [Community]
By Jun Ikemura In the tight-knit community of professional Sanshin players on Okinawa, Byron Jones stands out in more ways than one. The 44-year-old American has been playing the S...
2013.09.19
Global Village hosting Belly Dance Night [Community]
Belly dancing is quickly becoming a global art, and Okinawa’s enthusiasts are lining up for an evening show to demonstrate the dancers’ skills on Saturday. The evening program tak...
2013.09.18
Shuri Castle Park Mid-Autumn Celebration this weekend [CULTURE]
Living National Treasures of Okinawa will perform music and dance at Shuri Castle Park Saturday and Sunday as the park celebrates the Mid-Autumn season. The events take place in th...
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